Lester B. Pearson High School (Calgary)
Senior high school in Calgary, Alberta, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lester B. Pearson High School is a public senior high school located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada administered by the Calgary Board of Education. The school is named for Nobel Laureate and Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson.
Lester B. Pearson Senior High School | |
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Address | |
3020 52 St NE , , Canada | |
Coordinates | 51.07°N 113.9582°W / 51.07; -113.9582 |
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School type | Senior High School |
Motto | Vision, Wisdom, Courage |
Founded | 1990 |
School board | Calgary Board of Education |
Superintendent | Dianne Yee |
Area trustee | Marilyn Dennis |
School number | b865 |
Principal | Kenneth Chee |
Grades | 10-12 |
Enrollment | 1581[1] (2021) |
• Grade 10 | 525 |
• Grade 11 | 521 |
• Grade 12 | 535 |
Language | English, French |
Campus | Urban |
Area | Area III |
Colour(s) | Red and Gold |
Team name | Pearson Patriots |
Communities served | Temple, Pineridge, Whitehorn, Rundle and all communities east of Deerfoot Trail for International Baccalaureate students.[2] |
Feeder schools | Annie Gale, Clarence Sansom, Dr. Gordon Higgins, Bob Edwards (for French Immersion students). International Baccalaureate students will come to Pearson from all ten junior high schools situated east of Deerfoot Trail. |
Website | schools |
The school has offered the French Immersion program since 2003 and in the following year of September 2004, Lester B. Pearson became a fully accredited International Baccalaureate World School [3] Lester B. Pearson High School is one of the five schools in Calgary to be offering the International Baccalaureate Programme in English, the school also offers opportunities to earn a combination of French Immersion and IB course certificates.[4]