Mission Statement
Inspiring hearts and minds: a caring, collaborative learning community that engages students and challenges them to pursue personal excellence in an ever-changing world.
Vision Statement
To become a dynamic centre of personalized learning, driven by engaged, creative learners through:
- inspiring and innovative practice
- providing inclusive and collaborative learning opportunities
- encouraging critical thinking and inquiry
- designing activities that create meaningful community connections
- infusing technology into learning and teaching
- embracing meaningful change
- respecting individual differences
- fostering resiliency
- making connections to the global community
- nurturing a lifelong attitude of excellence
Values
Our values at Briar Hill School are the same as those of the CBE, namely:
- students come first
- learning is our central purpose
- public education serves the common good
At a Glance
At Briar Hill school we are a small, close knit community of leaders with strong literacy focus and academic rigour. We offer:
- an emphasis on inquiry-based learning
- opportunities for students to embrace different styles of learning
- a Music specialist
- positive relationships between student-school-parent community
- wonderful parent involvement
- before and after school program that help provide added value to family life and security for students of working parents
- community-run play school providing a nurturing and creative environment
Our School's Commitment to Truth and Reconciliation
We are committed to acknowledging and supporting the implementation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission 94 Calls to Action specific to education. Our school, along with all CBE schools, made a Truth and Reconciliation Commitment to Action, on June 21, we renewed our commitment.
View Our Truth and Reconciliation Commitment | 2025 2026
School Development Plan
Each year, our school prepares a development plan with input from teachers, school staff, students and parents. We review many sources of data, including report cards, provincial achievement test results and school surveys. Based on this information, we create our plan identifying targeted areas for growth. Our school development plan is not meant to represent all of the work that takes place in our school, but rather it focuses on specific areas for improvement.
View Our School Development Plan | 2024-2025
School Improvement Results Report
Our school also prepares a results plan, which looks at our previous school year. It shows our students’ achievement and progress in meeting the goals and outcomes as set out by the CBE and Alberta Education, outlines some of the highlights of our school development plan and gives an overview of our school. You can look on the CBE website for system-wide results.