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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Administration Files : Double Shifts

Item contains a letter from J. Percy Page, Principal of McDougall Commercial High School to G.A. McKee, Superintendent of Edmonton Public Schools, explaining how the double shift system within McDougall Commercial High School is organized. The remainder of the file is hand-written evaluations of the double shift system written by students and one teacher, Oliver McKee.

An Analysis of Play, Physical Education and Athletic Injuries Which Occurred in the Edmonton Public and Separate School Systems during the 1967-68 School Year / Stephen Mendryk and Peter G. King

Item is a coil-bound report produced by the Faculty of Physical Education, University of Alberta. The report authors studied the frequency of student injuries based on accident reports from Edmonton Public and Edmonton Separate Schools. Most information in the report is presented using bar-graphs.

University of Alberta

Minute Book of the Strathcona Public School District No. 216 of the Province of Alberta

Item is the book used to record the minutes of the Strathcona Public School District Board meetings. The minutes were signed by the Secretary-Treasurer and the Chairman. The final entry on 01 Mar 1912 is a note from the Secretary indicating that the Strathcona Public School District ammalgamated with Edmonton Public Schools 01 Feb 1912.

Strathcona School District No. 216

Statements of 1910

Item is a list of statements for 1910. The first statement is regarding permission for the West Edmonton School District No. 2320 to collect property taxes previously collected by the Turnip Lake School District No. 386 within the newly incorporated village of West Edmonton. West Edmonton School District No. 2320 was established on November 25, 1910. The remaining statements list the expenditures, liabilities and assets for the West Edmonton School District No. 2320 for the year 1910.

Argyll Home and School Association fonds

  • 0085.Arg.1
  • Fonds
  • 1958 - 1971

The fonds consists of minutes of the Argyll Home and School Association. The Argyll Home and School Association was formed in Edmonton in 1958. With a membership consisting of parents of students attending the school, the association raised funds for the school and served as an advocacy group for school-related issues.

Guest Book

Item is a notebook which was used as a guest book. The signatures of guests follow the name and date of various special events at Bennett School.

Bennett School

Substitute Teachers

Item is a notebook containing the list of substitute teachers employed at Donald Ross School. It includes the date, the absent teacher's name, the reason for the absence, grade taught, name of substitute, and number of days employed. It also includes a memo from the Substitute Teacher Office regarding procedures for substitute teachers.

Donald Ross School

Education Week

Item consists of information pertaining to Education Week at H. A. Gray School. Included is a public manual, general planning information, a classroom guide for Open House 1960, and information from the principal about activities for Education Week 1967.

H.A. Gray School

Spring Tea

Item pertains to the annual spring tea held at H. A. Gray School. Included are programs, job allocations, tickets, applications to the Provincial Government for permission to hold Raffles, expenses, supplies, procedures, and information about displays.

H.A. Gray School

Citizenship, Commonwealth and Flag

Item consists of information to use during Commonwealth Day observances. Empire Day changed to Commonwealth Day in 1958. Included is information about the flag and a souvenir programme of the Official Flag Raising Ceremony from the visit of Governor General Georges Vanier to Edmonton Public Schools.

H.A. Gray School

Staff Minutes

Series consists of three notebooks containing the minutes of the King Edward Elementary School staff meetings. One of the notebooks, 84.KE.30.19, has a Commonwealth Day program.

King Edward School [1914]

Staff Minutes

Series consists of twenty notebooks containing the minutes from the King Edward Junior High School staff meetings.

King Edward School [1914]

Edmonton Public Schools Telephone Directory

Series consists of the Telephone Directories for Edmonton Public Schools. There are two copies, within this series, of the directories for 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84, and 1984-85. The directories for 1986-87 and 1991-92 were added to this series after it was accessioned.

Communications-Community Relations

Retirement Reception Notes

Item consists of information about staff members and Edmonton Public Schools, which was used to compose the speech delivered by Board Chairman Joan Cowling at the 1985 Retirement Banquet.

Communications-Community Relations

Finance Committee Minutes

Series consists of minutes taken by the Finance Committee, made up of Edmonton Public Schools Trustees. School Board officials and representatives also attended. The committee addressed the Edmonton Public Schools’ finances, including salaries and investments.

Board Secretary

Survey of Media Services

Item is a survey conducted in October and November 1976 for the Edmonton Public School Board. It is a survey of the media services within Edmonton Public Schools within the intent of making recommendations for the further development of these services. This coil-bound document includes the objectives of the survey, its results, and the recommendations. The survey questions appear in the Appendices.

Extra-Curricular Music

Item consists of correspondence, choir programs, sheet music and notes relating to after-school music lessons. The hand-written note describing music instructor Mrs. Mary E. Luck was written by George Luck.

Curricular Services

Continuing Education : 1949 - 1980

Item is a duo-tang that contains a history of Continuing Education within Edmonton Public Schools. Enrolment figures for 1963-1980 are included. The 1981 goal statement is also included.

Continuing Education Centre

Edmonton Technical School Closure

Item consists of reports about the declining enrolment in the Edmonton Technical School and about the use of the Technical School by the Wartime Emergency Training Program.

Edmonton Technical School

Task Force on Educational Facilities

Item consists of worksheets made by Edmonton Public Schools and completed by Elementary Principals. Worksheets requested: space availability for Early Education and Inner City School Programs, ideas to create attractive schools and issues to be addressed, specifically staffing. Associate Superintendent Educational Administration, Dr. Hohol, directed the Task Force. Participating schools were: Central, Delton, Donald Ross, Eastwood, McCauley, McDougall, North Edmonton, Norwood, Oliver, Parkdale, Riverdale, Rutherford, and Alex Taylor.

Education Facilities

Teacher Absence and Substitutes

Item consists of two notebooks which log teacher absences at McQueen School. Each entry includes the date, the substitute's name, the absent teacher's name and the amount of time absent. Some entries include the reason for absence.

McQueen School

The Relative Effectiveness of Two Programs of Physical Education on the Strength of Grade One Children / Stuart George Robbins

Item is a Master’s Thesis submitted to Washington State University, Department of Physical Education. It studies the relative effectiveness of two programs of physical education on strength development of Grade I students. The subjects were students at Youngstown School.

Physical and Health Education Services

Drug Report

Item is the report produced by the Drug Survey Committee within Edmonton Public Schools. Included is the survey and its conclusions. The survey and report were the result of a request made by the Trustees after the Board approved a Statement of Policy and Guidelines relating to the non-medical use of drugs.

Program Review, Research and Liason

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