In the News
November 3, 2009
The national Christian program 100 Huntley Street is featuring our District on their program today. The reporter visited Good Shepherd Elementary at the end of September to show what the school and District is doing to help prevent the spread of colds and the flu during the H1N1 pandemic. The story was on the program this morning and will be re-broadcast tonight on Channel 51 from 9 p.m. until 10 p.m. Interviews include Principal Lucille Charrois.
CTV was at Grandin Elementary this afternoon where they watched children thoroughly wash their hands, singing ‘Happy Birthday’ twice while they washed. This was part of their story about what our District is doing to stop the spread of illness. Interviews include Grandin Grade 2 teacher Paola Guasp.
Student Success Continues
At a special public Board meeting this morning, the 2009 Provincial Achievement Tests and Diploma Examination Results were released. Overall, the 2009 Provincial Achievement Tests indicate that students in Edmonton Catholic Schools in Grades 3, 6 and 9 continue to exceed the province in a large number of subject areas over time. For Diploma examinations, Grade 12 students continued to exceed the province in English Language Arts and Social Studies courses.
Winners of BP Canada's 2009 A+ for Energy Program
BP Canada recently announced the winners of its 2009 A+ for Energy program. Through this award-winning program, BP Canada awards $5,000 or $10,000 in grants and scholarships to K-12 teachers across Alberta. This year BP Canada awarded 40 grants to schools in 15 different communities for teachers to implement innovative energy conservation projects in their classrooms. (Read More...)
Edmonton Catholic School District Receives ESRI Canada’s Award of Excellence for Innovative Use of GIS Technology
Environmental Systems Research Institute Canada (ESRI) presented an Award of Excellence to the Edmonton Catholic School District for taking significant strides in using geographic information systems (GIS) solutions and developing innovative GIS applications to improve its processes and services. In only two years, the District has expanded its use of GIS to improve program planning,
administration and reporting. The award was presented at the 2009 ESRI Regional User Conference in Edmonton. The conference took place September 17 in Edmonton. ECSD Educational Planner, Jennifer Thompson, accepted the award on behalf of the District.
Cycle 4 AISI Projects
Five new AISI Projects  have been approved by Alberta Education.
Annual Reports and Results
Visit the Annual Reports and Results page for the following documents:
- Three-Year Strategic Education Plan
- Annual Education Results Report
- Capital Plan Priorities
- District Satisfaction Survey Results
- Accountability Pillar Report
- District Goals and Priorities
- Enrolment and Class Size Information
- Diploma Examination Results
- Provincial Achievement Test Results
- District Budget
- Financial Statements
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