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Alberta is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Territories (NWT) to the north, and the U.S. state of Montana to the south. It is one of the only two landlocked provinces in Canada. The eastern part of the province is occupied by the Great Plains, while the western part borders the Rocky Mountains. The province has a predominantly continental climate but experiences quick temperature changes due to air aridity. Seasonal temperature swings are less pronounced in western Alberta due to occasional chinook winds.
The Canadian Prairies is a region in Western Canada. It includes the Canadian portion of the Great Plains and the Prairie Provinces, namely Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. These provinces are partially covered by grasslands, plains, and lowlands, mostly in the southern regions. The northernmost reaches of the Canadian Prairies are less dense in population, marked by forests and more variable topography. If the region is defined to include areas only covered by prairie land, the corresponding region is known as the Interior Plains. Physical or ecological aspects of the Canadian Prairies extend to northeastern British Columbia, but that area is not included in political use of the term.
Brooks is a city in southeast Alberta, Canada that is surrounded by the County of Newell. It is located on Highway 1 and the Canadian Pacific Railway, approximately 186 km (116 mi) southeast of Calgary, and 110 km (68 mi) northwest of Medicine Hat. The city has an elevation of 760 m (2,490 ft).
Tilley is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within the County of Newell. It is located approximately 22 km southeast of the City of Brooks and 78 km northwest of the City of Medicine Hat.
The Public School Boards' Association of Alberta (PSBAA) is a not-for-profit society, the members of which can be any public school jurisdiction, or First Nations Education Authority, in Alberta, Canada. The membership criteria for the Association requires a school jurisdiction which provides public education to affirm its support to the Objects of the Association.
Education in Alberta is provided mainly through funding from the provincial government. The earliest form of formal education in Alberta is usually preschool which is not mandatory and is then followed by the partially-mandatory kindergarten to Grade 12. This is managed by Alberta Education which has divided the province into 379 school authorities. Higher education in the province is managed by Alberta Advanced Education.
A charter school is a school that receives government funding but operates independently of the established state school system in which it is located. It is independent in the sense that it operates according to the basic principle of autonomy for accountability, that it is freed from the rules but accountable for results.
Aspen View Public School Division No. 78 or Aspen View Schools is a public school authority within the Canadian province of Alberta operated out of Athabasca.
Buffalo Trail Public Schools Regional Division No. 28 or Buffalo Trail Public Schools is a public school authority within the Canadian province of Alberta operated out of Wainwright.
Canadian Rockies Regional Division No. 12 or Canadian Rockies Public Schools is a public school authority within the Canadian province of Alberta operated out of Canmore.
Chinook's Edge School Division No. 73 or the Chinook's Edge Board of Education is a public school authority within the Canadian province of Alberta operated out of Innisfail.
Elk Island Public Schools Regional Division No. 14 or Elk Island Public Schools is a public school authority within the Canadian province of Alberta operated out of Sherwood Park.
Foothills School Division No. 38 or Foothills School Division is a public school authority within the Canadian province of Alberta operated out of High River.
Golden Hills School Division No. 75 or Golden Hills School Division is a public school authority within the Canadian province of Alberta operated out of Strathmore.
Lloydminster Public School Division is a public school authority within the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan operated out of Lloydminster.
Northland School Division No. 61 is a public school authority within the Canadian province of Alberta operated out of Peace River.
Peace Wapiti Public School Division No. 76 or Peace Wapiti Public School Division is a public school authority within the Canadian province of Alberta operated out of Grande Prairie. Peace Wapiti Public School Division provides service to more than 6,000 students in Kindergarten through Grade 12 in 32 schools, including seven Hutterite colony schools and an outreach and online school – Peace Academy of Virtual Education (PAVE) located in Spirit River. High School programs are operated in eight schools – Spirit River Regional Academy, Beaverlodge Regional High School, Eaglesham School, Ridgevalley School, Savanna School, Sexsmith Secondary School, Peace Wapiti Academy and Peace Academy of Virtual Education (PAVE). The Board also operates a group home facility serving students in Northern Alberta.
Wolf Creek School Division No. 72 or Wolf Creek Public Schools is a public school authority within the Canadian province of Alberta operated out of Ponoka.
The Southern Francophone Education Region No. 4 is a French first language authority within the Canadian province of Alberta operated out of Calgary.