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.
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.
Series consists of the minutes from the meetings held by the entire Board of Trustees of Edmonton Public Schools. Discussions included concerns about teachers, salaries, budgets and the need for new schools.
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.
Item is the book used to record the minutes of the Edmonton Public School Board meetings. The minutes were signed by the Secretary and the Chairman. The minutes from 06 Jan 1909 to 23 Mar 1909 were copied by hand by the creator from 85.129.5.
Item is the book used to record the minutes of the Edmonton Public School Board meetings. The minutes were signed by the Secretary and the Chairman. Of note, the School Board’s name change is recorded on 14 Mar 1907, p. 106-107.
Item is a hard-covered book containing the minutes of Virginia Park School's Home and School Association. Each entry is signed by the Association's Secretary. Included is a list of the Virginia Park Home and School Association executive for each school year.
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.
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.
Item contains correspondence between the Superintendent of Schools and the Bureau of Vital Statistics, Province of Alberta, regarding the birthdates of children entering school for the first time.
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 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 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.
Item is a program plan for J. Percy Page Composite High School. The plan addresses the philosophy of the school as well as the organization of program requirements.
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 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.
Item is a summary of research and evaluation projects that were coordinated and/or conducted by Edmonton Public Schools Research, Evaluation or Pupil Assessment Branches in 1975-76.
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.
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.
Item is a program for the Annual Night of Music. It lists the orchestras, bands and choirs from within Edmonton Public Schools participating but does not list the student participants.
Item consists of two identical copies of the program for the second annual Edmonton Public Schools concert held at McDougall Auditorium. J. Norman Eagleson, the Supervisor of Music, was the Conductor of the Chorus.
Item is a booklet describing the Edmonton Public Schools Symphonic Band’s trip to Cardiff, Wales. It includes a biography of conductor R. Lee Holmes, photographs of the band members, and the trip itinerary.
Item consists of McQueen Home and School Association Executive Minutes and inserts. The inserts include Treasurer's Reports and newsletters to parents.
Item is a yearbook for McCauley School 1970-71. Included is a history of Matthew McCauley, a history of the school, and a personal remembrance of the school by teacher Ray Barson.
Item reports on the organization, operation and management of EPS computer facilities from 1961 to 1973. It consists of loose pages in a duo tang. Appendices provide lists of services, a critical assessment, and potential uses for computer applications within Edmonton Public Schools.
Series consists of personnel files selectively retained for their value in providing information regarding newly created positions, school namesakes, the positions of Superintendent of Schools, Secretary-Treasurer and Trustees of Edmonton School District No. 7, and prominent citizens.
The fonds consists of the attendance register of the Horse Hill Protestant Public School District No. 266. The Horse Hill Protestant Public School District No. 266 was established 10 Feb 1892. In the early 1900s the words "protestant" and "public" were removed from the official title.
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.