Black Gold Regional Division No. 18

Black Gold Regional Division No. 18
Black Gold Regional Schools
Location
3rd Floor, 1101 - 5 Street
Nisku, Alberta, Canada[1]
Canada
District information
Superintendent Dr. Norman Yanitski
Chair of the board Barb Martinson
Schools 32
Students and staff
Students 11,500+
Teachers 700+
Staff 500+
Other information
Website www.blackgold.ca

Black Gold Regional Division No. 18 or Black Gold Regional Schools is a public school authority within the Canadian province of Alberta operated out of Nisku.[1]

Size

Black Gold Regional Division No.18 is the 7th largest public school division in Alberta with 2017/2018 enrolment data stating approximately 11,462 students. The Division, formed in 1995, operates 32 schools in communities of Beaumont, Calmar, Devon, Leduc, Leduc County, New Sarepta, Thorsby and Warburg. The Division offers a Pre-Kindergarten to Grade 12 school system including inclusive education programs, second language instruction, extensive Career and Technology Studies programs, and gifted programs instruction.

Governance

Black Gold Regional Division No.18 is governed by a Board of Trustees (also called a Board of Education). In Black Gold, there are 7 positions elected by public school taxpayers during municipal elections: two from the City of Leduc, one from the Town of Devon, one from the Town of Beaumont and one from each of the three rural wards (County Central, County East, County West). While elected from specific wards, trustees must represent the best interests of the entire Division.

French Immersion Schools

Black Gold Regional Division No. 18 (BGRD) offers Early French Immersion in its Beaumont and Leduc Family of Schools with the objective of providing full mastery of the English language, functional fluency in French, as well as an understanding and appreciation of the French culture. BGRD's Early French Immersion program is a highly effective way for students to become functionally fluent in French while achieving all of the objectives of a regular school program. Early immersion means that students will begin their immersion experience in Kindergarten or Grade 1 and continue in the program to Grade 12.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Authority Information Report" (XLSX). Alberta Education. August 2, 2014. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
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