Education

Providing access to education and training opportunities is essential in creating a well-prepared workforce and strong communities. Southeast Alberta’s schools, college, and other education institutions have a lot to offer newcomers in lifelong learning.

Brooks is part of the Grasslands Regional School Division #6, headquartered in Brooks (Tel: 403-793-6700, Fax: 403-362-8225) and Christ the Redeemer School Division, headquartered in Okotoks (Tel: 403-938-4575).

Nursery School
Brooks Preschool
327-3rd Street West
Brooks, Alberta
Tel:403-362-4026

Public Schools
Eastbrook Elementary (2 -6)
Bag 830, 417-7th Street East
Brooks, Alberta, T1R 0H9
Tel: 403- 362-5464

Griffin Park School (2-6)
Bag 750, 805-4th Avenue West
Brooks, Alberta T1R 1B6
Tel: 403- 362-7555  

Central Elementary School (Preschool – Grade 1)
Bag 257, 112-4th Avenue East
Brooks, Alberta T1R 0G1
Tel: 403- 362-2660

Brooks Junior High School (7 – 9)
Bag 50, 124-4th Avenue East
Brooks, Alberta T1R 0Z3
Tel: 403- 362-3524   

Brooks Composite High School (10-12)
Bag 849, 650-4th Avenue East
Brooks, Alberta T1R 0Z3
Tel: 403- 362-4814 

Sunrise Outreach School (caters to students 15 to20)
411-7th Street East
Brooks, Alberta T1R 1C7
Tel: 403- 793-2025

Ecole Le Ruisseau
803-4th Avenue West
Brooks, Alberta
Tel: 403- 362-2010

Separate Schools
Holy Family Academy (K-6)
108-4th Avenue West
Brooks, Alberta T1R 0V6
Tel: 403- 362-8001

St. Joseph’s Collegiate (7-12)
408-1st Street West
Brooks, Alberta T1R 0V6
Tel: 403- 362-5989

Continuing Education
The Brooks Community Adult Learning Council (BCALC) provides educational programs and non-credit courses to the community of Brooks.

Brooks Community Adult Learning Council (BCALC)
#200H, 327 – 3rd Street West
Brooks, Alberta T1R 0E7
Tel: 403-362-5372

Post-Secondary Education

Medicine Hat College (MHC) has been serving students in southeastern Alberta and beyond since 1965. Situated in Canada’s sunniest city, MHC’s main campus services almost 3,000 students each year with another 200 attending Brooks Campus, located 100 km west of Medicine Hat. With some of the lowest student-to-instructor ratios in the province, MHC offers a very personal, one-on-one student experience. MHC offers a wide variety of programs to meet the ever-changing needs of students from southeastern Alberta and around the world.

The Brooks Campus of the Medicine Hat College (LINK: www.mhc.ab.ca/brooks) is located in Brooks and offers high school upgrading, university and college transfer courses, business training courses and apprenticeship courses.

Medicine Hat College – Brooks Campus
200 Horticultural Station Road East
Brooks, Alberta T1R 1E5
Tel: 403-362-1677

Athabasca University , Canada’s Open University, is dedicated to the removal of barriers that restrict access to and success in university-level study and to increasing equality of educational opportunity for adult learners worldwide.

For more information:

• ALIS (Alberta Learning Information Service) – This site provides information on education, training, financial assistance, grants, bursaries, transfers, on-line student services, and more.
• Alberta Education Curriculum - Excellent information and resources for parents of students is provided on this site; it includes information on school choices, summaries of required curriculum, and “homework” help.
• Alberta Education - Schools - A complete list of schools and school boards is available here.
• Alberta Children's Services – This site provides information and check-lists to help parents find quality child care; information and links about child care subsidies, adoption, parent support services; and phone numbers for the Kids Help Line, and the Child Care Help Line for Parents.
• Child Care Subsidy – If you have child care costs for preschool children, you may not be aware that all eligible Albertans may qualify for the Child Care Subsidy Program.  Go to this site to get complete information about the Child Care Subsidy or to try the Estimator.
• Monthly Living Allowance - Information from the Alberta Student Finance Board is available at this site.
• National Child Benefit (Low Income Families) - This program provides financial and social support to low-income families.

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