Edmonton Catholic Separate School District No. 7 or the Edmonton Catholic School District (ECSD) is the Catholic school board in
Edmonton
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Alberta
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Canada
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Size
The Edmonton Catholic School District currently operates 96 schools.
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.
The ECSD approved budget for 2021-22 is
C$513.2 million.
History
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
The Faithful Companions of Jesus Sisters (FCJ Sisters, French: ''Fidèles compagnes de Jésus'') is a Christian religious institute of the Roman Catholic Church directly subject to the Pope. It was founded in Amiens in France in 1820 by Marie M ...
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 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.
Programs
Early learning
Edmonton Catholic Schools offers a pre-kindergarten program for children aged to 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
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French immersion
French immersion is a form of bilingual education in which students who do not speak French as a first language will receive instruction in French. In most French-immersion schools, students will learn to speak French and learn most subjects s ...
*Ukrainian bilingual
*Spanish bilingual
*Polish bilingual
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.
In detail
See also
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List of Alberta school boards
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Edmonton Public Schools
Edmonton Public Schools (legally Edmonton School Division) is the largest public school division in Edmonton, the second largest in Alberta, and the sixth largest in Canada. The division offers a variety of alternative and special needs programs, ...
References
External links
Edmonton Catholic School District
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Education in Edmonton
Educational institutions established in 1888
School districts in Alberta
1888 establishments in Canada