Calgary Catholic School District

Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School District No. 1 Calgary Catholic School District
Location
1000 - 5 Avenue SW Calgary, Alberta Airdrie, Calgary, Chestermere, Cochrane Canada
Coordinates	51°2′57″N 114°5′2″W / 51.04917°N 114.08389°WCoordinates: 51°2′57″N 114°5′2″W / 51.04917°N 114.08389°W
District information
Superintendent	Mr. Gary Strother
Chair of the board	Cheryl Low
Schools	105
Budget	CA$570 million
Students and staff
Students	over 54,000
Other information
Elected trustees	Serafino Scarpino, wards 1, 2, & Cochrane Linda Wellman, wards 3, 5, & Airdrie Margaret Belcourt, wards 4 & 7 Peter Teppler, ward 6 & 8 Cheryl Low, wards 9, 10, & Chestermere Cathie Williams, wards 11 & 12 Mary Martin, wards 13 & 14
Website	www.cssd.ab.ca

Catholic School Centre (CCSD head offices)

Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School District No. 1 or the Calgary Catholic School District (CCSD) is the Roman Catholic separate school board in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It also serves the neighboring communities of Airdrie, Chestermere, Cochrane and Rocky View County. The CCSD receives funding for students from the provincial government of Alberta.

History

The district was founded on December 18, 1885 as the Lacombe Roman Catholic School District No. 1 in what was then part of the North West Territories. Its first school, also built in 1885, was St. Mary's, which is the oldest operating school in Calgary (though in a newer building).^[1]

Size

The CCSD is second in size (by student count) to the city's main school board, the public Calgary Board of Education (CBE). Unlike the Calgary Board of Education, the territory of the CCSD extends slightly outside the municipal limits of the city.

For the 2015 - 2016 school year, there are over 54,000 students in the CCSD, with 105 schools in total.

Governance

A group of seven elected trustees run the CCSD. Trustees represent wards in the city, as well as neighboring communities. They are elected every three years, in the regular municipal election. In the election, Calgary voters can only vote for a trustee to one (not both) of the two school boards. Voters for the CCSD will include Catholics and non-Catholics who support the Catholic system. The public (CBE) and Catholic (CCSD) systems operate independently of each other, and are both under the direct authority of the provincial government of Alberta. The last election was in October 2013.

Special Programs

Bishop Carroll High School (photo taken in 2006)

St. Mary's High School (photo taken in 2005)

The CCSD offers a variety of specialized programs, including Advanced Placement, Fine Arts, the Hockey Canada Skills Academy, Home Study, International Baccalaureate, Languages, Single Gender and Year-Round Programming. There is also the Self-Directed Learning program at Bishop Carroll High School, which allows students to move through the Alberta curriculum at their own individual pace.^[2]

Elementary and Junior High Schools

In Alberta, an elementary school normally teaches Kindergarten to Grade 6, while a junior high school teaches Grades 7-9. Some junior high schools are combined with high schools or elementary schools. Some schools may have French Immersion in Grade 7, 8 or 9. The following list provides information on CCSD elementary and junior high schools. ^[3]

Name	Type	City/Town	Grades
Ascension of Our Lord	Elementary, Jr. High	Calgary	K-9
Bishop Kidd	Jr. High	Calgary	7-9
Blessed Cardinal Newman	Elementary, Jr. High	Calgary	K-9
Blessed Mother Teresa	Elementary	Calgary	K-6
Christ the King	Elementary, Jr. High	Calgary	K-9
Corpus Christi	Elementary	Calgary	K-6
Don Bosco	Elementary, Jr. High	Calgary	K-9
Father Doucet	Elementary	Calgary	K-6
Father James Whelihan	Elementary, Jr. High	Calgary	K-9
Father Scollen	Elementary, Jr. High	Calgary	K-9
Good Shepherd	Elementary, Jr. High	Airdrie	K-8
Holy Angels	Elementary	Calgary	K-6
Holy Cross	Elementary, Jr. High	Calgary	K-9
Holy Family	Elementary	Calgary	K-6
Holy Name	Elementary	Calgary	K-6
Holy Spirit	Elementary	Cochrane	K-6
Holy Trinity	Elementary	Calgary	K-6
John Costello	Elementary	Calgary	K-6
Light of Christ	Elementary, Jr. High	Calgary	K-9
Madeleine d'Houet	Jr. High	Calgary	7-9
Mother Mary Greene	Elementary	Calgary	K-6
Msgr. A.J. Hetherington	Elementary	Calgary	K-6
Msgr. E.L. Doyle	Elementary	Calgary	K-6
Msgr. J.J. O'Brien	Elementary, Jr. High	Calgary	K-9
Msgr. J.S. Smith	Elementary, Jr. High	Calgary	K-9
Msgr. Neville Anderson	Elementary	Calgary	K-6
Our Lady of Fatima	Elementary	Calgary	K-6
Our Lady of Lourdes	Elementary, Jr. High, High School	Calgary	K-12
Our Lady of Peace	Elementary, Jr. High	Calgary	K-9
Our Lady of the Assumption	Elementary, Jr. High	Calgary	K-9
Our Lady of the Evergreens	Elementary	Calgary	K-6
Our Lady of Wisdom	Elementary	Chestermere	K-6
Our Lady Queen of Peace	Elementary, Jr. High	Airdrie	K-8
Sacred Heart	Elementary	Calgary	K-6
St. Albert the Great	Elementary, Jr. High	Calgary	K-9
St. Alphonsus	Elementary, Jr. High	Calgary	K-9
St. Ambrose	Elementary, Jr. High	Calgary	K-9
St. Andrew	Elementary	Calgary	K-6
St. Angela	Elementary	Calgary	K-6
St. Anthony	Elementary	Calgary	4-6
St. Augustine	Elementary, Jr. High	Calgary	K-9
St. Basil	Elementary, Jr. High	Calgary	K-9
St. Bede	Elementary	Calgary	K-6
St. Benedict	Elementary	Calgary	K-6
St. Bernadette	Elementary	Calgary	K-6
St. Bonaventure	Jr. High	Calgary	7-9
St. Boniface	Elementary	Calgary	K-6
St. Brigid	Elementary, Jr. High	Calgary	K-9
St. Catherine	Elementary	Calgary	K-6
St. Cecilia	Elementary	Calgary	K-6
St. Clare	Elementary	Calgary	K-6
St. Cyril	Elementary, Jr. High	Calgary	K-9
St. Damien	Elementary	Calgary	K-6
St. Dominic	Elementary	Calgary	K-6
St. Elizabeth Seton	Elementary, Jr. High	Calgary	K-9
St. Gabriel the Archangel	Jr. High, High School	Chestermere	7-12
St. Gerard	Elementary	Calgary	K-6
St. Gregory	Jr. High	Calgary	6-9
St. Helena	Jr. High	Calgary	7-9
St. Henry	Elementary	Calgary	K-6
St. Hubert	Elementary	Calgary	K-6
St. Isabella	Elementary, Jr. High	Calgary	K-9
St. James	Elementary, Jr. High	Calgary	K-9
St. Jean Brebeuf	Jr. High	Calgary	7-9
St. Jerome	Elementary	Calgary	K-6
St. Joan of Arc	Elementary, Jr. High	Calgary	K-9
St. John Paul II	Elementary	Calgary	K-6
St. John XXIII	Elementary, Jr. High	Calgary	K-9
St. Joseph	Elementary, Jr. High	Calgary	K-9
St. Jude	Elementary	Calgary	K-6
St. Kateri Tekakwitha	Elementary	Calgary	K-6
St. Luke	Elementary	Calgary	K-6
St. Margaret	Elementary, Jr. High	Calgary	K-9
St. Maria Goretti School	Elementary	Calgary	K-6
St. Mark	Elementary	Calgary	K-6
St. Martha	Elementary, Jr. High	Calgary	K-9
St. Matthew	Elementary, Jr. High	Calgary	K-9
St. Michael	Elementary, Jr. High	Calgary	K-9
St. Monica	Elementary, Jr. High	Calgary	K-9
St. Patrick	Elementary	Calgary	K-6
St. Peter	Elementary	Calgary	K-6
St. Philip	Elementary	Calgary	K-6
St. Pius X	Elementary	Calgary	K-6
St. Rita	Elementary	Calgary	K-6
St. Rose of Lima	Elementary, Jr. High	Calgary	K-9
St. Rupert	Elementary	Calgary	K-6
St. Sebastian	Elementary	Calgary	K-6
St. Stephen	Elementary, Jr. High	Calgary	K-9
St. Sylvester	Elementary	Calgary	K-6
St. Thomas Aquinas	Elementary	Calgary	K-5
St. Thomas More	Elementary	Calgary	K-6
St. Timothy Jr./Sr. High School	Jr. High/High School	Cochrane	7-12
St. Vincent de Paul	Elementary, Jr. High	Calgary	K-9
St. Wilfrid	Elementary	Calgary	K-6
St. William	Elementary	Calgary	K-6

Senior high schools

In Alberta, a senior high school teaches Grades 10-12 (what other jurisdictions call "secondary schools"). However, some may not teach all three grades. Also, some may also teach earlier grades. The following is a list of CCSD senior high schools.^[4]

Name	Address	City/Town	Grades
Bishop Carroll High School	4624 Richard Road S.W.	Calgary	10-12
Bishop Grandin High School	111 Haddon Road S.W.	Calgary	10-12
Bishop McNally High School	5700 Falconridge Blvd. N.E.	Calgary	10-12
Bishop O'Byrne High School	500, 333 Shawville Blvd. S.E.	Calgary	10-12
Father Lacombe High School	3615 Radcliffe Drive S.E.	Calgary	10-12
Notre Dame High School	11900 Country Village Link N.E.	Calgary	10-12
Our Lady of Lourdes High School	1916 2 Street S.W.	Calgary	4-12
St. Anne Academic Centre	1010-21 Ave. SE	Calgary	12
St. Francis High School	877 Northmount Drive N.W.	Calgary	10-12
St. Gabriel The Archangel High School	197 Invermere Drive	Chestermere	K-12
St. Martin de Porres High School	410 Yankee Valley Blvd. S.W.	Airdrie	9-12
St. Mary's High School	111 - 18 Avenue S.W.	Calgary	10-12
St. Timothy High School	501 Sunset Drive	Cochrane	7-12

See also

• List of Alberta school boards

Notes

1. https://www.cssd.ab.ca/AboutUs/History/Pages/default.aspx
2. https://www.cssd.ab.ca/Programs/ProgramOptions/Pages/default.aspx
3. https://www.cssd.ab.ca/School/Pages/default.aspx
4. https://www.cssd.ab.ca/School/Pages/default.aspx

References

• Ramon Gonzalez (June 5, 2005). "Lacombe trumpeted education: Early Oblate helped establish residential schools, Catholic education". Western Catholic Reporter. Archived from the original on October 4, 2006. Retrieved January 16, 2006.

External links

• Official site of The Calgary Catholic School District