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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1286 Archival description results for Edmonton (Alberta)

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Laurier Heights School

Item is a newsletter for parents from the principal of Laurier Heights School, W. H. Coull. It outlines changes for the following year. It also includes the Laurier Heights School Boundaries for 1965-66.

Laurier Heights School

L. Y. Cairns Vocational School

Item is a prospectus for L. Y. Cairns School. It describes the school, the selection of students, the school program, work experience, and school services. It contains a chart showing where students are coming from and where they will go after leaving L. Y. Cairns School.

L.Y. Cairns School

Provincial Flowers [s] / Walter Coucill

Item consists of 12 prints of paintings depicting the official flowers of Canada’s provinces and territories in their natural settings. The paintings were commissioned by the National Trust Company as a contribution to Canada’s Centennial Year celebrations.

Instructional Services Division

Flag Raising Ceremonies

Item pertains to the new Canadian Flag and associated flag raising ceremonies. Programmes are included from the Ross Sheppard School Official Flag Raising Ceremony at which Governor General Georges Vanier and Madame Vanier were present.

Instructional Services Division

The Information Systems Branch : Past - Present - Future

Item is a report pertaining to the organization, operation and management of computer facilities in Edmonton Public Schools. It consists of loose pages in a duo tang. The report covers the years 1961-1973. Included are a detailed list of services provided by the Information Systems Branch, a critical assessment of the branch, and future plans.

Information Services

Viewpoints of Elementary Administrators

Item is a compilation of studies made by the Elementary Administrators’ Association, Edmonton Public Schools. The reports are entitled: Cooperative or Team Teaching; Staff Utilization; The Role of the Assistant Principal; Making Better Use of Non-Professional Personnel; All That Modern Equipment; Pupil Utilization; Evaluating and Reporting; Making Effective Use of the School Secretary; Comments on “The Elementary Principal” in “The New Goals in Staff Development”.

Instructional Process

New Goals in Staff Development

Item is a booklet produced by Edmonton Public Schools. Its purpose is to assist elementary school administrators in determining the responsibilities and duties of various personnel. It is to be used to make the teacher’s job more manageable and effective.

Instructional Process

Resource Allocation Guide 1981-82

Item is a booklet to be used in the financial management of each school within Edmonton Public Schools. It is divided into Financial Planning Information, Budget Document, School Organization and Operation, and Staffing. Resource allocation falls under Financial Planning Information. It also includes sections entitled Underlying Considerations and Special Emphases for 1981-82. - Transferred to Archives and Museum from the Centre for Education in Feb 1985.

Instructional Process

Hardisty Junior High History of Music Department 1963 - 1969

Item is a scrapbook pertaining to the music program at Hardisty School. It includes newsletters, programmes, adjudication reports from the Alberta Musical Competition Festival, posters, newspaper clippings, award ribbons, lists of students and notices to parents. It also includes photographs of Mr. R. B. Cockell, Mr. W.A. Bell and a teacher conducting a band class. An article dated 02 Feb 1976 is tucked into back cover.

Hardisty School

How Soil is Formed

Item is a film about the importance of soil preservation. Item was produced in association with the Conservation Foundation.

Encyclopaedia Brittanica Films Inc.

Eastwood Gazette

Item is a newspaper written by students at Eastwood High School and includes reports of school activities, humorous columns and advertising by local businesses.

Eastwood School

Record of Corporal Punishment

Item is a notebook from Donald Ross School which record corporal punishments. It includes the date, name of student, reason for punishment, and signature or initials of teacher. Some entries include a brief description of punishment.

Donald Ross School

Family Life Education

Series consists of documents and petitions pertaining to the introduction of family life education in Edmonton Public Schools. The files are: Booklets, Articles and Briefs; Report, EPSB; Family Life Education Hearings; Public Support; Public Support Petitions; Public Opposition; Public Opposition Petitions; Unanalyzed Responses; Summary of Responses.

Curriculum and Program Planning

Educating Gifted Students in the Edmonton Public School System

Item is a report prepared for the Edmonton Public School Board by the Advisory Committee on Education of the Gifted. Item also includes an accompanying letter from the Deputy Superintendent of Schools. The Advisory Committee was made up of Edmonton Public Schools employees who presented information and recommendations through the report.

Curriculum and Program Planning

Teachers’ Resource Units For Division One : Grade 3 Units : Tentative Edition of Units Completed in 1960

Item is a cerlox-bound booklet prepared by the Elementary Curriculum Sub-Committee of the Edmonton Public School Local A.T.A. in co-operation with Edmonton Public Schools. It contains the information needed by teachers to create Enterprise Units for Grade III and is divided into the units of study.

Curricular Services

Teacher's Lending Library

Item is a log of items lent by Edmonton Public Schools Teacher's Lending Library and is signed by Librarian Bertha McNaught. A list of books and magazines which make up the Teachers' Professional Library is included. It records the lending of the History of Music, maps, and the location of Travelling Libraries within the school system. The Travelling Libraries were designated as Primary, High School, Manual Training and Household Economics. Also included is a 1928 Registration of Speakers in High Schools.

Curricular Services

Heating and Ventilation Specifications

Item consists of Heating and Ventilating Specs for two schools not yet built. One school would be located on Block 7, 8 (HBR), which was bordered by 107 and 108 Streets, the Legislature and Jasper Avenue. The second would be located on one of the Hudsons Bay Additions.

Design Construction

Capital Budgets New Construction 1982

Item is a report to the Board of Trustees from the Superintendent of Schools recommending the construction of several new Edmonton Public Schools. The report is divided by school and includes construction detail, cost analysis, required financial support and drawings. Within the appendices are included General Background Information, Summary of New School Costs and Financial Support, Proposed Building Schedule, and Historical Summary of Elementary School Construction from 1965-1985.

Design Construction

Information Report : Work Experience Education

Item is a report by Mrs. A. Fester, Coordinator of Work Experience Education. It examines the Work Experience Program as it has existed since September 1970. It presents problems and recommendations. It also describes the program and states the number of students participating in each subject area by school.

Co-operative Work Education

Memo. to Principals

Item is memoranda and enclosures sent to Principals from the Superintendent of Schools. The memoranda were directives for the Principals, and the enclosures were passed on to all their staff. This was the primary communication vehicle between the Superintendent and the Principals.

Communications

Superintendent's Memo

Item is memoranda distributed to a wider administrative audience than its predecessor. Consequently, the name was shortened to Superintendent's Memo. Item reflects the time period 19 Feb 1973 to 07 Jun 1973. Some memoranda within these records have enclosures.

Communications

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