{{Short description|School division in Alberta, Canada}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox school district | name = Edmonton Catholic School Division | native_name = Edmonton Catholic Separate School Division No. 7 | logo = Edmonton Catholic School District Logo.svg | grades = K–12 | country = Canada | location = 9405 -50 Street<br> Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | coordinates = {{coord|53|32|9|N|113|30|9|W|type:edu_region:CA-AB|display=inline,title}} | superintendent = Lynette Anderson | chair_of_the_board = Sandra Palazzo | free_label1 = Elected trustees | free_text1 = Terry Harris, Ward 71<br>Sandra Palazzo, Ward 72<br>Vacancy, Ward 73<br>Debbie Engel, Ward 74<br>Alene Mutala, Ward 75<br>Lisa Turchansky, Ward 76<br>Laura Thibert, Ward 77 | accreditations = | schools = 96 (2021–22) | budget = C$513.2 million (2021-22) | students = 43,400 (2021-22) | faculty = | teachers = | staff = | ratio = | website = {{URL|https://www.ecsd.net/}} }} '''Edmonton Catholic Separate School Division No. 7''' or the '''Edmonton Catholic School Division''' (ECSD) is the Catholic school board in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
==Size== The Edmonton Catholic School Division currently operates 96 schools.<ref name="Schools2021-22">{{cite web |title=School Directory |url=https://www.ecsd.net/school-directory |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818003950/https://www.ecsd.net/page/1250/school-directory |archive-date=18 August 2021 |access-date=27 September 2021 |website=ECSD |publisher=Edmonton Catholic Schools}}</ref> 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.<ref name="21-22 full time and part time">{{cite web |title=Home Page (archived snapshot of August 2021) |url=https://www.ecsd.net/ |url-status=dead<!--- ever updating, so snapshot of August 2021 is no longer "live" ---> |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818003914/https://www.ecsd.net/ |archive-date=18 August 2021 |access-date=28 September 2021 |website=ECSD.net |publisher=Edmonton Catholic Schools |quote=96 TOTAL SCHOOLS {{!}} 43.4k TOTAL STUDENTS {{!}} 132 YEARS IN OPERATION {{!}} 4.3k TOTAL STAFF}}</ref><ref name="21-22 Budget FTE-based">{{cite report |url=https://sbecsdstor.blob.core.windows.net/media/Default/frf/5/Ab%20ED%202021-22%20Budget%20Report%20Original%20Signed%202021-05-26.pdf |title=Budget Report for the Year Ending August 31, 2022 |author=0110 The Edmonton Catholic Separate School Division |date=26 May 2021 |publisher=Edmonton Catholic Schools |page=3 (budget $ revenue), 9 (FTE "pre-K" + "K-12" student #), 10 (FTE staff # and certified/classified splits) |access-date=27 September 2021 |website=ECSD}}</ref> The ECSD approved budget for 2021-22 is C$513.2 million.<ref name="21-22 Budget FTE-based" />
== History == [[File:stjoachim.jpg|thumb|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.<ref name="Over a Century of Catholic Education">{{cite web|url=http://www.ecsd.net/archives/history.html|title=Over a Century of Catholic Education|publisher=Edmonton Catholic School District|access-date=20 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091226111254/http://www.ecsd.net/archives/history.html|archive-date=26 December 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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.<ref name="21-22 full time and part time"/>
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 {{sfrac|3|1|2}} to {{sfrac|4|1|2}} called the 100 Voices program which is available at a number of different schools in the district.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ecsd.net/schools/GELC/Pre-Kindergarten/Pages/100-Voices-Program.aspx |title=100 Voices Program |publisher=Edmonton Catholic Schools |access-date=16 October 2015}}</ref>
===Language=== The Edmonton Catholic School District offers a number of language programs.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ecsd.net/Programs/Overview/LanguagePrograms/Pages/default.aspx |title=Language Programs |publisher=Edmonton Catholic Schools |access-date=16 October 2015}}</ref>
==== Immersion and bilingual programs ==== *French immersion *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.<ref name="Schools2021-22"/>
=== In detail === {| class="wikitable" !Instruction !School !Notes |- !Pre-K |St. Monica Early Learning Centre | rowspan="9" | |- ! rowspan="48" |Elementary |Anne Fitzgerald |- |Annunciation |- |Bishop Greschuk |- |Bishop Savaryn |- |Divine Mercy |- |Father Leo Green |- |Frère Antoine |- |Good Shepherd |- |Holy Child |Changed name from Grandin to Holy Child on 28 June 2021. |- |Blessed John Paul I | rowspan="54" | |- |Katherine Therrien |- |Mary Hanley |- |Monsignor William Irwin |- |Our Lady of Peace |- |Our Lady of the Prairies |- |Our Lady of Victories |- |St. Angela |- |St. Anne |- |St. Augustine |- |St. Benedict |- |St. Bernadette |- |St. Bonaventure |- |St. Boniface |- |St. Charles |- |St. Dominic |- |St. Elizabeth |- |St. Francis of Assisi |- |St. Gerard |- |St. Jerome |- |St. John Bosco |- |St. Justin |- |St. Kateri |- |St. Leo |- |St. Lucy |- |St. Maria Goretti |- |St. Martha |- |St. Martin |- |St. Mary |- |St. Matthew |- |St. Philip |- |St. Pius X |- |St. Richard |- |St. Stanislaus |- |St. Teresa |- |St. Teresa of Calcutta |- |St. Timothy |- |St. Vincent |- |St. Vladimir |- ! rowspan="12" |Junior high |Cardinal Léger |- |Father Michael Troy |- |H.E. Beriault |- |J.J. Bowlen |- |St. Cecilia |- |St. Edmund |- |St. Hilda |- |St. Mark |- |St. Nicholas |- |St. Rose |- |St. Thomas More |- |Sir John Thompson |- ! rowspan="13" |Senior high |Archbishop MacDonald |- |Archbishop O'Leary |- |Austin O'Brien |- |Cardinal Collins Academic Centre – City Centre Campus | rowspan="4" |An alternative learning program previously known as Fresh Start. The City Centre Campus (Edmonton City Hall) operates in partnership with The Hallway program. |- |Cardinal Collins Academic Centre – Clareview Campus |- |Cardinal Collins Academic Centre – Mill Woods Campus |- |Cardinal Collins Academic Centre – Westmount Campus |- |Holy Trinity | |- |Mother Margret Mary | |- |Revelation Online |This is the only school that is a pure virtual school, each student follows their own asynchronous schedule. |- |St. Francis Xavier | |- |St. Joseph |Also offers an online program, as St. Joseph Catholic Online High School.<ref>{{Cite web |title=St. Joseph Catholic Online High School |url=https://www.ecsd.net/8407/page/14977/st-joseph-catholic-online-high-school |access-date=2022-09-11 |website=ecsd.net |language=en}}</ref> |- |St. Oscar Romero |School name adjusted as Archbishop and Martyr Óscar Romero progressed through beatification to canonization. |- ! rowspan="22" |Elementary/junior high |Archbishop Joseph MacNeil | rowspan="6" | |- |Ben Calf Robe/St. Clare |- |Bishop David Motiuk |- |Christ The King |- |Corpus Christi |- |Father Michael Mireau |- |Genesis Online School |A blended virtual school, where a class of students follow a shared synchronous schedule of two in-person class days and three online days.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Blended Program |url=https://www.ecsd.net/1566/page/41657/blended-program |access-date=2022-09-11 |website=ecsd.net |language=en}}</ref> |- |Holy Cross | rowspan="2" | |- |Holy Family |- |Joan Carr |A new K-9 school opening in September 2022. |- |Monsignor Fee Otterson | rowspan="14" | |- |Our Lady of Mount Carmel |- |Sister Annata Brockman |- |St. Alphonsus |- |St. Basil |- |St. Brendan |- |St. Catherine |- |St. Clement |- |St. Edmund |- |St. Elizabeth Seton |- |St. John XXIII |- |St. Thomas Aquinas |- !Junior/senior high |Louis St. Laurent |- ! rowspan="3" |Elementary/junior/senior high |J. H. Picard |- |Kisiko Awasis Kiskinhamawin in Mountain Cree Camp |School is operated under contract, located at the Mountain Cree Camp near Robb, Alberta. |- |St. Gabriel Centre for Diverse Learning |Offers three programs: Guided Intervention Supported Transition (GIST), Positive Behaviour Supports (PBS), and Personal Pathways. |}
==See also== *List of Alberta school boards *Edmonton Public Schools
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.ecsd.net/ Edmonton Catholic School Division]
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