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Crescent Heights High School (Calgary, Alberta)

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School type
  
Public secondary

Principal
  
Jackie Chapman-Brown

Enrollment
  
1980+ (Sept 11 2015)

Mascot
  
Cowboy Sam

Established
  
1915

Grades
  
10–12

Phone
  
+1 403-276-5521

Number of students
  
1,980

Crescent Heights High School (Calgary, Alberta)

School board
  
Calgary Board of Education

Address
  
1019 1 St NW, Calgary, AB T2M 2S2, Canada

District
  
Calgary Board of Education

Profiles

Crescent Heights High School is a high school with approximately 1980 students in grades 10-12 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The school is part of the Calgary Board of Education's public school system.

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History

In 1915, Crescent Heights High School was called Crescent Heights Collegiate Institute, and was located in what is now Balmoral School. By 1919, enrollment at Crescent Heights High School was 980 students. The current building was erected in 1928 for a cost of $275,000. It was extensively renovated in 1985-86, with a second full-size gymnasium added, and the original gymnasium converted into a student center. The basement lunch room was converted into a theater and a Building shop was later turned into a Dance room.

The school is a member of the Action for Bright TUTTA Society.

Notable staff

  • The first principal of Crescent Heights from 1915-1935 was William Aberhart, later Premier of Alberta.
  • Another early teacher was Douglas Scott Harkness, who commanded an Anti-Tank Regiment of the Royal Canadian Artillery in the Second World War and served as Minister of National Defence after the war.
  • Notable alumni

  • Tegan and Sara Quin - Indie rock/New Wave/Indie Pop musicians
  • Doris Anderson - Former editor of Chatelaine magazine.
  • Paul Brandt - Country music artist
  • Rizwan Manji - Portrayed Rajiv on the show Outsourced
  • Tommy Chong - Comedian/Actor
  • Thomas Glenn - GRAMMY Award-winning operatic tenor.
  • Eric Greif - Lawyer and entertainment personality
  • Ralph Klein - left Crescent Heights High School and later went to Viscount Bennett
  • Sean Cheesman - International dance choreographer
  • Ron Southern - Founder of ATCO Group, Sentgraf Enterprises, Canadian Utilities, Spruce Meadows and AKITA drilling
  • Ken Taylor - Former Canadian ambassador to Iran, who helped several Americans escape during the Iran hostage crisis.
  • 82 CHHS students are recognized by a memorial and simulated eternal flame in the school foyer as having given their lives in military service in the Second World War.
  • Akeem Haynes is a former student of Crescent Heights School. He won bronze in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
  • References

    Crescent Heights High School (Calgary, Alberta) Wikipedia


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