Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School District No. 1 Calgary Catholic School District
Catholic School Centre (CSSD head offices)
Location
1000 - 5 Avenue SW Calgary, Alberta Airdrie,Calgary,Chestermere,Cochrane Canada
Coordinates	51°2′57″N114°5′2″W / 51.04917°N 114.08389°W /51.04917; -114.08389
District information
Superintendent	Bryan Szumlas
Chair of the board	Mary Martin
Schools	117
Budget	CA$613.5 million
Students and staff
Students	over 64,000
Other information
Elected trustees	Myra D'Souza, wards 1, 2, & Cochrane Linda Wellman, wards 3, 5, & Airdrie Pamela Rath, wards 4 & 7 Lory Iovinelli, ward 6 & 8 Shannon Cook, wards 9, 10, & Chestermere Cathie Williams, wards 11 & 12 Mary Martin, wards 13 & 14
Website	www.cssd.ab.ca

Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School District No. 1 or theCalgary Catholic School District (CCSD) is theRoman Catholic separate school board inCalgary,Alberta, Canada. It also serves the neighbouring communities ofAirdrie,Chestermere,Cochrane andRocky View County. The CSSD receives funding for students from the provincial government of Alberta.

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

The CSSD is second in size (by student count) to the city's main school board, the publicCalgary Board of Education (CBE). Unlike theCalgary Board of Education, the territory of the CSSD extends slightly outside the municipal limits of the city. It is the largest publicly funded Catholic School District in Western Canada.^[2]

For the 2020 - 2021 school year, there were over 59,000 students in the CSSD,^[3] with 118 schools in total.^[4]

A group of seven elected trustees run the CSSD. 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 CSSD will include Catholics and non-Catholics who support the Catholic system. The public (CBE) and Catholic (CSSD) systems operate independently of each other, and are both under the direct authority of the provincial government ofAlberta. The last election was inOctober 2017.

The CSSD 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 Education. There is also the Self-Directed Learning program atBishop Carroll High School, which allows students to move through the Alberta curriculum at their own individual pace.^[5]

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 CSSD elementary and junior high schools.^[6]

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 CSSD senior high schools.^[6]

• List of Alberta school boards

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

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