For over 100 years, academic excellence, superior athletics and artistic brilliance have been the hallmarks of Strathcona High School. Generations of Edmonton’s best and brightest have thrived at Strathcona, building a reputation for high achievement that is second to none.
Set in a beautiful park on the corner of 104 Street and 72 Avenue, Strathcona is surrounded by amenities such as tennis courts, a skating rink, a swimming pool, and one of the finest outdoor tracks in Western Canada. The park like setting contributes a great deal to the serenity of the school. Strathcona is a top-notch academically oriented school. The internationally recognized Advance Placement Program is at the heart of our school. In addition to the excellent academic program, Scona is noted for its award winning Fine Arts program, top level international languages (French, German and Spanish) programs, as well as its outstanding Athletics programs.
But don’t take our word for it – come to one of our games or performances, poke your head into a classroom and feel the energy our teachers bring to learning. Explore this website – it doesn’t take long to realize there is nothing average about Strathcona High School.
Registration Information
Scona is now accepting registrations for the 2010 – 2011 school year. Please contact the office for more information. Summer office hours are 8:00 a.m. – 2:15 p.m. from July 5 – 28. The office will be closed from July 29 – August 18. The office will re-open on August 19. First day of class is Wednesday, September 1, 2010.
Registered students please come at the time listed below to finalize your registration:
Monday, | Tuesday, | Tuesday, |
12:30 - 1:30 A-F | 8:15 - 9:15 A–F | 12:30 - 1:30 A-F |
1:30 - 2:30 G-L | 9:15 - 10:15 G–L | 1:30 - 2:30 G-L |
2:30 - 3:15 M-R | 10:15 - 11:15 M–R | 2:30 - 3:15 M-R |
3:15 - 3:45 S–Z | 11:15 - 12:00 S–Z | 3:15 - 3:45 S–Z |
At time of registration students will pay student fees, pick up their timetable, and have a photo taken for a school ID card. You will also be able to pick up a photo package if you would like to order school photos.
Junior Girls and Junior Boys Basketball Teams are City Champions 2010
Our Jr. Girls defeated Jasper Place to capture the GOLD this past Saturday and our Jr. Boys defeated Harry Ainlay in their final. Both teams had undefeated league seasons and claimed Premier League Champion status this weekend. Congratulations to all players and coaches for an outstanding season!
Congratulations to our Sr. Girls and Sr. Boys teams as well as they both battled hard in their semi finals and third place matches this weekend. Unfortunately the end results were not in their favor, but they represented their school with pride and played hard in their games.
Congratulations to all players and coaches for their hard work this season.
Strathcona High School “Plays it Forward” big time!
On December 18th, Strathcona wrapped up its annual global initiative by raising $54 329 for the organization Right to Play. The Leadership 35 class organized the "Play it Forward" campaign because of Right to Play's focus on helping children in developing countries. Right to Play uses sport and play programs to improve education, health, conflict resolution and community development in 23 developing countries world wide.
The major fundraiser, "Play-On Scona", was a massive Play-a-Thon held on December 12th. Students raised a minimum of $100 to attend the event which included the following activities: a Much Music Video Dance, Hypnotist Show by Wayne Lee, Gladiator Challenge, Paintball, Mixed Martial Arts, Hallway Human Curling (on office chairs) and much more. Money was also raised through raffle tickets for a signed Oilers Jersey, Mush Cup (human dog sledding race) and staff versus student basketball and hockey games.
Last year Strathcona raised $27 000 for a school in Bumala, Kenya. The Leadership Program at Strathcona will now focus on local community initiatives before gearing up for another global project in the fall of 2010.
SWIM CITY CHAMPIONS 2009!
Congratulations to all athletes and coaches for capturing Strathcona’s 24th consecutive title!
Strathcona’s Advanced Placement Program Takes the Lead
It is official: Strathcona High School’s Advanced Placement program is the largest in Canada. In the 2008-2009 academic year, no other school in the nation had as many students writing College Board AP exams.
This year, enrollment in AP courses at Strathcona has risen even further. A record number of our students will write College Board exams in May 2010.
This remarkable participation rate is eclipsed only by the impressive results achieved by our students on these university-level exams. An overwhelming majority of them pass their AP examinations and qualify for college credit and post-secondary advanced placement. more information
Congratulations to our LORDS Cross Country Team City and Provincial Champions 2009
Scona Teacher Wins APEGGA Science Award
Congratulations to Science teacher Greg Henkelman who won the prestigious Excellence in Teaching Award from the Alberta Professional Engineers, Geophysicists, and Geologists Association. Karen Rosborough (Mathematics) was also nominated for this award. Strathcona alumnus, Kirsten Miazga was honored with a Millennium Scholarship from the same organisation.
Language Lab Pilot
Our well used Language Lab is getting a total refit. In addition to the lab being modernized this year we are piloting new language computer programs for Edmonton Public. Our partner is in this endeavour is Faculty St. Jean from the University of Alberta. Once these programs are fully operational students will be connected 24 hours a day with language resources and fellow students. These programs have been very successful at Faculty St. Jean and it is our hope that once the installation is complete our students will attain even higher achievement in second languages. Faculty St. Jean has generously donated their time to this project. Currently, 55% of our students are enrolled in second languages. The Strathcona Education Foundation has donated $35,000 for the purchase of 30 laptops for the lab.
Scona has been designated as the Spanish Bilingual site for EPSB.
Advanced Placement Results
Scona has become the largest AP school in Canada last year. In addition 12 of our students were recognized as National Scholars. National Scholarships are granted to students who have received an average score of at least 4 (out of 5) on all AP exams taken, and scores of 4 or higher on five or more of these exams.
Scona Pilots Digital Classroom
This year Scona volunteered to pilot a digital classroom. This is a cohort of grade 10 students who will go paperless. They will bring laptops to English class and they will access e-books and do all of their assignments and tests online. They will be connected online so that they can use their laptops to work on projects and to share information 24 hours a day. This project is led by teacher librarian Kelly Reierson who developed the virtual library for Scona.