Calgary Catholic School District

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Calgary Catholic School District
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)

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).

1 Size
2 Governance
3 Special programs
4 Senior high schools
5 Courses
- 5.1 Senior High School Courses
6 See also
7 References
8 External links

[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)

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)

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. Anne Academic Centre	1010-21 Ave. SE	Calgary	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 10-1 ELA 10-2	ELA 20-1 ELA 20-2	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