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Dec. 14, 2011
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Campus Calgary opens at CBE Education Centre

CALGARY – Campus Calgary/Open Minds opened its 13th location in Calgary at the CBE’s Education Centre on Dec. 5. Students are learning in the historical classroom, the future of learning lab and other locations around the Education Centre and in the community.

Campus Calgary/Open Minds is an innovative and award-winning program developed by the Calgary Board of Education in collaboration with corporate partners to bring students into the community for a full week of learning.  Other sites in Calgary include the Calgary Zoo, City Hall and Ralph Klein Park.

During their week at the Education Centre, students from across Calgary will speak with the Chief Superintendent, meet the Trustees, take historical walks in the community, work with experts from a variety of CBE departments, examine historical artifacts and explore how the inner-city community of Connaught is the same or different than their community.

Media are invited to see learning as unique as every student at the newest Campus Calgary/Open Minds School at the Education Centre. You will see Grade 3-4 students from Cranston School examining artifacts in the historical classroom, discussing how to represent their artifact and deciding how best to share their learning with their classmates. Students will learn from the site coordinator how they could look at an artifact.