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Michael A. Strembitsky fonds

  • Fonds
  • 1962 - 1994

The fonds consists of correspondence, press releases, brochures, and programs pertaining to Strembitsky's career as Superintendent of Edmonton Public Schools. Includes correspondence pertaining to his nomination for an honorary Ph.D. from the University of Alberta, his appointment as an adjunct professor, and a videotape regarding his resignation from Edmonton Public Schools in 1994. Michael A. Strembitsky was Acting Superintendent of Edmonton Public Schools from Aug-Dec 1972, and Superintendent from 1973 until his resignation in 1994.

Michael Strembitsky

Photograph Collection

  • Collection
  • 1880 - 2011

The collection consists of photographs of Division buildings and sites, sport and social events, classes, classroom settings, and personnel.

Burt Demeriez Papers

The materials represent the work conducted by Burt Demeriez during his employment with the Edmonton School Division. The series contains memorandums, correspondence, drafts, reports, photographs, programs, booklets and itineraries in relation to developing programs in Outdoor Education, the Bennett Centre and Edmonton Public Schools Archives and Museum.

Burton Peter Demeriez

The Modern Instructor

Item is a magazine presenting ideas and exercises for teachers to use in grades I to VIII. It also contains articles by experts pertaining to teaching.

Administration Files

Series contains documents pertaining to administrative activities of Edmonton Public Schools departments, schools, trustees, and committees.

Superintendent of Schools

Administration Files

Series contains documents pertaining to the administrative activities of Edmonton Public Schools departments, schools, Trustees, and committees. Series contains inactive files that were closed in June 1971 and sent to the vault for storage. Files are arranged numerically by the original file number assigned by creator.

Superintendent of Schools

Administration Files

Series contains correspondence pertaining to administrative activities of Edmonton Public Schools as well as trustees' acceptance and resignation letters.

Secretary-Treasurer

Administration Files of Strathcona School District No. 216

Series reflects administrative activities of Strathcona School District No. 216. Although chiefly financial and staffing issues, opening of new schools, amalgamation with Edmonton School District No. 7, Inspector's Reports, correspondence with University of Alberta, Association of School Trustees of Alberta and Department of Education is also included. Of note is a letter from Lieutenant Governor Bulyea regarding the opening of Strathcona Collegiate Institute. Compiled by the Secretary-Treasurer, files are arranged chronologically. Correspondence of a related subject often glued together. The top document reflects the chronological date within the file but often much earlier documents are attached.

Strathcona School District No. 216

Administration Files : Dramatics

Item focuses on Dramatics in the Intermediate and High Schools. Included are supply costs, costs for erecting stages with written and sketched plans and correspondence from the Alberta Dramatic League. Intermediate and High Schools offering Dramatics in 1937 are listed with names of the Dramatics teachers. These are McKay Avenue, King Edward, Westmount, Strathcona, McCauley, Victoria, Eastwood, Spruce Avenue, Highlands, Riverdale, Normal Practice, Garneau and H.A. Gray.

Administration Files : Religious Instruction

Item pertains to religious instruction in schools and, specifically, Bible readings. The file includes the document Bible Readings in Edmonton Public Schools, Revised Copy. It also includes the Report of Committee Appointed to Select a List of Bible Readings. Item also contains inquiries from other school boards, parent concerns and evaluations by teachers. Included are letters from the Religious Tract Society and a copy of a report on the learning of the Ten Commandments in state schools in the British Empire.

Administration Files : Vacation School

Item pertains to the Vacation School, a program at Victoria High School to prepare grade XI students for supplemental examinations. Examinations were conducted by the Department of Education and the University of Alberta. The Vacation School was aimed at students who failed their June examinations but others took the summer courses as well. File includes correspondence, planning information and reports from teachers.

Administration Files : Mental Tests

Item contains correspondence regarding intelligence tests. Included are letters of concern from parents, a copy of a letter from the Edmonton High School Teachers' Alliance and correspondence with C.B. Willis, Victoria High, regarding the comparison of student I.Q.'s within the city High Schools. Also included is a sample test.

The Five Year Program : A Guide for Parents

Item is a booklet for parents whose children are rapid learners and therefore eligible for the five year program. The five year program allowed children to complete the six years of elementary school in five years. The booklet describes the program, the type of children who would be eligible, and the role of parents.

Bureau Services

Immigrants and Schooling

Item pertains to the education of the children of new immigrants from Central Europe particularly Ruthenians and Ukrainians. It includes articles, handbooks, addresses, House of Commons Debates and reports from 1895-1934. Item is an educational kit used by students taking Education Foundations 430 at the University of Alberta.

Progressive Education

Item pertains to the theory and methods of Enterprise Education. It includes criticisms of Enterprise Education and reflections of teachers who taught it. Enterprise Education is based on the philosophy of the Progressive Education Association. The information in the kit is from 1917-1970, predominantly 1929-1946. Item is an educational kit used by students taking Education Foundations 430 at the University of Alberta.

Memorandum of Transmittal

Series consists of documents from the Superintendent of Schools for the Edmonton Public School Board Trustees. The memoranda provided information about schools, students, staff, buildings, departments, curriculum changes, grievances, press releases and meetings. Appendices are included, but not all are on file.

Grade One Science Process Test

Item is a test examining the degree to which the objectives for the program Science : A Process Approach, Level A were being met. The resulting data was to be used for possible program revision. Included in this item are the test manual, a list of slide numbers and their correlating test questions, and three plastic sheets of slides. The original box and slide carousel, 84.47.6-10 are missing.

Review of Educational Policies in Canada

Item is a six volume report coordinated by a Council of Education Ministers in co-operation with the Federal Government. The six volumes: Forward & Introduction, Government of Canada, Western Region, Ontario, Quebec, and Atlantic Region were to acquaint others with educational development in Canada and to assist the educational authorities in planning more effectively for the future. Most include a descriptions of education within the region, including trends, goals, structure and post-secondary institutions. The Government of Canada Report addresses the Federal Government's role in education.

Nursery Rhyme Cards

Item is a set of 24 flashcards. Each flashcard has a short nursery rhyme with a coloured illustration depicting the nursery rhyme. Questions about the nursery rhyme and accompanying illustration are on verso. Nursery rhymes were used as a literature resource to teach primary reading to students.

Term Examination Report

Item is the term examination report for Bennett School. It lists the students, their ages, the grades they achieved in various subjects, and the teachers' recommendations. The name of the teacher for each grade is also included.

Bennett School

School Supplies

Item originated in Bennett School and consists of a general list of supplies to be handed out, a tally of supplies given to individual pupils in Grades II, III and IV in September 1915, and the names of the students who received primers in January 1915.

Bennett School

The Modern Teachers Daily Plan Book

Item originated in Canora School. It is the daily schedule of Anne Strain's Grade I class for November 1961 to June 1962. It is broken down by subject matter and objectives. Included are student grades, book order lists, the names of students who purchased class photographs and school crests, and memorandum to teachers and principals regarding school prayer, corporal punishment, leave of absence due to pregnancy, requisitions, report cards, and the City of Edmonton Planetarium.

West Jasper Place School District No. 4679

The Human Rights Act

Item is an illustrated copy of Part I, Code of Conduct of the Provincial Human Rights Act. It includes the Province of Alberta crest and an illustration of the Provincial Legislature Building.

King Edward Junior High School Honor Roll

Item is an Academic Honour Roll for King Edward Junior High School. It lists the names of honour students, grades VII, VIII and IX, for the school years 1954-55 to 1961-62. It is continued on item 84.KE.20.

King Edward School [1914]

King Edward Junior High School Honor Roll

Item is an Academic Honour Roll for King Edward Junior High School. It lists the names of honour students, grades VII, VIII and IX, for the school years 1961-62 to 1972-73. It is continued from item 84.KE.19.

King Edward School [1914]

Honour Roll

Item is an Academic Honour Roll for King Edward Junior High School. It lists the names of honour students, grades VII, VIII and IX, for the school years 1973-74 to 1981-82. It is continued from item 84.KE.19.

King Edward School [1914]

The Worth Report

Item is a file pertaining to the Worth Report on Educational Planning. It includes a 1970 Edmonton Public School Board Brief to the Commission on Education Planning, a Reader’s Companion to the Alberta Worth Report on Educational Planning, and photocopies of Calgary Herald and Edmonton Journal articles presenting reactions to the Worth Report.

Communications-Community Relations

Educating Gifted Students in the Edmonton Public School System

Item is a report prepared for the Edmonton Public School Board by the Advisory Committee on Education of the Gifted. Item also includes an accompanying letter from the Deputy Superintendent of Schools. The Advisory Committee was made up of Edmonton Public Schools employees who presented information and recommendations through the report.

Curriculum and Program Planning

Program of Studies for Senior High Schools

Item is a booklet produced by Alberta Education which outlines the content of each course at the Senior High School level together with a list o recommended textbooks and approved secondary references.

Alberta Education

Utilizing Community Resources : Theory and Practice of Community Study for Educational Purposes : A Directory for Field Trips

Item is a bound book which details the reasons for using Community Resources in education and lists a directory for field trips. The book was coordinated by the Committee for the Utilization of Community Resources within Edmonton Public Schools and a forward was written by the Superintendent, R. S. Sheppard.

Curricular Services

Utilizing Community Resources

Item is a coil-bound book prepared by the curriculum sub-committee of the Edmonton Public School Local Alberta Teachers’ Association in cooperation with Edmonton Public Schools. It details the reasons for using Community Resources in education and provides a directory for field trips. Within the book are photographs of a class which were taken by a Parkview School teacher.

Curricular Services

Edmonton Public Schools Teachers’ Resource Units 4 : 1967 Revision

Item provides information to be used in Grade IV Social Studies enterprise units. It is divided into four areas: Pioneer Life, Alberta at Work, Life in Mountain Regions, and Contributors of Scientists and Inventors to Travel and Communication. It was prepared by the Elementary Curriculum Sub-Committee of the Edmonton Public School Local A. T. A. in cooperation with Edmonton Public Schools.

Curricular Services

Preparing for School : A Message for Parents

Item is a booklet which suggests actions that parents can take at home to help prepare their child for school. It was prepared by supervisory staff, elementary counselors and school psychologists within Edmonton Public Schools. It was designed and printed by the students of the Graphics Arts Classes, Jasper Place Composite High School.

Bureau Services

Welcome to Our Schools / Department of Staff Development

Item is a booklet for Elementary School teachers new to Edmonton Public Schools in the 1970-71 school year. It provides an organization chart, lists resources and guidelines that are available, suggests time allotments for each subject, lists special subjects and provides guidelines for reporting to parents.

Instructional Process

The Five Year Program : A Guide for Parents

Item is a booklet for parents whose children are rapid learners and therefore eligible for the five year program. The five year program allowed children to complete the six years of elementary school in five years. The booklet describes the program, the type of children who are eligible, and the role of parents.

Bureau Services

Grade One Tree Planting

Item is a booklet which provides instruction for elementary principals and grade I teachers and suggests resources to enhance the tree planting program. It was prepared by the Science Committee of the Edmonton Public School Local A.T.A. in cooperation with Edmonton Public Schools.

Curricular Services

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