[1] Albany Senior High School was established to cater for the population growth on Auckland's North Shore.[6] All classes except those which require other resources take place in large open plan areas called 'Learning Commons'.Students can utilise mobile devices such as laptops and cellphones to edit Google Docs in real-time together.Impact projects completed include forming a business, organising and performing a 'School of Rock' concert,[8] building a video server and digital signage solution for the school,[9] restoring local waterways,[10] designing, building and programming a robot for the Robocup competition and creating original artworks for the school.[11] From 2009 to 2019 Albany Senior High School's computer network, desktops and staff laptops ran almost entirely on open source software.