St. Francis Xavier High School is a high school in west Edmonton

Edmonton

Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census...

, Alberta

Alberta

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, Canada

Canada

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. It is operated by Edmontons Catholic School System.

Academic program

In addition to the regular Alberta high school curriculum, the school offers a number of specialized programs.

The advanced placement program "prepare[s] students to acquire the knowledge, concepts, and skills needed to engage in a higher level of learning".

The school provides a number of sports academies programs: baseball

Baseball

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, golf

Golf

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, hockey

Hockey

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, lacrosse

Lacrosse

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 and soccer. These programs are committed to development of the student as an athlete and give the student the opportunity to develop athletic skills balanced with academic studies.

Notable alumni

• Paula Findlay
  Paula Findlay
  Paula Findlay is a Canadian triathlete.Findlay finished third at the 2009 Under-23 World Championships....
  
   - World Class Triathlete
• Asmir Begović
  Asmir Begovic
  Asmir Begović is a Bosnian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Stoke City and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team....
  
   - Soccer player of the Stoke City F.C.
  Stoke City F.C.
  Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts...
  
  
• Tyler Ennis
  Tyler Ennis
  Tyler Foster Ennis is a Canadian professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League...
  
   - NHL player
• Dustin Kohn
  Dustin Kohn
  Dustin Kohn is a Canadian professional ice hockey player currently playing for the New York Islanders organization of the National Hockey League .-Playing career:...
  
   - NHL player
• Mark Messier
  Mark Messier
  Mark Douglas Messier is a former Canadian professional ice hockey centre of the National Hockey League and current special assistant to the president and general manager of the New York Rangers. He spent a quarter of a century in the NHL with the Edmonton Oilers, New York Rangers, and Vancouver...
  
  - NHL player & Hockey Hall of Famer

External links

• St. Francis Xavier High School web page