| Edmonton Catholic School District | |
|---|---|
| Edmonton Catholic Separate School District No. 7 | |
| Board office location | 9807-106 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T5K 1C2 |
| Number of schools | 84 |
| 2009-2010 budget (CAD $ millions) | $336.0[1] |
| Number of students | 33,441[2] |
| Chair of the Board | Debbie Engel |
| Superintendent | Joan Carr |
| 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 |
| Official site | |
The Edmonton Catholic School District (ECSD) is the Catholic school board in Edmonton, Canada.
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In size the School Board is medium with 33,441 students, 1,858 Certificated Staff, and 1,191 Classified Staff.[2] There are a number of schools operating under the board, 84 schools in total with 3 new schools currently under construction.[3] The Edmonton Transit System (ETS) supplies the schools with bus passes every month in which are sold to the students at a lower price, Elementary $27.00, Junior and Senior High $39.00.[4] If your family has 3 or more children, you can use the Family Plan for more reduced prices, Elementary $23.00/month, Junior and Senior $35.00/month. This also applies to charter (yellow) bus service, special-needs charter (yellow) bus curb service, and the noon hour charter (yellow) bus curb service.[4]
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. From then they have grown from one school with 23 students to 84 schools with around 32,000 students. Catholic education in Edmonton has a proud tradition that dates back to before Alberta was a province. 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.[5]
The construction of three new schools has been recently announced. They will be located in the Terwillegar, Rutherford, and The Hamptons neighborhoods of Edmonton. All the school are expected to be completed by 2010. Also a new High School was announced along with the other three schools. This High School will also be located in the Terwillegar neighborhood and is expected to be completed by 2011 or 2012.[3]
The Edmonton Catholic School District offers a number of Second language programs.[6]
There are a fair amount of schools operating under the board. 84 schools in total with 3 new schools currently under construction.[3]
There are 51 Elementary Schools under the board this is K-6.
There are 12 Junior High Schools under the board this is 7-9.
There are 11 Elementary/Junior Schools under the board K-9.
There are 7 Senior High Schools under the board this is 10-12.
There is 1 Elementary/Junior/Senior High School under the board this is K-12.
There is 1 Junior/Senior High School under the board this is 7-12.