About 1,750 students are taking part in July summer learning programs across the Black Gold School Division, with classes underway in Beaumont and Leduc. This is the highest summer enrollment on record for the division, which serves 13,600 students in 32 schools across communities including Beaumont, Calmar, Devon, and Leduc.
Summer School Principal Luke Stevenson said students want to take part and the program offers them needed flexibility. “The students appreciate Summer School and want to participate,” Stevenson said. “We love welcoming students who want to balance their academic ambitions with flexibility, and this program meets the need.”
High school students can take welding and fabrication, mechanics, math, science, social studies, English, physical education, and Career and Life Management courses. Younger students in Grades 1 to 8 can join literacy and numeracy boost camps to strengthen reading and math skills before the next school year.
Classes for high school students are being held at Ohpaho Secondary School and Leduc Composite High School in Leduc, and at École Secondaire Beaumont Composite High School in Beaumont. Elementary boost camps are running at West Haven Public School in Leduc and École Champs Vallée School in Beaumont.
The growth in summer learning comes as the division sees strong overall enrollment increases and works to manage space pressures, especially in Beaumont. According to the division’s capital plan, École Secondaire Beaumont Composite High School had 1,267 students last September and was projected to reach 126 percent utilization by September 2026. Planning is underway for a new high school in Beaumont to address the overcrowding.
Stevenson said the summer program’s continued growth reflects how families value the chance to catch up or get ahead during the break. “We are happy to have them here and enjoy helping them succeed,” he said.
For more information on Black Gold summer learning, visit the division’s news page.
