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McArthur School Official Opening

Item consists of the programme for the official opening of McArthur Elementary School and an invitation from W. W. Butchart to Progress Electric Ltd. to attend the opening.

Superintendent of Schools

H. A. Gray Floor Plans

Item consists of plans of the H. A. Gray School. It has been color-coded to indicate the daily cleaning schedule. Item was removed from a frame.

W.W. Butchart, M.R.A.I.C., Architect

Administration Files

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

Superintendent of Schools

Personnel Files

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.

Human Resources

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

Item contains documents pertaining to administrative activities of North Edmonton School District No. 2305. Most documents are correspondence relating to the building and outfitting of the North Edmonton school.

North Edmonton School District No. 2305

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

Report Card, 1930-31

Item is a report card from Queen's Avenue School for October 1930 in the 1930-31 school year. It is the report card of Joyce Barnes, grade 2, room 4. The teacher is Thyra Hull. Item is accompanied by corresponding envelope (84.12.1ii) and a complimentary student ticket (84.12.1iii) to the Edmonton Exhibition for July 14, 1930 the previous school year.

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).

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 : 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.

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.

Administration Files : Relief Fund

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.

Correspondence Book : Edmonton Protestant Public School No. 7

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.

Correspondence Book : Strathcona School District No. 216

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.

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.

Elementary School Information For Parents

Item consists of two brochures, one for 1977-78 and one for 1979-80. Each brochure is 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.

Communications-Community Relations

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.

Edmonton School District No. 7 Building Program 1980-1983

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.

L.Y. Cairns Vocational School Equipment Budget

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.

Policy Development

Series pertains to policy development within Edmonton Public Schools. The series is arranged into three sub-series: 84.51.3 Policy Development : Survey of Principals, 84.51.4-7 Policy Development : Advisory Committee which contains agenda, minutes, memoranda and the policies and regulations the committee has agreed to, 84.51.8 Policy Development : Project Booklets and Draft Policies which consists of Advisory Committee notes and a draft policy manual.

Board Administration

Staff 1924-1925

Item consists of handwritten lists comparing teacher staffing in 1923-1924 to 1924-1925 within Edmonton Public Schools. It includes the number of teachers per school including a break down by Public Schools, Junior High Schools, High Schools, Part-Time teachers and Supervisors, the number of students enrolled per school, and it lists the names of tentative teacher appointees.

Public School Principals

Item is a list of Public School Principals. Public School refers to Grades I - VIII. It includes the date when the individual was appointed to staff and the date when the individual was appointed principal.

Personnel Services

Relieving Teachers

Item is a document pertaining to the formula used to calculate the amount of time principals should be in the classroom and the use of relieving teachers to take over their classroom work. It lists the schools, their principals, and the amount of time that a relieving teacher would have to provide in 1927-1928 compared to 1926-1927. It appears to be written by the Superintendent of Schools.

Personnel Services

Edmonton Bulletin : Vol VIII, June 4, 1887, No. 31

Item is a newspaper covering local news, with some international and national items. Three stories are of note. The first is the Edmonton School closing for the summer on May 31st so the teacher, Mr. Martin, could meet his arriving family in Calgary. Second, is the voting on the creation of East Edmonton School District. Third, is the promotion examinations held in the public school on May 26, 27. The names of the children are included as are the arithmetic examination questions for standards four and five.

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.

Caretaking Staff

Item lists the names and addresses of Edmonton Public Schools caretaking staff. It is organized alphabetically by school and building followed by the names of the senior swingshifts, junior swingshifts and spare caretakers.

Personnel Services

Guest Book

Item is a notebook which was used as a guest book. The signatures of guests follow the name and date of various special events at Bennett School.

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

Transfer Slip

Item is a booklet of transfer slips from Donald Ross School. It contains the carbon copies of transfer slips given to students transferring out of Donald Ross School to other schools within Edmonton Public Schools.

Donald Ross School

Transfer Slip

Item is a booklet of transfer slips from Donald Ross School. It contains the carbon copies of transfer slips given to students transferring out of Donald Ross School to other schools within Edmonton Public Schools.

Donald Ross School

Directory of Pupils

Item consists of the class lists for Grades I to VI at Donald Ross Schools. Included are students' names, addresses, birthdates, schools last attended, and religions.

Student Information

Pupil Directory for School 119

Item is a computer print-out of pupils enrolled at Donald Ross School. Included are the students' names, room numbers, grade levels, sex, addresses, phone numbers, and previous schools.

Student Information

Education Week

Item consists of information pertaining to Education Week at H. A. Gray School. Included is a public manual, general planning information, a classroom guide for Open House 1960, and information from the principal about activities for Education Week 1967.

H.A. Gray School

Spring Tea

Item pertains to the annual spring tea held at H. A. Gray School. Included are programs, job allocations, tickets, applications to the Provincial Government for permission to hold Raffles, expenses, supplies, procedures, and information about displays.

H.A. Gray School

Certificates

Item consists of four blank certificates. The first is for highest honours standing in the school. The second is for perfect attendance. The third is for Outstanding Progress in Pre-Vocational studies. The fourth is a Service Award Certificate.

H.A. Gray School

Centennial Project

Item lists activities and projects planned for the Centennial Year in H. A. Gray School. It includes information about Bishop H. A. Gray, a history of the school and its banner.

H.A. Gray School

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]

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