W. R. Myers High School

W. R. Myers High School is located in Taber, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1950, it is the town's only public high school. Students at W. R. Myers range from grade 9 to grade 12. Taber's middle school, D. A. Ferguson, shares a Cafeteria and a band room with W. R. Myers. The school has about 480 students and 50 staff members both teachers and others. W. R. Myers has had a large success in Sports and Music, creating a name for itself in Western Canada. The Basketball team and the WR Myers Fighting Rebels Football team has brought much success to the school. The school is widely known for the shooting that took place on April 28, 1999 leaving 1 student killed and 2 more injured. HistoryThe new Taber High School opened its doors to students September 1950. Grades 10-12 moved into twenty classrooms equipped with a science lab, Two Home Economics rooms, one for homemaking the other for sewing, and Industrial Arts room with a small theatre, and a cafeteria with a kitchen. The structure, which cost about $200, 000 to build, was to house 450 students. In 1960 a Junior High wing and fine arts room, dubbed the “Lemon Squeezer” was constructed on the north end of the high school. The addition included two large gymnasiums, one for the Junior High grade 7-8 classes and one for the Senior High, a library and an office. At the time the new Junior /Senior High complex was named W. R Myers School in honour of Walter Ray Myers, a 27-Year school trustee. It was at this time that classes in the junior high school became departmentalized with one home room teacher and other individual teacher’s instructing specific courses such as one for Math and one for Social, etc.

W. R. Myers High School is located in Taber, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1950, it is the town's only public high school. Students at W. R. Myers range from grade 9 to grade 12. Taber's middle school, D. A. Ferguson, shares a Cafeteria and a band room with W. R. Myers. The school has about 480 students and 50 staff members both teachers and others. W. R. Myers has had a large success in Sports and Music, creating a name for itself in Western Canada. The Basketball team and the WR Myers Fighting Rebels Football team has brought much success to the school. The school is widely known for the shooting that took place on April 28, 1999 leaving 1 student killed and 2 more injured. HistoryThe new Taber High School opened its doors to students September 1950. Grades 10-12 moved into twenty classrooms equipped with a science lab, Two Home Economics rooms, one for homemaking the other for sewing, and Industrial Arts room with a small theatre, and a cafeteria with a kitchen. The structure, which cost about $200, 000 to build, was to house 450 students. In 1960 a Junior High wing and fine arts room, dubbed the “Lemon Squeezer” was constructed on the north end of the high school. The addition included two large gymnasiums, one for the Junior High grade 7-8 classes and one for the Senior High, a library and an office. At the time the new Junior /Senior High complex was named W. R Myers School in honour of Walter Ray Myers, a 27-Year school trustee. It was at this time that classes in the junior high school became departmentalized with one home room teacher and other individual teacher’s instructing specific courses such as one for Math and one for Social, etc.