Edmonton (Alberta)

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53.5461° N, 113.4938° W Map of Edmonton (Alberta)

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  • Post-colonization and prior to 1870, the Hudson's Bay Company governed the West, which included Fort Edmonton (established in 1754). Education of children in the Northwest Territories was provided by church missions and private religious schools. In 1881, a public school was built in the Edmonton settlement. In 1882, Edmonton became part of the District of Alberta, one of the four districts of the Northwest Territories. In 1883, the Edmonton riding of the North-West Legislative Assembly was established through a royal proclamation. In 1905, the province of Alberta was established, and the district continued as Edmonton (Alberta).

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Major G. H. Schoof

Item is a file of correspondence between Gustav (or Gustaf) H. Schoof and the Superintendent of Edmonton Public Schools. Schoof lectured to schools and other groups about his adventures as a Mounted Policeman and about temperance and outdoor living. He also donated a trophy, the Major Schoof Cup, to the district for sports competition.

Superintendent of Schools

The Edmonton Public Schools

Item is a bulletin produced by Edmonton Public Schools which includes district information of interest to Edmonton Public Schools instructional staff. Of note in this issue is a biography of Harry G. Turner, Board Secretary-Treasurer for 25 years. The Edmonton Public Schools bulletin was produced from Jan 1949 until Feb 1961 after which it was removed from the budget at the Board’s request.

Superintendent of Schools

Wellington Junior High School

Item contains correspondence to the Deputy Superintendent of Schools and the Superintendent of Schools from and about Wellington Junior High School.

Superintendent of Schools

Your School Board Welcomes You

Item is a leaflet which was provided to people attending the Edmonton Public School Board meetings as visitors. It includes the names and photographs of the Trustees who were in office. It includes the seating arrangement for Board meetings.

Superintendent of Schools

Department of Education High School Inspection

Item contains a synopsis of the follow-up meeting held in response to the eight reports presented to Edmonton Public Schools by the Department of Education High School Inspection Team. A memorandum from the EPS Special Education Branch suggesting follow-up investigations, specifically at W. P. Wagner School, is also included.

Superintendent of Schools

A Report on the 1979 Staff (School) Opinion Survey : Edmonton Public Schools

Item is a report detailing the results of a district wide school staff opinions survey conducted in June 1979. The survey was initiated in 1979 by Superintendent Strembitsky as a tool to monitor principals in the newly implemented district wide School Based Budgeting. The survey director was Dr. Mosychuk, Monitoring and Assessment Services.

Superintendent of Schools

Record of Corporal Punishment

Item is a notebook recording corporal punishment at Sherbrooke School. Each entry includes the date, the student's name, the nature of the offence, the extent of the punishment, the teacher, and the witness.

Sherbrooke School

Discipline Record

Item is a notebook which records discipline issues at Sherbrooke School. Each entry includes the date, a description of a discipline problem including the names of students and, if applicable, the punishment issued.

Sherbrooke School

Pine Tree

Item is a pastel drawing. Plaque reads "PINE TREE" By Rose Leonard Davies, Presented by Grade 9 GRADUATING CLASS, SHERBROOKE, June 1962.

Rose Leonard

Freedom of the Plains

Item is an oil painting. Plaque reads "FREEDOM OF THE PLAINS, Presented by Gr. 9 GRADUATING CLASS, SHERBROOKE, June 1961.

Mario Bordi

Himalayas

Item is a watercolor by Murray MacDonald. Plaque reads, "HIMALAYAS" by MURRAY MacDONALD, PRESENTED By The Grade IX Class - Sherbrooke - June 1964. -

Murray MacDonald

Print by Jan Hoowij

Item is a print by Jan Hoowij. Plaque reads "Grad 72". Presented to Sherbrooke School by Grade IX graduating class of 1971-72.

Mill Woods Development Concept

Item is the Development Concept Report prepared on behalf of the Civic Administration by the Edmonton City Planning Department. it outlines the development plan of the area of Edmonton called Mill Woods. It includes site analysis, development objectives, and the development concept. Of note, the plan addresses the need for educational facilities, their location and access, and the potential school enrolment.

City of Edmonton : Public Schools

Item is a map produced by the Edmonton Public Schools Planning Branch showing the city's elementary schools and their boundaries for the 1973-1974 period. Donald Ross School has been highlighted in a red pen.

Public School Principals

Item is a list of Public School Principals. Public School refers to Grades I - VIII. It includes the date when the individual was appointed to staff and the date when the individual was appointed principal.

Personnel Services

Inspectors' Reports on Teachers 1924

Item is a list of the teachers in each school. For each teacher, it lists the grade the teacher taught, the rating the teacher received from the school inspector and the name of the inspector who evaluated the teacher.

Personnel Services

Teachers' Directory

Item consists of four directories. Each one lists the Edmonton Public Schools' teachers, their home addresses and phone numbers. The directories are dated June 1915, October 1916, March 1917, and 1917-1918.

Personnel Services

Track and Field Annual 1963

Item is a publication which lists Canadian Track and Field records and record holders. Articles about Track and Field and Track and Field in schools are included.

Physical and Health Education Services

Educational Planning by the Systems Approach : EPSA / Edmonton Public Schools

Item is a progress report for a project, developed by Edmonton Public Schools Department of Research, Development and Information, under the Provincial Government’s Innovative Project Fund. The project was to develop a planning model for a decision-making process that would relate and create accountability for educational objectives to allocated resources. The project was intended to run from 1971-1975, but at the 27 Nov 1973 Board meeting a motion was adopted to terminate it on 31 Dec 1973.

Program Review, Research and Liason

1975 Research Bulletin : Research and Evaluation

Item is a summary of research and evaluation projects which involve Edmonton Public Schools staff, students and schools and were conducted by or coordinated through the Research, Evaluation or Pupil Assessment Branches in the Edmonton Public School System.

Program Review, Research and Liason

Administration

Item contains documents pertaining to administrative activities of North Edmonton School District No. 2305. Most documents are correspondence relating to the building and outfitting of the North Edmonton school.

North Edmonton School District No. 2305

The Grasshopper

Item is a film about the lifecycle of grasshoppers, presented with assistance by the Division of Entomology, Dominion Department Agriculture.

National Film Board of Canada

Our Land Part Two : Maritimes

tem is a film presented by the Canadian Citizenship Branch, the Department of Citizenship and Immigration about the Maritime Provinces.

National Film Board of Canada

Iron Ore

Item is a film presented by the Department of Mines and Technical Surveys about the exploration for and production of Iron Ore in Canada.

National Film Board of Canada

The Earth as a Planet

Item is a filmstrip about the Earth’s neighbors, the formation of the continents and the oceans,the motions of the Earth and the Moon, and the geometrical divisions of the Earth.

National Film Board of Canada

McQueen Home and School Association fonds

  • 0084.McQ.16.1
  • Fonds
  • 1956 - 1976

The fonds consists of minutes and treasurer's reports of the McQueen Home and School Association. The McQueen Home and School Association was founded in Edmonton in 1956. With a membership consisting of parents of students attending McQueen School, the association raised funds for the school and served as an advocacy group for school-related issues.

McQueen Home and School Association

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