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What We Offer
- A unique learning environment that challenges students from Kindergarten to Grade 9 to explore and develop their skills and talents in the areas of academics, sport and lifestyle.
- Highly skilled, dedicated staff who work in partnership with supportive parents.
- A ?Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds? focus in all school areas.
- Kindergarten classes with over 630 hours of instruction.
- Balanced Literacy (Division 1)
- Reading Intervention (Division 1)
- Optimum use of technology in a computer lab and three mobile laptop carts.
- Wireless internet connection in every classroom.
- "Block timetabling" with increased instructional time for Mathematics, Science, Language Arts and Social Studies.
- A Modified School Calendar that provides families with a unique scheduling alternative.
- Daily Physical Education.
- Jr. High Physical Education program designed to offer students more experiences than a traditional Physical Education course.
Mission
Donnan School focuses on the combination of academics and sport as vehicles to create lifelong learners, ready to take on the challenges of our changing world. We promote health and physical literacy as well as academic excellence from early childhood through adolescence. We believe that physical and mental health is integrally related.
School History
Donnan School officially opened in 1949 as King Edward Park School. Due to the close proximity of another school with a similar name, a contest was held to rename King Edward Park School.
The name ?Donnan? was chosen as the result of that student contest. Donnan School was named after John Donnan, a dairy farmer. The Donnan?s Queen Alexander Dairy covered 525 acres and included the present day areas of King Edward Park and Idylwylde. The barn stood on what is now the Shamrock Curling Club. The land on which the school is now located was donated to the city to be used for recreational purposes. Students have been attending Donnan School for over 50 years, with enrollments as high as 450 students in the late 1970s.
In the spring of 1996, Edmonton Public Schools received requests for a Sports Alternative Program site that would meet the academic scheduling needs of athletes in our city. The sports alternative program was started at Donnan School in September, 1996. Initially, programs were offered for figure skaters, downhill ski racers and hockey players. Over the years, the sports alternative program has expanded with program offerings in soccer, lacrosse, dance, swimming, diving, equestrian pursuits and gymnastics, among others.
Donnan students have excelled both in their academic and in their sport pursuits. Based on the success of this academic/athletic combination, work began in 2007 to offer an LTAD (Long Term Athlete Development) program for all students. LTAD is a program that recognizes the need for active lifestyle choices in all students. Donnan students receive programming aimed at academic excellence as well as daily physical and emotional health.
Belief Statements
- Staff and students share a passion for learning and for the pursuit of excellence.
- Students need to be provided with a supportive learning environment so that they may become contributing members of their school and the global community.
- Students need opportunities to demonstrate leadership, cooperation, respect, tolerance and responsibility.
- Physical activity is a key component to academic success.
- Practicing active and healthy life choices promotes academic, physical, and emotional well-being.
- LTAD-focused education supports all learning and enhances student achievement.
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