Edmonton_Catholic_School_District

Edmonton Catholic School Division

Edmonton Catholic School Division

School division in Alberta, Canada


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

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Size

The Edmonton Catholic School Division currently operates 96 schools.[1] There are a total of 1 pre-K school, 49 elementary schools, 21 elementary/junior high schools, 2 elementary/junior/senior high schools (not counting the Kisiko Awasis Kiskinhamawin in Mountain Cree Camp as the school is managed outside the ECSD main budget), 12 junior high schools, 1 junior/senior high school, 9 senior high schools (counting a 4-campus school as 1), and 1 senior high asynchronous online learning program (standalone, rather than logged in to follow along with a teacher lecturing a class in one of the physical schools).

As of the 2021–22 school year, ECSD has 43,400 students enrolled, with 4,300 staff, of which roughly 62% are certificated and 38% are classified support.[2][3] The ECSD approved budget for 2021-22 is C$513.2 million.[3]

History

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.[4] From that start in 1888–89, they have grown from one school with 23 students to 96 schools with more than 43,000 students in 2021–22.[2]

For many years the election of the trustees was at-large with half of them elected each year through Plurality block voting. All of the seats became up for election in each election after 1963.

Programs

Early learning

Edmonton Catholic Schools offers a pre-kindergarten program for children aged 3+1/2 to 4+1/2 called the 100 Voices program which is available at a number of different schools in the district.[5]

Language

The Edmonton Catholic School District offers a number of language programs.[6]

Immersion and bilingual programs

Language and culture programs

  • Filipino
  • Italian
  • Spanish
  • Ukrainian
  • Nehiyaw Pimatisiwin Cree

Schools

As of the 2021–22 school year, ECSD has 96 schools under its jurisdiction.[1]

In detail

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See also


References

  1. "School Directory". ECSD. Edmonton Catholic Schools. Archived from the original on 18 August 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  2. "Home Page (archived snapshot of August 2021)". ECSD.net. Edmonton Catholic Schools. Archived from the original on 18 August 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2021. 96 TOTAL SCHOOLS | 43.4k TOTAL STUDENTS | 132 YEARS IN OPERATION | 4.3k TOTAL STAFF
  3. 0110 The Edmonton Catholic Separate School Division (26 May 2021). Budget Report for the Year Ending August 31, 2022 (PDF). ECSD (Report). Edmonton Catholic Schools. p. 3 (budget $ revenue), 9 (FTE "pre-K" + "K-12" student #), 10 (FTE staff # and certified/classified splits). Retrieved 27 September 2021.{{cite report}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. "Over a Century of Catholic Education". Edmonton Catholic School District. Archived from the original on 26 December 2009. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
  5. "100 Voices Program". Edmonton Catholic Schools. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  6. "Language Programs". Edmonton Catholic Schools. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  7. "St. Joseph Catholic Online High School". ecsd.net. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  8. "Blended Program". ecsd.net. Retrieved 11 September 2022.

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