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.

Duchess 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

Duchess also has a nursery school located in the Community Hall:

Duchess Nursery School
255 Margaret Avenue West
Duchess, Alberta
Tel: 403-363-3630

Public School

Duchess School (K-12) uses a student focused approach to enhance and promote academic, social, and emotional growth, through community partnerships, in a positive and caring environment.

Duchess School
264-2nd Street West
Box 119
Duchess, Alberta T0J 0Z0
Tel:: 403-378-4948
Fax: 403-378-4523

Families also have the option of sending children to the Catholic and Public Schools in Brooks. Transportation is provided from Duchess.

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 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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