Harry Ainlay High School

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Harry Ainlay High School
Address
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4350 111 Street Edmonton , Alberta , T6J 0X8 Canada
Coordinates	53°28′47″N 113°31′06″W / 53.4797°N 113.5183°W / 53.4797; -113.5183Coordinates: 53°28′47″N 113°31′06″W / 53.4797°N 113.5183°W / 53.4797; -113.5183
Information
School type	Public
Motto	In Omnibus Excelsior In all things Excellence
Established	1966[1]
School board	Edmonton Public Schools
Superintendent	Darrel Robertson
Area trustee	Michael Janz
Principal	Camille Loken
Staff	194
Grades	10 – 12
Enrollment	2846 (2020 – 2021)[2]
• Grade 10	955
• Grade 11	957
• Grade 12	977
Campus size	25,272 m2[1]
Campus type	Urban
Color(s)	Royal blue, black and white
Athletics conference	Bright Conference
Mascot	Bambam
Team name	Titans
Budget	CA$17,481,199 (2020–2021)[1]
Communities served	Allard, Aspen Gardens, Bearspaw, Blackburne, Blackmud Creek, Blue Quill, Blue Quill Estates, Callaghan, Chappelle, Duggan, Empire Park, Ermineskin, Greenfield, Malmo Plains, MacEwan, Richford, Rideau Park, Royal Gardens, Rutherford, Skyrattler, Steinhauer, Sweet Grass, Twin Brooks, Westbrook Estates
Website	harryainlay.epsb.ca

Harry Ainlay High School is a high school located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, in the Royal Gardens neighbourhood, south of Whitemud Drive on 111 Street. The school is operated by the Edmonton Public School System, and has wide variety of educational opportunities for students, including: full French Immersion instruction, the International Baccalaureate Program (designated an IB school since June 1, 1980, current IB coordinator: Dean Zuberbühler),^[3] Career and Technology Studies, and Registered Apprenticeship programs. The school has an enrollment of 2,889 students, making it the largest high school by student population in Alberta as of September 2019.^[4][5] Since opening in 1966, over 40,000 students have graduated from Harry Ainlay.

The school sports teams are the Titans.^[6] The school is named after former Edmonton mayor Harry Dean Ainlay.^[7]

Building[]

The engineers on Harry Ainlay High School were T. H. Newton Engineering Ltd.^[8] and the architect was Donald Bittorf^[9] of the firm of Annett and Bittorf.^[10] The building was constructed in 1965.^[11] A notable element of the design of the school is the unusual lack of windows. This design feature (or lack thereof) has led to a local myth that the school was a repurposed bomb shelter.^{[12][13][14][15]} "The school has several classrooms, science labs, a library, computer rooms, music room, industrial shops, two gymnasiums, an auditorium, a cafeteria and several administrative areas."^[16]

Canadian Student Leadership Conference[]

From September 25–28, 2018, the school hosted the Canadian Student Leadership Conference 2018.^[17][18] Speakers such as Chris Hadfield, Michel Chikwanine (a child soldier), Keith Hawkins, and Phil Boyte attended.^[19]

Academics[]

French Immersion[]

Harry Ainlay is one of three high schools in the Edmonton Public School System that offers full French Immersion for all core courses.^[20][21]

International Baccalaureate Program[]

Harry Ainlay was the second school in Alberta to introduce the International Baccalaureate program and is one of eight schools in the Edmonton Public School System offering an International Baccalaureate diploma program.^[22] Having a diploma graduating class normally greater than fifty students, Ainlay has one of the largest IB classes in Alberta.^{[citation needed]} However, this is often attributed to the large population base of the school, with about 450 students enrolled in the diploma program and 200 students enrolled in the certificate program each year.^[23]

Harry Ainlay currently offers IB courses in Biology (HL), English Literature (A1)(HL), History (HL), Physics (SL, HL), and Visual Arts (SL, HL), Chemistry (SL), French (B), Spanish (B), German (A1 or ab initio), Japanese (B or ab initio), Mathematics (SL), Mathematical Studies (SL), Music (SL), and Theatre Arts (SL). There have been several students write A1 examinations in their native languages including: German, Arabic, and Japanese.^[24]

In the media[]

On July 6, 2016 at approximately 2 AM, two people were hospitalized for a shooting that occurred near Harry Ainlay and Confederation Leisure Centre.^[25] The school was locked down on October 5, 2016 after an online threat on a student's Instagram page titled "clown.yeg".^{[26][27][28][29][30][31]} On September 13, 2017, a 15-year-old student was charged with bringing an airsoft pistol to school after an anonymous tip. The student was confronted at approximately 9:20 AM.^[32]

Notable alumni[]

• Brent Belke – musician (SNFU, Wheat Chiefs)^{[citation needed]}
• Marc Belke – musician (SNFU, Wheat Chiefs)^{[citation needed]}
• Rick Campbell - Canadian Football League head coach^{[citation needed]}
• Lance Chomyc – Canadian Football League placekicker^{[citation needed]}
• Dwayne Goettel - musician (Skinny Puppy)^[33]
• Chris Hardy – Canadian Football League safety^{[citation needed]}
• Samantha King – Canadian country/blues singer^[34]
• Dion Phaneuf – National Hockey League defenceman^{[citation needed]}
• Steven Reinprecht – National Hockey League centerman^{[citation needed]}
• Kreesha Turner – pop singer^[35]

References[]

External links[]

• Official site