Community Learning Campus
The Community Learning Campus (CLC) is an innovative approach to high school, post-secondary, and community education. The CLC addresses specific rural needs by sharing resources and working jointly with a variety of community groups and agencies. The CLC is a joint venture between Olds College and Chinook’s Edge School Division (CESD) in collaboration with the Town of Olds, Mountain View County, and the University of Alberta. Integrated with the Olds College campus, the CLC consists of five multi-use facilities complete with integrated programming.
Community Engagement Sites
The Community Engagement Sites use SuperNet technology to access learning and business applications. You will find the support you need to adapt to new technologies and learn how the CLC can help meet the needs of your community. Community Engagement Sites (CES) are currently operational in the communities of Bowden, Cremona, Delburne, Drumheller, Innisfail, Red Deer, Stettler, and Sundre. Work on the CES in Elnora, Spruce View, and Penhold is nearing completion, and a Carstairs CES will be finished in February 2010. Planning is also underway for CES in Hanna, Red Deer College, Didsbury, and Sylvan Lake.
Please check out our News & Events page for upcoming events at the Fine Arts & Multi Media Centre, the TransCanada Theatre, and the Bell e-Learning Centre
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Olds High School Students and Staff Welcomed to New Location in the Ralph Klein Centre
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February 22, 2010 - A long-awaited day for Olds High School students and staff as they said goodbye to their old school - and moved over to their new one. This exciting day began with an assembly in the old gymnasium followed by a ceremonial walk to the new high school located in Ralph Klein Centre at the Community Learning Campus. Students gathered for some welcoming words from representatives of Olds College, Chinook's Edge School Division, and the CLC.
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Media Release - Legacy Building in Olds named for Ralph Klein
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For immediate release – January 25, 2010: With $750,000 in new funding from the Government of Alberta announced today by Premier Ed Stelmach, the Community Learning Campus (CLC) on Olds College campus sets a new benchmark for rural education. When it opens next month, this facility, housing a health & wellness centre, government offices and Olds High School, will be named the Ralph Klein Centre in honour of the former Premier, one of Alberta's most longstanding and heralded public servants.
Today’s announcement also marks the launch of the Friends of Ralph Klein initiative, part of a final fundraising push to support the construction and start-up costs of the facility. The Friends of Ralph Klein, or "FORKs", represent a substantial number of Albertans who recognize and value Ralph Klein's contributions to the province and see within the CLC and Olds College the same can-do, no-nonsense spirit he embodies. Long cited as an educational favourite of Klein, who holds an honorary degree from Olds College, the College is now moving to secure funding from the Friends of Ralph Klein, with the opening date of Ralph Klein Centre slated for February 2010.
"It is extremely fitting that my predecessor and former mentor would receive the naming rights to this cutting-edge community learning centre," said Premier Ed Stelmach. "Not only does it set a new standard for both high-school and life-long education and wellness in rural Alberta, the Ralph Klein Centre and the CLC as a whole would not be possible without one of Ralph's greatest visions, the Alberta SuperNet."
Dr. Tom Thompson, President of Olds College, lauded both Klein and his extensive network of friends and supporters for helping bring the Ralph Klein Centre to completion. "Five years ago when Premier Klein was our guest, we showed him a model of what was then just a dream," said Thompson. "Through the support of visionaries like the former premier, the current premier and their colleagues, we have been able to roll up our sleeves and make this state-of-the-art building a reality for a new generation of learners. We are honoured to associate Mr. Klein’s name with this flagship facility.”
The completion of this centre is just one more element making the CLC a jewel in rural economic development, life-long learning and wellness, and integrated service delivery. Along with the recently opened Fine Arts & Multi Media Centre and Bell e-Learning Centre, all interconnected to a rurally-distributed network of community engagement sites, the CLC is unique in Canada.
"This new Centre will revolutionize learning and community connectedness, and advance opportunities for residents throughout Central Alberta," said Jim Gibbons, Superintendent of Chinook's Edge School Division and Vice Chair of the CLC Governance Team. "With three gymnasiums, fitness centre, indoor elevated running track, integrated career centre and health services as well as offices for Child and Family Services, and Alberta Employment and Immigration, the Ralph Klein Centre is a model of one-shop service delivery."
The CLC is a partnership between Olds College and Chinook's Edge School Division, in collaboration with the Town of Olds, Mountain View County and the University of Alberta.
