| Louis St. Laurent School | |
| Address | |
| 11230 - 43 Avenue Edmonton, Alberta, T6J 0X8, Canada |
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| Information | |
| School number | 8409 |
| School board | Edmonton Catholic School District |
| Principal | Duwayne Lang and Brian Novosel |
| School type | Secondary school |
| Grades | 7–12 |
| Language | English, French |
| Area | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
| Team name | Barons |
| Colours | Green and Gold |
| Enrolment | 1100 |
| Homepage | http://www.louisstlaurent.ecsd.net/index.htm |
Louis St. Laurent Catholic School is a fine arts oriented Junior and Senior High School in the Edmonton Catholic School District, located in south western Edmonton. The school averages a student body of approximately 1,000 or more pupils per year, spanning from grades 7–12. As of 2009, the entire school participates in the International Baccalaureate programme.
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Louis St. Laurent School is a combination junior/senior high school in the Edmonton Catholic School District, formed from the former Cartier McGee Junior High School and Louis St. Laurent High School, and in 1974, a central hallway was constructed to connect the two schools on the ground floor[1]. The connector was further modified in 1993 in order to include a large ancillary room, which serves as a meeting room and lunch hall, as well as facilitating for other activities that require a large, open space. The school is named for the 12th Prime Minister of Canada, Louis Stephen St. Laurent.
Louis St. Laurent is considered to be a fine-arts based Catholic School, though it is also known for their athletic teams, especially volleyball. Every year in October nearing the end of the month, the school holds a volleyball tournament called "S.M.A.S.H". Teams from various places of Alberta and British Columbia come and participate in this three day event. It unites the junior and senior high students to come together and cheer for their varsity men's and women's volleyball teams of the high school teams. To show school pride, the students of Louis St. Laurent can usually be seen wearing green and yellow and/or their halloween costume to support their team. Every student in the school watches the opening ceremony of the tournament and the first game with a LSL team playing against one of the visiting teams before being dismissed to regular classes.
Over the years, traditions have been created, especially among the grade 12 graduating class. Most noteworthy is the year end water fight between grade twelve students[2] and a graduation prank[3]. However, after incidents of breaking into the school and one year where crickets were sent loose into the school, the staff of the school has tried to stop these traditions from continuing.
Other traditions include:
- Formal Day - students in the school dress their best
- Marathon Dance - a school dance where student dance for a period of time to earn money for charity. The marathon dance was discontinued for a few years until it was reinstated in 2010.
- Students vs Teachers Volleyball game - the varsity girls and boys team of volleyball play against the teachers during lunch period and part of the third period of the day after the season is over. The students in the school are allowed to watch this game.
- Dodgeball Tournament - High school students creates teams of six to compete during lunch in a game of dodgeball. The winning team is allowed to play against the teachers in the final match. Though it is not officially a event every year, student council has constantly organized this throughout the years.
Although the team name, Baron, comes from the old French word meaning "free warrior", the mascot of the school is a grey animal. He is named differently each year from the student council, but most students refer to him as "Baron" because of the schools team name or "Louis" because of the name of the school. The event he never misses is the S.M.A.S.H. Tournament where most students are present at. Notably, he does not appear in many school games because the audience for the games are low. Each year, auditions are held to determine the mascot but the results are kept secret to everyone except the student council to ensure his identity is hidden.
The mascot is a grey animal with brownish red hair. It wears a green jersey, with the school teams name on it in yellow. Furthermore, he has big green and yellow shoes on.