Calgary Catholic School District

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Board name (self named) Calgary Catholic School District
District name (given by province) Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School District No. 1
Popular unofficial name(s) Calgary Catholic School Board
Calgary Separate School Board
Province Alberta
Municipalities served Airdrie, Calgary, Chestermere, Cochrane
Primary language English
French
Head office location 1000 - 5 Avenue S.W.
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Enrollment 43,000
School count 96
Catholic School Centre (CCSD head offices)
Catholic School Centre (CCSD head offices)

The Calgary Catholic School District (CCSD) is the Roman Catholic separate school board in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It also serves the neighboring communities of Airdrie, Chestermere, and Cochrane. As a Catholic system in Alberta, the CCSD must accept Catholic students meeting residency and age requirements, but may refuse admission to non-Catholic students when accepting them could cause a space shortage or would threaten the Catholic majority of a school. The CCSD receives funding for all students from the provincial government of Alberta.

The district began in 1885 as the Lacombe Separate School District #1 in what was then part of the North West Territories. Its first school, also built in 1885, was St. Mary's, which is the oldest operating school in Calgary (though in a newer building).

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[edit] Size

The CCSD is second in size (by student count) to the city's main school board, the public Calgary Board of Education (CBE). Unlike the Calgary Board of Education, the territory of the CCSD extends slightly outside the municipal limits of the city proper.

For the 2004-2005 school year, there are approximately 43,000 students in the CCSD, with 96 schools in total. This is made up of 49 elementary schools, 28 elementary/junior high schools, 6 junior high schools, 8 senior high schools, 2 junior/senior high schools, 1 elementary/junior/senior high school and 2 schools for special needs students.

[edit] Governance

A group of seven elected trustees run the CCSD. Each trustee represents two wards in the city. They are elected every three years, in the regular municipal election. In the election, Calgary voters can only vote for a trustee to one (not both) of the two school boards. Voters for the CCSD will include Catholics and non-Catholics who support the Catholic system. The public (CBE) and Catholic (CCSD) systems operate independently of each other, and are both under the direct authority of the provincial government of Alberta.

Though affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church; the Church has no legal authority over the CCSD. Instead the Alberta government has final authority over the CCSD (as with any school district in the province).

[edit] Special programs

Bishop Carroll High School (photo taken in 2006)
Bishop Carroll High School (photo taken in 2006)

The CCSD offers a variety of special program in some of schools, such as the Independent Learning program at Bishop Carroll High School, which allows students to move through the Alberta curriculum at their own individual pace.

[edit] Senior high schools

St. Mary's High School (photo taken in 2005)
St. Mary's High School (photo taken in 2005)

In Alberta, a senior high school teaches grades 10-12 (what other jurisdictions call "secondary schools"). However, some may not teach all three grades. Also, some may also teach earlier grades. The following is a list of CCSD senior high schools:

Name Address City/Town
Grades
Bishop Carroll High School 4624 Richard Road S.W. Calgary 10-12
Bishop Grandin High School 111 Haddon Road S.W. Calgary 10-12
Bishop McNally High School 5700 Falconridge Blvd. N.E. Calgary 10-12
Bishop O'Byrne High School 500, 333 Shawville Blvd. S.E. Calgary 10-12
Father Lacombe High School 3615 Radcliffe Drive S.E. Calgary 10-12
Notre Dame High School 11900 Country Village Link NE Calgary 10-11
Our Lady of Lourdes High School 1916 2 Street S.W. Calgary 4-12
St. Anthony High School 4811 6 Street SW Calgary 4-12
St. Francis High School 877 Northmount Drive N.W. Calgary 10-12
St. Gabriel The Archangel High School 197 Invermere Drive Chestermere K-11
St. Martin de Porres High School 410 Big Hill Springs Road West Airdrie 7-12
St. Mary's High School 111 - 18 Avenue S.W. Calgary 10-12
St. Timothy High School 261101 Carlson Trail Cochrane 7-12

[edit] Courses

[edit] Senior High School Courses

Course Grade 10 Grade 11
Grade 12
English Language Arts ELA 10 ELA 20 ELA 30-1
ELA 30-2
International Languages French 10
Italian 10
Latin 10
Mandarin 10
Polish 10
Spanish 10
French 20
Italian 20
Latin 20
Mandarin 20
Polish 10
Spanish 20
French 30
Italian 30
Latin 30
Mandarin 30
Polish 30
Spanish 30
Mathematics Math 10 Applied
Math 10 Prep
Math 10 Pure
Math 14
Math 20 Applied
Math 20 Pure
Math 24
Math 30 Applied
Math 30 Pure
Math 31
Physical Education Physical Ed 10
Sports Medicine 10
Sports Performance 15
Physical Ed 20
Sports Medicine 20
Sports Performance 25
Physical Ed 20
Sports Medicine 20
Sports Performance 25
Religious Studies Religion 15 Religion 25 Religion 35
Science Science 10
Science 14
Science 20
Science 24
Biology 20
Chemistry 20
Physics 20
Science 30
Biology 30
Chemistry 30
Chemistry 35
Physics 30
Social Studies Social 10
Social 13
Social 20
Social 23
Phylosophy 20
Psychology 20
Sociology 20
Social 30
Social 33
Phylosophy 30
Psychology 30
Sociology 30

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