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 Rick
Dombrosky, Director
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Alternative and Adult Education Services strive to meet the needs
of the community by offering alternative, supportive and
complementary learning and growth opportunities for students
within our District, and English language programs for adult
newcomers to our community.
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The objectives of the department include:
Our many programs include:
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Outreach
Programming
for Senior High School Students (Fresh Start sites of Downtown,
North, Northwest, South, West, and Mill Woods)
- Partners
For Youth outreach including both Junior/Senior High School Students
- Guardian Angel
Program - junior high outreach at Fresh Start Northwest and Fresh Start Millwoods
- Revelation
Online high school program (virtual learning)
- Our Lady of
Grace Program for pregnant and parenting teens
- Sanctuary
at St. Margaret - junior and senior high students
diagnosed with severe behavioral disorders
- P.A.S.S. - Part-time Alternative Self-paced School (high school
courses)
- Summer
School learning opportunities (four high schools and Fresh Start sites)
- Diploma Exam
Preparation courses for senior high students
- Tutorials
(Saturday
morning classes for elementary and junior high students)
- High School Completion Rates in conjunction with A.I.S.I. -
Alberta Initiative for School Improvement
- Aboriginal Career Facilitation - in conjunction with Aboriginal
Learning Services
- LINC
 (Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada) programming
- Case Management for all district students on Student Finance
- Projects Office - in conjunction with Citizenship and Immigration
Canada
Alternative and Adult Education Services has numerous partnerships which include: AADAC
, Catholic
Social Services ,
TERRA
Association ,
Edmonton City Centre
Church Corporation ,
Alberta Education ,
Alberta Human
Resources & Employment (AHRE) ,
and Citizenship
& Immigration Canada (CIC) .
Alternative and Adult Education Services operates 10 off-site locations with 23 different
programs as part of its district mandate, in order to offer successful
alternative programming for students and adults.
"The object of education is to prepare the young
to educate themselves throughout their lives."
Robert M. Hutchins
Alternative and Adult Education Services
9627 - 108 Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta T5H 1A4
Tel: (780) 944-2000
Fax: (780) 944.2007
http://www.lifelonglearning.ecsd.net
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grades 2-12
