Edmonton Catholic School Division

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

Edmonton Catholic School Division Edmonton Catholic Separate School Division No. 7
Location
9405 -50 Street Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Canada
Coordinates	53°32′9″N 113°30′9″W
District information
Grades	K–12
Superintendent	Robert Martin
Chair of the board	Sandra Palazzo
Schools	96 (2021–22)
Budget	C$513.2 million (2021-22)
Students and staff
Students	43,400 (2021-22)
Other information
Elected trustees	Terry Harris, Ward 71 Sandra Palazzo, Ward 72 Vacancy, Ward 73 Debbie Engel, Ward 74 Alene Mutala, Ward 75 Lisa Turchansky, Ward 76 Laura Thibert, Ward 77
Website	www.ecsd.net

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

• 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.^[1]

In detail

Instruction	School	Notes
Pre-K	St. Monica Early Learning Centre
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
	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
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
Senior high	Archbishop MacDonald
	Archbishop O'Leary
	Austin O'Brien
	Cardinal Collins Academic Centre – City Centre Campus	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.[7]
	St. Oscar Romero	School name adjusted as Archbishop and Martyr Óscar Romero progressed through beatification to canonization.
Elementary/junior high	Archbishop Joseph MacNeil
	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.[8]
	Holy Cross
	Holy Family
	Joan Carr	A new K-9 school opening in September 2022.
	Monsignor Fee Otterson
	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
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