B A T U S 2 0 1 0 School Provision in Ralston Village


Children between the ages of 4 and 14/15 that live in the Crown Village of Ralston attend Ralston Village School. This is an elementary and middle school combined. Children start school later in Canada than in the UK, and for this reason, the school in Ralston has a combined kindergarten/FS2/Year 1 class to accommodate British children. A Service Children’s Education (SCE) teacher is employed to work in this age group to ensure an appropriate curriculum.


If your child is due to start school during your tour, or is currently aged between 4 and rising 6, then you need to live in Ralston Village. There is education but no school provision for children of this age in Medicine Hat.


Whilst the school year is the same as the UK, running from September to August, the class your child will be placed in is determined by their age on the 28th February, not the 31st August. Classes in Canada are worked out on a grade system with grade 1 being roughly equivalent to Year 2 in the English system.


For more information on Ralston Village School or the Alberta Programme of Study, please visit the following web-sites:


Alberta Education:


Prairie Rose School Division No.8: Service Childrens’ Education: Ralston Village School:


School contact details: Ralston Village School, BATUS, Canada


School Principal: Mr Brad Kyle, E-mail: Tel:


Fax:


brad.kyle@prrd.ab.ca 001 403 544 3535 001 403 544 3536


School Administrator: Evelyn Squires E-mail: evelyn.squires@prrd.ab.ca Tel:


Fax:


001 403 544 3535 001 403 544 3536


For those families living in Ralston Village whose children are older than 14, the high school for these children is called Eagle Butte, and is located on the far side of Medicine Hat. A school bus is provided to transport the children to and from school with the journey time being about 45 minutes.


Eagle Butte High School PO Box 281 Dunmore 14/15 – 18/19 years Tel: 1 403 528 1996 Website http://prrd.ab.ca/~ebhs/


School day timings 0845 – 1535 School Provision in Medicine Hat


Children living in Medicine Hat will attend local schools, which will be dependent on the location of your married quarter. Medicine Hat has an elementary and secondary school system, whereby children attend elementary school until age 11, and then transfer to secondary school, much the same as in the UK. There are 13 elementary schools and 3 secondary schools in Medicine Hat. The following website gives


http://www.education.gov.ab.ca/ http://prrd.net/


http://www.sceschools.com/ http://www.ralstonschool.ca


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