Grades K-12 Chair of the board Becky Kallal Website www.ecsd.net Number of students 41,338 | Superintendent Joan Carr Schools 88 Phone +1 780-441-6000 | |
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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 Address Catholic Education Services, 9807 106 St NW, Edmonton, AB T5K 1C2, Canada Hours Closed today SaturdayClosedSundayClosedMonday7:15AM–5PMTuesday7:15AM–5PMWednesday7:15AM–5PMThursday7:15AM–5PMFriday7:15AM–5PM Budget 397 million CAD (2012–2013) Profiles | ||
Edmonton Catholic Separate School District No. 7 or the Edmonton Catholic School District (ECSD) is the Catholic school board in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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Size
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.
History
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.
Early Learning
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.
Language
The Edmonton Catholic School District offers a number of language programs.
Immersion and Bilingual Programs:
Language and Culture Programs:
Schools
In total, there are 88 schools under the jurisdiction of Edmonton Catholic Schools: 52 elementary schools, 13 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.