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The school is named after Joseph Henri Picard, a francophone politician from Edmonton.It was officially opened on September 9, 1973 at a cost of $1.2 million. The school was built to consolidate the students previously attending l'Académie Assomption, a private girls school originally run by the Sisters of the Assumption, and College St. Jean for boys into a co-ed environment.
Louis St. Laurent Catholic School is a fine arts oriented Junior and Senior High School in the Edmonton Catholic School District, located in south western Edmonton. It is also known as "Louis" or "LSL" by students and staff. The school averages a student body of approximately 1,000 or more pupils each year, spanning grades 7 through 12.
The Edmonton Catholic School Division currently operates 96 schools. [1] There are a total of 1 pre-K school, 49 elementary schools, 21 elementary/junior high schools, 2 elementary/junior/senior high schools (not counting the Kisiko Awasis Kiskinhamawin in Mountain Cree Camp as the school is managed outside the ECSD main budget), 12 junior high schools, 1 junior/senior high school, 9 senior ...
Due to Archbishop MacDonald's capacity, prestige, and popularity, Archbishop MacDonald has been the only Catholic High School in Edmonton with a selective admissions process. Prospective students must have achieved a minimum of 75% in all grade 9 core subjects including English Language Arts, Social Studies, Mathematics, Science, and Religion.
St. Oscar Romero Catholic High School is in the Callingwood North neighbourhood in west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is operated by Edmonton's Catholic School System . It is the Edmonton Catholic System's newest high school and is located next to the Jamie Platz YMCA, Callingwood Twin Arenas, and Edmonton Public Library 's Lois Hole library.
Austin O'Brien was opened in 1963 when Edmonton had 18,000 students in the Catholic system and had 55 schools. [ 4 ] The school's Ukrainian-language program began in 1983, and teaches Ukrainian language arts as well as religious studies.
In 1993, the Government of Alberta adopted a bill amending the School Act to comply with Mahe v. Alberta (1990), a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision on the minority language education rights under section 23 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
École Maurice-Lavallée is the first publicly funded francophone school in Edmonton.Its official inauguration occurred on November 27, 1984. During its 12 years prior, École Maurice-Lavallée was operated by Edmonton Catholic Schools and was then called École J. H. Picard School.