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By rdnewsNOW staff

Looking For Input

Kentwood selected as site for new Catholic middle school

Apr 6, 2020 | 11:20 AM

Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools (RDCRS) have announced the location of its next capital project.

Identified as the district’s top capital priority, a new 6-9 Catholic middle school for Red Deer will be located in Kentwood (in Kingsgate, just north of Kingstone Drive).

“We are pleased to have secured a site for this new middle school and look forward to quickly moving into the design process, once the government has informed us of that budget,” says Anne Marie Watson, Board Chair, Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools, in a release. “It is important to finalize the name of the school, as that will help inform the design work.”

This past fall, the provincial government announced that RDCRS would be receiving a new middle school (Grade 6-9) with design funding.

District officials say their middle schools in Red Deer are currently over capacity, with St. Thomas Aquinas Middle School being the highest at 137 per cent utilization rate.

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The division is also be seeing continued growth each school year with 10,480 students enrolled as of Oct. 2019 – an increase of 162 students, (1.7 per cent) from the previous year.

Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools is now looking for feedback from students, parents and the community for a school name. You can submit your name online. Naming suggestions are asked to use the following guidelines:

● The name should be a role model for staff

● Canonized saints are acceptable

● Use of Christ’s mysteries is acceptable (eg. “Our Lady of..”)

● Angels are acceptable

● A historical faith-focused person is acceptable if a significant time period has elapsed since they have passed away

Trustees will make the final selection of the name for the new middle school based on feedback. The deadline for submission is Apr. 30.