Robert Thirsk High School
| Robert Thirsk High School | |
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| Location | |
| 8777 Nose Hill Drive N.W, Calgary, Alberta Canada |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 2013 |
| School board | Calgary Board of Education |
| Principal | Matt Christison |
| Grades | 10, 11, 12 (recent addition) |
| Enrollment | 828 (as of 2013[update]) |
| • 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 |
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.
References
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