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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Glenora School Official Opening

Item consists of a memo to Principals from the Superintendent of Schools about the official opening of Glenora Elementary School and a programme of the opening. A description of the school is included.

Superintendent of Schools

Westlawn School Official Opening

Item consists of the programme for the official opening of Westlawn Junior High School, plans of the main floor of the school, and a publication which includes a description of Westlawn School.

Superintendent of Schools

McArthur School Official Opening

Item consists of the programme for the official opening of McArthur Elementary School and an invitation from W. W. Butchart to Progress Electric Ltd. to attend the opening.

Superintendent of Schools

Evansdale School Official Opening

Item consists of the programme for the official opening of Evansdale Elementary School and a Biographical Sketch of Harry Marshall Erskine Evans after whom the school was named.

Superintendent of Schools

Clara Tyner School Official Opening

Item includes the programme for the official opening of Clara Tyner School and a letter to John Horan, M.L.A., from the Superintendent of Schools regarding Horan’s speech at the opening.

Superintendent of Schools

Virginia Park : An Arts Core Elementary Program

Item is a brochure describing the Arts Program at Virginia Park School. It describes the purpose and objectives of the program as a whole. It also describes the objectives of the Art Program, the Music Program, the Drama Program, and the Dance Program.

Virginia Park School

Vic Argosy

Item is a student newspaper from Victoria School, which contains articles about student activities.

Victoria School

Administration Files : Goodwill Day

Item contains correspondence and information about Goodwill Day, observed on May 18. File contains messages written by Edmonton students in reply to Welsh broadcasts. Information on the Empire Youth Movement included. Within the file is correspondence between G.A. McKee, Superintendent of Schools, and Dennis Murphree of The Know Mississippi Better Train.

Bilingual Programs 1976-1977

Item is a brochure describing the English-French and English-Ukrainian bilingual programs. A list of schools offering the programs is included.

Second Languages Services

Education Bilingue (anglais-francais)

Item is a brochure written in French about the new French-English Bilingual Program. It explains why the program was developed and why it would begin with just Kindergarten in 1974-75 with Grade I to follow the next year. A list of schools offering the program is included.

Second Languages Services

Grade Six News Wave

Item is a student newspaper written by the Grade VI students in Room 13 at Northmount School. It includes articles about school and community life and brief interviews with Mr. Bowes, Mrs. Luscombe, and Mr. Belseck.

Northmount School

Grade Six News Journal

Item is a student newspaper written by the Grade VI students in Room 13 at Northmount School. It includes articles about school and community life and contains brief interviews with Mr. Belseck, Miss Foster, Miss Meyer and Mr. Kischuk.

Northmount School

Book II History of Hardisty Music Department 1969 -

Item is a scrapbook pertaining to the music program at Hardisty School. It includes programmes, newspaper clippings, newsletters, correspondence, lists of students and their instrument assignments, notices to parents, award ribbons, adjudication reports from the Kiwanis Music Festival and posters. It also includes a photograph of the student stage band ca. 1972.

Hardisty School

Edmonton Technical High School : Sixth Announcement Day Classes : 1920-21

Item is the prospectus for Edmonton Technical High School. Prevocational, Matriculation and Industrial Programs are included. Within the Industrial Program both free courses and courses with fees are included. Course descriptions are included for Matriculations subjects, Art, Mechanical Drawing, Cooking, Sewing, Printing, Woodwork, Chemistry for Girls, Chemistry for Boys, Machine Shop Practice, Forge Shop, Vocational Dressmaking and Costume Designing, Gas Engine, Industrial Chemistry, Invalid Cookery and Chemistry.

Edmonton Technical School

T. D. Baker ’76

Item is a yearbook for the T. D. Baker High School which was housed in Victoria High School from 1972-73 to 1975-76. In 1975-76 T. D. Baker High School was disbanded and integrated into Victoria High School trades.

T. D. Baker High School Program

Administration Files : Concerts

Item pertains to student concerts held at McDougall church. The proceeds of the concerts went toward the Department of Music, the Department of Physical Training and the Children's Fund to Deal with Emergencies (Relief Fund). Included are minutes from organizational meetings, receipts, breakdown of ticket sales, programs and financial statements. The file also contains a list of the recipients of the School Chorus Awards from the Alberta Provincial Museum Festival, 1947.

Sherbrooke Junior High School : Grade IX Awards Night

Item is a programme from the Sherbrooke Junior High School Grade IX Awards Night. It includes a list of the teaching staff, the order of ceremonies, a list of the award winners and a list of the graduates. Ribbons are attached to the program which represent the school colours.

Sherbrooke School

The Edmonton Schoolboys’ Band

Item is a history of the Edmonton Schoolboys’ Band. It appears to be the text used in one section of the 1958 EPSB Annual Report. It also appears to be a draft copy with handwritten corrections. Of note is an error on the second page indicating that the King and Queen visited Edmonton in 1937 when, in fact, they visited in 1939.

Music Services

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