Henry Wise Wood High School
Henry Wise Wood High School | |
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Address | |
910 - 75 Ave S.W. , , T2V 0S6 | |
Coordinates | 50°59′11″N 114°05′04″W / 50.98643°N 114.08455°WCoordinates: 50°59′11″N 114°05′04″W / 50.98643°N 114.08455°W |
Information | |
School type | High school |
Motto | Finis Coronat Opus (Latin: "The End Crowns the Work") |
Founded | 1961 |
School board | Calgary Board of Education |
Superintendent | David Stevenson |
Area trustee | Sheila Taylor |
School number | CBE - 836 |
Principal | Michelle Howell |
Grades | 10, 11, 12 |
Enrollment | 1473 (2020[1]) |
• Grade 10 | 562 |
• Grade 11 | 471 |
• Grade 12 | 440 |
Language | English |
Area | CBE - Area V |
Colour(s) | Pantone 209 |
Mascot | Maximus |
Team name | Warriors |
Communities served | Chinook Park, Kelvin Grove, Bayview, Braeside, Cedarbrae, Eagle Ridge, Haysboro, Kingsland, Oakridge, Palliser, Pump Hill, Woodbine, Woodlands, Mahogany |
Feeder schools | Elboya, Fairview, Harold Panabaker, John Ware, Nickle, Robert Warren, Woodman, Willow Park |
Website | http://schools.cbe.ab.ca/b836/ |
Henry Wise Wood High School (HWW) is a public high school located in the southwest quadrant of Calgary, Alberta.
The school was built in 1961 and is named after Henry Wise Wood, an Alberta pioneer who was instrumental in forming the Alberta Wheat Pool and the United Farmers of Alberta. Wood is regarded as an influential individual in Canadian agricultural and farming history.[2]
Academically, the school offers the International Baccalaureate Programme (IB), and the Gifted and Talented Education Program (GATE), in addition to the full range of academic programs standard to the province. The school also offers the Calgary Board of Education's Traditional Learning Centre program.[3] The school is part of the .[4] A unique option in the IB Programme that the school offers to students as an additional Group 3 subject is Philosophy 20/30 SL IB, which is made available bi-annually.
Henry Wise Wood is also noted for its football team, having won several city championships over the years. The school also has many other sports teams, including soccer, badminton, swimming, basketball, volleyball, rugby, and track.
Athletics programs[]
Wise Wood features number of athletics programs and teams which include:
- Swimming
- Cross Country Running
- Curling
- Football
- Rugby
- Soccer
- Basketball
- Badminton
- Track and Field
- Volleyball
- Field Hockey
Music programs[]
Henry Wise Wood has a music program that includes a symphonic band, jazz band, and choir.
References[]
- ^ https://cbe.ab.ca/schools/find-a-school/Pages/default.aspx#
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-12-06. Retrieved 2011-02-02.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ http://www.cbe.ab.ca/Programs/Choices/prog-tlc.asp
- ^ http://www.abccalgary.com/schools.html
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