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This Charter School in Canada Has Seen Rapid Growth—Here’s What Sets It Apart

Alberta Classical offers Latin, mandates the use of original documents instead of digital devices, and requires students to read classic literature.
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This Charter School in Canada Has Seen Rapid Growth—Here’s What Sets It Apart
Caylan Ford, founder of the Alberta Classical Academy, stands beside a replica of The Death of Socrates painting at the Calgary Currie campus on June 6, 2025. Carolina Avendano/The Epoch Times
Aaron Gifford
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Jan Jekielek
Jan Jekielek
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Just four years ago, Canada’s first and only classical charter school opened with 300 students and about a dozen faculty members.

Today, the Alberta Classical Academy has 1,500 students and 100 teachers across three campuses: two in Calgary and one in Edmonton. Eleventh grade will be added this fall, and 12th in 2027.

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Aaron Gifford has written for several daily newspapers, magazines, and specialty publications and also served as a federal background investigator and Medicare fraud analyst. He graduated from the University at Buffalo and is based in Upstate New York.