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Location
St. Gerard School is a city centre northeast location
school that serves students from the communities of
Eastwood, Delton and Elmwood. Located just south
of the Yellowhead Trail, the school is easily accessible
from both 82nd Street and 124th Avenue.
Our Motto
"A Place to shine...Every child a star!"
Our Mission
We will ensure that students experience academic growth with the focus on literacy and math, in a safe, nurturing, accepting environment based on Gospel values.
Key Features
St. Gerard School is a small but vibrant learning
community offering an array of programs to
address the educational needs of its students in
an inclusive Catholic setting.
The school provides additive staffing beyond the
school district guidelines in order to maintain
smaller class sizes and a variety of grants are
accessed to support specific student needs and
populations.
Our Catholic faith dimension is expressed in all
school activities, programs, daily prayer and
religious celebrations
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Programs
Community Services work
English as a Second Language
Junior Kindergarten
Full Day Kindergarten
Supervised lunch
French as a Second Language
Early Reading Intervention
Independent Reading program
Swimming (Grade 4)
Home Reading Program
Site Literacy Coordinator
Study Buddy Program
Resources
City Centre Church Corporation  provides funding
for a daily snack program
Aboriginal Education offers support and
service for aboriginal students
A Parish Worker assists with sacramental
preparation
Speech, occupational and physiotherapy, as
well as behavioral services are provided through
the Edmonton Student Health Initiative Partnership
A Family Liaison Worker is available to help staff
and parents to access appropriate outside agency
services for students
Extracurricular Activities
Christmas concert, Cultural activities, Hot lunch days, Intramural sports, Leadership Development, Running Club, Theme Days, Year-end Activity Day, Games Day, Family Barbeque, Pasta Night Fund Raiser, School Patrols, Choir, Library Club, School wide Student Retreat. |
