Education | Town of Oyen

Education

Oyen provides educational services to area of over 4000 square kilometers

Oyen is a remarkably young community with 30% of its population under the age of 25. Almost three-quarters of those are school age or younger.

Oyen is part of the Prairie Rose Regional Division #8, headquartered in Dunmore (tel: 1-800-468-7023), and the Christ Redeemer Catholic Separate Regional School Division #3, headquartered in Okotoks (tel: 1-800-737-9383). The town provides educational services to residents of an area of over 4000 square kilometers. It is a center for education in the area.

Currently the community boasts two elementary schools: the Assumption Roman Catholic School (grades K-6) and the Oyen Public School (grades K-9), as well as the area’s only senior high school, South Central High. While emphasis is placed upon preparing students for post secondary education, qualified staff working with modern facilities and equipment also helps students to achieve excellence in business education, home economics, and industrial arts.

Extra-curricular activities are equally important. Teams from Oyen schools compete in regional and provincial sporting, academic, and cultural activities.

The Big Country Adult Learning Council (403-664-2060) provides a variety of learning opportunities for adults. Areas of programming include ESL, Community Issues, Employability Enhancement and General Interest (eg. Fitness, Crafts). Supervision of distance learning exams and post-secondary resources are also provided. The council also hosts an Adult Basic Literacy Education Program to help adults improve reading, writing and math skills.

The Town of Oyen is the centre for education in the area, offering residents both public and separate school options.

Oyen is part of the Prairie Rose School Division #8, www.prrd.ab.ca headquartered in Dunmore,
Tel: 1(800) 468-7023

Fax: (403) 528-2264)

Christ the Redeemer Catholic School Division www.redeemer.ab.ca headquartered in Okotoks,

Tel: (403) 938-4575.

Our communities are very proud of our schools. The table below shows how our schools consistently place above the provincial average, as well as having a higher percentage of students completing grade 12 and a higher percentage of students eligible for the Rutherford Scholarship. We also have excellent sports programs, with baseball, curling, basketball, volleyball, golf, badminton, etc. Many of our teams have been provincial champions.

Goal	Measure category	Measure category evaluation	Measure	Jurisdiction Results				Provincial Results
Goal	Measure category	Measure category evaluation	Measure	Current results		Prev. Year results	Prev. 2 year average	Current results	Prev. Year results	Prev. 2 year average
Goal 1: High quality Learning Opportunities for all	Safe and caring Schools	Good	Safe & Caring	86.8		87.7	87.5	84.2	84.4	82.7
	Student Learning Opportunities	Good	Program of Studies	78.3		76.5	76.6	78.5	78.1	76.9
			Education Quality	89.8		90.0	89.6	87.6	87.7	86.0
			Drop out rate	4.4		2.7	3.2	4.7	4.9	5.3
			High School completion Rate (3 yr)	86.3		87.1	87.5	70.4	70.1	69.1
Goal 2: Excellence in Learning Outcomes	Student Learning Achievement (grades K-9)	Good	PAT: Acceptable	84.2		82.2	83.6	75.9	76.9	77.1
	Student Learning Achievement (grades K-9)	Good	PAT: Excellence	22.1		19.6	20.6	19.5	19.1	19.3
	Student Learning Achievement (Grades 10-12)	Excellent	Diploma: Acceptable	89.3		92.8	90.3	85.4	84.7	85.4
			Diploma: Excellence	27.3		28.1	25.2	23.3	23.0	22.7
			Diploma Exam Participation Rate (4+Exams)	64.0		63.9	65.5	53.7	53.5	52.4
			Rutherford Scholarship Eligibility Rate	49.6		42.4	44.9	37.2	35.3	33.9
	Preparation for lifelong Learning, World of Work, Citizenship	Good	Transition Rate (4yr)	50.5		49.4	44.4	39.5	37.0	34.6
			Work Preparation	83.9		81.6	81.8	77.1	77.0	74.7
			Citizenship	78.0		77.7	78.4	76.6	76.8	74.7
Goal 3: Highly Responsive and Responsible Jurisdiction (Ministry)	Parental Involvement	Good	Parental Involvement	81.8		82.2	81.3	77.5	77.9	76.0
	Continuous Improvement	Good	School Improvement	80.0	80.9		79.8	76.3	76.8	73.