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Letter of Authenticity

Item certifies that the area contained within the heavy red lines of Driscoll & Knight's Map of the City of Edmonton represents the area of the Municipality of Edmonton.

Department of Agriculture

Administration Files : Hot Drinks in 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.

Administration Files : Broadcast of Lessons

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.

A Reunion 1957-78

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.

Ross Sheppard School

Sports Annual

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.

Edmonton / by Mabel Dowling

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.

The 19th Annual Night of Music

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.

Music Services

Centennial Open House

Item consists of three guest books from the King Edward School Canadian Centennial Open House. Entries include guest names, addresses and remarks.

King Edward School [1914]

Personnel Files

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.

Human Resources

Staff Bulletin

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.

Communications

Formation of North Edmonton School District No. 2305 and Debenture Proceedings

Item contains correspondence and two pages from Poll Book. The first page from Poll Book lists candidates nominated for position of Trustee and date and hours of polls. The second page from Poll Book is the vote on the formation of the proposed North Edmonton School District. It includes date and times of poll and name of voters and if they are for or against the district. Item also contains information from the Alberta Department of Education about instructions regarding the formation of school districts, school groups and buildings, treasurer's bond, and debenture proceedings.

North Edmonton School District No. 2305

Holyrood Home and School Association

Item consist of correspondence, accounts, and agendas pertaining to the Holyrood Home and School Association. It also contains a photocopy of a 1966 newspaper clipping about the Holyrood Home and School Association’s dissatisfaction with the Alberta Federation of Home and School Associations.

Holyrood Home and School Association

The Chinook

Item is the magazine for Edmonton High School, which was renamed Victoria School in 1913. An article written by J. McCaig describes the unfinished Edmonton High School and its location.

Victoria School

Administration Files : Flag Salute

Item relates to the saluting of the flag in schools during WW II and immediately afterwards. In January 1940, the Board approved the ceremony of saluting and pledging to the flag. The file contains correspondence relating to the suspension of students who refused to salute the flag. Other correspondence is from the RCMP, the Deputy Attorney General, Office of the City Solicitor and the Coleman School District. A list of students who were suspended is included.

Expenditures of Canadian Schools

Item pertains to the collecting and analyzing of financial data from several school boards including: correspondence and completed questionnaires from various Canadian school boards, a chart showing the cost per capita for 1923 on the basis of school attendance for several Canadian cities as well as Los Angeles, Seattle and Spokane, a second chart comparing the education cost per capita for 1922 of several Canadian cities, a third chart comparing teacher salaries in different Canadian cities as well as Los Angeles, Seattle and Spokane, and a diagram comparing the cost of public schools across the Canadian provinces. This file was compiled by Sarah Wilson, Edmonton Public Schools Secretary-Treasurer (1921-1925).

Letter to Ed Bell

Item is a letter from the Archives and Landmarks Committee of the City of Edmonton to Ed Bell, former principal of Bennett School, thanking him for a donation of a photograph of an early school room ca. 1912. Affixed to the letter is a photograph of Riverside School in 1912.

City of Edmonton

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

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

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

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.

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

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