File contains a letter to Bruce McIntosh, Associate Superintendent, from Burt Demeriez, Supervisor at Bennett Centre and Archives and Museum. The letter is in regards to the purchase of a 30x22 acrylic painting from Alex Janvier.
Files contain materials documenting the development of Outdoor Environmental Education programs during Burt Demeriez's employment as the Outdoor Education Consultant with the Edmonton Public School Board.
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.
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.
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 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 the minutes of an Edmonton School District No. 7 committee. Comprised of several trustees and a secretary, the committee addressed issues such as concerns/wages of caretakers and workmen, maintenance of buildings and grounds, costs, new schools, additions to buildings, tenders, contracts, accounts, expenditures and community use of buildings and grounds. Minutes are arranged chronologically by year. Most minutes are original. Some are signed by the Secretary and the Chairman.
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.
Item contains correspondence written and maintained by A.T. Mode, Secretary-Treasurer of Strathcona School District No. 216. Subjects addressed include plans for the new Collegiate Institute, hiring teachers, tenders, debentures, re-opening date of school, letters to papers regarding advertisements, paying for plumbing and piano tuning, auditing books, requesting catalogues, a loan from the bank and leasing a school to the University of Alberta. Letters are numbered and an alphabetical index is included.
Item contains correspondence written and maintained by the Secretary-Treasurer for the Board of Trustees. C.F. Strang and St. George Jellett were the Secretary-Treasurers at this time. Included are letters to the Board of Education, teachers, school inspectors and the Imperial Bank. Subjects include the purchasing of supplies, complaints about night students, debentures received, the hiring of staff, the purchasing of a school site and teacher agreements.
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 the Annual Report of the Alberta Department of Education for the calendar year 1920. It consists of reports by School Inspectors, Supervisors, and the Registrar. It contains reports about the Normal Schools, Inspection, and various Branches of the Department of Education. General Statistics are also included.
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.
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.
Item is a table showing the Edmonton Public Schools budget for 1922 and the estimated budget for 1923. It is broken down into salaries, departments, debenture redemption and interest, supplies, general expenses, and receipts and credits.
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.
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.
Item originated in Canora School. It consists of the monthly reports completed by the principal listing the teachers, the number of pupils enrolled in each class, number of teaching days, aggregate days attended, number of times the teacher was late, the number of fire drills in the month, and the average time it took to evacuate the school. Also included are reports for the Department of Education on the Enrolment for October 1962 distributed by sex, grade and age.
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 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 originated in Canora School. It consists of the monthly reports completed by the principal listing the teachers, the number of pupils enrolled in each class, number of teaching days, aggregate days attended, number of times the teacher was late, the number of fire drills in the month, and the average time it took to evacuate the school. Also included are reports for the Department of Education on the Enrolment for October 1962 distributed by sex, grade and age.
Item consists of two guest books from the Teacher's Tea which was part of the 1978 King Edward School Home-Coming Celebrations. Included are two letters, to and from Mrs. Peirce, an organizer of the event.
Item is a booklet of transfer slips. These are the slips of students who left McQueen school and include the date, the student's name, address, age, grade, attendance during the present month, and the school to which the student is going.
Series contained personnel files for all staff groups employed by Edmonton Public Schools. Series was arranged alphabetically. Dates reflect retirement of resignation of the employees. Files that were selectively retained are accessible by surname in the holdings of Archives and Museum.
Item is the Annual Report for Edmonton School District No. 7 for the calendar year 1940. It includes the report of the Superintendent and of the Secretary-Treasurer. The report of the Secretary-Treasurer includes a Financial Report. Annual reports are created to demonstrate accountability to the Provincial Government Education department in accordance with the responsibilities specified in the School Act.
Item is the Annual Report of Edmonton School District No. 7 for the calendar year 1942. It includes a report by the Superintendent and a report by the Secretary-Treasurer. The report by the Secretary-Treasurer includes the Financial Report and the financial audit by Chartered Accountants, Kinnaird and Aylen. Annual reports are created to demonstrate accountability to the Provincial Government Education department in accordance with the responsibilities specified in the School Act.
Item is the Annual Report of Edmonton School District No. 7 for the 1969-70 school year. It includes reports pertaining to the Division of Curricular Services, the Division of Educational Administration, and the Business Division. Annual reports are created to demonstrate accountability to the Provincial Government Education department in accordance with the responsibilities specified in the School Act.
Item is the Annual Report of Edmonton School District No. 7 for the school year 1965-66. Included are reports addressing Elementary Education, Secondary Education, High School Extension Service, the Department of Pupil Personnel Services, the Department of School Facilities, and Finance. Annual reports are created to demonstrate accountability to the Provincial Government Education department in accordance with the responsibilities specified in the School Act.
Item is the Annual Report of Edmonton School District No. 7 for the calendar year 1948. It consists of a report by the Superintendent and a report by the Secretary-Treasurer. The report by the Secretary-Treasurer includes the Financial Report and the Report by the City Auditors. Annual reports are created to demonstrate accountability to the Provincial Government Education department in accordance with the responsibilities specified in the School Act.
Item is the Annual Report of Edmonton School District No. 7 for the 1976-77 school year. It was printed in the Edmonton Journal. Included are summaries of current activities, accomplishments, problems, and finances. Annual reports are created to demonstrate accountability to the Provincial Government Education department in accordance with the responsibilities specified in the School Act.
Item is the Annual Report of Edmonton School District No. 7 for the school year 1962-63. Included are reports which address Organization and Staff, Instruction, Special Services, School Health Services, the Maintenance Department, the Construction Department, and Finances. Annual reports are created to demonstrate accountability to the Provincial Government Education department in accordance with the responsibilities specified in the School Act.
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 report detailing the results of a district wide parent opinion survey conducted in June 1979 to determine parents' opinions about their schools and the school system. The survey was initiated in 1979 by Superintendent Strembitsky as a tool to monitor principals in the newly implemented district wide School Based Budgeting. The survey director was Dr. Mosychuk, Monitoring and Assessment Services.
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 consists of four 1970-71 Edmonton School District No. 7 Annual Reports: two hard cover, two coil-bound, contain identical information. Reports outline: Edmonton Public Schools philosophy, educational accomplishments, goals, and principals' perspective, summary of 1970-71 activities of the main Divisions. Created to demonstrate accountability to the Provincial Government Education department in accordance with the School Act.
Item is memoranda that were issued out of a need to communicate information to personnel other than school administrators. Item reflects time period 25 Nov 1971 - 21 Jun 1972.
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.
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.
Item is a manual which explains how Decision Units are to create budgets. It includes an Outline of Budget Tasks, Financial Planning Information, and Budget Documents. A history of this budget process, which dates back to 1979, is included in the appendix.
Item is a brochure intended to provide parents with basic information about their child’s school. It includes the school calendar and space to record information about the child’s school and classes.
