Lester B. Pearson High School (Calgary)
Lester B. Pearson High School is a public senior high school located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada administered by the Calgary Board of Education. The school is named for Nobel Laureate and Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson.
The school has offered the French Immersion program since 2003 and in the following year of September 2004, Lester B. Pearson became a fully accredited International Baccalaureate School. On June 8, 2008, the Fraser Institute released a report ranking high schools in Alberta. Out of 285 Alberta high schools
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