Pembina Hills Regional Division No. 7

Pembina Hills Regional Division No. 7, operating as Pembina Hills Public Schools (PHPS), and also known as the Pembina Hills School Division,[2] is a school division headquartered in Barrhead, Alberta.[3]

Pembina Hills Public Schools
Location
5310 49th Street
Barrhead, Alberta, Canada
T7N 1P3
Woodlands County, County of Barrhead No. 11, Westlock County, SE portions of Big Lakes County, S portions of the M.D. of Lesser Slave River No. 124, and all towns and villages within those municipal districts.

Canada
District information
SuperintendentDavid Garbutt
Chair of the boardJennifer Tuininga
Schools15
BudgetCA$48.6[1] million (2009-2010)
Students and staff
Students4,590[1]
Other information
Elected trusteesKerry McElroy, Barrhead South; Nancy Keough, Swan Hills; Jackie Carson, Westlock South; Wendy Scinski, Town of Westlock; Jennifer Tuininga, Barrhead North; Jackie Comeau, Westlock North; Judy Lefebvre, Town of Barrhead
Websitewww.phpschools.ca

The division, with 15 schools having a total of about 3,800 students as of 2019, provides public education to the following central Alberta communities: the towns of Barrhead, Swan Hills, and Westlock, and the Village of Clyde, as well as the counties of Barrhead, Westlock, and Woodlands. Sections of Big Lakes County and Municipal District of Lesser Slave River No. 124 to the southeast and south are also in this school district.[4]

History

The division was created on January 1 1995 from the County of Barrhead No. 11 school district, Swan Hills School District No. 5109, and Westlock School Division No. 37, which combined into a single school district.[4]

It was established during a wave of school board amalgamations in Alberta, during the Progressive Conservative government of Ralph Klein. Pembina Hills Public Schools was the result of a voluntary merger of Westlock School Division No. 37, the educational component of the County of Barrhead No. 11 and Swan Hills School District No. 5109.

Prior to that union, the Barrhead and Westlock areas had previously been part of a regional school division, Pembina School Division No. 37, which was split in 1947 into the Westlock and Barrhead School Divisions. In 1959, the Municipal District of Barrhead consolidated with the school district to form a county. The first school district in Swan Hills (Oil Hills School District No. 5109) was not formed until 1959.[5]

Schools

Two schools are for Hutterites and two are "outreach" schools.[4]

As of 1 September 2017

  • Alberta Distance Learning Centre, distance education (offices in Barrhead, Edmonton, Calgary, and Lethbridge), Grades K-12
  • Barrhead Composite High School, Barrhead, Grades 7-12
  • Barrhead Elementary School, Barrhead, Kindergarten-Grade 6 (French Immersion)
  • Busby School, Busby, Kindergarten-Grade 6
  • Pembina North Community School, Dapp, Kindergarten-Grade 9
  • Dunstable School, rural Westlock County near Busby, Kindergarten-Grade 6
  • Eleanor Hall School, Clyde, Kindergarten-Grade 9
  • Fort Assiniboine School, Fort Assiniboine Kindergarten-Grade 9
  • Pibroch Colony School, Pibroch Hutterite Colony near Westlock Grades 1-9
  • Neerlandia Public Christian School, Neerlandia, Kindergarten-Grade 9
  • R.F. Staples Secondary School, Westlock, AB, Grades 7-12 (French Immersion 7-9)
  • Sunny Bend Colony School, Sunny Bend Hutterite Colony near Westlock, Grades 1-9
  • Swan Hills School, Swan Hills, Kindergarten-Grade 12
  • Vista Virtual School, virtual school (offices in Barrhead), Grades 1-12
  • Westlock Elementary School, Westlock, Kindergarten-Grade 6 (French Immersion)

References
  1. "2009-2010 PHRD Budget Report" (PDF). Pembina Hills Regional Division. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
  2. "Home". Pembina Hills Public Schools. 2013-01-26. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
  3. "Contact Us". Pembina Hills Public Schools. Retrieved 2019-08-25. 5310 - 49th Street Barrhead, Alberta T7N 1P3
  4. "Our Division". Pembina Hills Public Schools. Retrieved 2019-08-25. 5310 - 49th Street Barrhead, Alberta T7N 1P3
  5. "HeRMIS - PAA". hermis.alberta.ca. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
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