Henry Hudson Elementary School

Infobox Education in Canada
name= Henry Hudson Elementary School


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streetaddress= 1551 Cypress Street
city= Vancouver
province= British Columbia
postalcode= V6J 3L3
areacode= 604
phone= 713-5441
fax= 713-5443
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url= http://hudson.vsb.bc.ca
schoolnumber= 03939053
schoolboard= School District 39 Vancouver
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superintendent=Gary Little
trustee= Shirley Wong
principal= Bruce Porritt
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schooltype= Elementary school
grades= K-7
language= English
area= Kitsilano
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founded= 1911
enrollment= 244 [http://www.vsb.bc.ca/NR/rdonlyres/F4CC82AB-7655-4240-B8BD-1C35CF67054A/0/ReadyRefcondensedversionrevisedjan.pdf Ready Reference March 2008] ]
enrollment_as_of= September 2007

Henry Hudson Elementary School is an elementary school located on Cypress Street in Kitsilano, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. As of the 2007/08 school year, the principal is Bruce Porritt.cite web |url=http://hudson.vsb.bc.ca/aboutus.htm |title=Profile of Hudson Elementary |accessdate=2007-12-20 |publisher=Henry Hudson Elementary School]

History

The school was built in 1911–12 with eight rooms at a cost of $48,000. It was named named after student teacher Jasper Hodson.They didn't like the name "Jasper" so they changed it to "Henry" and they misspelled the last name while building the school. Within a year, the school was already overcrowded and the school expanded to 16 rooms in January, 1914. In the pre-war years the school was notable for having no corporal punishment. The gymnasium building was opened in 1950. The construction involved in the school's subsequent expansion was criticized for not being cost effective, for example by having unnecessary outside entrances. [ [http://www.canadianeducationalpolicystudies.ca/1925BCChapter25.html "The Vancover School Problem"] , Canadian Educational Policy Studies]

Circa 1969, it was the only school in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia to offer a "New Canadian Class" for immigrant children.cite news |first=Maria |last=Morellato |title=On the front cover: Anna K. Fung, Q.C. |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-30362108_ITM |publisher=The Advocate |date=2007-03-01 |accessdate=2007-12-20 |quote=She started her education in Canada by riding the bus every day to Henry Hudson School in Kitsilano, which at that time was the only school in the Lower Mainland that provided a "New Canadian Class" for immigrant students.] In 2006, Henry Hudson became a dual-track school offering French Immersion.

Demographics

During the Depression the school was one third Japanese and one third Sikh.

At the present time Henry Hudson School continues to have a diverse student population. English is the first language for 52% of students, Chinese (Mandarin or Cantonese) is the first language of 17%, and twenty other first languages comprise the remaining 31%.

Notable alumni

* Anna K. Fung, Q.C. (Law Society of British Columbia president)
* Allan King, film director [http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-27271419_ITM "Memories of Maria: A Contribution to the Discussion on "The Image of the Working Class in Canadian Media"] , Allan King, Take One, 1 December 2001]

References

External links

* [http://hudson.vsb.bc.ca Official school site]
* [http://www.vsb.bc.ca/schools/Elementaryschools/03939053/default.htm Official district site]

chool Reports - Ministry of Education

* [http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/reports/pdfs/class_size/03939053.pdf Class Size]
* [http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/reports/pdfs/sat_survey/2005/03939053.pdf Satisfaction Survey]
* [http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/reports/pdfs/school_perf/03939053.pdf School Performance]
* [http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/reports/pdfs/fsa/03939053.pdf Skills Assessment]