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9019 Fairmount Drive S.E.
Calgary , AB
T2H 0Z4

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Lord Beaverbrook High School is located in the southeast community of Acadia, serving the communities of Acadia, Bonavista Downs, Copperfield, Cranston, Deer Ridge, Deer Run, Diamond Cove, Douglasdale/Glen, Fairview, Maple Ridge, McKenzie Lake, McKenzie Towne, Parkland, Queensland, New Brighton, Willow Park. Junior high feeder schools to Lord Beaverbrook High School are David Thompson, Fairview, Mountain Park, Nickle, R.T. Alderman, Willow Park and Wilma Hansen.

At Lord Beaverbrook there is a place for everyone to learn. Our extensive facilities and the size of the school provide our students with many advantages in course selection and access to innovative programs. Our staff members and students “go out of their way” to maintain a friendly, personal atmosphere with a strong focus on teaching, learning and leadership.

We offer an Advanced Placement (AP) program for academically talented students and an Arts-Centred Learning (ACL) program for students who thrive in an inquiry-based, arts-focused learning environment. We also provide extensive supports for students with special learning needs and flexible course structures for students with diverse learning styles.

Through our Academies and their associated Career Pathways, we provide opportunities for our students to explore career and life planning and to connect their course work at Lord Beaverbrook with a variety of community-based experiences related to post-secondary education and the world of work.

Lord Beaverbrook has established a tradition of excellence in curricular, co-curricular and extra-curricular programming.

Lord Beaverbrook High School was founded in 1967, and the first year of attendance was in 1968. We inherited our name from a man named William Maxwell Aitken. He was born on May 25, 1879, in Maple, Ontario. In 1916, he was recognized for his achievements with a seat in the House of Lords, the senior branch of the British Parliament. It was customary to create a title for oneself, so Aitken thought back to his childhood and the times he would spend fishing at a stream called the Beaverbrook. This is when he claimed the title, Lord Beaverbrook. Lord Beaverbrook died at the age of eighty-five, on June 9, 1964.

In 1997 our school council adopted the following mission statement -

• Very comprehensive academic program, enriched by a very wide range of complementary courses and extra-curricular activities
• Our Advanced Placement (AP) program gives students the opportunity to pursue rigorous academic study in a wide variety of courses (English, Social Studies, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Art, Computer Science, French…) and receive advanced placement in university programs
• Our Arts-Centred Learning (ACL) program encourages students to learn IN and THROUGH the arts during their English, Mathematics, Social Studies and Science courses and to customize their program with our many complementary courses
• Our National Sport Development (NSD) Hockey, Soccer and Sports Performance courses provide students with passion for athletics the opportunity to excel in their chosen sport
• Our International Student program invites students from many countries to visit our school for one semester or for a full year
• Our large Guidance and Counselling Centre with counsellors and career practitioners to assist with high school, post-secondary and world-of-work planning
• Extensive support for ESL learners and students with learning challenges
• Complementary courses: French, Spanish, German, TEAM leadership, sports leadership, art, concert band, jazz band, choral, vocal jazz, recording studio, dance, drama, musical theatre, theatre technology, publishing and creative writing, journalism, film studies, psychology, sociology, anthropology, world religions, environmental studies, sports medicine, sports performance
• Career and Technology Studies (CTS) courses: accounting, auto tech, autobody, auto care, cabinet making, CAD, career transitions, cosmetology, construction tech, culinary arts, communication tech, computer programming and networking, design studies, e-recycling, enterprise and innovation, fashion studies, financial management, food studies, information technologies, legal studies, logistics, management and marketing, medical studies, metal tech, multimedia, small engines, tourism studies
• Our five Academies: Business and Entrepreneurship; Communication Studies: Fine and Performing Arts; Science and Technology; and Human Services, Recreation and Sport--with opportunities for student mentorships and connections with community organizations and businesses (e.g., Canadian Academy of Travel and Tourism certification, Registered Apprenticeship, Work Experience, Career Internships, Skills Alberta/Canada competitions, post secondary “Spend A Day” opoprtunities…)
• Excellent facilities: the “L. W. Roberts Theatre” and “Atco Gas Stage” for performing arts, the “Enmax Centre of Excellence” for environmental education, a 32 channel multi-track recording studio, full service cosmetology labs, large food preparation kitchens, many technology and trade shops
• Approximately $600,000 in scholarships, bursaries and awards presented annually to our graduates