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Fultonvale Elementary-Junior High School is a part of Elk Island Public Schools in Alberta, Canada. The school is located just southeast of the hamlet of Sherwood Park, Alberta which is situated in Strathcona County.

Fultonvale School hosts students from Kindergarten to grade 9 and is in a rural location surrounded by forest. The school's mascot is the Firebird and the school's motto is "Feel the HEAT" where HEAT is an acronym for Heart, Attitude, Excellence and Teamwork which are the guiding principles for all the members of the school's community.

History
Fultonvale School was officially opened on November 1, 1976. The school

Fultvonale's Heart
Fultonvale School has a history of giving to charitable causes. The school's community has benefited in numerous ways through the staff, students and parents hard work and generosity. Over the past 40 years Fultonvale has given to homeless shelters, soup kitchens, women's shelters, needy families at Christmas, the Strathcona Food Bank and many other deserving charities.

In the past few years the charities that Fultonvale has dedicated the most attention to are the Terry Fox Run and the Hair Massacure. Since 2010 Fultonvale School has donated over $100 000 to these deserving charities. In 2015, Fultonvale School was awarded the Spirit Award from the Hair Massacure for raising over $35000 to benefit the Stollery Children's Hospital in Edmonton and the Make-a-Wish Northern Alberta program.

World Record
Fultonvale School set a Guinness World record. On May 18, 1999, students and staff from Fultonvale School planted a world record of planting over 30,000 trees in a single day. Students from grade four to grade nine, staff and some Junior Forest Wardens were able to plant 30, 083 white spruce trees in the southern area of the Cooking Lake-Blackfoot Provincial Recreation Area. The record has since been beaten by numerous other larger groups comprised largely of adults.