Sir Wilfrid Laurier Elementary School

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name= Sir Wilfrid Laurier Elementary School


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motto= Be a learner for life.
streetaddress= 7350 Laurel Street
city= Vancouver
province= British Columbia
postalcode= V6M 3T9
areacode= 604
phone= 713-4925
fax= 713-4927
email=
url= http://laurier.vsb.bc.ca
schoolnumber= 03939085
schoolboard= School District 39 Vancouver
superintendent=
trustee= Don Lee
affiliation=
principal= Peter Evans
viceprincipal=
administrator=
custodian=
schooltype= Elementary school
grades= K-7
language= English
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founded= 1955
enrollment= 360
lastupdate= May 4, 2006

Sir Wilfrid Laurier Elementary School is located in the Marpole community on 57th Avenue at Laurel Street. It was named for Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the Prime Minister of Canada from 1896 to 1911.

The building has a library, a multipurpose room/cafeteria, and a gym/auditorium. There are two portable classrooms that are adjacent to the building. There used to be three portables, but around Halloween time in 1996, one of the portables was burnt down.

An extension to the south of the main school building was constructed around 1998. This new extension was part of a project to make the school wheelchair-accessible. Part of this extension was an automatic door at the ground level, an elevator for access to ground, first, and second floors and an emergency exit from the second floor. In addition, a wheelchair lift was constructed to provide access to the gymnasium for the disabled. A new emergency exit was also constructed as part of the south extension. All of the lighting inside the school was replaced during the 2005–2006 school year in order to make the light fixtures earthquake-resistant.

There are 6 basketball hoops, a covered play-area adjacent to the school building, playground structures, six tennis courts, a new swing set, and a gravel field on the school's property. Additionally there are several picnic tables and benches and a small garden near the playground area on what used to be the "upper gravel field".

Laurier is located to the north and south of Ideal Mini School and Churchill Secondary respectively.

External links

* [http://laurier.vsb.bc.ca/ Laurier Elementary School]
* [http://www.vsb.bc.ca/schools/Elementaryschools/03939085/default.htm Vancouver School Board - Laurier]

chool Reports - Ministry of Education

* [http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/reports/pdfs/class_size/03939085.pdf Class Size]
* [http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/reports/pdfs/sat_survey/2005/03939085.pdf Satisfaction Survey]
* [http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/reports/pdfs/school_perf/03939085.pdf School Performance]
* [http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/reports/pdfs/fsa/03939085.pdf Skills Assessment]