Louise Dean Centre

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Louise Dean Centre

Address
120 - 23 Street N.W. Calgary, Alberta, T2N 2P1, Canada
Information
School number	b418
School board	Calgary Board of Education
Principal	Brenda English
School type	Public (Canada)
Grades	7-12
Area	Area II, Ward 7
Enrollment	129 (September 2004)
Homepage	Louise Dean Centre

The Louise Dean Centre is a public combined junior and senior high school in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, which teaches grades 7 through 12. It is designed exclusively for teenage mothers (current and expectant). It is operated by the Calgary Board of Education, with the assistance of The Catholic Family Service of Calgary (despite the organization's name, the program is secular like other CBE program).

The school was named for Louise Dean, who was born in 1896, and was an elected trustee of the CBE.

[edit] Special programs

The Catholic Family Service assists students with counseling and organizes support groups for the teen mothers, fathers (although only the mothers can be students), and gradparents of the babies. It also provides runs an on-site daycare, the Dr. Clara Christie Infant Learning Centre, which allows the mothers to attend classes, but still visit their children frequently. The daycare staff also helps teach new mothers parenting skills.

The Calgary Health Region assists students and their babies in areas of nursing, childbirth education and dental hygiene.