Quebec High School (QHS) is a

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belonging to the

Central Quebec School Board The Central Québec School Board (CQSB; french: Commission scolaire Central Québec) is an English-language school board in the province of Quebec, Canada, with its headquarters at 2046 chemin Saint-Louis, Quebec City. It is one of nine English-la ...

. The School is located in

Quebec City Quebec City ( or ; french: Ville de Québec), officially Québec (), is the capital city of the Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the metropolitan area had a population of 839,311. It is t ...

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, and is one of three English-language high schools that serve the Quebec city region (the others being Saint-Patrick's High School and Dollard-des-Ormeaux located on CFB Valcartier). The school is composed of three main floors. The school was established in 1804, with an addition of a Girls Only wing in 1875, but in 1941 the school became a mixed school integrating both sexes. In 2006, QHS began a three-year process to implement an initiative called the Community Learning Centre Project. This initiative was made possible through the Canada Entente agreement with the federal government and the Quebec Ministry of Education. Relative to its small size, Quebec High School has a great sports program for young athletes. The school's sports program offers coaching for soccer,

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and

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. It offers both soccer and basketball "concentrations" where students sometimes spend the first part of their morning developing their sport-specific athletic skills.

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* High schools in Quebec English-language schools in Quebec Schools in Quebec City Quebec Anglophone culture in Quebec City {{Quebec-school-stub