‘Same bones’: Edmonton elementary school reflects on 100 years 

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Elementary on May 28, 2026. (Darcy Seaton/CTV News Edmonton)

Genevieve Kelemen and Teresa Sdao-Wasylenko aren’t 100 years old, but their earliest teaching memories come from a school that is.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Elementary school celebrated its centennial on Thursday. Alumni and students were invited to walk the halls and reflect on a century of “faith, learning and community.”

“We were very young when we started teaching here, for many of us it was our first few years of teaching. You gather a community and lifelong friends,” Sdao-Wasylenko said.

“You still feel some of the feelings that you would walking into the school every day … some of the things have been placed in different areas, but it’s still the same bones of the school, it’s just a huge flood of memories.”

The educators remember the days of the industrial arts room — now a library — and computer labs filled with the latest Commodore 64s instead of personal Chromebooks.

The school also offers sports academies for Grades 3-6 and a K-6 Green STEM program.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel serves Edmonton’s south side, including Queen Alexander, Pleasantview and Allendale.

With files from CTV News Edmonton’s Darcy Seaton