Charles Dickens Elementary School

Charles Dickens Elementary School[1]
Address
1010 East 17th Avenue Vancouver, British Columbia, V5V 0A6, Canada
Information
School number	3939059
School board	School District 39 Vancouver
Superintendent	Dr. Jordan Tinney
Area trustee	Allan Wong
Principal	Kathy O'Sullivan
Vice principal	Karl Graham
School type	Public Elementary school
Grades	K-7
Enrolment	411 (2009/2010)
Homepage	http://dickens.vsb.bc.ca/

Charles Dickens Elementary is a public elementary school in Vancouver, British Columbia. The school is part of School District 39 Vancouver. Like the district's Montessori programs at Tyee and Maple Grove, Dickens and Dickens Annex regularly have multi-age groupings throughout the school (e.g., classes with 2-4 grades mixed together and students stay with the same teacher for up to 4 years). Dickens chooses not to include letter grades in report cards for intermediate students, although it must produce them if a parent requests them.

History

Named after author Charles Dickens, the school opened in 1912. A new school was built on the old school's field during the 2007–08 school year to seismically upgrade the facility. To preserve Dickens’ historical value to the community, the new building incorporated remnants of the old school foundation, as well as some interior features from the old brick school.

References

1. ^ "For School Data, Source: BC Schools Book." Province of British Columbia, Ministry of Education January 16, 2006.

External links

School Reports - Ministry of Education

• Class Size
• Satisfaction Survey
• School Performance
• Skills Assessment
• Charles Dickens Elementary School slated for demolition in the Spring of 2008 to make way for new school facility
• Retiring teacher of Charles Dickens Elementary School preserving the schools history on DVD