[2] LaZerte spent 61 years in the education field in various municipal, provincial, federal and academic positions.

The 2016 event lasted one week and ended with a pot-luck lunch for 1,000 people and two hours of cultural performances choreographed by the students.

[5]: 2  The facilities include:[6]: 4 The school is adjacent to Londonderry Junior High School and to the Londonderry Fitness and Leisure Centre, which has a 25-metre pool, a fitness centre, an ice arena, and outdoor tennis courts.

M. E. LaZerte competes in the 51-school Metro Edmonton High School Athletic Association region of the Alberta Schools' Athletic Association (ASAA),[16] and enters 22 teams in the following sports:[17] The school hosts an annual memorial basketball tournament in honour of former teacher and basketball coach Thom Elniski.

[22] The posting had been denounced on Twitter by another student at the school, who was then suspended for two days for having included the picture and its offensive caption.