R. T. Alderman Junior High

R. T. Alderman Junior High is a school in southeastern Calgary in the province of Alberta, Canada. It is part of the community of Maple Ridge.

History

The school is named after Robert Thomas Alderman. Alderman was an influential person who brought junior high schools to Calgary in late 1940. This school has been around since 1966 and is situated beside the Willow Park recreation center (whose outdoor facilities are often used for physical education by the school), and Maple Ridge Elementary School. The main colours of this school are blue, gray, and white. The school logo was a hippopotamus for a number of years. The school logo now is a snake wound around the letters "RTA" The school's motto is "Together We Make A Difference"

Programs

At R.T Alderman there is NSA National Sports Academy for the athletes, you can be in NSA soccer, NSA Hockey or NSA Lacrosse. There is an amazing music program, with the band being one of the best in the province. The school has also won many awards for its excellence. Also has an art and drama program. Where plays are put on yearly, with months of practices. In the 2009-10 year, the production was "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", in 2010-2011 "Little Shop of Horrors", in 2011-12 "Grease and in 2012-13 The Wizard Of OZ (musical). Almost the whole school year is spent practising for these plays. French is an option available at the school.

Many extra programs outside of school include:

-Trip to Quebec

-West Coast Sailing trip with SEAS (for grade 9)

-Band camp (Only for those in band)

-Sports teams

The default follow-up for most RTA students is Lord Beaverbrook High School.

Athletics

The school's team is the RTA Ravens. Their mascot is a snake, though it has previously been a hippopotamous. The school has cross-country, track and field, badminton, volleyball, soccer, and basketball teams. In the annual Miracle Mile, all students run a course of roughly a kilometer around the fields, nearby community center, and Maple Ridge Elementary. The NSA program transferred to RTA in 2011. Students enrolled in the national sports academy at Fairview will either have to go to RTA or go into a different program at Fairview, such as TLC, French Immersion or late French.

Campus

The school has a design shared by two other Calgary schools. The architecture features slanted roofs and columns on the windows. The school overall has about 70 rooms. It has a band room, an industrial arts room, a home economics room and more.

Alumni

One of the alumni is astronaut Robert Thirsk.[1] Another, is Kaleb Toth of the Calgary Roughnecks professional lacrosse team. He holds many track and field records for the school.

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-01-19. Retrieved 2012-09-06.

Coordinates: 50°57′41″N 114°02′41″W / 50.9613°N 114.0446°W / 50.9613; -114.0446

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