Year Round Education
In Year Round Education, students are taught the mandated Alberta curriculum on a modified calendar. Students start school at the beginning of August each year and attend through to the end of June with one month off over summer. Students also receive a two week break in October, a three week Christmas Break, and a three week Spring Break. The research around Year Round Education indicates that student achievement benefits from shorter and more frequent breaks as opposed to the longer summer break that students receive on a traditional school calendar.
In Chinook’s Edge School Division No. 73, students can take Year Round Education at Chinook Center School in Innisfail (grades K-4) and at Innisfail Middle School (grades 5-7).
More information on Year Round Education can be found on The National Association for Year Round Education web site at: http://www.nayre.org/.
Click here to view the Year Round Calendar for Chinook’s Edge School Division.
For families looking for flexibility, the year round program may be for you.