We are having a wonderfully productive year at Allendale.  We have 360 students enrolled which is a larger number than we have had for many years.  Each month we are delighted to see new students finding Allendale as their new school home.  Our students are involved in Regular, German  Bilingual, Cogito or Interactions programming and are working hard to do their best possible work.  Our students are doing very well academically and involved in many, many diverse activities.

During our first academic reporting period, 230 of our students were on the Honour Roll, achieving either Honours with Distinction, Honours or Honourable Mention.  Athletically we are having a very successful year as each of our teams has come home with a medal -- Boys' Soccer: Gold; Girls' Soccer: Silver; Junior Boys' Volleyball: Gold; Junior Girls' Volleyball: Bronze; Senior Boys' Volleyball: Silver; and Senior Girls' Volleyball: Bronze.  Presently we have a large Cheer Team, four Basketball Teams and three Curling Rinks participating in leagues and activities.

The Fine Arts are flourishing at Allendale School through Art, Drama and Music.  Throughout the school and beyond, our students' artistic talents are on display through creative, well executed pieces of art.  There is excitement within our Drama Program through both our Improv Teams and our 30 plus students involved twice a week practicing for our school play to be performed in May 2012.  Over a third of our students are involved in our growing Music Program participating in Concert Bands, Jazz Bands, Guitar Classes or Glee Club.  Our community celebrated a magnificent evening of music in early December as our students performed to a full house and most appreciative audience.

During our Results Review this fall, we had the opportunity to celebrate the achievements of our students during the 2010-2011 school year.  Academically, our students achieved very well.  Whether they were in Cogito, German Bilingual, Regular or Interactions programming, our students took on the challenge of doing the best work they could do.  Provincial Achievement Test results showed our students were consistently performing substantially above provincial averages.  Between 87% and 95% of our grade nine students writing Provincial Achievement Tests in Mathematics, Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies achieved the acceptable standard and between 29% and 44% achieved the standard of excellence on these tests.

We are very proud of the students of Allendale School who each day work together and ensure that this is a good place to work and learn together.  Please feel free to contact us at anytime.  Our contacts are This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 780-434-6756.  We would love to hear from you.

Rob McPhee, PhD

Principal