The Conseil scolaire FrancoSud officially unveiled the new identity of École francophone d’Airdrie. The school will bear the name École des Hautes-Plaines (High-Plains School).
According to Conseil scolaire FrancoSud, "with the announcement in March 2023 of the construction of a second French-language school in Airdrie, it was important that this school adopt a distinctive identity of its own."
The new name is the result of a consultation process with students, families and school staff.
The name Hautes-Plaines refers to the topography of the territory where the school is located. The latter is located on a plateau of approximately 1,100 meters above sea level, surrounded by plains which form the beginning of the Canadian prairies and the beginning of the Rocky Mountains.
“Like the plains, our school aims to be a place open to the world,” the school division said in a statement, “which promotes the development and fulfillment of the French-speaking community. With the support of our staff, students can take root there to learn, explore their interests and grow as humans.
The new school logo unveiled on Wednesday also represents these characteristic elements of the plains: yellow for the vast expanses of plantations, blue for the rivers’ water as well as the mountains that we see in the distance. The bottom of the logo, in the shape of a point, refers to a location marker: École des Hautes-Plaines aims to be a central place for the French-speaking community of Airdrie, a place where it is possible to meet and to exchange.
