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Saskatoon Public Schools

Coordinates: 52°07′37″N 106°39′44″W / 52.126873°N 106.662188°W / 52.126873; -106.662188 (District office)
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Saskatoon Public Schools
(Saskatoon S.D. No. 13)
Location
310 21st St E, Saskatoon, SK S7K 1M7
Canada
Coordinates52°07′37″N 106°39′44″W / 52.126873°N 106.662188°W / 52.126873; -106.662188 (District office)
District information
TypePublic
MottoInspiring Learning
GradesPre-Kindergarten to Grade 12
Schools58
BudgetCA$256 million (March 2023)
Students and staff
Students28,246 (September 2013)
StaffApprox. 3,300
Other information
Director of EducationShane Skjerven[1]
Board of Directors ChairpersonKim Stranden [2]
Teachers' UnionSaskatchewan Teachers' Federation
WebsiteSaskatoon Public Schools
SPS Board Office located in the Eaton's Building

Saskatoon Public Schools (SPS) or Saskatoon S.D. No. 13 is the largest school division in Saskatchewan serving 28,246[3] students as of September 2023. Saskatoon Public Schools operates 48 elementary schools and 10 secondary schools in Saskatoon.[4] The offices of the Saskatoon School Board are housed in the Eaton's Building. Saskatoon School Division No. 13 belongs to Department of Saskatchewan Learning Division 4 along with Englefeld Protestant Separate School Division No. 132, Horizon School Division No. 205, Prairie Spirit School Division No. 206, St. Paul's Roman Catholic Separate School Division No. 20, Sun West School Division No. 207 and Division scolaire francophone 310.[5]

Elementary schools[edit]

Brunskill School
King George School
Wildwood School

High schools[edit]

Nutana Collegiate (1910)

Alliance school[edit]

Defunct schools[edit]

Albert School, now the Albert Community Centre
  • Alexandra School – demolished in 1984; name taken by the newer Princess School to become Princess Alexandra School.
  • Albert School – closed in 1978; now the Albert Community Centre.
  • Churchill School – closed in 1985 after less than 30 years in operation; the building became the Saskatoon Full Gospel Church (SFGC). Demolished to make way for a condominium development in 2012.
  • Grosvenor Park School – closed in 1993; now the Saskatoon Islamic Centre and home to the Saskatoon Misbah School.
  • King Edward School – originally built in 1904 in the downtown where it doubled as City Hall until demolition in 1956; a replacement school in City Park, adjacent to Kinsmen Park, operated until 1980 when it closed after a fire. The building was demolished and was replaced by King Edward Place, a low-cost housing development.
  • Lorne Haselton School – opened in 1961 but closed in the mid-1980s; now the Saskatchewan Abilities Council.
  • McNab Park School (formerly Air Marshall Curtis School) – closed in the early 1980s and demolished soon after. After sitting as a vacant lot for decades, the site was designated as part of a new hotel and business district near the airport.
  • Pleasant Hill School – closed in June 2023. The provincial government approved a new school for Saskatoon city centre in 2020. The new pre-Kindergarten to Grade 8 school will amalgamate Princess Alexandra, King George and Pleasant Hill schools.
  • Princess School – demolished in 1961; replaced by a newer Princess (later Princess Alexandra) School.
  • Richmond Heights School – closed in the mid-1980s; now the Park Heights Seniors Centre.
  • Riverview Collegiate Institute, formerly Saskatoon Technical Collegiate for quick entry into the workplace, including learning trades. It was built in 1931 along the riverbank in the Central Business District. This high school also housed the Saskatoon Public School Board administrative offices and was called the Gathercole Centre. The school was decommissioned in the 1990s and the school board relocated its offices to the Eaton's Building in the 2000s. After a brief stint as a filming location, the building was demolished in the late 2000s to make way for the city's River Landing redevelopment. As of 2019, the ALT Hotel stands where Riverview/Gathercole Centre used to be.
  • Thornton School – demolished in 1997; replaced by a townhouse development.
  • original Victoria School – dismantled, moved from its original location on Broadway Avenue and 12th Street and rebuilt on the University of Saskatchewan campus in 1911.
  • second Victoria School - also located at Broadway and 12th, but demolished after the third (current) Victoria School was built and the original was relocated to the university grounds.
  • Wilson School – closed in 1993 and amalgamated with North Park School to become North Park Wilson School; later becoming the First Nations University of Canada (FNUC) in Saskatoon. In 2011, FNUC sold the building to Affinity Credit Union to convert it to an office.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Administrative Team, retrieved 2020-06-19
  2. ^ Board of Education, retrieved 2024-05-15
  3. ^ "SPS Budget Report 2024-25" (PDF). June 2024.
  4. ^ Schools, retrieved 2016-11-22
  5. ^ Section 7: Saskatchewan School Divisions, retrieved 2008-12-21

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