Dr. George M. Weir

Address: 2900 East 44th Avenue

1961 – present

Named for Dr. George M. Weir (185-1949), B.C. educator and Minister of Education.

 

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Date: 1962     Ground view of the front of the school building. The Red Ensign, then the official flag of Canada, flies on the flag pole

 

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Date: 1964.     View from the east (Kerr Street) of the front and east side of the school building showing the first addition at the back of the school.

 

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Date: 1962     The principal, Mr. Gavin Wilkie, is presented with the official school key at the opening ceremony of Dr. George M. Weir Elementary

 

The official school key presented to Mr. Gavin Wilkie, Principal of Dr. George M. Weir Elementary in 1962. (Photo credit – Brett Wilkie.)

 

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Date: 1962     Dr. Reba Willits unveils the plaque at the official school opening ceremony. The school was named for Dr. George M. Weir, former BC Minister of Education.

 

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Date: 1968     John Stark, music teacher, conducting the school orchestra and choir.

 

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Date: 1963     Grade One choir performs at the official opening of the school addition.

 

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Date: 1962   Students perform on stage at the Christmas Concert.

 

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Date: 1968     Students  wearing paper hats perform at the 1968 Christmas Concert.

 

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Date: 1968     A student stands beside a stuffed black bear on display in a classroom.

 

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Date: 1968      A student observes trophy heads of four different animals native to British Columbia.

 

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Date: 1968     A group of students learn how to use a telephone.

 

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Date: 1969     Students gather around a listening post run on a reel-to-reel tape recorder.

 

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Date: 1968     Mr. J. Dyck, teacher, displays a chicken hatchery in the school science lab.

 

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Date: 1969     Students at work in a multi-purpose classroom/library.

 

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Date: 1968    A volunteer parent tutors a student.

 

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Date: 1968     Students in the school library using various research methods.

 

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Date: 1963     Grade Four and Five choir sing at a school concert.

 

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Date: 1968     Students perform on stage at the 1968 Christmas Concert.