Photo of construction for new school in Brocket Alberta / Photo by Keith Driver
A milestone has been achieved for education in the Piikani Nation as the ground for a new school has been broken.
The new K to 12 school marks a milestone in the Piikani Nation as the nine-year project is starting to come to life.
Funding for the project was first secured back on Oct. 17, 2024, when the Peagan Board of Education Society (PBES) and Indigenous Services Canada announced that $50 million dollars would be going to forward a new school in Brocket Alberta which is part of the Piikani Nation.
A month after the announcement, on Nov. 8, 2024, a traditional knife-cutting ceremony to prepare the earth for the ground that will be broken into.
Ground wasn’t broken for the new school until March 4, 2025, when community members, PBES admin, and staff along with various students gathered for the sod-turning ceremony.
Along with various speeches, PBES Superintendent Lisa Crowshoe shared at the sod-turning ceremony how the school is a beacon of hope for the community.
Amongst the excitement around the new school, currently on the Piikani Nation, the outreach school that helps adults upgrade courses and achieve their high school diploma the school has a waiting list of 18 adults seeking to enroll to further their education.
The new school is scheduled to be opened in the next two years with the current grade 10 class who are attending Highschool on the Nation will be the first graduating class from the new building.
During the period of construction, various jobs will be available for members of the community to be part of the school’s development over the next two years.
See photos from the sod-turning Ceremony below:
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