What changed? In June 2018, the Pembina Hills School Board approved a recommendation for changes to the ADLC calendar, starting in the 2018/19 school year. ADLC teachers will begin their school year as determined by the Pembina Hills Public Schools (PHPS) Calendar. The rest of the ADLC teachers’ work year is designed to match high...

In response to First Nations, Metis and Inuit (FNMI) material found in courses made available through ADLC that was identified as inappropriate, a team of FNMI Content Specialists has been formed to review ADLC Courses specifically for references on Residential Schools. The team will identify all Residential School references, analyze them using the Alberta Education:...

Important Notice Regarding Adult Student Registration Expiry Alberta Distance Learning Centre (ADLC) is an entity of Alberta Education, and Pembina Hills Public Schools (PHPS) is the managing school division. ADLC has a Service Agreement with Alberta Education, and this agreement guides PHPS in the operations of ADLC. The Agreement is reviewed regularly to ensure Alberta...

Partner Schools and Teachers In response to the discovery of inappropriate content in a Social Studies course previously distributed by ADLC, specifically in reference to Residential School experiences, ADLC has implemented a systematic review of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit content in all of its courses.Starting on September 24, 2018, with the assistance and guidance...

September 30 is Orange Shirt Day. During the last week of September many PHPS schools will be encouraging students to wear orange as part of a growing movement of reconciliation and learning of the impact of residential schools. The Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA) Walking Together project describes how Orange Shirt Day grew out of a former student’s...

Student Information System (SIS) Update ADLC is continually improving our systems and policies to serve our partner schools better. What’s new? Affiliation Super Users can now extend and reinstate student enrollments.  Please see the following guides for more information: Reinstating an Enrollment Extending an Enrollment These guides can also be found on the SIS Training...