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Education
Providing access to education and training opportunities
is essential in creating a well-prepared workforce and strong communities.
South east Alberta’s schools, college, other education institutions
and 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 3275 students in grades Kindergarten through
12. A Board of eight trustees, the 20 public schools and 15 Hutterite
Colony Schools boast an average student to teacher ratio of 14.72:1.
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, AB T0J 0A0
403.972.3744
www.prrd.ab.ca
South Central
High School
105-3rd Ave W
Oyen AB T0J 2J0
403.664.3644
www.prrd.ab.ca
Post Secondary 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 Tai Cooking to Oil/Gas Industry
Requirement Training.
Big Country Community Adult Learning Association
Box 667
113 - 2 Avenue W
Oyen, AB T0J 2J0
Phone: 403.664.2060
Fax: 403.664.2905
Email: bccalc@telusplanet.net
The Big Country
Educational Consortium serves residents in southeast
central Alberta. Eight public post-secondary institutions
are involved in the consortium to provide a wide variety of community-based
educational programming. Those institutions are:
BCEC
245-3 St. W
Drumheller AB
T0J 0Y0
Phone: 403.823.8300
Fax: 403.823.7083
Email: info@bcec.ca
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For more information:
- ALIS
(Alberta Learning Information Service) - 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; it includes information on school choices,
summaries of required curriculum, and “homework” help.
- Alberta
Education - Schools - A complete list of schools and school
boards.
- Alberta
Children's Services - Information and check-lists to help
parents find quality child care, plus 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. Click on
the link to get complete information about the Child Care Subsidy
or to try the Estimator.
- The Corporate
Education Network (CENetwork) is a comprehensive website
that promotes a “one-stop-shop” of training services
available to individuals and businesses in Southeast Alberta.
Users of the CENetwork can research, compare and register for
training courses, events, and facilities, all in one centralized
online location. This initiative was made possible through a
partnership with Entre-Corp Business Development Centre, Medicine
Hat College, Palliser Economic Partnership and Office of Learning
Technologies – Human Resources and Social Development.
- Monthly
Living Allowance - Information from the Alberta Student Finance
Board.
- National
Child Benefit (Low Income Families) - This program provides
financial and social support to low-income families.
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