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.

Prairie Rose School Division #8 encompasses a large geographical area (approximately 29,117 sq. kilometers) in southeastern Alberta. It borders Saskatchewan to the East and the United States to the South.  The Division serves a predominantly rural population of approximately 3,380 students in Kindergarten through Grade 12. A Board of 7 trustees operates 18 public schools, 1 outreach School, 15 Hutterite Colony Schools boasting one of the lowest pupil/teacher ratios in the province.

Public School

Students from the Empress area attend neighboring Warren Peers School in Acadia Valley for Grades One through Nine and to South Central High School in Oyen for Grades 10 through12.

Warren Peers School
Box 90
Acadia Valley, Alberta  T0J 0A0
Tel: 403-972-3744

South Central High School
105-3rd Avenue West
Oyen, Alberta T0J 2J0
Tel: 403-664-3644

Continuing Education

The Big Country Community Adult Learning Council (BCALC provides community Based Adult Learning. Located in Oyen, the BCALC provides learning opportunities for the entire region. Learning opportunities range from learning Thai cooking to oil/gas industry requirement training.

Big Country Community Adult Learning Council
Box 667
113 - 2 Avenue West
Oyen, Alberta T0J 2J0
Tel: 403-664-2060
Fax: 403-664-2905
Email: bccalc@telusplanet.net 

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.

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.

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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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