Fredericton High School is a public

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located in the city of

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that serves students under grades 9- 12. The current principal is Peter Batt. With a student enrollment of 2,136 during the 2022-2023

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, Fredericton High School is the largest grade school in the province.

History

When the city of Fredericton was initially laid out in 1758, city planners set aside a plot of land in the downtown region that was intended to become a school. That school was incorporated in 1790 as the College of New Brunswick and was intended to be a boarding school, patterned after the boys' public schools in

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. In 1829 when King's College opened in Fredericton, the school was renamed to the Collegiate Grammar School, and was supported by the college. In 1871, the Free School Act was enacted, and the school again changed its name, this time to the Collegiate High School. At this time it became a preparatory school for King's College, which by then had become the

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FHS copes with the Syrian exodus

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has said that while the refugee program is a federal responsibility, schools are a responsibility of the provinces.

Notable alumni

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, poet * Justin Conn, Calgary Stampeders linebacker * Matt DeCourcey, Member of the

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for

* Paul Hodgson, former

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(1864–1922), Canadian writer, suffragist * Dan McCullough, B.C. Lions long snapper * Murray Douglas Morton, Member of Parliament and judge * David Myles, vocalist * Sir Charles G.D. Roberts, poet * William Harris Lloyd Roberts (1884–1966), writer, poet, playwright * Francis Sherman, poet * Anna Silk, actress *

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, former Major League Baseball right fielder,

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, 2008

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Champion * John Williamson, Member of the

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References

External links

Fredericton High SchoolThe History of Fredericton High School
{{Authority control High schools in Fredericton Educational institutions established in 1800