| Central Memorial High School | |
| Lux sit Let us light the way |
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| Address | |
| 5111 - 21 Street S.W. Calgary, Alberta, T3E 1R9, Canada |
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| Information | |
| School board | Calgary Board of Education |
| Religious affiliation | None |
| Principal | F. Lee Villiger |
| Funding type | Public |
| Grades | 10, 11, 12 |
| Team name | Rams |
| Founded | 1888 |
| Established | 1888 |
| Homepage | http://schools.cbe.ab.ca/b823/Default.htm |
Central Memorial High School is a public senior high school located in the southwest community of North Glenmore in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The school falls under the jurisdiction of the Calgary Board of Education. The school houses unique programs that include the School of Performing and Visual Arts, and the National Sports Academy.
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The school's name commemorates the original Central Collegiate Institute and Central High School first built in the early 1900s.[1] The school's history dates back as far as 1888, when the school opened its doors to 171 students (28 of which were high school students). The turn of the century Central High eventually became overcrowded, forcing the school board to move students to a new high school called City Hall School which was Calgary's first district high school. The name of the new school did not sit well with the students which preferred the name Central High. The school was nicknamed Sleepy Hollow High. The school was eventually renamed to James Short High.
By the end of the decade James Short School could no longer accommodate Calgary's growing population, so the city's school board of governors approved a new site for a new high school named Calgary Collegiate Institute, located on the corner of 13th Avenue and 8th Street S.W. One hundred and one students attended the newly developed high school. The high schoolers were still discontent with the name, and continued the call their school Central High. By the 1920's, the name Calgary Collegiate Institute faded into history, and Central High was adopted.
As the city grew in both population and physical size, the Board of Education decided to close Central High in 1965 and transfer its students to Western Canada High School, only a few blocks away.[1] The new Central Memorial High School was opened three years later amid the growing southwest communities of Lakeview, Altadore, and North Glenmore. Before the closure of CFB Calgary in 1998, Central Memorial was also the designated public high school for dependents of military families living in private married quarters at the base.
The Central Memorial Rams' athletic teams competes and participates in the Calgary Zone of the Alberta Schools Athletic Association. The school holds membership in the Calgary Senior High School Athletic Association.[2]