L.Y. Cairns School Explained

L.Y. Cairns School
Address:10510 45 Ave NW
Postcode:AB T6H 0A1
Country:Canada
Grades:712[1]
Founded:1969
Coordinates:53.4837°N -113.5009°W
District:Edmonton Public Schools
Mascot:Colts
Principal:Errol Johnson

L.Y. Cairns School is a Grade 7 to Grade 12 school in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, specializing towards special needs students with moderate to severe deficits. The school, built starting in 1968 and opened in 1969,[2] [3] is named after Supreme Court of Alberta judge and University of Alberta Chancellor Laurence Yeomans Cairns. In the 2018–2019 school year the school had 429 students enrolled.[1]

Since the year the school opened, it has maintained an annual tradition of the school staffincluding members of the Edmonton Police Service School Resource Officer Unit (since its own founding)serving a Christmas lunch to the students.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: L.Y. Cairns - Edmonton Public Schools. epsb.ca.
  2. RECAPP Facility Evaluation Report . L.Y. Cairns School B3186A Edmonton . Alberta Infrastructure . 2008-10-28 . http://www.infrastructure.alberta.ca/Content/docType354/production/B3186A_LY_Cairns.pdf . 2021-09-23.
  3. News: 'This is so Special': Edmonton School Celebrates Christmas with 50-Year Tradition . John . Hanson . . . 2019-12-19 . 2021-09-25.