Alternative High School (Calgary)

Alternative High School

Address
Alternative High School
5003 - 20 Street S.W. (Clinton Ford Centre) Calgary, Alberta Canada
Coordinates	51°00′33″N 114°06′35″W / 51.00917°N 114.10972°W / 51.00917; -114.10972Coordinates: 51°00′33″N 114°06′35″W / 51.00917°N 114.10972°W / 51.00917; -114.10972
Information
School type	Public
Founded	1974 (1975, CBE acquired control)
School board	Calgary Board of Education
Principal	Don Barber
Grades	10-12
Enrollment	145 (February 2016)
Area	Area IV, Ward 11
Website	schools.cbe.ab.ca/b863/

Alternative High School (AHS) is a public senior high (secondary) school in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; which teaches grades 10 through 12. AHS is currently located at the Clinton Ford Centre, which was home to the former Clinton Ford Elementary School.

AHS was launched, independent of the board, in September 1974 by a parents group. It reflected many of the "alternative education" ideas that were popular at the time. The early philosophy the school borrowed from the ideas of A. S. Neill, who founded Summerhill School. This involved supporting the freedom of children, and opposing the traditional structure and control of most schools. Although, AHS was never meant to be a copy of Summerhill.

In 1975 AHS came under the control of the Calgary Board of Education (CBE).

Special Programs

The school helps operate an off-campus class at the Alberta Adolescent Recovery Centre. Two teachers from the school, help students progressively get back into the regular school system if they are of school age after they reach Level Three of treatment.

Notable alumnus

Feist, musician (1994)

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:

Alternative High School (Calgary) (category)

Official web site of Alternative High School
Calgary Board of Education - School profile
Alberta Adolescent Recovery Centre - Partners with CBE and AHS to provide classroom instruction to those transitioning back into school.
Kid Power (August 23, 2004) - Article in Maclean's, Canada's leading weekly news magazine), discusses AHS.
Alternative High School should be a model for others (May 27, 2004) - Editorial in FFWD Weekly about AHS.

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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