Earl Haig Secondary School
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Earl Haig Secondary School is a public high school
High school
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 with a student body of about 2,300 students in Willowdale, Toronto
Toronto
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, Ontario
Ontario
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, Canada
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. The school's principal is Renata Gonsalves.
The school is named after Field Marshal The 1st Earl Haig
Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig
Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, KT, GCB, OM, GCVO, KCIE, ADC, was a British senior officer during World War I. He commanded the British Expeditionary Force from 1915 to the end of the War...

, who was the controversial commander of the British Expeditionary Force during the majority of the First World War. The school was established in 1928, shortly after the Earl Haig's death.

The original school was designed by the Toronto architectural firm of Craig and Madill and construction started in November 1929.
 
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