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Use of Portables 1972-1973

Item is a list of schools and indicates the number of portables each school uses and the purpose of the portables. The list was updated Mar 1973 from a Principal’s Questionnaire of Nov 1972.

Design Construction

H. A. Gray School Construction

Item consists of specs for the building, heating and ventilation of H. A. Gray School signed by contractors Doyle, Thomas and Christensen Ltd and by Kelly and Kokott Co. Correspondence about construction problems and costs is included. Reference is made to King Edward and McDougall Schools under construction at the same time.

Design Construction

Cromdale School Construction

Item consists of the general contract, plumbing, heating and ventilation tenders for the construction of Cromdale School. Correspondence from construction firms and copies of correspondence from the Building Commissioner are included.

Design Construction

Syndicate Avenue School Modifications

Item includes letters of tender for repairing and extending Syndicate Avenue School. It also includes correspondence to the contractor from Edmonton Public Schools Building Commissioner during construction.

Design Construction

Temporary Schools Construction

Item consists of letters of tender for the building of temporary schools in Allendale, Highlands, Elm Park, Norwood Extension, and Vermillion Avenue. Correspondence with the successful contractors and balance sheets are included.

Design Construction

Records

Item is a student exercise book used as a Utilities Record Book at Victoria School. It records utilities readings, including the amount of coal received and used. All entries are hand-written.

Victoria School

Design Construction Files

Series pertains to the construction, modifications and maintenance of EPSB schools and buildings. Included are construction schedules, tender specifications, architectural and engineering correspondence, blueprints, plans, school inspection reports, and caretaking appointments and resignations. The series is a complete record of the building programs carried out by EPSB on a school by school basis during the period 1942-1972.

Design Construction

Souvenir of the Edmonton Schools Issued at the Opening of the High School ...

Item consists of two copies of a souvenir program. It includes a history of Edmonton Public Schools and photographs of school board officials and schools. Information about cadets and physical education also included. In addition, the description of building specifications for the Edmonton School and Oliver School are mentioned.

Edmonton High School

Schools, Sites and Statistics

This item is a file of notes compiled by Herbert Story during his position as Building Commissioner 1916-1936, with some additions made by an unknown author after Mr. Story’s tenure. Detailed, organized notes were made regarding school buildings constructed between 1904-1931, site plans, playgrounds, school furnishings, air quality in schools, washroom facilities, sports grounds, and formulas to make stone preservative, linseed oil soap, Sanispray, disinfectant, hectograph mass, ink, and blackboard dressing.

Facilities

Edmonton School District No. 7 Building Program 1980-1983

Item is a coil-bound plan detailing recommendations for school and core portable development for the 1980-1983 period. Core portables are structures attached to the main school building and are usually built in groups of 4, 6 or 8. The plan lists recommended projects, budgets, basis of budget development, the financial effects of the recommended projects, the effect of recommended construction in relation to district enrolment and capacity, and a ranking of the different projects into three priority levels.

L.Y. Cairns Vocational School Equipment Budget

Item is divided into four parts (a-d). (a) budget which lists equipment needed for each room, price of each item and total for each room. (b) memorandum that explains the list does not include music equipment, one unassigned vocational area and teaching aids such as maps and globes. It also recommends that the list of equipment be put out to tender. (c) site plan, main floor plan, and second floor plan. (d) Equipment Budget Breakdown by room. It includes the total equipment for vocational and academic budgets, and the total installation cost broken down into academic, vocational and labor budgets.

Policy Development

Series pertains to policy development within Edmonton Public Schools. The series is arranged into three sub-series: 84.51.3 Policy Development : Survey of Principals, 84.51.4-7 Policy Development : Advisory Committee which contains agenda, minutes, memoranda and the policies and regulations the committee has agreed to, 84.51.8 Policy Development : Project Booklets and Draft Policies which consists of Advisory Committee notes and a draft policy manual.

Board Administration

Memo : to Administrators

Item is a continuation of the Superintendent's Memo which was to provide staff in leadership positions with Edmonton Public Schools' operational information and to assist leadership staff in becoming more efficient in their roles. Item reflects time period 11 Jun 1973 to 20 Aug 1974. Some memoranda within these records have enclosures.

Communications

Index

Item is a list of memoranda and enclosures sent from the Superintendent of Schools to Principals 1931-1959. The memoranda were directives for the Principals and the enclosures were passed on to all staff.

Communications

The Tech : Edmonton 1931 - 1932

Item is a yearbook for the Edmonton Technical School for 1931-32. Course descriptions, descriptions of student activities, descriptions of students, and photographs of teachers and students are included.

Edmonton Technical School

Edmonton High Schools Track and Field Records 1908

Item is a log created by R. H. Routledge, Physical Education Assistant Supervisor. It is an incomplete list of high school Track and Field winners from Edmonton Public Schools for the period 1908 to 1961. It is arranged by track and field event.

Physical and Health Education Services

Relieving Teachers

Item is a document pertaining to the formula used to calculate the amount of time principals should be in the classroom and the use of relieving teachers to take over their classroom work. It lists the schools, their principals, and the amount of time that a relieving teacher would have to provide in 1927-1928 compared to 1926-1927. It appears to be written by the Superintendent of Schools.

Personnel Services

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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