Related Research Articles
Spruce Grove is a city that is 11 km (6.8 mi) west of Edmonton, Alberta, in Canada. The city is adjacent to the Town of Stony Plain and is surrounded by Parkland County.
Taber is a town in southern Alberta, Canada that is surrounded by the Municipal District of Taber. It is approximately 51 km (32 mi) east of the City of Lethbridge at the intersection of Highway 3 and Highway 36.
Robert Merrifield,, is a Canadian politician and diplomat. He is the former Member of Parliament for Yellowhead, and was the Minister of State for Transport from October 2008 to May 2011. In September 2014 he resigned as a Member of the Canadian House of Commons to accept an appointment from Alberta Premier Jim Prentice to be the province's envoy to the United States in Washington, D.C. where he will lobby for approval of the Keystone XL pipeline.
Alberta charter schools are a special type of public school which have a greater degree of autonomy than normal public schools, allowing them to offer programs that are significantly different from regular public schools operated by district school boards. Charter schools report directly to the province, bypassing their local district school board, may not exceed their assigned quota of students without provincial permission. There was a cap on publicly-funded charter schools, limiting them to just fifteen schools, but the Provincial government eliminated this cap in September 2020. As of October 2023, Alberta has 36 charter schools operated by 21 different school authorities.
Chestermere, originally named Chestermere Lake, is a city in the Canadian province of Alberta, within Rocky View County. It is largely a commuter town of Calgary and is a member municipality of the Calgary Region. The city, which surrounds Chestermere Lake, was known as Chestermere Lake from 1977 to 1993.
Black Gold School Division or Black Gold Regional Schools is a public school authority in Central Alberta, Canada, headquartered in Nisku.
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.
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.
Fort Vermilion School Division No. 52 or Fort Vermilion School Division is a public school authority within the Canadian province of Alberta operated out of Fort Vermilion.
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.
High Prairie School Division is a public school authority within the Canadian province of Alberta operated out of High Prairie. Located along the south side of Lesser Slave Lake, High Prairie School Division provides educational services to a population of over 23,000 people within its service region. The division operates 12 schools with approximately 3,000 students, 200 teachers, and over 140 support staff.
Lloydminster Public School Division is a public school authority within the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan operated out of Lloydminster.
Palliser Regional Division No. 26 or Palliser Regional Schools is a public school authority within the Canadian province of Alberta operating out of Lethbridge. The Palliser School Division services approximately 8,400 students across southern Alberta with 15 community schools, 17 Hutterian colony schools, 11 faith-based alternative schools, ten of which are in Calgary on nine different campuses, five outreach programs, an online school, and four Low German Mennonite alternative programs.
Parkland School Division No. 70 or Parkland School Division is a public school authority within the Canadian province of Alberta operated out of Stony Plain.
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.
Wild Rose School Division No. 66 or Wild Rose School Division is a public school authority within the Canadian province of Alberta operated out of Rocky Mountain House.
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.
Elk Island Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 41 or Elk Island Catholic Schools is a separate school authority within the Canadian province of Alberta operated out of Sherwood Park.
Living Waters Catholic Regional Division No. 42 or Living Waters Catholic School Division is a separate school authority within the Canadian province of Alberta operated out of Whitecourt.