Robert Thirsk High School

Robert Thirsk High School
Location
8777 Nose Hill Drive N.W, Calgary, Alberta Canada
Information
Type	Public
Established	2013
School board	Calgary Board of Education
Principal	Chris Meaden
Assistant principals	Andrew Heaton, Kyra Bogensberger
Grades	10, 11, 12 (recent addition)
Enrolment	828 (as of 2013)
• Grade 10	480
• Grade 11	347
Team name	Comets
Communities served	Citadel, Arbour Lake, Scenic Acres, Ranchlands, Hawkwood, Rocky Ridge, and Royal Oak
Website	schools.cbe.ab.ca/b880/

Robert Thirsk High School is a public senior high school in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It derives its name from Robert Thirsk, a Canadian engineer and physician, and a former Canadian Space Agency astronaut. The high school is located in the Northwest Calgary community of Arbour Lake, and has a capacity of 1,500 students.

Robert Thirsk High School officially opened in September 2013. Over 800 grade 10 and 11 students attend the first school year.^[1] The high school accommodates students from Citadel, Arbour Lake, Scenic Acres, Ranchlands, Hawkwood, Rocky Ridge, and Royal Oak.

This new high school features nine communities, classroom and common spaces that help make a big school, smaller. There is a central Learning Commons that stretches the concept of library into a cooperative learning space with virtual, "known" and human resources. The school offers career skills and fine arts programming, including:^[2]

Electro-technologies
Construction
Cook trade
Heath and human services
Media, design and communication
Natural resources
Drama
Dance
Band
Visual arts

Alberta High School Design Framework

The school has incorporated the elements of Alberta Education's high school design framework to guide its work: mastery, rigor, relevance, personalization, flexibility, professional development, assessment relationships, community involvement and welcoming, safe environment.^[3] The key elements also reflect the Robert Thirsk vision to personalize and connect learning so that students and staff can thrive.^[4]

School Vision

Robert Thirsk High School is founded on a vision to personalize and connect learning, so that students can thrive. Structures in the school reflect these concepts.^[5]

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Personalizing: Designing classroom activities and assessments based on what we know about our learners.
Connecting: Getting to know our students as learners then helping them learn across subjects and within the community.
Thriving: Highlighting multiple stories of student success.

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References

↑ "School Profile". Calgary Board of Education. Retrieved 2013-08-30.
↑ "Robert Thirsk High School Profile". Calgary Board of Education. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
↑ "Alberta High School Design Framework". Alberta Education. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
↑ "Robert Thirsk High School - About". Calgary Board of Education. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
↑ "About Robert Thirsk High School". Calgary Board of Education. Retrieved 2014-06-02.

External links

Official website

High Schools in Calgary

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Public	Alternative High School Bowness High School Career and Technology Centre CBe-learn Centennial High School Central Memorial High School Crescent Heights High School Dr E P Scarlett High School Ernest Manning High School Forest Lawn High School Henry Wise Wood Senior High School Jack James High School James Fowler High School John G. Diefenbaker High School Juno Beach Academy of Canadian Studies Lester B. Pearson High School Lord Beaverbrook High School Louise Dean Centre National Sport School (Canada) Plains Indian Cultural School Queen Elizabeth High School Robert Thirsk High School Sir William Van Horne High School Sir Winston Churchill High School Western Canada High School William Aberhart High School

Francophone	École de la Rose sauvage École Sainte-Marguerite-Bourgeoys

Private	Bearspaw Christian School Calgary Academy Calgary Christian High School Calgary French and International School Calgary Islamic School Foundations for the Future Charter Academy Heritage Christian Academy Lycée Louis Pasteur Master's Academy & College Rundle College High School Webber Academy West Island College

Other	Alberta High School of Fine Arts Beiseker Community School Bert Church High School Bow Valley High School Chestermere High School Cochrane High School Foothills Composite High School Foundations for the Future Charter Academy George McDougall High School Holy Cross Collegiate Holy Trinity Academy Rocky View Learning Connections St. Gabriel The Archangel St Martin de Porres High School St. Timothy High School Springbank Community High School Strathmore High School W G Murdoch High School Westmount Charter School

See Also Calgary Board of Education Calgary Catholic School District Rocky View Schools

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