About Us
Next Step is a supportive, alternative senior high school for students who require a non-traditional, individualized program. Located in community-based sites in Sherwood Park, Fort Saskatchewan, and Vegreville, Next Step provides students with:
- a safe, comfortable environment
- flexible, individual schedules
- the opportunity to take responsibility for their own education and to experience success
- excellent teachers and encouraging and respectful staff
Our Mission
To provide each student with the individual attention, guidance, and encouragement in order for them to successfully complete their educational goals.
Our Beliefs
- All students can learn and experience success.
- A quality education contributes to the emotional, intellectual, physical, and social development of the student.
- Learning is a lifelong process in which education plays a fundamental role.
- Our program must be innovative, flexible, and continuously improving in order to meet the challenges presented by change.
- Integrity, honesty, tolerance, and responsible behaviour must be fundamental in all that we do.
- All students deserve a safe and caring environment.
- Education is the foundation of success.
Programs & Services
Next Step schools offer all levels of English Language Arts, Social Studies, Math, and all Sciences required to attain a Diploma or Certificate of Achievement in the province of Alberta. We also have a variety of complementary courses, Work Experience, RAP and Green Certificate available to students. Apart from our specialized complementary courses, Next Step is able to offer most courses from Alberta Education Programs of Study.
Students are involved in setting up their own programs and goals. Attendance and work completion schedules are flexible and are designed to meet individual student needs.
Administration
Sunny Sandhu, Principal, Next Step
Darby Hanson, Assistant Principal
Next Step Senior High, Sherwood Park
Cheryl Semeniuk, Assistant Principal
Next Step Senior High, Fort Sask./Vegreville
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Off-campus Education Information Session
Time:
6:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Location: Virtual
Did you know Elk Island Public Schools (EIPS) offers a variety of off-campus education programs that provide opportunities for students to explore potential career pathways? Opportunities are available in the Green Certificate program, the Registered Apprenticeship Program (RAP) and work experience.
Interested in learning more about how these programs can fit into your senior high school journey? Join EIPS for an off-campus education virtual information session to learn more about what to expect in these programs and how to enrol.
Open to all students who will be in grades 10-12 next year.
Join the session (via Microsoft Teams)