Eagle Butte High School

Eagle Butte High School is a high school in Dunmore, Alberta established in 1996. It is a school with only one hallway, a single floor, and is built into a hill for better heating efficiency. It is part of Prairie Rose School Division No. 8.

Eagle Butte High School
Location
Dunmore
,
Canada
,
Alberta
Coordinates49°57′40″N 110°34′50″W
Information
School typePublic Secondary
Motto"Giving Our Students Roots and Wings"
Established1996
School districtPrairie Rose Regional Division No.8
PrincipalMark Heinricks
Grades10 – 12
Colour(s)Black and Teal
Team nameTalons
Websiteeaglebutte.ca

History

Eagle Butte High School was built in the spring of 1996. It was named after a former one-room schoolhouse in the Cypress Hills called "Eagle Butte School".[1]

In the fall of 1996, 220 students – mostly registered in grade 10 – began study at Eagle Butte; coming from Redcliff, Irvine, Schuler, Seven Persons, Ralston and surrounding areas.

The school now offers a full range of high school programs, from welding, woodworking and firearm safety to cosmetology, food studies and computers (both Macintosh and IBM).[2]

Student body

Generally the students of Eagle Butte come from the feeder schools which are part of the Prairie Rose Regional School Division No. 8. Students come from communities or farms and ranches in or around Dunmore, Irvine, Walsh, Schuler, Elkwater, Manyberries, Medicine Hat, Suffield, Seven Persons, and Redcliff.

Athletics

Eagle Butte has programs in the following sports: Badminton, Baseball, Basketball, Volleyball, Cross Country Running, Curling, Track and Field, Rugby, and a combined football team with McCoy High School in Medicine Hat.

References
  1. Michael, Hope; Johnson, Hope (1981). Down The Years at Elkwater. Medicine Hat Museum and Art Gallery. Lethbridge, Alberta: Heinitz Printers & Stationers. pp. 30–34 & 75–76.
  2. Eagle Butte High School
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