General Gordon Elementary School

General Gordon Elementary School[1]
Address
2268 Bayswater Street
Vancouver, British Columbia, V6K 4P5
Canada
Information
School type Elementary school
Motto Choose to be Kind.
Choose to be Safe.
Choose to be Fair.
Founded 1912
School board School District 39 Vancouver
Area trustee Dianne Turner
School number 03939052
Principal Hope Sterling
Grades K-7
Enrollment 365[2] (September 2007)
Language English
Area Kitsilano
Mascot Gordon Penguin
Website gordonelementary.ca

General Gordon Elementary School is an elementary school in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The school opened in 1912. It was named for British General Charles George Gordon, who was killed at Khartoum in January 1885.

It is located at 2268 Bayswater Street, at the intersection with West 6th Avenue in Kitsilano. As of 2017, the principal is Hope Sterling and the school does not have a vice-principal. It offers a late-start French immersion program for sixth-grade and seventh-grade students. Since September 2008, it has also been a home for a district French immersion Multi Age Cluster Class (FI MACC). The school is also home to Mosaic Montessori School and a base for Jericho Kids' Club.

Because of its high seismic risk rating, the 1912 school building was demolished in December 2014, and a new building was constructed on the same site, opening in September 2016. During construction, students took buses from the school site to Queen Elizabeth School, where they continued their learning in portables. Grades K-2 were stationed at Queen Elizabeth Annex. The main entrance of the new building is on Bayswater Street; the old building was located at 2896 West 6th Avenue.

In September 2008, General Gordon was selected as one of three schools in a pilot provincially supported "Neighbourhoods of Learning" program.[3] The program was announced by premier Gordon Campbell at a news conference held at Queen Mary Elementary School on September 3, 2008. The program includes $30 million in funding to put "education and community services ... in a single neighbourhood hub".[4]

References

  1. ↑ "For School Data, Source: BC Schools Book Archived July 12, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.." Province of British Columbia, Ministry of Education January 16, 2006.
  2. ↑ Ready Reference March 2008
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-09-16. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
  4. ↑ http://www2.news.gov.bc.ca/news_releases_2005-2009/2008OTP0216-001326.htm

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