Edmonton Catholic School District

Edmonton Catholic School District
Edmonton Catholic Separate School District No. 7
Location
9807-106 Street
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Canada
Coordinates 53°32′9″N 113°30′9″W / 53.53583°N 113.50250°W / 53.53583; -113.50250Coordinates: 53°32′9″N 113°30′9″W / 53.53583°N 113.50250°W / 53.53583; -113.50250
District information
Grades K-12
Superintendent Joan Carr
Chair of the board Becky Kallal
Schools 88
Budget CA$397.0[1] million (2012-2013)
Students and staff
Students 35,546[2]
Other information
Elected trustees Becky Kallal, ward 71
Larry Kowalczyk, ward 72
Cindy Olsen, ward 73
Debbie Engel, ward 74
John Acheson, ward 75
Marilyn Bergstra, ward 76
Laura Thibert, ward 77
Website www.ecsd.net

Edmonton Catholic Separate School District No. 7 or the Edmonton Catholic School District (ECSD) is the Catholic school board in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Size

In size the Edmonton Catholic School District has 35,546 students, 1,910 certificated staff, and 1,238 classified staff. ECSD has a total of 88 schools.

History

In 1888, three nuns from the order of the Faithful Companions of Jesus began teaching 23 Catholic students in the very first Catholic school in Edmonton. In August 1888, Edmonton Catholic parents applied to organize a separate school district for their children. In October of that same year three sisters from the Faithful Companions of Jesus sailed from France to open a convent and a school in Edmonton. They began teaching at the newly formed St. Joachim Catholic School on 2 November 1888. That first year the sisters taught 23 students. At that time compulsory schooling began at age seven and was complete by the age of 12.[3] From then they have grown from one school with 23 students to 88 schools with more than 35,000 students.

First Catholic School in Edmonton

Programs

Early Learning

Edmonton Catholic Schools offers a pre-Kindergarten program for children aged 3 1/1 and 4 1/2 called the 100 Voices program which is available at a number of different schools in the district.[4]

Language

The Edmonton Catholic School District offers a number of language programs.[5]

Immersion and Bilingual Programs:

Language and Culture Programs:

Schools

In total, there are 88 schools under the jurisdiction of Edmonton Catholic Schools: 52 elementary schools, 13 elementary/junior high schools, 12 junior high schools, one elementary/junior/senior high school, one junior/senior high school, 8 senior high schools, and one alternative education services site.

Elementary

Junior High

Senior High

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Edmonton Catholic Separate School District No. 7" (PDF). Edmonton Catholic Schools. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
  2. ↑ "Enrollment" (PDF). Edmonton Catholic Schools. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
  3. ↑ "Over a Century of Catholic Education". Edmonton Catholic School District. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
  4. ↑ "100 Voices Program". Edmonton Catholic Schools. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "Language Programs". Edmonton Catholic Schools. Retrieved 16 October 2015.

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