The Vancouver High School Cadet Corp marches down Georgia Street, Vancouver (1912). One of the most remarkable events in the history of the Vancouver School District involved the Vancouver High School Cadets Corp, which was created in November 1903. In 1911, the Commanding Officer of a contingent of visiting cadets from Australia invited the [...]

This history was written in 1968 by Lloyd Hamel, a teacher at Oakridge School. It includes an appendix that brings Mr. Harmel’s history of the school up to date. The photography was done by Marjean Gibson, Audio Visual Services, Vancouver School Board. The history of Oakridge School could be looked upon as a history of how a community met a [...]

    by Oliver Matisz, a Grade Eight student attending Prince of Wales Secondary School (Sept 2021) On Friday June 14, 1941, Prince of Wales School Principal, J.H Hall, stood solemnly before a full assembly of students gathered in the school auditorium and announced that the secondary portion of the school would close prior to the [...]

           by Helen Weston (Wickstrom, 1945) A collection of fact and fun which tells, in  part, the “STORY OF FAIRVIEW”   For the Reunion of Teachers and Students Before the Final Closing FAIRVIEW HIGH SCHOOL OF COMMERCE 1540 West Broadway Vancouver, B. C. MAY 25, 1963   DEDICATION           [...]

During 1918–19, a global influenza epidemic killed millions of people, including some 50,000 Canadians. At the height of the epidemic, King Edward High School served as a hospital for several months.   The following excerpts, from Vancouver School Board medical reports sent to the BC Ministry of Education, are a study in contrast. The [...]

 5th Division – with Teacher, Miss Emma Hay – on the steps of Central School, Vancouver (1890)   INTRODUCTION Who was Emma Hay and what challenges did she face while she was a teacher? A good source of information – the reports sent by Vancouver school officials to the Superintendent of Education for the Province of British [...]

Vivian Jung (upper right) and Principal, Mr. Lightbody (upper left) pose with the Tecumseh School League Winners – Girls Volleyball, Vancouver School District (1963)   Vivian Jung, born in Merritt, BC in 1924, became the first Chinese-Canadian teacher hired by the Vancouver School Board. As part of her teacher training, Vivian was [...]