Programs
The goal of an inclusive education system is to provide all students with meaningful learning opportunities and supportive learning environments to enable them to be successful.
We proudly offer a variety of programming: French Immersion starting in Kindergarten and grade 1, dedicated virtual learning at The Hub, distance learning through Coulee Collegiate, Career & Technology programming in high schools, middle school sports institute and baseball academy, superior fine arts focused learning, STEM centered learning, athletics programs and much more.
Play & Learn Program
We offer a Play & Learn program option for parents that are interested in a fulltime experience. This program will be taught by an Early Childhood Educator in the opposite time to kindergarten. If you are interested, please connect with our office.
English as an Additional Language
EAL
Medicine Hat Public School District offers language and cultural support to English as an Additional Language (EAL) registered from Kindergarten to Grade 12. We have students from a rich variety of backgrounds and who speak many different languages at home. After new students register, a language assessment may be completed to determine the needs of the student. This serves as a guide for programming and allows us to make a recommendation regarding type and frequency of support. We offer your child a welcoming environment that honours our students’ heritage, helping to ease the transition into Canadian life and culture. If your child is transferring from a different school or district where they received EAL support, then please indicate this when you register your child at the new school. If your child’s primary language, or the language spoken in the home is not English, then please also indicate this when you register your child for school. Your child may benefit from receiving English language support even if they have been born and raised in Canada.
First Nations Metis and Inuit Education
FNMI Program
Medicine Hat School Division offer First Nation, Metis and Inuit culture supports to all students to learn more about their cultural background. For more information, please connect with one of the school administrators.
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H.U.G.
Helping Us Grow (HUG) is part of the provincial Mental Health Capacity Building Initiative, that works to promote positive mental health in children, youth, families and individuals in the community who interact with children and youth. The funding for this program comes from Alberta Health Services Provincial Addiction and Mental Health. We have been in operation since 2007 and we provide prevention and promotion services to all schools in the Medicine Hat Public School Division. Our program follows an evidence-based logic model and developmental framework based in an ecological context to guide programming. The MHCB program helps promote resiliency and increase protective factors. Everyone can benefit from efforts to promote mental health and prevent mental illness, where mental health refers to our ability to manage our life, attain goals, cope with life stressors and be able to bounce back from setbacks. The type of programming we offer includes skill development, such as coping, dealing with stress, communication, relationship building, self-care, and empathy building, among other important life competencies. Specific techniques include mindfulness, relaxation, emotional self-regulation and information on how the brain works. All of our work helps to increase awareness, reduce stigma and promote help seeking behavior when or before life or stress hits a tipping point. With one in five Alberta children and youth affected by substance use or mental illness, it’s vital that prevention and access to early mental health intervention or supports are available at an early age. We meet our mandate by: Delivering mental health promotion and prevention programming including presentations to students, staff, parents and/or other community members that increase wellbeing, resilience, protective factors, promote early identification of issues and addressing risk factors; Building capacity in others who work with children, youth and families, to deliver wellness presentations and programming; Organizing and facilitating school and community-wide mental health events and awareness campaigns; Facilitating our community partners to have access to students to promote their services and share their expertise Collaborate with service providers in the community to maximize service efficiencies and to advocate for unmet mental health needs for children and families; Share and exchange knowledge and resources between MHCB Programs through the MHCB Community of Practices established across the province. Together we can begin to help students and families start to identify various ways to manage stress and build resiliency.