Abbey Park High School
| Abbey Park High School | |
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1455 Glen Abbey Gate Oakville, Ontario, L6M 2V7 Canada |
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| Coordinates | 43°26′10″N 079°44′10″W / 43.43611°N 79.73611°WCoordinates: 43°26′10″N 079°44′10″W / 43.43611°N 79.73611°W |
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| School type | Public, High school |
| Founded | 2004 |
| School board | Halton District School Board |
| Superintendent | Patricia Dyson |
| Area trustee | Kathryn Bateman-Olmstead |
| School number | 913715 |
| Principal | Charlotte Lake |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,282 (May 2010) |
| Language | English |
| Colour(s) | blue & white |
| Mascot | Joe Eagle |
| Team name | Eagles |
| Feeder schools | Abbey Lane Public School, Heritage Glen Public School, Pilgrim Wood Public School |
| Public transit access | Oakville Transit |
| Website | aph |
Abbey Park High School or APHS is a secondary school located in the town of Oakville, Ontario in the Greater Toronto Area. Abbey Park High School was opened at its present location in the wake of the closure of Queen Elizabeth Park High School, which was previously operating at its Bridge Road location, in Bronte. Abbey Park has more resources available to its students than other schools in the region because it inherited Queen Elizabeth Park's resources when it was closed. This allowed for the initial opening budget to be spent on new equipment. Students have open access to a weight room, library, and track. Abbey Park High School is also situated beside the Glen Abbey Community Centre, which houses the Glen Abbey branch of the Oakville Public Library.
Abbey Park has been recognized as a very charitable school taking part in many annual fundraisers including the Terry Fox Run, Halloween for Hunger (H4H), and Pencils for Kids.
Academically, Abbey Park is among the strongest secondary schools in Ontario ranking 7 overall and first in Oakville. Abbey Park offers a variety of enrichment programs such as the Cluster Program for high achieving students, two Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM) programs for business and the social sciences as well as an Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP) for fashion. Recently, Abbey Park began offering the Advanced Placement Calculus, Advanced Placement Biology and Advanced Placement Statistics courses. Abbey Park students continue to succeed in math competitions often earning regional, provincial and national recognition; Abbey Park ranked number two in Oakville, in its math contests performance in the year 2011-2012.
Abbey Park students have also been very successful in the Bay Area Science And Engineering Fair (BASEF) interregional competition. In 2010, a student from Abbey Park won second best in fair and progressed to Intel's International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF). In 2012, two Abbey Park students progressed to ISEF, one of whom won the best in fair award. In 2013, one Abbey Park student progressed to ISEF and won second best in fair. In 2014, two Abbey Park students won gold merit awards and progressed to Canada Wide Science Fair (CWSF).
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