Edmonton Catholic School District

Coordinates: 53°32′9″N 113°30′9″W / 53.53583°N 113.50250°W

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 88
2012-2013 budget (CAD$ million) 397.0[1]
Number of students 35,546[2]
Chair of the Board Becky Kallal
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

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

Size and transportation

In size the Edmonton Catholic School District is medium with 35,546 students, 1,910 Certificated Staff, and 1,238 Classified Staff. ECSD has 88 schools in total with one new school (Cardinal Collins High School Academic Centre -opening September 2014) currently under construction. The monthly bus pass fees for the 2013-2014 school year are as follows: Elementary $30.00, Junior High and Senior High $47.00. If your family has 3 or more children, you can use the Family Plan for more reduced prices, Elementary $26.00/month, Junior and Senior $43.00/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.[3]

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. From then they have grown from one school with 23 students to 88 schools with more than 35,000 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.[4]

First Catholic School in Edmonton

Future

The construction of the Cardinal Collins High School Academic Centre is currently under way and is scheduled to open in September 2014. The centre will offer programs for fourth and fifth year students as well as:

Cardinal Collins High School Academic Centre will be located at the Clareview Recreation Centre and is located close to the Clareview LRT station.

Early Learning

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

Program for 3-year Old Children

Program for 4 Year Old Children

Language programs

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

Immersion and Bilingual Programs [6][7]

Language and Culture Programs [8]

Schools

There are 52 Elementary schools, 13 Elementary/Junior High schools, 12 Junior High schools, 1 Elementary/Junior/Senior High school, 1 Junior/Senior High school, 8 Senior High schools, and 1 Alternative Education Services site. In total there are 88 schools under the jurisdiction of Edmonton Catholic Schools.[3]

For a list of school contact information visit the District website.

Elementary

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Junior High

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Senior High

[11]

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. ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://ecsd.net/aboutus/pdf/Enrolment%20and%20Staffing%202012.pdf
  4. ↑ "Over a Century of Catholic Education". Edmonton Catholic School District. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
  5. ↑ http://ecsd.net/programs/language/language.html
  6. ↑ http://ecsd.net/programs/language/immersion/immersion.html
  7. ↑ http://ecsd.net/programs/language/bilingual/bilingual.html
  8. ↑ http://ecsd.net/programs/language/culture/culture.html
  9. ↑ http://ecsd.net/schools/elementary.html
  10. ↑ http://ecsd.net/schools/junior_high.html
  11. ↑ http://ecsd.net/schools/senior_high.html

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