St. Francis Xavier High School (Edmonton)
secondary school in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
St. Francis Xavier High School is a high school in west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is operated by Edmonton Catholic Schools System. The school started in 1955, with the purpose built school (since expanded) opened in 1958. Originally part of the Town of Jasper Place school system, St. Francis Xavier transferred to the Edmonton system when Jasper Place amalgamated with Edmonton in 1964.
Academic program
In addition to the regular Alberta high school curriculum, the school offers a number of specialized programs.
The advanced placement program "prepare[s] students to acquire the knowledge, concepts, and skills needed to engage in a higher level of learning".
The school provides a number of sports academies programs: baseball, golf, hockey, lacrosse and soccer.
“St. Francis Xavier High School (Edmonton)” enters the record as secondary school in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Francis, Xavier and High can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Chronology, provenance and viewpoint should be read together before a broad social or political interpretation is accepted. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 10, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7588026. Authority coordinates are 53.530, -113.604. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1955, 1958 and 1964.
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