Henry Wise Wood Senior High School

Henry Wise Wood Senior High School (HWW) is a public high school located in the southwest quadrant of Calgary, Alberta.

Henry Wise Wood Senior High School
Address
910 - 75 Ave S.W. Calgary , Alberta , T2V 0S6
Coordinates	50.98643°N 114.08455°W / 50.98643; -114.08455
Information
School type	High school
Motto	Finis Coronat Opus (Latin: "The End Crowns the Work")
Founded	1961
School board	Calgary Board of Education
Superintendent	David Stevenson
Area trustee	Sheila Taylor
School number	CBE - 836
Principal	Michelle Howell
Grades	10, 11, 12
Enrollment	1141 (2016[1])
• Grade 10	408
• Grade 11	322
• Grade 12	411
Language	English
Area	CBE - Area V
Colour(s)	Pantone 209
Mascot	Maximus
Team name	Warriors
Communities served	Chinook Park, Kelvin Grove, Bayview, Braeside, Cedarbrae, Eagle Ridge, Haysboro, Kingsland, Oakridge, Palliser, Pump Hill, Woodbine, Woodlands, Mahogany
Feeder schools	Elboya, Fairview, Harold Panabaker, John Ware, Nickle, Robert Warren, Woodman, Willow Park
Website	http://schools.cbe.ab.ca/b836/

The school was built in 1961 and is named after Henry Wise Wood, an Alberta pioneer who was instrumental in forming the Alberta Wheat Pool and the United Farmers of Alberta. Wood is regarded as an influential individual in Canadian agricultural and farming history.[2]

Academically, the school offers the International Baccalaureate Programme (IB), and the Gifted and Talented Education Program (GATE), in addition to the full range of academic programs standard to the province. The school also offers the Calgary Board of Education's Traditional Learning Centre program.[3] The school is part of the Action for Bright Children Society.[4] A unique option in the IB Programme that the school offers to students as an additional Group 3 subject is Philosophy 20/30 SL IB, which is made available bi-annually.

Henry Wise Wood is also noted for its football team, having won several city championships over the years. The school also has many other sports teams, including soccer, badminton, swimming, basketball, volleyball, rugby, and track.