Address: 6100 Battison Street

1967 – present

Named for Dr. Hugh Neil MacCorkindale (1888-1977), Vancouver School Board Superintendent.

 

Date: 1970     A formal portrait of Dr. H. N. MacCorkindale. He was the Superintendent of Schools for the Vancouver School District from 1933 – 1954.

 

Date: 1967     MacCorkindale Elementary School under construction.

 

Date: 1966     Planning session with model of MacCorkindale School. Left to Right: Mr. C. Etchell, Mr. F. Middleton, Mr. A. Slipper, and Mr. G. Robinson

 

Date: 1970     Dr. and Mrs. MacCorkindale planting a dogwood tree with students observing the ceremony.

 

Date: 1967     View of the front entrance to MacCorkindale School.

 

Date: 1970     Mr. Charles T. Etchell, Principal, in his office with students’ artwork on display on the far wall.

 

Date: 1970     Mr. Charles T. Etchell, Principal, poses with volunteer aides at a tea outside the school.

 

Date: 1978     Students working on art projects.

 

Date: 1970     Chuck Gosbee, A.V. Coordinator, showing student how to edit video tape. Jack Downs, Vice Principal, looks on.

 

Date: 1967     Massed student choir at the official school opening celebration

 

Date: 1969     Students engage in ’round table’ discussion in the school library.

 

Date: 1973     A student learning how to use an abacus to do arithmatic calculations.

 

Date: 1969     Students perform the play ‘Pinocchio’ on the school stage.

 

Date: 1970     Students eating lunch while on a field trip to a chef training institute.

 

Date: 1973     Two boys playing with wooden blocks of various shapes and sizes.

 

Date: 1970     Kindergarten teacher Luanne Wiles shows a student how to find a stem inside an apple as part of a science lesson.

 

Date: 1976     A nurse in the school’s medical room inoculates a student.

 

Date: 1976     Kindergarten students working at a water table in a classroom.

 

Date: 1973     A student uses an abacus (a forerunner to the electronic hand calculator) to do number work.

 

Date: 1976     Two girls at a listening post study pictures in a story book.

 

Date: 1976     A student sings to a class group while the teacher accompanies him on the guitar.

 

1967-Current