Edmonton Catholic Schools
| Edmonton Catholic School District Edmonton Catholic Separate School District No. 7 |
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9807-106 Street Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Canada |
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| Coordinates | 53°32′9″N 113°30′9″W / 53.53583°N 113.50250°WCoordinates: 53°32′9″N 113°30′9″W / 53.53583°N 113.50250°W |
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| Grades | K-12 |
| Superintendent | Joan Carr |
| Chair of the board | Becky Kallal |
| Schools | 88 |
| Budget | CA$397.0 million (2012-2013) |
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| Students | 41,338 (2016) |
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| 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 |
| Website | www |
Edmonton Catholic Separate School District No. 7 or the Edmonton Catholic School District (ECSD) is the Catholic school board in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
The Edmonton Catholic School District has 41,338 students, 1,910 certificated staff, and 1,238 classified staff. ECSD has a total of 88 schools.
In 1888, three sisters from the order of the Faithful Companions of Jesus began teaching 23 Catholic students in the very 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. From then they have grown from one school with 23 students to 88 schools with more than 41,000 students.
Edmonton Catholic Schools offers a pre-Kindergarten program for children aged 3 1/1 and 4 1/2 called the 100 Voices program which is available at a number of different schools in the district.
The Edmonton Catholic School District offers a number of language programs.
Immersion and Bilingual Programs:
Language and Culture Programs:
In total, there are 93 schools under the jurisdiction of Edmonton Catholic Schools: 52 elementary schools, 18 elementary/junior high schools, 12 junior high schools, one elementary/junior/senior high school, one junior/senior high school, 8 senior high schools, and one alternative education services site.
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