Sir Guy Carleton Elementary School
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| Sir Guy Carleton Elementary School | |
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| 3250 Kingsway Vancouver, British Columbia, V5R 5K5, Canada |
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| Information | |
| School number | 03939030 |
| School board | School District 39 Vancouver
Director of instruction: Rob Schindel |
| Area trustee | Allan Wong |
| Principal | Tim Krug |
| Chief custodian | George Kang |
| School type | Elementary school |
| Grades | K-7 |
| Language | English |
| Area | Renfrew-Collingwood |
| Mascot | Eagle |
| Team name | Eagles |
| Colours | Red and White |
| Founded | 1896 |
| Enrolment | 363 Ref name=vsb>Ready Reference March 2008</ref> (March 2012) |
| Homepage | http://carleton.vsb.bc.ca/ |
Sir Guy Carleton Elementary School (commonly referred to as Carleton) is an elementary school situated in the Collingwood neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The school is a part of School District 39 Vancouver.
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[edit] History
Located at the intersection of Kingsway and Joyce Street, the original schoolhouse was central to the Collingwood community since its completion in 1896.[1] The century-old schoolhouse is a category A heritage building in Vancouver's Heritage Register. [2] Originally called the Vancouver East School, its name changed to Collingwood Heights in 1908 and then to its present name in 1911. The school is named after Guy Carleton, Quebec's governor during the 18th century. The school is known as the oldest school in Vancouver.
[edit] Current
Carleton has since grown from the small one-room schoolhouse and has added three more buildings into the area over the course of the years: a two-room schoolhouse, a two-story Edwardian-style building, and a bigger red brick building. Carleton now houses 16 classes from Kindergarten to Grade 7 and educates about 362 students every year.[3] Like many of the schools in the area, Carleton has a very diverse school population. After Grade 7, most students will move on to either Killarney Secondary School or Windermere Secondary School, with a vast majority going to Killarney.
The school is located a few blocks south of the nearby Joyce-Collingwood SkyTrain Station.
In March 2008, the historic schoolhouse was set ablaze.[4] The kindergarten classes that were taught in the schoolhouse had to be temporarily relocated due to the fire.[5]
Green Thumb theatre has entered into a lease agreement with the VSB that will have them restore the two outbuildings. One will become the administrative offices for Green Thumb and the other will house the theatres.
[edit] Sports
In 2010, the senior girls soccer team came 5th in the city championships while the junior girls soccer team came 4th place in their city championships. The junior boys came 3rd place. The senior girls volleyball team got into the playoffs.
In 2011, the junior boys and girls came undefeated in their basketball season. 4 students got into the all-star team by winning every game at the badminton championships.
[edit] References
- ^ "Vancouver communityWEBpages, Renfrew-Collingwood". http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/community_profiles/renfrew-collingwood/history.htm. Retrieved 2008-05-09.
- ^ "Vancouver Heritage Register". http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/commsvcs/Guidelines/V001.pdf. Retrieved 2005-05-09.
- ^ Ready Reference March 2008
- ^ "Vancouver's oldest school hit by fire". CBC News. 2008-03-03. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2008/03/03/bc-old-school-fire.html. Retrieved 2008-05-09.
- ^ "Blaze in heritage school leaves kids without classrooms". Vancouver Sun. 2008-03-02. http://www.canada.com/globaltv/bc/story.html?id=a1ccf0cf-16ed-4d6d-adb4-48bd6dce2f11&k=6218. Retrieved 2008-05-09.
[edit] External links
[edit] School Reports - Ministry of Education
