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St. Anne Catholic Elementary School

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  • Elementary School
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Edmonton Catholic Separate School District No. 7 or the Edmonton Catholic School District (ECSD) is the Catholic school board in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.SizeThe Edmonton Catholic School District has 41,338 students, 1,910 certificated staff, and 1,238 classified staff. ECSD has a total of 91 schools.HistoryIn 1888, three sisters from the order of the Faithful Companions of Jesus began teaching 23 Catholic students in the very first Catholic school in Edmonton. In August 1888, Edmonton Catholic parents applied to organize a separate school district for their children. In October of that same year three sisters from the Faithful Companions of Jesus sailed from France to open a convent and a school in Edmonton. They began teaching at the newly formed St. Joachim Catholic School on 2 November 1888. That first year the sisters taught 23 students. At that time compulsory schooling began at age seven and was complete by the age of 12. From then they have grown from one school with 23 students to 88 schools with more than 41,000 students.ProgramsEarly learningEdmonton Catholic Schools offers a pre-kindergarten program for children aged to called the 100 Voices program which is available at a number of different schools in the district.LanguageThe Edmonton Catholic School District offers a number of language programs.Immersion and bilingual programsFrench immersionUkrainian bilingualSpanish bilingualPolish bilingualLanguage and culture programsFilipinoItalianJapaneseLatinSpanishUkrainianNehiyaw Pimatisiwin Cree

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