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Austin O'Brien Catholic High School Othniel Hermes

Publisher Marketing: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Austin O'Brien is a located in east . Its location in east Edmonton has about 800 students. Austin O'Brien was named after Sir Austin O'Brien. He was the of Edmonton Catholic Schools from 1924 to 1961. Austin O'Brien was opened in 1963 when Edmonton had 18,000 students in the catholic system and 55 schools. In 1888, three nuns from the order of the began teaching 23 Catholic students in the very first Catholic school in Edmonton. From then they have grown from one school with 23 students to 84 schools with around 32,000 students. Catholic education in Edmonton has a proud tradition that dates back to before Alberta was a province. In August 1888, Edmonton Catholic parents applied to organize a separate school district for their children. In October of that same year three sisters from the Faithful Companions of Jesus sailed from France to open a convent and a school in Edmonton. They began teaching at the newly formed St. Joachim Catholic School on 2 November 1888. That first year the sisters taught 23 students. At that time compulsory schooling began at age seven and was complete by the age of 12.