Sir Guy Carleton Elementary School

Infobox_Education_in_Canada
name= Sir Guy Carleton Elementary School


imagesize= 200px
motto=
streetaddress=3250 Kingsway
city= Vancouver
province= British Columbia
postalcode= V5R 5K5
areacode= 604
phone= 713-4810
fax= 713-4812
email=
url= http://carleton.vsb.bc.ca/
schoolnumber= 03939030
schoolboard= School District 39 Vancouver
superintendent=Sonia Hutson
trustee= Shirley Wong
affiliation=
principal= Pat Munton
viceprincipal= Henry Peters
administrator=
custodian=
schooltype= Elementary school
grades= K-7
language= English
area= Renfrew-Collingwood
mascot= Eagle
teamname= Eagles
colours= Red
emblem=
founded= 1896
enrollment= 421 [http://www.vsb.bc.ca/NR/rdonlyres/F4CC82AB-7655-4240-B8BD-1C35CF67054A/0/ReadyRefcondensedversionrevisedjan.pdf Ready Reference March 2008] ]
enrollment_as_of=March 2008

Sir Guy Carleton Elementary School (or its more common name "Carleton") is an elementary school situated in the Collingwood neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The school is a part of School District 39 Vancouver.

History

Located at the intersection of Kingsway and Joyce Street, the original schoolhouse was central to the Collingwood community since its completion in 1896. [cite web | title = Vancouver communityWEBpages, Renfrew-Collingwood | url = http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/community_profiles/renfrew-collingwood/history.htm | accessdate = 2008-05-09] The century-old schoolhouse is a category A heritage building in Vancouver's Heritage Register. [cite web | title = Vancouver Heritage Register | url=http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/commsvcs/Guidelines/V001.pdf | accessdate = 2005-05-09] Originally called the Vancouver East School, its name changed to Collingwood Heights in 1908 and then to its present name in 1911. The school is named after Guy Carleton, Quebec's governor during the 18th century.

Current

Carleton has since grown from the small one-room schoolhouse and has added three more buildings into the area over the course of the years: a two-room schoolhouse, a two-story Edwardian-style building, and a bigger red brick building. Carleton now houses 19 classes from Kindergarten to Grade 7 and educates about 420 students every year . Like many of the schools in the area, Carleton has a very diverse school population. After Grade 7, most students will move on to either Killarney Secondary School or Windermere Secondary School, with a vast majority going to Killarney.

The school is located a few blocks south of the nearby Joyce-Collingwood SkyTrain Station.

In March 2008, the historic schoolhouse was set ablaze. [cite news | title=Vancouver's oldest school hit by fire | publisher=CBC News | date= 2008-03-03 | url=http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2008/03/03/bc-old-school-fire.html | accessdate =2008-05-09] The kindergarten classes that were taught in the schoolhouse had to be temporarily relocated due to the fire. [cite news | title= Blaze in heritage school leaves kids without classrooms | publisher= Vancouver Sun | date=2008-03-02 | url = http://www.canada.com/globaltv/bc/story.html?id=a1ccf0cf-16ed-4d6d-adb4-48bd6dce2f11&k=6218 | accessdate=2008-05-09]

References

External links

* [http://www.vsb.bc.ca/schools/Elementaryschools/03939030/Profile/default.htm Carleton School Profile]
* [http://carleton.vsb.bc.ca/ Carleton Website]

chool Reports - Ministry of Education

* [http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/reports/pdfs/class_size/03939030.pdf Class Size]
* [http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/reports/pdfs/sat_survey/2005/03939030.pdf Satisfaction Survey]
* [http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/reports/pdfs/school_perf/03939030.pdf School Performance]
* [http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/reports/pdfs/fsa/03939030.pdf Skills Assessment]