Auburn Drive High School

Auburn Drive High School is a secondary school located in Cole Harbour, Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. It serves students from grades 10 to 12. Auburn's feeder schools include Astral Drive Junior High School and Graham Creigton Junior High School. Its elementary feeder schools are Astral Drive Elementary School, Colby Village Elementary School, Caldwell Road Elementary, Joeseph Giles Elementary, Humber Park Elementary and Bell Park Academic Centre. In 2011, Auburn ranked 4th with a grade of B+ on the Aims list.HistoryAuburn Drive High school was opened in 1994. The school has approximately 1109 students from grades 10-12. Their gym is at the centre of the school with all the classrooms surrounding it. A popular place in which students hang out is known as "the pit", an area beside the gym. The cafetorium combines a lunch place and auditorium for students. "The nest" located in the cafetorium, is where students are free to buy Auburn gear/ clothing.Auburn Drive is an unofficial rival of the nearby high school, Cole Harbour District High. Notable students of Auburn Drive include Cherry Brook's Gary Beals who was the first runner up in the first season of CTV's "Canadian Idol", folk-rock singer Matt Mays, and NHL player Alex Tanguay.CoursesAuburn Drive offers a number of diverse courses. They have a French Immersion program allowing students to graduate with their French certificate. They offer a number of AP (advanced placement courses) and the O2 program (Options and Opportunities) courses which take students to the workplace to get hands on experience. A number of math and English courses are available as well as other courses including; Biology, chemistry, physics, autobody, accounting, housing and design, print, food science, Mikmaq, Canadian history, child studies, family studies, Art, Applied Broadcast Journalism and many others.