Item is a notice to teachers from the Superintendent of Schools explaining how to use the book “Bible Readings For Use in the Public Schools” which was compiled by Edmonton Public Schools.
Item pertains to the supplying of hot drinks in schools. Included are cost estimates for gas ranges and utensils and a report on the sale of hot drinks at the Edmonton Technical High School for January 1933. Item also includes a requisition form from the Queen's Avenue Sight Saving Class for cocoa supplies.
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.
Item is a file of correspondence regarding student poster and essay contests sponsored by service clubs, the Canadian Authors' Association and the radio station CJCA. The item contains information about a federal job competition and the Civil Service Examination. A pamphlet from the Province of Alberta outlining the competition to destroy crows and magpies is also included. File was discontinued and removed from a larger series.
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.
Item is the Financial Report of Edmonton School District No. 7 for the 1931 calendar year. Submitted by the Secretary-Treasurer, H. G. Turner. Included is a Balance Sheet, Revenue and Expenditure Account, List of Outstanding Debentures, and a summary of the Sinking Fund investments.
Item is a newspaper written by students at Eastwood High School and includes reports of school activities, humorous columns and advertising by local businesses.
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.
Item is a manual for Physical Education teachers. It presents practical information on class planning and athletics. It also contains 25 tables. Each table lists a sequence of exercises for students to follow.
Item pertains to the distribution of the school fund for necessitous children (Relief Fund) by principals. Lists of amounts disbursed through the schools and receipts for clothing and dental work included. Funds were raised through concerts and contributions. Included is correspondence from Nelles Buchanan offering a donation and a letter from the Special Relief Department regarding the Dominion-Provincial Youth Training Programme.
Item is the Financial Report of Edmonton School District No. 7 for the 1932 calendar year. Submitted by EPSB Secretary-Treasuer H. G. Turner. It includes Revenues and Expenditures, Balance Sheet, Cost of Operation, Distribution of Expenditure and Cost Per Pupil, Summary of Debentures Issued During 1932, List of Debentures Outstanding, schedule of Redemption of Debentures, and a report by the Board of Sinking Fund Trustees which includes a summary of Sinking Fund Investments.
Item is the Financial Report of Edmonton School District No. 7 for the 1933 calendar year. Prepared by EPSB Secretary-Treasuer H. G. Turner. Included are a Balance Sheet, Revenue and Expenditure Account, Enrolment and Per Capita Costs, Distribution of Expenditure and Cost, list of Debentures Outstanding, and the Investment of Sinking Funds.
Item consists of letters written by Superintendent of Schools, G. A. McKee, and Assistant Superintendent, L. B. Yule, regarding concerts put on by Edmonton Public Schools to raise money for an emergency fund. The fund was to assist school children whose needs were not met by the civic relief organization.
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.
Item is a photograph of the 1934-35 Alex Taylor School teaching staff sitting on the school's steps. They are identified front row left to right Maggie Sewell (white blouse), Bessie Bruce, Anna Mary "May" Megrath, Hazel Mallet, Gertrude "Gertie" Stinson, Lilian Cram, Anna Gillis middle row left to right Gladys Breadon, Ethel Donaldson, Mabel Calder, Erina Wilson back row left to right Manual Training teacher, William Thompson (Principal), John MacDiarmid.
Item is a biography of Dr. David George McQueen. Inscription in front cover states that the book was presented to McQueen School from members of the McQueen family on May 9, 1958.
Item is a file of correspondence to and from the Superintendent regarding children in the district with physical disabilities. An Edmonton Public Schools teacher was assigned to teach these children in their homes.
The collection consists of music books, sheet music, programs, photographs, photo album, filmstrips, sound and video recordings of performances, and clippings pertaining to the Edmonton Schoolboys' Band. The band started up in 1936-37 and consisted of students in grades 4-12. It took over the trusteeship of instruments and uniforms of the Edmonton Newsboys' Band that disbanded in 1928. The Edmonton Schoolboys' Band was active in the Edmonton area from 1936 to 1969.
Item lists the employees of Edmonton Public Schools for 1935. It is divided into Administrative Staff, Maintenance Staff, Teaching Staff, and Caretaking Staff.
The fonds consists of minutes, bylaws and financial records of West Jasper Place School District No. 4679. It also includes music curriculum and report cards. West Jasper Place School District No. 4679 was established in 1935. It amalgamated with Edmonton School District No. 7 in August 1964.
Item is a certificate awarding Cromdale School first place in the Elementary and High School Folk Dancing, Grades V and VI competition in the Alberta Musical Competition Festival.
Item consists of correspondence between Ernest Brown and the Superintendent of Schools regarding the purchase of photographs used for the EPSB 50th Anniversary souvenir booklet.
Item consists of lists of students who were considered behind their classmates. Each list is from an Edmonton Public School and includes students' names, ages, present grade, grade as of September 1st, and number of years mentally disabled.
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.
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.
Item is a book of sheet music, which includes musical scores with lyrics, guitar chords and a history of the melodies. Black and white photographs of Canada are included throughout. The front cover is stamped with "Music Library Edmonton Public School Board".
Item consists of two ledgers, one labeled “Completed” which covers 1936-1959, the other labeled “Current” which covers 1946-1960. Both are divided into school sites. The ledgers record expenditures for buildings and additions and break down the data by type of work. The names of contractors are included.
Series consists of a single sheet for every class, in every school, per school year. Early years list boys and girls on separate sheets. High Schools are missing from 1964-65. Forms record school, date, teacher, students, each student’s address, birth date, grade, religion and residency status. Information was used by the finance/revenue area to calculate the annual education grant submission to Alberta Education. The lists then served as a directory of students, for the district, for the school year.
Series consists of a single sheet for every class, in every school, per school year. Early years list boys and girls on separate sheets. High Schools are missing from 1964-65. Forms record school, date, teacher, students, each student’s address, birth date, grade, religion and residency status. Information was used by the finance/revenue area to calculate the annual education grant submission to Alberta Education. The lists then served as a directory of students, for the district, for the school year.