New School Updates

It has been a busy fall working with Alberta Infrastructure and our Architectural firm in finalizing the designs for our new school.  We are happy to say that we have finished our schematic design.  Our design incorporates the elements our committee liked in our tours to create a beautiful and functional school design.  

In late December, we were pleased to hear from the Alberta Government that they gave approval for our design to be planned with the intention that when we are approved for our new school build, we will be able to manage the building of this school through our own school division rather than through the Alberta Government.  This is exciting to hear as this should allow for more streamlining and, hopefully, a quicker building process.   We will be waiting anxiously for announcements to come later in the spring to see if we will be approved for funding to build our new school.  

At our January Parent Council meeting we will be sharing the proposed designs with our parent population. 

The provincial government released the names of the communities and school divisions who have been approved for new school buildings as well as design funding.  We are happy to announce that Chinook’s Edge School Division has been approved for design funding for a replacement school for Penhold Elementary School.  

This means that we will be working with Alberta Infrastructure and an architectural firm to start the process of designing what a replacement school for Penhold Elementary School will look like.  

This news is very exciting.  The current Penhold Elementary School building was built in 1954 and has undergone two additions to the school and many upgrades over the years.  We have outgrown our current building and are excited for the possibility of a new school building in the future.

Please see this link for the official announcement from the Alberta Government.  

New School Announcement

In an effort to build the best middle school possible, CESD has put together a committee that includes school staff, parents, Town of Penhold staff, School Board Trustees and Division Office Staff.  This committee will tour schools throughout Central Alberta to gather information that will build our thoughts and wishes for what the new school design will look like.  Thank you to those staff members and parents who volunteered their time to be part of this group.