Education
Sherwood Park's two school boards are Elk Island Public Schools (EIPS) and Elk Island Catholic Schools (EICS). The public high schools are Salisbury Composite High School and Bev Facey Community High School, as well as Strathcona Christian Academy Secondary (a 7–12 school). The Catholic high school is Archbishop Jordan High School.
Sherwood Park was home to Canada's first charter school: New Horizons Charter School, a public charter school that offers a gifted education program for students from kindergarten to grade 9. It is now located in Ardrossan.
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