Calgary Catholic School District

Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School District No. 1
Location
1000 - 5 Avenue SW Calgary, Alberta Airdrie, Calgary, Chestermere, Cochrane Canada
Coordinates	51°2′57″N 114°5′2″W
District information
Superintendent	Mr. Gary Strother
Chair of the board	Serafino Scarpino
Schools	106
Budget	CA$400 million (2008-09)
Students and staff
Students	45,766
Other information
Elected trustees	Serafino Scarpino, wards 1, 2, & Cochrane Linda Wellman, wards 3, 5, & Airdrie Margaret Belcourt, wards 4 & 7 Lois Burke-Gaffney, ward 6 & 8 Rosemarie Goerlitz, 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, and Cochrane. The CCSD receives funding, for all students, from the provincial government of Alberta.

History

The district began in 1885 as the Lacombe Separate School District #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).

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 2004-2005 school year, there were approximately 43,000 students in the CCSD, with 96 schools in total. This was made up of 49 elementary schools, 28 elementary/junior high schools, 6 junior high schools, 8 senior high schools, 2 junior/senior high schools, 1 elementary/junior/senior high school and 2 schools for special needs students.

Governance

A group of seven elected trustees run the CCSD. Each trustee represents two wards in the city. 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 2010.

Though affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church; the Church has no legal authority over the CCSD. Instead the Alberta government has final authority over the CCSD (as with any school district in the province).

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 special program in some of schools, such as the Independent Learning program at Bishop Carroll High School, which allows students to move through the Alberta curriculum at their own individual pace.

Junior high schools

In Alberta, a junior high school teaches grades 7-9. Yet 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 are list of CCSD junior high schools:

Name	Combined	City/Town	Grades
Ascension of Our Lord	Elementary	Calgary	K-9
Bishop Kidd	Incompatible	Calgary	7-9
Blessed Cardinal Newman	Incompatible	Calgary	7-9
Blessed John XXIII	Incompatible	Calgary	7-9
Christ the King	Elementary	Calgary	K-9
Don Bossco	Elementary	Calgary	K-9
Father James Whelihan	Elementary	Calgary	K-9
Father Scollen	Elementary	Calgary	K-9
Good Shepeard	Elementary	Calgary	K-9
Holy Cross	Elementary	Calgary	K-9
Light of Christ Catholic Elementary and Junior High School	Elementary	Calgary	K-9
Msgr. J.J. O'Brien	Elementary	Calgary	K-9
Msgr.J.S. Smith	Elementary	Calgary	K-9
Our Lady of Lourdes	Elementary, High School	Calgary	K-12
Our Lady of Peace	Elementary	Calgary	K-9
Our Lady of Assumption	Elementary	Calgary	K-9
Our Lady Queen of Peace	Elementary, French Elementary	Calgary	K-9
St.Albert the Great	Elementary	Calgary	K-9
St.Alphonsus	Elementary	Calgary	K-9
St.Ambrose	Elementary	Calgary	K-9
St.Anthony	Elementary	Calgary	K-9
St.Augustine	Elementary, Jr. High	Calgary	K-9
St.Basil	Elementary	Calgary	K-9
St.Bridgid	Elementary	Calgary	K-9
St.Claire	Elementary	Calgary	K-9
St.Elizabeth Seton	Elementary	Calgary	K-9
St. Gabriel The Archangel High School	Elementary, High School	Chestermere	K-12
St. Gregory Jr. High School	Elementary	Calgary	K-9
St.Helena Jr. High Schol	Incompatible	Calgary	7-9
St. Isabella	Elementary	Calgary	K-9
St. James	Elementary	Calgary	K-9
St.Jean Brebeuf	Incompatible	Calgary	7-9
St.Joan of Arc	Elementary	Calgary	K-9
Sr.Joseph	Elementary	Calgary	K-9
St.Margaret	Elementary	Calgary	K-9
St. Martha	Elementary, French Jr. High	Calgary	K-9
St.Matthe	Elementary, French Jr. High	Calgary	K-9
St. Michael	Elementary	Calgary	K-9
St.Monica	Elementary	Calgary	K-9
St.Rose of Lima	Elementary,French Grade Seven	Calgary	K-9
St.Stephen	Elementary	Calgary	K-9
St. Timothy High School	261101 Carlson Trail	Cochrane	7-12
St.Vincent De Paul	Elementary	Calgary	K-9

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:

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 NE	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 Big Hill Springs Road West	Airdrie	9-12
St. Mary's High School	111 - 18 Avenue S.W.	Calgary	10-12
St. Timothy High School	261101 Carlson Trail	Cochrane	7-12

See also

• List of Alberta school boards

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
• "Catholic board looks at suing trustee O'Malley" (November 10, 2005) - CBC News