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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4-6 Divided School Year Evaluation

Item is a report which presents surveys and conclusions pertaining to the high school year being divided into four and six month semesters. Prior to the evaluations, the four and six month semester system was tried in Bonnie Doon, Harry Ainlay and Victoria Composite High Schools.

Program Review, Research and Liason

Letter to Ed Bell

Item is a letter from the Archives and Landmarks Committee of the City of Edmonton to Ed Bell, former principal of Bennett School, thanking him for a donation of a photograph of an early school room ca. 1912. Affixed to the letter is a photograph of Riverside School in 1912.

City of Edmonton

Recollections of Ed Bell

Item is a letter from Ed Bell to Mike Kostek. In it, Ed Bell recounts his experiences as an Edmonton Public Schools teacher and describes other aspects of his life.

City of Edmonton

Expenditures of Canadian Schools

Item pertains to the collecting and analyzing of financial data from several school boards including: correspondence and completed questionnaires from various Canadian school boards, a chart showing the cost per capita for 1923 on the basis of school attendance for several Canadian cities as well as Los Angeles, Seattle and Spokane, a second chart comparing the education cost per capita for 1922 of several Canadian cities, a third chart comparing teacher salaries in different Canadian cities as well as Los Angeles, Seattle and Spokane, and a diagram comparing the cost of public schools across the Canadian provinces. This file was compiled by Sarah Wilson, Edmonton Public Schools Secretary-Treasurer (1921-1925).

Administration Files : Flag Salute

Item relates to the saluting of the flag in schools during WW II and immediately afterwards. In January 1940, the Board approved the ceremony of saluting and pledging to the flag. The file contains correspondence relating to the suspension of students who refused to salute the flag. Other correspondence is from the RCMP, the Deputy Attorney General, Office of the City Solicitor and the Coleman School District. A list of students who were suspended is included.

Gross Motor Performance and Motor Learning of Educable Mentally Retarded Boys : A Preliminary Report / Patricia L. Austin

Item is report funded by the Department of National Health and Welfare, Fitness and Amateur Sport and by the University of Alberta. The subjects were boys in the Intermediate Opportunity Classes of Edmonton Public Schools. The study provides information on the physical fitness and gross motor ability of the subjects. It also compares two structured physical education programs.

University of Alberta

The Effects of Movement Education on Kinesthetic Perception / Margaret Ellis

Item is a Master’s Thesis. The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of Movement Education and Traditional Physical Education on the kinesthetic perception of elementary school children, and to compare the kinesthetic perception of boys and girls in the selected age groups. The test subjects were students within Edmonton Public Schools.

University of Alberta

The Chinook

Item is the magazine for Edmonton High School, which was renamed Victoria School in 1913. An article written by J. McCaig describes the unfinished Edmonton High School and its location.

Victoria School

Village Assessment Roll

Item pertains to those paying property taxes to West Edmonton School District No. 2320. For each ratepayer, it lists Land Assessed (block and lot), Name of Person Assessed, Post Office Address, Amount Paid and Date of Payment.

Holyrood Home and School Association

Item consist of correspondence, accounts, and agendas pertaining to the Holyrood Home and School Association. It also contains a photocopy of a 1966 newspaper clipping about the Holyrood Home and School Association’s dissatisfaction with the Alberta Federation of Home and School Associations.

Holyrood Home and School Association

Formation of North Edmonton School District No. 2305 and Debenture Proceedings

Item contains correspondence and two pages from Poll Book. The first page from Poll Book lists candidates nominated for position of Trustee and date and hours of polls. The second page from Poll Book is the vote on the formation of the proposed North Edmonton School District. It includes date and times of poll and name of voters and if they are for or against the district. Item also contains information from the Alberta Department of Education about instructions regarding the formation of school districts, school groups and buildings, treasurer's bond, and debenture proceedings.

North Edmonton School District No. 2305

Assessment Roll : Edmonton Protestant School District

Item is the property tax assessment roll for Edmonton. Each entry includes the name of the property occupant and their religion, sex, age, occupation and place of residence; the name of owner and their religion, sex, age, occupation and place of residence; and the number of lots taxable denoted by district, block, township and range. Information was used to collect taxes, which funded the school district. The official name of the district was Edmonton Protestant Public School District No. 7.

Board Secretary

Sinking Fund Trustees Committee Minutes

Series consists of the minutes from the Sinking Fund Committee, made up of trustees of Edmonton Public Schools. The committee met for the purpose of purchasing and selling bonds and securities to build up the sinking fund and pay off the debenture debt. The committee ended on 07 Jan 1947 when the debenture debt was paid off.

Board Secretary

Administrative Regulations

Item is a handbook of the regulations to be followed by teachers and principals, which would implement Board Policy. An attached memorandum explains that each staff member should be in possession of the Administrative Regulations handbook.

Board Administration

Staff Bulletin

Item is a weekly bulletin that was established in Jan 1957 for distribution to all staff members of Edmonton Public Schools. Former issues are called Superintendent's Bulletin and Bulletin. Item reflects time period 27 Aug 1973 to 17 Jun 1974. Some bulletins within these records have enclosures.

Communications

A Community School : Focus on LIving

Item is a coil-bound report written by Extension Services and submitted to the Edmonton Public School Board. It looks at the potential for Community Schools in Edmonton and at the Community School pilot projects at M. E. LaZerte and Spruce Avenue schools. It examines changes that would need to be made for the Community School concept to be successfully implemented, and it makes recommendations.

Continuing Education Centre

Cash-Book No. 1 : Edmonton Protestant Public School No.7

Item is an account book showing money coming in (cash) and going out (contra). It lists ratepayers, the amount of taxes collected, expenditures and amounts carried over. The book was maintained by the Secretary-Treasurer and each page is initialed. It is organized chronologically by year and month.

Centennial Open House

Item consists of three guest books from the King Edward School Canadian Centennial Open House. Entries include guest names, addresses and remarks.

King Edward School [1914]

Minutes

Item consists of McQueen Home and School Association Executive Minutes and inserts. The inserts include Treasurer's Reports and newsletters to parents.

McQueen Home and School Association

The 19th Annual Night of Music

Item is a program for the Annual Night of Music. It lists the orchestras, bands and choirs from within Edmonton Public Schools participating but does not list the student participants.

Music Services

Edmonton / by Mabel Dowling

Item is a handmade book by Mabel Dowling. It was likely completed in a Grade XII Art class in Strathcona (Old Scona) School. The book includes black and white photographs of Edmonton and illustrations cut out of another book. The book addresses Edmonton's past, present and future.

Sports Annual

Item is a booklet containing reports on tournaments and sports in Edmonton Public Schools played in 1928. It also includes Edmonton High and Public School Sports Records, 1908-1928 inclusive.

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