2012/2013 ADLC Annual Report

1 out of every 11 students in Alberta were enrolled in an ADLC course

59 754 students

* Based on 636 613 students. Student Population by Grade, School, and Authority, Alberta 2012/2013 School Year, Alberta Education

(Alberta Education and non-Alberta Education students)

*

In 2012/13, ADLC served:

142760 630

Published by Alberta Distance Learning Centre

Production: Angela Degen, Jonathan Koch, Donna Silgard, Lucas Warren

Copy Editor: Kyla Coulman-Absher

Printer: Program Resources Branch, Alberta Education

Cover image: “Scuba-Diving Adventure” by Christine Carey, ADLC Art 30

Contents2012/13 Highlights 3 - 7

A History of Distance 8

Sharing the Wealth 10

Superintendents’ Messages 12

Graduation 2013 14

Branching outside the classroom 16

Connect. Capture. Create. 17

‘My Guiding Hand’ 18

French Connection 19

Take CALM and carry on 20

Cooking up Opportunities 22

Upgrade your skills. Upgrade your life. 23

Northern Innovation 24

In Case of Emergency: Call ADLC 25

2012/13 Student Awards 26 - 33

Game on 34

BARRHEAD Alanna CRAWFORD Alethea OHM Angela DEGEN Bernice FISHER Brenda KUYEK Brett COOPER Bryan HOLCROFT Cam OULTON Carol HOLCROFT Carrie GROUETTE Cheryl FROSE Chris SONNENBERG Christine VILLENEUVE Cindy KNAPP Cindy SCHWAB Colleen THIESEN Crystal SCHOLE Dale WEIMER Debbie MOTTUS Diane GERUN Donna KLEMMER Donna SILGARD Doug PINDER Elsie RESCHKE Goedele KERCKHOF Grace HIEMSTRA Gurtek POONIA Heather McMILLAN Isabel REMPEL Jake WARKENTIN Jan CARSWELL Jason WIKS Jessica LUCIUK John PACHKOWSKI Joy BARTON Joy McLEAN Judy LESKO Kelly KENNEDY Kyla COULMAN- ABSHER Lanette THOMPSON Laura RENKEMA Laurie MESSMER Linda JULLION Liv NYGAARD Liz TRUSCOTT Lora GIBBONS Lynn STOCKING Marge MUELLER Maryanne DOUCETTE Murray MARTIN Nicola RAMSEY Pat JACKSON Patty ROGERSON Patti VAN AERT Patrick FOUNTAIN Ralf LEMIRE Ron ESTABROOK Sandra COBER Shirley BRUNS Shirley MEUNIER Slade SEKULICH Sue REES Susan REICH Tara TIGGELAAR Tara TROOCK Tara WEST Tracey PANDACHUCK Trish JINKS Trista DOOLE Camile DEZAEYER Vanessa MATHISON Wally ROGERS Yvonne HARRIS Bill WORKUN Cathy ERNEWEIN Darlene BLOOME Elizabeth SEIMENS Sharon SLOAT EDMONTON Alejandro ACEVEDO Amy GREENE Annette HADDOW Bryan FRECHETTE Carl ASSELIN Carrie MITCHELL Christie BORLE Crystal PUSKEPPELIES Dominick GALLO Eric ALBRECHT Florence OLBERG Francine PLANTE Gary SIMPSON Gena ROACH Ian DOKTOR Jasmin BENAVIDES Joanna O'REILLY Julie GONNEAU Karen CAMPBELL Kurt HANNEMAN Lise PETHYBRIDGE Marvin MANSELL Margareta HINRICHSEN Marjorie

SCOTT Mounira FERJANI Shane ANDERSEN Shelley THOMAS Trevor OUELLETTE Vickie ANDERSON Chris PETHYBRIDGE

Josef MARTHA CALGARY Carey KLASSEN Cathy ATTENHOFER Christine ZAIDI Erika WILLIAMS Jonathan

KOCH Helen HOEY Kate JUNG Kenton KAUPP Laurel BEATON Larry LEMIEUX Laurie BRINTON Phoebe

ARCILLA Pina GENTILE Sarah DEPEEL Stacy HARPER Treena BRADBURY Danielle WINTER

Dustin BLUMHAGEN Jody NIXON Laura MCCARTNEY LETHBRIDGE Andrew BLAIR

Cassie HUCIK Catherine EUSTON Fred JACK Gary FREDERICKSON Helen HAMPTON Heather MARTIN Jacalyn WATSON Jennifer WATSON JoAnne HARTIGAN Layne PLOURD Leslie SMILJANEC Randy FIDLER Vic MENSCH Anita BOYCHUK Heather OBER Loya DECLERCQ Michelle

PISONI Rosella GOERTZEN

communitieseducational authorities

schools

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combined urban enrollment 35 493

Calgary & Edmonton 14 167

other urban centres 21 326

rural communities 44 925

total ADLC 2012/13 enrollment 80 418

contracted services senior high completion rate 82%

team teaching senior high completion rate 97%

2012/13 enrollments 80 418

2009/10 enrollments

42 419

Delivery ModesTrends

online

blended (online and print)

print

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13

2012/13 senior high completion rates

over 2011/12

ADLC Vision and

Mission Statement

Pembina Hills Regional Division No. 7, under the terms

of a service agreement with Alberta Education, administers

Alberta Distance Learning Centre (ADLC).

ADLC’s mission is to be an innovative learning community, supporting students, teachers,

parents, and partners by providing high-quality teaching

and learning at a distance.

Our vision is a flexible, student-centred school where

students realize potential, achieve success, and develop

skills for life-long learning.

enrollment vs. students Students are those taking a course with ADLC. Enrollment is measured by the number of courses being taken (eg. one student can be enrolled in multiple courses).


public 42

separate* 17

francophone 6

private 59

colleges 1

FNMI schools

12

charter schools

5

2012/13Jurisdiction Breakdown

+7% growth over 2011/12

the public system accounted for 81% of ADLC’s 2012/13

enrollment

2012/13Student Information elementary students

2 677

junior high students 3 390

senior high students 53 687

59 754+22% three year growth

includes 2 677 adult students 445 out-of-province students

* —Includes Roman Catholic and Protestant separate schools.


A History of Distance

Over a century ago, when settlers began forging new communities in Alberta, one of the first tasks performed by pioneers was the creation of the community school.

Establishing a school was no easy task. Hopeful settlers often had to overcome isolation and poverty in order to establish and operate the now iconic one-room schoolhouses. Despite their best efforts, not all were successful: the inevitable consequence being that children often faced long journeys to the closest school; or families were forced to leave their homestead in search of educational opportunities elsewhere.

In 1921, the newly-elected United Farmers of Alberta government pledged to overcome the obstacles to education in the province’s rural and remote areas. Education minister Perren Baker, a farmer from Nemiskam in Alberta’s southeast, directed the Department of Education to begin distributing lessons by mail to students in isolated rural communities. Setting up shop in a back office of the provincial Legislature, the Correspondence Branch of the Department of Education commenced operations in 1923.

serve the diverse needs of its students. In 1940, the first lessons were broadcast on CKUA, the University of Alberta’s radio station. As the demand for high school services surpassed elementary / junior high, the school teamed up with the province’s educational station, ACCESS television, to broadcast instruction for a brief time in the early ‘70s.

In 1973, the Department of Education’s Correspondence School Branch celebrated its 60th anniversary. To mark the occasion, the school was officially designated the Alberta Correspondence School (ACS) by the province. The innovations continued at ACS, and with the arrival of the ‘80s, the school began experimentation with computer assisted learning. Long before the Internet ruled supreme, the Correspondence School experimented with videotext and teletext instruction.

Alberta Correspondence School had come a long way from its humble beginnings in the Alberta Legislature. With the Lougheed provincial government exploring ways to revitalize rural northern communities, the Alberta Correspondence School would soon discover it had a little further left to go.

Establishing a school was no easy task.

During the first two months correspondence service was available, lessons were sent to one hundred families across Alberta. Within five years, over 1000 Grades 1- 8 students were receiving lessons from the Department of Education. As enrollment grew, the Branch outgrew its cramped confines in the Legislature, moving first to the Terrace Building, Edmonton, in 1937, and again, eight years later, to an office on Stony Plain Road, Edmonton. In 1939, the Correspondence Branch began offering education for Grades 9 - 12, contributing to a further spike in enrollment.

With the Second World War precipitating a teacher shortage in the province, the Correspondence Branch began a long tradition of using the latest technology to

Distance education in Alberta has come a long way


Sharing the Wealth

1980 was a big year for distance learning in Alberta.

The oil-fueled prosperity of the previous decade had transformed the province, inspiring the provincial government of Peter Lougheed to explore ways of distributing the benefits of the boom to diverse communities across Alberta.

This desire coincided with the need for the Alberta Correspondence School to find a new home. The school had outgrown its office of over 30 years, a crowded brick building located on Stony Plain Road in Edmonton. On October 27, 1980, the education minister announced to Correspondence School staff that their workplace would be moving 90 km northwest – to the town of Barrhead. The school would be following in the footsteps of another one of Canada’s leading distance learning institutions, Athabasca University, whose northern relocation to the town of Athabasca from Edmonton had been announced six months earlier.

In preparation for the move, the province commissioned the construction of a state-of-the-art building, situated in the north industrial area of Barrhead. When the Correspondence School opened its doors in September 1983, the agriculturally-based community of 3500 was provided with a major economic boost. Along with the influx of new residents, mostly teachers and administrative staff, several local residents were also provided with administrative support jobs that included pensions and benefits.

The move also created a real estate and rental boom in Barrhead during a time of economic downturn across the province. To accommodate the growth, the town annexed 900 acres and developed 140 fully serviced lots to accommodate the influx of new residents. The post office also required an upgrade to handle the additional 500,000 pieces of mail to be directed from the new Barrhead branch.

Within four years, the population of Barrhead had grown to almost 4000. A contingent of staff also moved to outlying communities, such as Westlock, while others continued to commute from the city for many years.

The school functioned as the Alberta Correspondence School until 1991, when it changed its name for the second time to become Alberta Distance Learning Centre (ADLC) – reflecting the shift from print-based correspondence education to distance learning using both print and non-print media.

In 1997, ADLC’s bond with Barrhead was cemented when the organization was divested to the Pembina Hills Regional School Division. The move reflected a trend under the Klein government towards decentralization, with Alberta Education getting out of the business of delivering education directly to students. ADLC continued to share a building with Alberta Education, who retained control over the development and design components of the operation.

Overall, divestiture proved a “win-win” for ADLC staff and the PHRD community. Employment was secured for long-serving ADLC employees; while many new opportunities opened up for students and teachers in the division, as well as residents in Barrhead and beyond.

In 2013/14, ADLC is celebrating 30 years as a major employer and leading corporate citizen the Barrhead community. Employing over 70 full-time staff at the Barrhead office, and 60 more in offices across Alberta, ADLC celebrates a proud history in Barrhead – Alberta’s distance learning centre.

In 2013/14, ADLC is celebrating 30 years as a

major employer and leading corporate citizen in

the Barrhead community

How Barrhead became Alberta’s distance

learning centre


Scratch an Albertan, and there’s a good chance you’ll find someone who has used Alberta Distance Learning Centre. There is also a good chance they may not even realize it!

That’s because for 90 years, ADLC has been the province’s best kept educational secret. Generations of Alberta Grade 1 - 12 students have achieved academic success with the help of ADLC, with our dedicated staff working behind the scenes to provide Alberta students, teachers, parents, and schools with course material, teacher support and instruction.

Today, ADLC remains a critical partner in Alberta’s education system, providing 21st century education opportunities to meet the diverse and evolving needs of Alberta’s students and the workplace.

And although the way we educate our students has changed since Alberta’s Correspondence School Branch was established in 1923, our focus has not—success for students is all that matters, and we have delivered, from a distance.

At Alberta Distance Learning Centre we continue to uphold the tradition of excellence in distance learning, enabling Alberta students to learn at their own pace, anywhere, at any time.

For the past 15 years, Pembina Hills Regional Division has been proud to carry on the tradition of delivering success from a distance.

It’s what we do, and we’re pretty proud of that.

Colleen Symyrozum-Watt Superintendent, PHRD

ADLC Assistant Superintendent Cam Oulton PHRD Superintendent Colleen Symyrozum-Watt

Greetings from Alberta Distance Learning Centre

We are pleased to share our 2012/13 Annual Report, which summarizes our work over the past year, and reinforces why ADLC has played a central role in providing distance education to Albertans for ninety years. We pride ourselves in being responsive to the needs of Alberta students and partner schools. We believe that the upcoming school year offers more challenges and opportunities to be of service than we have ever experienced.

For the 2013/14 school year we implemented “Solutions for Schools”, helping our partner schools maintain access to ADLC services and courses under the new provincial funding model. The response was phenomenal, leading to about 100,000 enrollments within a “Solutions for Schools” service plan. We will continue to listen to our partners over the coming year to ensure that we support 21st century learning provincially with our stakeholders.

As well as new service models, we have presented new and innovative online courses for students. Chief among these is a cutting edge CALM course that is engaging and topical. We have put out new math courses to enhance student learning this year; and are just finishing up a number of elementary core courses to be released soon.

Along with providing educational solutions, engaging courseware and expert service, we are also entering into innovative partnerships with business and industry. Our Forestry courses in partnership with the Woodland Operators Learning Foundation, (WOLF); our Entrepreneurship courses, which represent the best in gamified real world online education; and the EXCITE project linking students with experts and professionals in the workplace stand as three examples of learning grounded in practical and engaging hands-on experiences.

We look forward to continuing to serve Albertans as a leader in 21st Century learning in Alberta for decades to come.

Cam Oulton Assistant Superintendent, ADLC

Greetings from Pembina Hills Regional Division No. 7

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Well, we’ve done it; the end of an era, to use a cheesy cliché. So what can we expect now?

Everything’s smooth sailing here on in right? No, not exactly. I don’t think anyone needs to tell you that this is only the beginning. Our school years have been preparing us for this moment when the hard work really begins. So it won’t be easy, but dreams are worth the work. But we need something more if we want to achieve our goals. Hard work wouldn’t get us anywhere if we didn’t have a plan.

“The plans of the diligent one surely make for advantage,” as Proverbs 21:5 states. If we are thinking of heading to college, we need to know what we plan to do in the future.

What is the career we are focusing on? Deciding this allows us to plan for what courses we’re going to take, and when we’re going to take them. We need to plan our lives so work and school will balance. We’ll most likely even need to plan when we can spend time with our family and friends.

If you’re like me and have a goal to move to another country, you need to look at how much money it will take to travel there, plan how to deal with the legal elements of making that move, and consider where you’re going to live and work. If we just jump into action without thinking these things through, all we should expect is disaster.

True, we can’t plan for everything, after all, “time and unforeseen occurrence befall us all,” as it says in Ecclesiastes 9:11.

But we didn’t come this far just to give up. We will succeed if we show determination to attain our goals, make those plans, work hard to follow them, and do our best. That’s all anyone can ask of us; that’s all we can ask of ourselves.

— An excerpt from ADLC 2013 Valedictorian, Michaela Dickson’s speech to fellow graduates.

ADLC 2013 Valedictorian, Michaela Dickson

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Hannah Bird

Morgan Carson

Mahima Chauhan

Dylan Dekuyper

Tianna Dewhurst

Michaela Dickson

Maryke Dronyk

Every year, students from the ADLC graduating class are invited to attend a graduation ceremony, held this year on June 7, 2013 in Calgary. ADLC congratulates all the members of its 2012/13 graduation class, including

those named below, who attended this year’s celebration:

Tegen Dunnill Jones

Min-Hyu Lee

Jennifer McDevitt

Caroline McKervey

Danielle McManus-Marchuk

Bryant McMillan

Kaylee McNaughton

Alexander Minchin

Aidan Paterson

Justin Sran

Gino Twoyoungmen

Britani Woloszyn

2013 ADLC Graduation in Calgary

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Branching Outside

the Classroom

“It gives people a chance to get outdoors and have a great time by really getting to

experience education at its finest — out of the classroom and in a hands-on environment”

— Jerry Fochler, Inroads Mountain Sports

Students from Noble Central School learning how to tie knots

Education and industry team up to bring forestry experiences to Alberta students

The EXCITE Learning Environment connects people who are passionate about what they do with K-12 students across Alberta. Using leading-edge digital technology, EXCITE captures these interactions, and enables them be re-purposed for use in multiple learning environments

“EXCITE is a career project that links students in the classroom with professionals and experts in the field,” says Tammy Tkachuk, a teacher at Busby School, 70 kilometres northwest of Edmonton. “It’s a way of making what we’re learning in the classroom real to the students. It brings the world to our little town.”

ADLC teacher and Science Department lead teacher, Julie Gonneau, says, EXCITE also brings real world experiences into the classroom.

“Students are curious, they want to know more,” says Gonneau. “When students come back with questions that means they’re interested. That means we have them.”

The EXCITE project also takes the work that people do in wide range of sectors- from energy to entertainment- and creates learning resources to be used in online courses offered by Alberta Distance Learning Centre, and by classroom teachers throughout the province.

“If kids get excited about learning in general, that’s a win for the students, it’s a win for the teachers; it’s a win for everybody,” says Brad Anderson (Executive Director of Alberta Chamber of Resources).

Learn more about the EXCITE Learning Environment at www.excitelearning.ca

Connect Capture

Create

“[EXCITE] brings the world to our little town.”

— Tammy Tkachuk, Teacher, Busby School

Introducing the EXCITE Learning Environment.

Grade 5/6 students experience EXCITE at Busby School

Students across Alberta are receiving a unique opportunity to learn about careers in forestry – thanks to an innovative collaboration between education and industry.

Using equipment simulators and content provided by Woodland Operations Learning Foundation (WOLF), Alberta Distance Learning Centre (ADLC) has created five Forestry courses now being delivered in select schools across Alberta.

The partnership delivers high-tech logging equipment simulators to pilot schools like Noble Central High School, creating a safe, low-cost alternative to actual equipment training. Participating students in Nobleford, 34 km northwest of Lethbridge, received simulated instruction on forestry equipment. The goal of the program is to foster awareness among students about forestry as a potential career, as well as assist the forestry industry in evaluating future machine operators.

According to Broc Higginson, Principal at Noble Central, the forestry simulator experience is something his students wouldn’t normally have been able to access.

“There aren’t a lot of trees around Nobleford, so to have an opportunity to learn about careers in forestry at our school is really unique. This is the type of experience that is only available to a small rural school like Noble Central through distance learning.”

In conjunction with WOLF, ADLC also provides Noble Central students with a three-day/three-credit Career and Technology Studies (CTS) course for their distance learning program. Taught by the experts from Inroads Mountain Sports, this course teaches students the fundamentals of outdoor survival — from how to tie knots to celestial navigation.

Noble Central students participated in a Field School in Lethbridge from September 4 – 6, 2013, as part of ADLC’s three-credit Career and Technology Studies (CTS) course. Visit www.adlc.ca to learn more about their experience.

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FrenchConnection

[In 2012] a pilot project through ADLC will make French Language Arts (FLA) available via video conferencing to an immersion class at Wetaskiwin Composite High School.

The project also includes two other schools where very small immersion enrollments require creative solutions.

The lead immersion class in the Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education finished Grade 9 in the spring [of 2012], but the district decided to join the ADLC project.

The third participant is Bishop Carrol High School in Calgary. Four other schools within the Calgary Catholic School District offer continuing French immersion, but Bishop Carrol attracts [students] because of its other unique [program] offers [and] its location.

[In 2011], a few Wetaskiwin high school students chose to take FLA independently through ADLC. To give them on-site support, Canadian Parents for French Wetaskiwin provided a tutor. [In 2012], according to chapter President Heidi Smith, local students will take FLA 10 through video conferencing in the first semester. She says 40 minutes of the class will be with the ADLC teacher via simultaneous live feed to all three schools, while the remainder of the period will be for assigned work.

“We are very excited that there will be a real class, with a real teacher!” says Smith.

— Reprinted with permission from CPF Alberta News, Fall 2012.

“I am new to the Spanish language and have registered in this course as a prerequisite for going on a trip through my high school. Since registering for Spanish-10 through Alberta Distance Learning Centre, I have

been very pleased with both the format and style of [the course] set up, as well as the accessibility with contacting teachers or personnel in charge.

I have no history with Spanish but I do have history with other ‘organizations’ that provide online courses; I can very confidently say that this has been positively beyond what I could have asked for in a course of a

[non]traditional learning environment. I look forward to continuing this great learning experience.”

— ADLC Student

Praise for ADLC’s Spanish 10

Morgan Carson was struggling. She was not doing well — socially or academically.

“My high school experience was not a good one; it started off with a lot of bullying when I was younger,” explains Morgan. “I was told that I would not succeed in independent learning and, to me, that’s a challenge.”

To say that she answered that challenge would be an understatement. Morgan not only excelled in the ADLC environment, bringing her marks up considerably, but she has also recently graduated from high school. Now, thanks to enrollment in the Registered Apprenticeship Program (RAP), Morgan is a tower crane operator.

“My experience at ADLC has been phenomenal. It’s redirected me onto the right path, and it’s really been my guiding hand,” says Morgan.

Learn more about Morgan’s ADLC experience online at www.adlc.ca

‘My Guiding Hand’

The Registered Apprenticeship Program (RAP) is an apprenticeship program for high

school students. Students are both full-time students and registered

apprentices, dividing their time between an approved work site and their high school

studies. They take regular courses, in order to earn their Alberta High School Diploma or

Certificate of Achievement.

For more information on the RAP Program, visit tradesecrets.alberta.ca

The Registered Apprenticeship Program

ADLC Graduate Morgan Carson

For many years French immersion students in

Wetaskiwin have had to drive to Beaumont for Grade 10 - 12.

Some families have even moved to give their children the chance

to complete the program.


TakeCALM

andCarry

On

In September 2013, ADLC launched a new online Career and Life Management (CALM) Course.

“We wanted to create a truly meaningful experience for students,” says Cam Oulton, ADLC Assistant Superintendent. “It had to look good, be entertaining, but above all else, this new CALM course is about developing meaningful skills for the real world.”

Taking full advantage of the online environment, ADLC’s new CALM course allows students to hear speakers from around the world, engage in online communities and develop ePortfolios that can be used for real life applications, even after the course is finished.

Students can learn how and when they want to, as the online course is fully responsive and accessible on all mobile devices or digital platforms.

“Old Meets New” by Kristina van Westenbrugge, ADLC Art 10


Cooking up Opportunities

ADLC has partnered with Kainai High School to ensure that students have access to a full range of Career and Technology Studies (CTS) learning options.

In this unique partnership, ADLC has provided the high school with a complete virtual school package, including in-class help to support the development and successful delivery of a variety of new courses.

“The idea [of this project] is to try create blended learning opportunities so that teachers in the classrooms can create powerful learning experiences for their students in an efficient and stable way,” says Gary Frederickson, CTS Department Head for ADLC. “We’re trying to learn from them what works, and how we can make it sustainable for other FNMI communities.”

On the ground, ADLC’s Jackie Watson is helping to launch some of the courses, including a new Foods 20 program.

“It was really fun to watch the students [interact with the program through video]. They can actually take a look at the muffins and see how they’re made prior to coming in,” says Watson. “We have a huge variety of students with many different learning abilities, so it’s going to be a wonderful project to bring them all together.”

One of the biggest advantages of the program is its flexibility.

“They can use what they want of [the program],” explains Watson. “This has opened a door to make better collaboration for both teachers and students.”

For more information on ADLC’s virtual school CTS packages, visit www.adlc.ca/cts

“This [program] has opened a door to make better collaboration for both

teachers and students.” — Jackie Watson, ADLC

ADLC’s Jackie Watson instructing Foods 20 students in Kainai

On the Blood Reserve, southwest of Lethbridge,

something very special is happening.

When your high school years are over, a fresh new future awaits. Take a job, start

a career, continue into a trade or work toward a university degree – the options are many and varied. Whatever you do, it’s important to note that education is a lifelong pursuit, and it’s never too late to

start the courses that can change your life.

“We have about 3,500 adults each year who come to Alberta Distance Learning Centre (ADLC), whether it’s to upgrade their Grade 12 or pick up courses they missed to do a career change,” says Bryan Frechette, an assistant principal of community engagement with ADLC. “Our motto is learning anytime anywhere, from Grade One, to people in their 70’s and 80’s.”

For adult learners, the serious students are the most successful. Those who approach learning with a goal in mind tend to show the best results. “If an adult needs three courses to get into NAIT and make a change in their career, then they are very invested in it,” said Frechette. “We had a student recently, who did all three diploma exams with us, got 99 per cent on one, and 100 per cent on the other two. He’s gone into medicine now.”

Distance learning doesn’t leave students stranded alone in an educational void. Students work with teachers, and can ask questions and get guidance, just as they would in a classroom. Most ideal for adult students is the flexibility of ADLC courses. Students can work full time and study when their schedule allows it, according to the requirements of their lifestyle.

The demand for distance learning services varies [according to] the economy, he added. “When the economy is not good and there are layoffs, our business ramps up substantially. People will upgrade or take courses, and go back to college or university. ADLC can help with that.”

Register with ADLC, by logging on to www.adlc.ca or calling the office toll-free at 1-866-774-5333. In many cases, students can begin courses on the day they register.

Upgrade your skills.

Upgrade your life.

“What do we need to do to take you, educationally, from where

you are now, to where you need to be? Many adults want that

high school diploma they never got, or they have a general

interest in something.”

— Bryan Frechette ADLC

Associate Principal of Community Engagement


When fire devastated the Northern Alberta community of Slave Lake in the summer of 2011, ADLC staff was deployed to assist students at evacuation centres at High Prairie, Westlock, Athabasca, and Edmonton.

After an act of arson on April 20, 2012, destroyed Arrowwood Community School, ADLC quickly offered up staff support and resources free of charge, for two years, to support one hundred students and teachers who were without any resources to finish the school year. Staff from ADLC offices also traveled to Arrowwood, located about 80 km southeast of Calgary, to provide teacher support and offer resources.

Under the provincial service agreement, these vital contingency services are provided at no cost to affected families or school jurisdictions.

To find out more about ADLC’s Calgary office, phone 1-866-774-5333 ext. 6200, or stop by for a visit during the week at 341-58 Avenue SE.

In Case of Emergency:

Call ADLC

“I cannot begin to explain how crucial this particular support was. We were literally left with not even paper and pencil at our disposal, not to mention years’ worth of lessons that teachers had developed. The access to and use of all of the ADLC curriculum related materials was readily welcomed by all of our teachers. From Grade 1 - 9 the resources became our primary resource until textbooks and programs could be reordered.”

—Jody Beagle, Principal, Arrowwood School

Northern Innovation

Providing educational opportunities for remote northern communities is a big challenge. Serving a land mass that covers one quarter of the province, Northland School Division 61 faces bigger challenges than most.

To meet the distinct educational needs of their 2,500 students, Northland signed a five-year agreement with Alberta Distance Learning Centre in September 2011, to develop learning resources and strategies for Northland’s predominantly First Nation and Métis student population, and to share these innovations with the rest of the province.

From this partnership, the learner-centred Northland Virtual School was created. Teachers in Northland’s 24 division schools are now able to connect with ADLC staff and access a full array of ADLC learning resources for students. Through ADLC’s Virtual School Solution, more than 400 high school students have the ability to stay on top of their course work, while transitioning to other locations.

In April 2013, ADLC and Northland collaborated to increase student engagement amongst Grade 7 - 8 students at Grouard Northland School, launching a pilot project called Atlantis Remixed. Students are immersed in an interactive online 3-D virtual world where they learn about subjects like language arts, social studies, and life skills.

Through this ground-breaking partnership, both Northland and ADLC hope to create greater access to education resources and supports for all Albertans.

“I am here” by Erl Lydustre, ADLC Art 30

In the event of a disruption of regular services as a result of pandemics,

natural disasters, labour disruptions, and other emergency situations that

can prevent regular school jurisdictions from providing required services,

ADLC’s flexible service delivery system enables a quick response for provision

of emergency and contingency educational services.


Principal’s Special AwardIn recognition of outstanding involvement with ADLC, a select student, family, and partnership representative will be honoured.

StudentCollin Gross, Hines CreekKaleb Gross, Hines Creek

PartnershipsDebbie Ponich, NiskuBlack Gold Division, Homes Based

SuccessMaker PartnershipsBrenda O’Brien, Fort Assiniboine (Fort Assiniboine School)Brent Aleman, Coalhurst (Calvin Christian School)Elly Oskam, Coalhurst (Calvin Christian School)

Raju Family Distance Learning AwardPresented to selected full-time ADLC students who have demonstrated diligence and consistency in their distance learning studies and have shown good citizenship, particularly in caring for others.

Chenoa Grimm, Grimshaw

PHRD Citizenship AwardsPembina Hills School Division honours notable acts of citizenship by individual students. These three prize awards are designated in Grade 6, Grade 9 and Grade 12.

Grade 6Julie-Mei Wojtiw-Quo, Edmonton

Grade 12Chenoa Grimm, Grimshaw

Alexander Rutherford ScholarshipScholarships to Alberta students based on academic performance in each of Grade 10, Grade 11, and Grade 12.

Giselle Sproule, CalgaryMieye Ofuya, Calgary

Lethbridge Lakeview Lions Club AwardA scholarship presented to a graduating student who has taken courses from ADLC. Applicants must be registered for the following fall semester in a post-secondary institution.

Amy Vande Bruinhorst, Shaughnessy

DSD 1 Sprachdiplom CertificateThe DSD 1 Sprachdiplom Certificate is awarded to students who have completed the first level of proficiency of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).

Alex FilbertAlina RosinAndre BauerDiana GutjahrKeven IsaakLaura Kleinschmidt

Grade 1Abdullah KhedrGenevieve RobitailleJoel Tschetter Grade 2Aileeryia SteffenAmber QuoCollin GrossEleni ChristouFarida KhedrKaleb Gross Grade 3Dillon HamelJohn MortonKoltyn FischerOlivia AllesRoscoe Goodbrand

Grade 4Andy GiangEvan HawboldtMakiya McFadyenPayton Bland

Grade 5Branna FischerBrody LebidDustin OakleyIsabella WisniewskiSajid AhmadShalimar Myers

Grade 6Ashlyn LawrenceCallum BrownCerulea HubbardChase BunningFatma Osman AliHayden Eckert

Grade 6 Con’tHayden WawzonekJamal AhmadJarred GreenfieldJulie-Mei Wojtiw-QuoTessica JacobssonTrinity Alles Grade 7Avery DahlinChristina MortonDana ZacharkoKeegan MartinKyle DanielewiczLydia Goodbrand

Grade 8Alexander NealDamon AuriatJakeb CainesJett BlandMatthew CampbellNimo MohamedTyler Purdy

Grade 9 Albert BrouwerAthena YsBrenna O’HowCarver DahlinCatriona MortonConnor SterrErin MartineGemma SwiftHaley DahlinJayden EschJennifer PetersonJessica KellyKatilynn MakowichukKenny LastukaNawale Moallem

Grade 9 Con’t Rebecca HardcastleSarah Laschuk

Grade 10Joseph WawzonekJulia Casorso

Grade 11Annika OlesenBrent FarandDylan WhiteJordan JaggernauthKiavash AbbasiLuke JaggernauthMathew WoodRobin HimmelreichScott WebberSonya Radvan

Grade 12Abdul SalihChenoa GrimmDaniela CheungJennifer McDevittJessica ArcandKendra HoldsworthMadison DunnMarkus NielsenMichaela DicksonSeper Daneshvar

Honour RollA certificate awarding students

who achieve excellence throughout core courses.

Madeleine FroeseMichelle BasgerMoritz SeifertNancy KlassenSandy Klassen

German A2 SprachdiplomThe Zentrale Deutschprufung A2 Certificate is awarded to students who have completed the second level of proficiency of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).

Agatha KlassenChristina DanilenkoConnor WoodLiya Gebremariam

Samuel JudSara BanmanSusie Froese

2012/13 ADLC Student Awards

“Cool Cats” by Caylah Lyton, ADLC Art 30


Abigail LimAleasha DanderferAlex KosticAlexandra Gross Alexander WoznyAlistair MahoodAmara SlaymakerAndrew SturgeonAndy GiangAnica BistretzanAnthony LavequeAshley Chayka Ashley SchmidtAshley SiposBailey Knapp

Bea AbundaBranna FischerBreanna StewartBrittany HarperBrittnay ChristianBryce SelzlerCaden KundlasCaleb AbelCarly SchultzCarly TougasCaroline McKerveyCarolyn BoychukCharlotte JustChenell PottsCheuk Yeung

Cheyenne OudshoornClayton GorrCole EveleighCollin GrossConner ModinConnor GlebeDamein FisherDane WilliamsDanielle GodinDanyelle LachowichDavid Kosch David LuymesDylan EnnsDylanna FisherEdessa ParadisElene HaaveEleni ChristouEmerald ThomsEmilie Guay-TardifEmily KonradErmin ChowEva Reimer Eva VisscherEvan WoynorowskiFatma Osman AliGareth DaviesGeraldine HuynhGreg PlettHeather MastIsabella WisniewskiJacquelyn McClureJacques Doan-PrevostJamie StarkJanelle DueckJarret WrightJarrett ZilinskiJasmine DahlseideJeanette KrugerJeffrey WilloughbyJenna PaquetteJennifer Menard

Jessi-Anne RobbJoel TschetterJohn MortonJohn SkeithJon ThompsonJordan FauthJoshua AbelJoshua CoghlinJuan Vargas AlbaKacee KazoleasKaleb GrossKara DuckeringKatelyn FitzgeraldKavanah RobinsonKayla NeelsKaytlyn EvansKelly De VriesKevin Flores BanuelosKiera SchultzKimberly BuregaKit StevensKlyne O'ByrneKoltyn ParsonsKristen WongKyle JohnsonKylie MontpellierLacey ShipaleskyLanden KnightLeah SadegianLeanne DubeLevi CoremanLily SongMadison HolgateMatthew Atchison Matthew RiderMeg KieperMegan Hynes Megan Kondor Megan RodgerMorgan CarsonMorgan Lambert

Merit Awards

A certificate is presented to students honouring notable effort resulting in significant

academic improvement.

Natalia Banuelos RevelesNeal WilkinsonNicholas McCulloughNick EkelundNicole BerwickNicole HeinrichsNina AndersonNolan CunninghamOwen SmithPatrick JadzinskiPaula BielerPeter MannersRachel StefaniukRachel TidlundRachelle DoyonRaj GhoseRandy OmastaRena BrownRoscoe GoodbrandSajid AhmadSamantha MetcalfeSamuel PollockSaphara MyersSarah McBainShaye MorinSkeeter DixonSophia TurrinSumaia SalmanTatiana EngelTaylor ClarkTegan OdlandThomas KingTino GiangTori KeepingTracy KuzykTristan RinglandTy BiddiscombeTyson WilliamsWilliam PhelpsZachary KnightZoe Thomson

Adam GallifordAdrian GirardAdriana OskamAimee LarsenAlenna ColemanAlicia MohlerAllison Price

Amber VanbergAmber BirdAngel HoeyAshley GrinderAshley PigeonAustin FernAustin WippAva Lund Ava MachukBithiah Kusi-SekyereBraden GarveyBraeden ScholtenBrandon GuthmillerCalem PictouCarly TougasCarson LawtonCarter Greilach Carter LeenstraChance FosterChance KummerClayton ImpeyCoby CoughlinCole GrisnichConner Enns-HorvathConnor TougasCooper DavisonDacian FournierDally WhittenDana WaltersDanai HrycunDaniel OudshoornDavid MilanovicDecklan GillisDominic WaltersDorianne OskamDustin OakleyDylan GallatinEmma HaggertyEvan ArnottGerhard AlantGordon Haggerty

SuccessMaker Awards

A certificate is presented to students to recognize consistent effort resulting

in significant improvement. These students were nominated by their

SuccessMaker teachers.

Gordon ShrakeGunnar ChristiansonHans LarsenHunter CouiykIsaac RiochJack AngusJacob WotherspoonJaydan WilliamsJayme SpenceJenna PaquetteJoel SimoneauJonathan DunsbergenJordan NawrotJordis ChapmanJoshua RamseyJustin Baker Justin BlackburnJustyn MeyersKaitlyn McMannKanses WhittenKarra SkaleyKaythen PerryKeeley MillerKelly DyckKenny MorrisonKenzie EmersonKeri BarendregtKimberly ConnorsKinzee StadnykKit StevensKristal McCarthyKyle SkearsKyle StinnKyle WatsonLane VincentLincon RobillardLisa BuhlerLogan ArsenaultLogan BedardLorraine Den HollanderLydia Englot

Madison SchimpfMalavika SanilMarcel BaronMariah VandenbergMax ChanMegan JenningsMichaela ChanMikaila RidlandMorgan SmithNaman GauriNaomi Tejada-GarciaNatalya YuschyshynNicholas VelkowNigel OussorenReanne Vanden BrinkRebecca GiesbrechtRebecca RondeauReef UwaznyRegan MacLeanRena BrownRobson SmithRaevan PriceRyan BlommeSamanth VandekraatsSaphara MyersSavannah FernSean KalielSean YakeShalimar MyersShawn DouglassSidney EnglotTanner ParkTeagan BurkeTessica JacobssonTravis Fisher-BurnsTrayden Larka-MorganTrinity LeeTristin JakinsTysen SchneiderWalter OrrWynton Brandl

“Let’s go for a Stroll” by Samantha Steinhubl, ADLC Art 30

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Abnormal Psychology 35 Stephanie Graham

Agriculture Mack Rattai

Apprenticeship Ryan Buttazzoni

Art 10 Cassie Shell

Art 21 Morgan Lothian

Art 30 Allison Ikenouye

Biology 20 Jared Becher

Biology 30 Kerstin Swanson

CALM Julia Casorso

Career Internship 10 Caroline McKervey Cassidy Peters Chantelle McLennan Jaspreet Sidhu Makayla Starman Micaela Carron

Chimie 20 French Immersion Christopher White-Gloria

Chemistry 30 Wanda Mitchell

Communication Technology Carlee Hendrix

Community Volunteerism Michaela Dickson

Design Studies Hudson Kurtz

Design Studies Sydnee VanDyk

English 10-2 Katy Boysis

English 20-2 Charity Stevenson Greg Mackasey Danita Ponte

English 30-1 Stephanie Koziar

English 30-2 Mike Yachimec

English Language Arts 10-1 Julia Casorso

Enterprise and Innovation Kolson Moore Koltyn Parsons Tatiana Engel

Experimental Psychology 30 Jenna Hamilton

Fashion Studies Hannah Fournier

Financial Management Michael Chorney

Foods Cole Eveleigh

Forensic Science 25 Forensic Science 35 Morgan Penrod

Forestry Jessica Arcand

Francais 10-1 Quentin Golsteyn

Francais 20-1 Edessa Paradis

Francais 30-1 Emilie Guay-Tardif

Francais 30-2 Angelina McCallum Maultauro

French 30-3Y Ada Loewen

French Language Arts 10-1 Christopher White-Gloria Jordynn Lachowich Juan Vargas Alba

French Language Arts 10-2 Stephanie Gregoire

French Language Arts 20-1 Lucy Koshan Samuel Pollock

French Language Arts 20-2 Hailey Verbonac

French Language Arts 30-1 Madison Kennedy

French Language Arts 30-2 Breanne van der Linden Natalie D’Souza

FSL 10-3Y Bo-rum Hammond Rebecca Pospolita

FSL 20-3Y Julia May Peiyi Liang

FSL 30 -3Y Andres Giudice Grillo

General Psychology 20 Jillian Janzen Leah Robinson

General Sociology 20 Hattie Skeithz

German 10-3Y Isabella Ernert Alexandra Mossman

German 20-3Y Christopher Mossman

German 30-3Y Angelika Sawatzky

Top Marks

in Senior

High Courses

A certificate is presented to the student(s) who attained the

highest mark in each Senior High Course.

Health Services Courtney Morgan

Health Services Tourism Cole Sugden

Information Processing Brent Allen

Job Preparation Marissa Smith

Language Natsumi Noguch

Legal Studies Bryce Selzler

Management and Marketing Piercon Knezic

Mathematics 10-3 Jamie Taylor

Mathematics 10C Gareth Davies Lowell McAllister Riky Enns

Mathematics 20-1 Jacqui Nash

Mathematics 20-2 Christian Savard

Mathematics 20-3 Krystal Ewanicke

Mathematics 30-2 Jessica Debaji

Mathematics 30-3 Don Kostyk Madison Brulotte

Mathematics 30 Applied Kate Johnston Niki Tapp Stephen Morse

Mathematics 30 Pure Etienne Leclerc

Mathematics 31 Katherine Gerke

Mechanics Tracy Niggli

Music 10 Makayla Starman

Network Media Halid Sejdinovic

Personal Psychology 20 Julia Casorso

Physics 20 Fiona McGregor

Physics 30 Geraldine Huynh Stilian Rangelov

Physical Education 10 Julia Casorso

Physical Education 20 Bryndle Pauls Hunter Gordon Morgan Kelso Jordan Rijken Rochelle Hemminger

Physical Education 30 Rochelle Hemminger

Recreation Jordan Webb Neil Vermillion

Religious StudiesAbigail Lim

Religious Studies 35 Bridget Baskin

Robotics Michael Warkentin

Science 10 Julia Casorso

Science 14 Alexandra Janeczko Nadia Homann

Science 20 Lucas Miller

Science 24 Megan Duthie

Science 30 Marissa Whalley

Social Studies 10-1 Julia Casorso

Social Studies 10-2 Carmen Elaschuk

Social Studies 20-1 Amanda Greenwell Graham Pahl

Social Studies 20-2 Matthew Williams

Social Studies 30-1 Graham Pahl Wanda Mitchell

Social Studies 30-2 Avinash Kowshik

Spanish 10-3Y Gabriela Carmona Michael Herchek

Spanish 30-3Y Micaela Carron Nadia Homann Sylviane Wallace

Special Projects 10,20,30 Brent Allen

Ukrainian 10-3Y Yulia Kontos

Ukrainian 20-3Y Andriy Halushko

Ukrainian 30-3Y Olga Zaporoshchenko

Work Experience 15 Caroline McKervey Cassidy Peters Chantelle McLennan Jaime-Lynn Foster Jaspreet Sidhu Matthew Richardson Makayla Starman

Work Experience 25 Caroline McKervey Cassidy Peters Chantelle McLennan Jaime-Lynn Foster Jaspreet Sidhu Matthew Richardson Makayla Starman Micaela Carron

Work Experience 35 Caroline McKervey Cassidy Peters Chantelle McLennan Hannah Allaby Jaime-Lynn Foster Jaspreet Sidhu Matthew Richardson Makayla Starman Micaela Carron Rowanne Sleiman

World Geography 30 Jenna Hamilton

“Buddha & Lotus” by Hannah Gushue, ADLC Art 30

A. J. Dimas-LehndorfAbbygail ConwayAbdul SalihAda SzulskiAdam LetalAdam WilsonAdrian SpolnikAhmed NasifAileen SturgesAimee ShermanAlannis LaurentAlex FredricksonAlex Forsberg Alex Gilchrist Alberta Distance Learning Centre 2012/13 Report | 33

Courtney LloydCraig SommerDain GrahamDakota Peter Dakota RobertsDallan BencharskyDallis CartwrightDaniela CheungDanko KozobaricDarien MonckDawson FraynDayna LefebvreDeana WoodDeanna JanzenDeclan BeddowDenzel Bull-GirouxDerek MakiDerick LadwigDevon Deweert Devon Frayn Devon Guzzi Dominique BoudreauDominique HooperDonald HoshelDong KimDylan Darling Dylan LevinDylan WhiteEliese MacWilliamElizabeth FischerElyssa RosadiukEmery ReinboldEmilie StevensonEmily KnappEmina SejdinovicEmma FausakEric GilbeyEric HalinaErika SeabrookEsther GowingEthan CampbellFaith NaykoFelix FaichneyFirdevs Osman AliFlorencia Saslavsky

Alex Kuvaja Alexander AltobelliAlexander MinchinAlexander RichardAli Ollenberger Alyssa CoughlanAlyssa VervaekeAmanda GladstoneAmanda NielsenAmber ChristiansonAngela McGillAnnie GiesbrechtAnnie NsengiyumvaAnnika Olesen

Anthony LavequeAriana AgouridisArnold FosterAshley DellAshley KosaAustin RugglesAustin FischerAyah HfudaAyshja FossheimBecky WiebeBenjamin PoppeBerkley WinterburnBethan McBreenBethany LowryBlake GogowichBoden BoostromBraden GrayBrandon MitchellBrandy CampbellBreanne van der LindenBreanne RodwellBrendan SamekBrennan DurocherBrent AllenBrent FarandBrentin BayesBrett ErikssonBrett GlunzBrett WardBret WindoBritani WoloszynBritannia GillandersBritnie ZurBrittany HoffmanBrock HallidayBrody DyckBronte SaddenBronwyn KizanBrooke GroenenboomBrooke Kuzio Brooke PetersonBrooklyn DaviesBrooklyn WebbBryce SelzlerCade Oram

Caelan TaylorCaleb SmedingCarliegh GainerCarlito Betts TobarCarly EggerCaroline McKerveyCarolyn BoychukCassidy PetersCatherine PiloteCaylib MicklichCedric SchrammChad BrunsChance SzottChantelle McLennanCharmaine NordtvedtChase McMurphyChefawn BowerChelsea Driver Chelsea GrattonChelsey PhaffChenoa GrimmChester PattersonCheyanne ArmourCheyenne Bevan Cheyenne WinterChloe EngelChristian SavardChristina CumberlandChristopher Dubrule Christopher SingendonkChristopher SmithClarrissa TooneClayton PrimeauCody Jackson Cody Lemieux Cody RafuseCody SchlerethCody ViguieCole MacKenzieCole EveleighConnor RendellConnor SimmondsCorne Van DijkCourtney Blahun Courtney Hollman

CTS HonoursAn award for students

having achieved honours (80%) in a combination of

four or more CTS, Options, and Core Courses

RozemblumGabriela CarmonaGarry BullockGarth PetersonGene ChuiGloria RobertsonGrace OswaldGraham FisherGraym WoodGregory Westerhoud Hailey LetcherHailey MacInnisHailey WeegarHalid SejdinovicHannah Van SetersHannah Allaby Hannah Fournier Hannah TabertHolly LemieuxHunter GordonHyo Kyung LeeIsaac James Isaac KozakIsabella BustamanteJack GruningerJackilyne WiebenJacky Vanden BroekJacolby ParsonsJade PrinsJaime-Lynn FosterJames FoleyJames KosowanJames Van VoorstJamie HartleyJamie ThorneJanai RedmanJanaia FedorJarred MahinayJasmine DahlseideJason KefalidisJaspreet SidhuJayden LetendreJennifer McDevittJennifer Menard Jennifer Oshiro

Jeremy Grandbois Jeremy HoefslootJeremy Johnson-SilversJesse HauserJesse Pearce Jessica ArcandJessica FriesenJessica Van HerkJoel BosJolene WilliamsJolieke MourikJonathan FryJonathan NguyenJordan AdamsJordan Batchelder Jordan Bayes Jordan Hansen Jordan WebbJose LoJoseph WawzonekJoseph Zoe-MartinJoshua HolikJoshua PowersJoshua SpasiukJoy LegerJulia SmithJulia La PalmaJustin Lutz Justin MazurekJustin MulrainJustin PitchuckJustin RobinsonJyllenna WilkeKacee KazoleasKagen NewmanKailie BillKassidy SkinnerKate Poehlmann Katelyn DraderKatelyn LarsenKatelynn JohnsenKatherine St. GelaisKathra BlackKathryn HaegedornKatlin Coxworthy

Kavanah RobinsonKaven Many ShotsKayla NeelsKaylyn Moerman Kaylyn PalleyKaytlynn QuintalKeaton LockwoodKeenan GreenfieldKeisha DesjarlaisKelly De VriesKelly Du Kelly HarkeKelsey MyersKeltie KoverKennedy DavidsonKennedy PasayKevin OttewellKeyton EmmersonKhadar MalKier LindsayKirsten ZabrickKolson MooreKoltyn ParsonsKoralee KlokKristen HuotKristina SchadeckKrystal EwanickeKrystin MorinKurri FontaineKyle StahlKyle AndersonLakeisha BlackLane QuickLaura FlettLaura WallLeah SadegianLevi LutzLevi CoremanLiam BainesLindsay RossLindsea MartinLisa LeLogan KillalyLucas MillerLukas Grasse

Lyric PennyMaaike Muilwijk Mackenzie HendersonMackenzie HudgeonMadeleine FroeseMadison PlsekMagdalena BujakMaren ReinboldMark MoonMarshal KlassenMatheo RutherfordMathew WoodMatthew GaiserMatthew GladuMathew Ottenbreit Matthew Pohl Matthew RichardsonMatthew StevensonMatthew StoreyMaurice KerckhofMcKenzie NickolasMegan Barron Megan Douglas Megan JensenMegan MaurerMegan RodgerMegan ThomasMegan TsangMelanie Ho Melissa KrugerMelissa McNeilMeshkeen RefahiMicaela Carron Michael Bandstra Michael ChorneyMichael GrimesMichael Heaney Michael HummelMichaela DicksonMichelle BasgerMikayla CollierMikila BerryMilan TesanovicMiranda JacksonMiranda Rau

Mohammad Osman AliMonty FaichneyMorgan CarsonNadia JuutiNadia HomannNadia BernardNalissa BoydNatalie D’SouzaNeil VermillionNevada BlinnNevin Janzen Nicholas RoqueNicholas ToporowskiNicole CarverNicole DaskalukNicole Penner Nicole Van WeverwykOwen JohnsonPaige GielenPaul NeumannPayten BaxandallPeter Mildner WilsonPeter FehrPiercon KnezicRachel LemireRachel TailbyRaegan DerenowskiRaegan LarsonRamandeep SinghRandell GlaubitzReagan MunroReba ScanieRebecca CharronRebecca LavoieReece DzivinskiRiky EnnsRiley WhiteknifeRita StahlRobin Himmelreich Ruth DaleyRuth Klassen Ryan ButtazzoniRyan DegenstienRyan Halterman Ryan Ritzen

Ryer SawchukSaffron HickeySamantha AmableSamantha McKaySamantha RoseSandra Earl-KenmuirSandrine NoëlSarah KochendorferSarah KosaSarah WhiteSavannah RadeyScott MorganSean EmburySeanna MillhamSebastian LindSeper DaneshvarSerena SeelyShaina CourtoueilleShannon BryceShaye CowlingShayla NickolasSilene StolzSimon RyuSkylar DietrichSkylar GebertStefanie Brand Stephanie BoulterStephanie DoroshukStephanie EllStephane NoletteStephanie SkorijaSydnee VanDykSydney DempsterTalia BlahitkaTalon DiwischTamara StahlTanner HelgasonTaryn BaumgardtTasha OvereemTatiana EngelTaylor McDonald

Taylor Benn Taylor Christiansen Taylor Holtorf Taylor MacPhailTaylor TirschmannTaylor O’FlynnTeah GladueTera LawrenceTessa ZadunayskiThorin MoffattTiara DufaultTim MearsTonille AnsteyTravis WalshTristan DexterTristan RinglandTristen SzottTyghe TurcotteTyler PostmanTyler MillerTyler TroyTyler WatsonTyler GracieUmama ImanUna PirijaVerity GerlachVictoria Goodwin Victoria SpolnikWalter OrrWill KrickenWilliam NicholsWilliam HooverWoodrow RobbWyatt HorveyWyatt Sekura Zachary DesaulniersZachary Doherty Zackary MageauZachary MetzZachary Simonson

“We are part of the Earth” by Jacqueline Hill, ADLC Art 30

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If game-based learning is the future of education, then for ADLC, the future is today.

Alberta students in Grades 10, 11 and 12 now have the opportunity to learn about small business and to hone entrepreneurial skills and management practices, in a five-credit small business and entrepreneurship course. This is the first course of its kind offered in Canada.

This innovative project was the brainchild of Dr. Leslie Roberts, the GoForth Institute’s president and founder, and Gary Frederickson, an ADLC instructor based in Lethbridge.

ADLC’s entrepreneurship course combines GoForth’s small business training with an innovative technology platform, created by Calgary-based developer Robots and Pencils.

The course content is delivered through a video game called “Lemonade Stand”, which can be played on an iPad or desktop computer. Students start their lemonade empire on their front lawn with nothing more than a box and the ingredients for lemonade.

Working through course material, the budding entrepreneur is presented with opportunities and challenges business people face in the real world.

“The mix of video, text and gaming is perfect for high school students and teachers who want education that’s fun and that responds to different styles of learning,” says Dr. Roberts.

As students progress through the game, they interact with other virtual business people. High-definition videos provide course content, and messages of advice and inspiration along the way.

“The nice thing is teachers can keep in contact with students through social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter. These are more tools for us to make sure students stay motivated and on task, and provides a forum for comments and questions.”

“It provides teachers with a new perspective on the student experience by using gaming analytics to provide feedback and measure student performance,” Frederickson adds. “It’s much more than just social media— it’s really cool.”

For more information on the ADLC’s entrepreneurship course, visit www.adlc.ca/lemonade

Game on

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Documents

2012/2013 ADLC Annual Report