Transport your class into a world of imagination, joy and wonder. Classes are designed for all experience levels.

Festival Place theatre tour - Get a behind-the-scenes tour of this vibrant performing arts facility, and learn how performers, staff and stage crew bring countless productions and programs to life for our community. Students will finish their tour with creative drama or movement games. The tour and games can be tailored to fit the group.

Performing Arts workshop - Adaptable by age, skill and activity level. Participants are guided to use their imagination and creativity to explore different areas of performing arts in a hands-on workshop for drama, dance, musical theatre, improv and presentation skills.

For more information, contact:

Susan Mullen
Susan.Mullen@strathcona.ca

Festival Place field trips - Sit back and enjoy quality story tellers, songwriters and performers as they connect, teach and inspire your class. 

For more information, contact:

Toni Keller
Toni.Keller@strathcona.ca

Millennium Place welcomes group and school visits. Engage in floor hockey, gym sports, swimming, skating, walking, running, fitness and more! A unique recreation opportunity awaits your students. Whether it's a structured lesson or a drop-in activity, make recreation fun by trying something new. We will create a custom opportunity that's right for your students. Millennium Place is your one-stop location for fun activities and great food. We can provide lunches, snacks or any type of catering you require for your class or group function.

Millennium Place Group Visits Brochure (3.2 MB)

For more information, contact:

Facility Booking Support
780-416-7252
MPbooking@strathcona.ca

Kinsmen Leisure Centre and Emerald Hills Leisure Centre 

Strathcona County is pleased to offer a variety of aquatic programs for every age and ability, including an array of recreational swims, structured swim lessons, specialty programs and aquatic fitness opportunities.

For more information, contact:

Swimming and Water Safety Program Team
780-464-8236
swimming@strathcona.ca

Gallery@501 - Visual Arts Education Programs

Gallery@501 offers learning programs for schools that enable students and teachers to explore exhibitions by contemporary local, regional and national artists through guided visits and studio art-making sessions.

Our educator-guided programs are complemented with hands-on art studio projects that further explore themes encountered in exhibitions and teach about art processes and materials. All guided exhibition tours and art activities are designed (and can be further tailored) to enhance core competencies of the Alberta school curriculum for kindergarten through Grade 12.

For more information, contact Megan Klak at 780-410-8575 or Megan.Klak@strathcona.ca. 

Smeltzer House - Pottery Programs

Our pottery programs are designed to offer a challenging and creative educational experience to your students. Freedom of expression and imaginative use of materials is encouraged.

We'll provide a unique experience that students wouldn't normally get in school - working in a real pottery studio setting at the Clay Hut. Clay programs are offered for preschool through Grade 6. Choose from a variety of projects including hcoil, pinch and slab pots, clay sculptures and plaques. Seasonal and special projects are available upon request.

For more information, contact Ruta Nichol at 780-464-2023 or Ruta.Nichol@strathcona.ca. 

Learn more about Visual Arts school field trips.

The Strathcona Wilderness Centre welcomes school, community and homeschool groups to experience a wide variety of outdoor and environmental education programs, year-round.

These active and fun school programs are designed to meet curriculum objectives in a variety of subject areas including:

• Elementary science and social studies
• Peoples of the Land
• Nature Detectives
• Physical education and outdoor education

Teachers may choose from standardized or custom half-day, full-day or multi-day programs. All programs are delivered from an experiential framework.

Site amenities include a fully equipped lodge, bunkhouses, campsites, cookhouse and more than 12 kilometres of hiking and groomed cross-country ski trails. The Centre also offers programs for staff development, student councils and team building.

2023 Outdoor Programs, School and Group Guide

For more information, contact:

Strathcona Wilderness Centre: Programs and Bookings
780-922-3939
swcinfo@strathcona.ca

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