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Welcome to Chinook’s Edge!
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Chinook’s Edge is one of the largest school divisions in the province, serving over 11,000 students in 43 Central Alberta schools between Calgary and Red Deer.
Our schools are located in 13 small communities that sprawl east and west from the Highway 2 corridor, conveniently providing Chinook’s Edge staff and families with the best of both worlds: a friendly, healthy and affordable small-town lifestyle combined with the proximity to big city amenities! Plus, the world famous Rocky Mountains are a short drive away.
The Chinook’s Edge reputation for staff and student wellness, our family-friendly communities that boast easy access to exciting cultural and recreational opportunities, and our highly regarded quality learning environments make us a desirable division in which to live, learn, work and play!
- VISION
- Chinook's Edge School Division will be universally recognized as a collaborative learning community where learning is personalized for all students to achieve success as compassionate and innovative global citizens.
- MISSION
- Chinook's Edge School Division will engage every student in meaningful learning by challenging, encouraging and believing in them.
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- BOWDEN
- Bowden Grandview School
- CARSTAIRS
- Carstairs Elementary School
- Hugh Sutherland School
- Neudorf Hutterite
- CREMONA
- Cremona School
- DELBURNE
- Delburne School
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- OLDS
- École Deer Meadow School
- École Olds Elementary School
- Horizon School
- Off Campus Learning Centre
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- Olds High School
- Olds Koinonia Christian School
- Reed Ranch School
- PENHOLD
- Jessie Duncan School
- Penhold Crossing Secondary
- Penhold Elementary School
- RED DEER COUNTY
- Gasoline Alley Career High
- Pine Hill Hutterite School
- Poplar Ridge School
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CESD Inclement Weather
Hear more about Inclement Weather from Superintendent Kurt Sacher:
Be ready for Inclement Weather days and keep your children safe! Please click on this link for information.
With the safety of students, staff and parents our highest priority, our Board of Trustees has supported our plan to close schools on extreme weather days when traveling is deemed unsafe for everyone.
To that end, Central Office has developed a Administrative Procedure (AP 1-13) that will allow school closures to involve a single school, a community of schools or the entire school division. To keep our discussion relatively simple, we believe there are essentially three types of travel days that occur in our Division. We have coded these days Green (all clear), Yellow (use caution), and Red (unsafe).
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Green days – the days when it is clearly safe for everyone to travel. All buses are running and all of our schools are open. |
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Yellow days – the days when buses might not run in some or all areas of the Division, but schools remain open. Some conditions which may result in a Yellow Day include: temperatures that fall below -35 degrees ambient or - 40 degrees with windchill; reduced visibility, road or climatic conditions. On Yellow days, we anticipate that the majority of staff members will be able to drive to their schools and that meaningful learning will take place. (i.e. There may be a small minority of staff who choose not to travel because they have deemed their unique route unsafe.) Note: if a bus is cancelled because of inclement weather in the morning, it is cancelled for the entire day and will not run in the afternoon either.
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Red days – the days when a given school, area or the entire Division may be closed. These are days when we are faced with extremely cold temperatures (ambient temperature for a significant part of the day is lower than - 40 degrees Celsius, or the temperature with wind chill is lower than -45 degrees Celsius), or a full-blown blizzard, or when we have a combination of heavy snow, high winds, and very low visibility. On Red days, to ensure the safety of our staff, parents, and licensed older students, we feel we need to close schools not only for students, but also for staff. This decision will be made in consultation with school administrators whenever possible. We believe this is the best way to ensure everyone’s safety. It is important to note that a Red day may exist for one school, for one area (i.e. all Sundre Schools), or for the entire Division. Staff will be expected to conduct their work from home and learning will continue remotely. For emergency purposes only, we will be asking our schools to do what they can to have at least one staff member onsite on school closure days to ensure that no students are inadvertently dropped off at the front door of a school. |
How will Yellow Days be announced?
When a decision is made to cancel a bus route or all the bus routes, parents of bus students can expect to receive an automated call from your Bus Driver and/or Division Office. Information will be posted to Facebook and Twitter, the Division website and individual school websites at affected schools. Area radio stations will only be notified if buses are cancelled in an entire area or community, or in the whole division.
How will Red Days be announced?
As early as possible on the Inclement Weather day (prior to 7:00 a.m. whenever possible), parents at affected schools will be sent a voicemail, email and text message using our CESD automated communication system. It is, therefore, vital that your school has your current contact information. In addition, messaging will be shared via Facebook, Twitter, area radio stations, and will be posted to the division website and individual school websites for those schools affected.