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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Personnel Files

Series contained teacher personnel files that were arranged by surname and by the original file number as assigned by the creator. Dates reflect the retirement or resignation date of the teachers.

Human Resources

Annual Report 1955

Item is the Annual Report of Edmonton School District No. 7 for the calendar year 1955. It includes a forward by the Superintendent of Schools and a description of instruction, maintenance and building of schools. Also included is a brief report of Financial Highlights. Annual reports are created to demonstrate accountability to the Provincial Government Education department in accordance with the responsibilities specified in the School Act.

Board of Trustees

Inspectors' Reports

Series contains documents generated by Department of Education Inspectors. Pre-1905, Inspectors are from the Government of the North-West Territories and post-1905 from the Alberta Provincial Government. Documents record the Inspectors' evaluation of schools, classrooms, school grounds, equipment, pupils and teachers within Edmonton School District No. 7.

Alberta Education

Architectural Plans for 1881 Schoolhouse Restoration / drawn by EDG

Item consists of architectural drawings of the 1881 schoolhouse. It includes the site plan for the house on 96 Avenue and 100 Street; floor plans and foundations plans; existing elevations; proposed elevations; proposed interior elevations; electrical and mechanical plans. Of note is the floor plan of the interior of the house before restoration.

Instructional Services Division

Special Meeting Minutes

Series consists of minutes from special committees formed by Edmonton Public Schools Trustees. These committees were appointed to discuss and report upon specific issues. Minutes signed by secretary. Included are minutes from informal Trustee meetings.

Board Secretary

Strathcona School District No. 216 Contracts

Item is a group of contracts including By-Laws regarding the borrowing of money, sale of land contracts, contracts with contractors and architects. Item is not complete. Only the Duggan Street School and Strathcona Collegiate Institute are mentioned although the transfer of land from J. Alexander Cameron Rutherford is included.

Strathcona School District No. 216

Recommendations for Small Indoor Tracks in Edmonton Public Schools : A Graduation Essay / John R. Dahmer

Item is a report submitted to the University of Alberta School of Physical Education to fulfill the requirements of the Bachelor of Physical Education degree. Its purpose was to calculate a theoretical running path for tracks of various dimensions, to design suitable tracks, and to compare running times on these tracks. Schools within Edmonton Public Schools were the subject of study.

University of Alberta

Administration Files : Broadcast of Lessons

Item includes correspondence and lesson plans pertaining to the Grade VIII through XII lessons broadcast on the University of Alberta Radio Station, CKUA. Broadcasts were made when the schools were closed due to an epidemic. File was discontinued and removed from a larger series.

A Reunion 1957-78

Item is a booklet commemorating Ross Sheppard Composite High School’s 21st anniversary. It includes a program of events for returning graduates along with a history of the school and totem pole.

Ross Sheppard School

New Organization

Item is a list of schools. It includes junior-senior high schools, three-year senior high schools, intermediate schools, and elementary schools with intermediate units. The names of the staff members within each school are included. The item is the result of the district's newly organized junior and senior high classes following the new 6-3-3 grade divisions which began during the 1936-1937 school year.

Planning and Accommodation

Department of Research and Evaluation Annual Report

Item is the Annual Report of the Department of Research and Evaluation in the form of a memorandum to Superintendent M. A. Strembitsky from Assistant Superintendent, Research and Evaluation, Dr. H. Mosychuk. It outlines the functions of the department and lists research and evaluation projects underway during the 1975-76 school year. Attached is a book entitled, Directory of Education Studies in Canada, 1974-75.

Program Review, Research and Liason

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.

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.

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]

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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