In the News
November 19, 2009
A Site Blessing was held this morning for the next Edmonton Catholic High School! Mother Margaret Mary High School will be built in Terwillegar and is scheduled to open in September of 2012. The first part of the Site Blessing took place in Archbishop Joseph MacNeil School with the blessing taking place on the school site. Watch for the story on tonight’s CTV and City TV 6 p.m. news, tomorrow’s Edmonton Sun and next week’s Edmonton Examiner.
CHED News visited Holy Trinity High School this morning to ask Grade 12 students how they feel about proposed tuition increases for both the University of Alberta and NAIT. The story will be on throughout the day and tonight on 630 CHED Radio.
Salt + Light Television, Canada’s Catholic Network takes a look at First Nations Catholics on their show Catholic Focus. As part of this national story they visited Ben Calf Robe School where many students are First Nations, Métis and Inuit. The story will be on this Sunday night, November 22nd on Shaw Channel 160.
November 18, 2009
City TV and CBC Radio were at St. Bernadette Elementary today! Members of the Knights of Columbus served students lunch to commemorate the forced famine in Ukraine in 1932/33. The story will be on CBC Radio this afternoon and tomorrow morning and on City TV either tonight during their 6 p.m. news or on the Big Breakfast Show tomorrow morning.
CTV visited the Grade 8 and 9 St. Edmund Hockey Academy students this afternoon as students watched NHL player Sidney Crosby carry the torch for the 2010 Winter Olympics. The story will be on CTV during tonight’s 6 p.m. news.
Balanced Budget Approved for 2009/10
A $336 million balanced budget for the 2009 – 2010 school year was approved by Trustees at a public Board Meeting November 17, 2009.
“We are appreciative of the 4.8% increase to the Basic Education Grant but have experienced challenges in the areas where the grants were less than that or at zero percent,” said Board Vice-Chairperson Becky Kallal. Read more from the November 17, 2009 News Release  .
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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