Stem Program

**New to Jasper Place**

Jasper Place is excited to announce the establishment of the STEM Program. 

Treaty Land Acknowledgement

We would like to acknowledge that we are on Treaty 6 territory, a traditional meeting grounds, gathering place, and travelling route to the Cree, Saulteaux (So-toe), Blackfoot, Métis, Dene (De-nay) and Nakota Sioux (Sue). We acknowledge all the many First Nations, Métis, and Inuit whose footsteps have marked these lands for centuries.

CONTACT

Assistant Principals     

Brad Galloway        Students with the last name A-B and International Students 

Dusty Freimark     Students with the last name C-F

Sid Brandsma          Students with the last name G-K

Cheryl Boos             Students with the last name L-O 

Sue Meunier            Students with the last name P-S 

Leanne Whitefield      Students with the last name T-Z                                                

ACCESS/Tutoring: Karen Chung, Donella Lockhart & Kathryn Fuhr

RAP & Work Experience: Please see your Alpha Group Counselor 

Principal's Message

Welcome!

I am looking forward to my first year as the principal of Jasper Place and, like you, I’m more than a little excited about all the possibilities that the coming year will hold. I have had a chance to spend some time in the school with our tremendous staff, and soak up a bit of what it means to be a JP Rebel, but I’ll be learning right along with our grade tens, and leaning heavily on our grade elevens and twelves to get up to speed. 

Fortunately, I’ve spent a big chunk of my life in high schools, and have had two of my own kids make their way through the high school experience. When it comes to JP, I will tell you that virtually every conversation I’ve had - and I’m pretty sure you’ll all relate to this - has involved reference to size. No doubt about it, we are a big school. We are the largest school in Edmonton and one of the biggest in Canada. And while that might seem daunting, I’d like to take a moment to reframe it a bit in terms of some ways that you can use that size to your advantage.

Communication - The way we function as a school really comes down to how we communicate. This involves the day-to-day way we talk to each other, but also how we can access important information. As befits a big, busy school, we have lots of ways of getting the word out on things. For parents, SchoolZone will be our main platform, and students may also find it a useful mechanism, as we regularly put out documents like this which showcase both recent and upcoming events. You can also look to our social media channels, Google Classroom, and daily announcements like the Rebel Voice, but another main source of information is going to be classmates and staff members and ultimately, there is a shared responsibility here.  Students will need to nurture relationships in the school, so that they will always be aware of the many opportunities that this year will hold.

Peer in the Future - In a school this size, students actually have a really unique opportunity for a type of time travel, and I don’t just mean through talking to old guys like me. Everyday students are walking the halls with others who are a step or two in front, behind or beside them on the same journey. On top of that, they are surrounded by adults, all with different roles in this school, whose jobs are actually to open up possibilities for you both within and beyond the classroom. In a school this big, prepare to continually be inspired by possibilities and glimpse many alternate futures for yourself.

As I noted at the outset, this will be my first year at Jasper Place, but I am no stranger to the JP neighbourhood. Prior to spending my last few years at Queen Elizabeth High School, I was a principal at four other schools in and around JP (Callingwood, James Gibbons, Stratford, and S. Bruce Smith) so I know a bit about the roads you’ve travelled that have converged here at JP. The twenty-eight schools who make up the Jasper Place Catchment are deeply connected, so even if you are walking through our doors for the first time this year, you are really just continuing a journey that started years ago.

No matter where you are on your high school journey, whether you are just beginning or fully planned, there are going to be moments where you need to pause, and maybe even pivot. It’s important to know that you are a part of a larger community whose single biggest goal is helping you complete high school in a way that sees you happy, connected and safe. What do you need to do? It’s not really that complicated: be here, be on time and be engaged. But, when something gets in the way of those things, you can be confident that you have a strong team here to support you . We are here to help you be present and enjoy the moment, even while we inspire you to look beyond the now to your almost infinite possibilities.

I’m honoured to serve you as a fellow JP Rebel and I’m inspired to explore what that means with you throughout the 2026-2027 school year.

Brent McKeown

Phone: 780 408-9000

Email: brent.mckeown@epsb.ca