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Henry Janzen is an elementary school in Regina, Saskatchewan. It is a part of the Regina Public School Division. Its School Attendance Area is in the Walsh Acres community. The school was named after Henry Janzen.

Namesake
Henry Jazen School in Walsh Acres is named after another long-time teacher,. Mr. Janzen taught at the High School and University level, and influenced many students throughout Saskatchewan through development of courses of study. He administered and co-ordinated issuance of new programs and textbooks as Directory of Curricula for the Education Department for 23 years.

History
Henry Janzen School was designed by the Regina architectural firm, BLM Architects Limited, and the general contractor was Neuls Construction Limited. The school was unique in Regina as it was the first planned to accommodate students from kindergarten to Grade 9. The school had been designed specifically to meet the needs of a rapidly growing community. The plans provided for a central core area to which nine relocatable classrooms had been attached and others could be added as the need arose. The core area of the school consisted of ten classrooms (including a kindergarten room), specifically equipped rooms for each of the following subjects: art, home economics, industrial arts, music and science, a large resource centre and both a regular and an auxiliary gymnasium. An administration area was also included in the core area and here were located the nurse's office and the dental nurses' office. The core area of the building covered 42,612 square feet and the relocatable classrooms 9000 square feet for the total of 51,612 square feet. The cost of the site was $58,995.00 and the cost of construction was $1,751,778.00. The school opened on September 5, 1978, with an enrolment of 392 and the student population on January 1, 1979, had grown to 412.