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In the 2023–24 school year, approximately 45,477 students attended a private school, or around 5.68 per cent of the total student population. [ 1 ] As of April 2024, there are 166 private school authorities in Alberta who operate a total of 222 schools.
The Canadian province of Alberta has 379 school authorities, which are sometimes referred to as school boards, school districts, or school divisions.Types include public school, separate school and francophone school authorities.
(See section: Publicly Funded Post-secondary Institutions) Although Alberta Advanced Education provides the majority of funding, post-secondary institutions raise additional funds by generating tuition and student fees; offering fee-based services; and offering non-credit and off-campus credit programming. [13]
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.
In fall 2012, all programs at The Career and Technology Centre were in full operation. In spring 2013, CBe-learn, the Calgary Board of Education's online school relocated to the Career and Technology Centre, housed at Lord Shaughnessy High School. In fall 2018, Chinook Learning Services moved into the building. [3]
The Calgary French School (the predecessor to the Calgary French and International School) was founded after the passing of the Official Languages Act in September 1969. Many mothers had practiced French on their own, and sought to establish an educational institution that could teach young in an all-French environment, called French immersion .
The Career and Technology Centre (CTC) is a centre of excellence, serving high school students in Calgary, Alberta who want to pursue apprenticeship in the trades. The centre falls under the jurisdiction of the Calgary Board of Education. The CTC is currently located within the Lord Shaughnessy High School. [2]
The National Sport School (NSS) is a public high school (secondary school) in Calgary, Alberta which teaches grades 8 through 12. In partnership with Winsport Canada, the school was created to support student athletes with Olympic potential.