Edmonton Catholic Schools is proud to continue to offer Faith and Choice for students in Edmonton. The Division provides students with additional choices to enhance their learning, with all the benefits of a faith-based education. In addition to our excellent community schools, listed below are the Focus Schools and Alternate Programs offered in our Division.
Accelerated Math and Science Program
The Accelerated Program is specifically designed for students who are academically capable of completing grade seven, eight and nine Mathematics and/or Science in two years rather than the traditional three years.
Advanced Placement Program
The Advanced Placement Program is designed to provide motivated high school students with post-secondary-level academic courses.
Enhanced Academic Program (EAP)
The Enhanced Academic Program (EAP) prepares students for high intellectual engagement by starting the development of skills and acquisition of knowledge as early as possible.
Fine Arts
Edmonton Catholic Schools offers a wide variety of Fine Arts programming for students and parents who wish to have a greater emphasis on the Fine Arts in their educational choices.
Nehiyaw Pimatisiwin Cree Language and Culture program
The Nehiyaw Pimatisiwin Cree Language and Culture Program provides students with an opportunity to learn and use language in meaningful and purposeful ways.
Gifted and Talented Education (GATE)
Gifted and Talented Education is offered at St. Paul Catholic Elementary School, where the school bridges teaching and learning within the Gifted Classroom and Enrichment for All.
Green STEM Program
In the Green STEM program (STEM is an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math), the students and staff at our Catholic Elementary Schools focus on caring for God's creation and following the words of Pope Frances in his encyclical "Laudato Si".
Guided Customized Learning (GCL)
Guided Customized Learning is an alternative learning approach that provides an opportunity to students and parents that is better suited to the changing nature of students, curriculum and society.
International Baccalaureate Programme
The programmes cultivate intercultural awareness, holistic knowledge and communication skills within a dimension of Catholic education. The IB Programmes focus on the development of the whole student while meeting students' academic, social, physical, emotional, and cultural needs.
Junior Achievement Leadership Centre
In 2007, Edmonton Catholic Schools formed a partnership with Junior Achievement to ensure that our students could benefit from the learning opportunities that Junior Achievement offers.
Partners in Technology and Innovative Learning
At the heart of the Center for Innovative Learning is the 21st century learner who embraces digital technology, communication tools and networks to access, manage, integrate, evaluate and create information in a knowledge society.
Science Academies
Edmonton Catholic School Division’s Science Academies offer students enhanced learning opportunities in the various fields associated with Science.
Sport Academies
Edmonton Catholic Schools has been offering sport specific programming for students as a program of choice since 1997. The Sport Academy schools offer superior athletic instruction for those students whose educational experience would be enhanced with sport specific training.
Year-Round Schools
Edmonton Catholic Schools has three schools offering a year round schooling calendar. These schools balance their instructional days into four terms with vacation breaks between each of the terms.