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	Johnette Lemke
Schools	31
Students and staff
Students	11,143
Teachers	680
Staff	470
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 2015/2016 enrolment data stating approximately 10,533 students.^[2] The Division, formed in 1995, operates 31 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.

Budget

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.

See Black Gold Regional Division No. 18's Board Policy Handbook under Policy 2 "Role of the Board" for more information.

2015/2016 Board of Education

Schools

BEAUMONT

Black Gold Outreach School – Beaumont: Grades 10 – 12
École Beau Meadow School: Grades K – 6
École Bellevue School: Grades K – 6
École Champs Vallée School – Opening 2017!
École Coloniale Estates School: Grades K – 8
École Dansereau Meadows School: Grades 1 – 8
École J.E. Lapointe School: Grades 7 – 9
École Secondaire Beaumont Composite High School: Grades 9 – 12

CALMAR AND AREA

Calmar Elementary School:Grades K – 6
Calmar Secondary School:Grades 7 – 12
New Humble Centre School:Grades K – 6

DEVON

John Maland High School:Grades 10 – 12
Riverview Middle School: Grades 5 – 9
Robina Baker Elementary School: Grades K – 4

LEDUC

Black Gold Outreach School – Leduc: Grades 7 – 12
Caledonia Park School: Grades K – 9
Covenant Christian School: Grades K – 9
East Elementary School: Grades K – 6
École Corinthia Park School: Grades K – 6
École Leduc Junior High School: Grades 7 – 9
Leduc Composite High School: Grades 10 – 12
Leduc Estates School:Grades K – 6
Linsford Park School: Grades K – 6
West Haven Public School: Grades K – 8
Willow Park School: Grades K – 6

NEW SAREPTA

New Sarepta Community High School: Grades 7 – 12
New Sarepta Elementary School: Grades K – 6

THORSBY

Thorsby Elementary School: Grades K – 6
Thorsby Junior/Senior High School: Grades 7 – 12

WARBURG

Warburg School: Grades K – 12
Warburg Hutterite Colony School: Grades 1 – 9

HOME-BASED

Black Gold Home-Based School: Grade 1 – 12

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.