The Pembina Hills School Division, (formerly known as Pembina Hills Regional Division No. 7 and Pembina Hills Public Schools) is a

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headquartered in

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. The division, with 16 schools having a total of about 3,700 students as of 2021, provides

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to the following

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communities: the towns of Barrhead,

Swan Hills Swan Hills is a town in northern Alberta, Canada. It is in the eponymous Swan Hills, approximately north of Whitecourt and northwest of Fort Assiniboine. The town is at the junction of Highway 32 and Grizzly Trail, and is surrounded by Big Lak ...

, and

Westlock Westlock is a town in central Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1913, the town is primarily an agricultural, business, and government administration centre serving communities and rural areas within surrounding Westlock County. Geography Westlock i ...

, and the Village of Clyde, as well as the counties of

, and

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. Sections of

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and

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to the southeast and south are also in this school district.

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. It was established during a wave of

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amalgamations in Alberta, during the Progressive Conservative government of

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. Pembina Hills School Division 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

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of Barrhead consolidated with the school district to form a

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. The first school district in Swan Hills (Oil Hills School District No. 5109) was not formed until 1959.

Schools

Two schools are for

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and two are "outreach" schools. *

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, Grades 7-12 * Barrhead Outreach, Barrhead, Grades 7-12 *

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, Barrhead, Kindergarten-Grade 6 (French Immersion) *

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, Busby, Kindergarten-Grade 6 *

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, Kindergarten-Grade 9 * Dunstable School, rural County of Barrhead near Busby, Kindergarten-Grade 6 * Eleanor Hall School,

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, Kindergarten-Grade 9 * Fort Assiniboine School,

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Kindergarten-Grade 9 * Pibroch Colony School, Pibroch

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near

Grades 1-9 *

Neerlandia Public Christian School Neerlandia is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within the County of Barrhead No. 11. Neerlandia is situated at the intersection of Highway 769 and Township Road 615A between Mellowdale and Vega, approximately 20 kilometers north of Barrhead ...

Neerlandia Neerlandia is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within the County of Barrhead No. 11. Neerlandia is situated at the intersection of Highway 769 and Township Road 615A between Mellowdale and Vega, approximately 20 kilometers north of Barrhead ...

, Kindergarten-Grade 9 * R.F. Staples Secondary School, Westlock, AB, Grades 7-12 (French Immersion 7-9) * Sunny Bend Colony School, Sunny Bend

near Westlock, Grades 1-9 * Swan Hills School,

, Kindergarten-Grade 12 * Vista Virtual School,

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(office in Calgary), Grades 1-12
Westlock Elementary School
Westlock, Kindergarten-Grade 6 (French Immersion) * Westlock Outreach, Westlock, Grades 7-12

References

External links

Pembina Hills Public Schools
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pembina_Hills_School_Division School districts in Alberta Barrhead, Alberta Westlock County 1995 establishments in Alberta Educational institutions established in 1995