Tecumseh Elementary School

Infobox Education in Canada
name= Tecumseh Elementary School


imagesize= 300px
motto= R.I.S.E
motto_translation= Respect, Improve, Safety and Encourage.
streetaddress= 1850 East 41st Avenue
city= Vancouver
province= British Columbia
postalcode= V5P 1K9
areacode= 604
phone= 713-5390
fax= 713-5383
email=
url= http://tecumseh.vsb.bc.ca/
schoolnumber= 03939050
schoolboard= School District 39 Vancouver
affiliation=
superintendent= Gary Little
trustee= Sharon Gregson
principal= Surinder Deo
viceprincipal= Chuck McNicholl
administrator=
nurse| Debbie Jaksitz
fundingtype= Public
schooltype= Elementary School
grades= K-7
language= English
area=
mascot= Hawk
teamname= Tecumseh Hawks
colours= Blue, Red & White.
founded= 1910
enrollment= 561 (2005/2006)
enrollment_as_of=

Tecumseh Elementary is a public elementary school in Vancouver, British Columbia part of School District 39 Vancouver.

History

The school was named after Tecumseh, a leader of the Shawnee tribe. Tecumseh was built in 1910. There are two portables, one of them was used as an art room in the past. But now, it's a normal classroom.

Programs

The school has a MACC (Multi Age Cluster Class) program. Currently, Ms. Cotton is teaching the Grade 4/5 program and Ms. Chomyn is teaching the grade 6/7 program.

Lunch

*Tecumseh primary students gets the privilege to eat in the multipurpose room.
*All grade 4s eats in the room right off the gym.
*Grade 5 to grade 7s eats in the gym. Everybody must sit on the ground but only the grade 7s are allow to sit on the benches.
*Tecumseh only allows grade 6s and 7s to go home for lunch.

Extra Curricular Activities

*Tecumseh has many extra curricular activities such as Student Leadership, choir, running club, dance club, basketball, chess, volleyball, indoor hockey, Canadian football, badminton, music listening/announcements, dance and more. The staff use their own time for these.
*Grade 5's go to Victoria for a day every year.
*Annually, Grade 6's go to Three Day Camp.
*Every year, several students are selected to go to the Student Leadership Conference.

Student Leaders

Tecumseh Elementary has a group called Student Leaders. This consists of around 80 or more Grade 6's and 7's. The grade 6's and 7's get to choose which activities they would like to be enrolled in. These are the main ones below.

*Rainy Day Boardgames When its rainy, the Student Leaders put games out in the hallways for the little kids to play with. The Intermediates go to Ms. Chomyn's room, which is also monitored by Student Leaders.

*Environmental The Environmental committee discusses important topics in today's Earth. They have been discussing light bulbs and how to save energy.

*Primary SupportStudents are asked to go to certain primary classrooms and help out the little ones.

*Spirit DayThese students leaders put on theme days around the school, whether its Pajama Day, or Movie Week.

* Assist WithStudents help around the school. For example, pizza day and picture day.

External links

* [http://tecumseh.vsb.bc.ca/ Official School Site]
* [http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/reports/pdfs/student_stats/03939050.xls Provincial Government's Student Statistics Report] (In Microsoft Excel)
* [http://www.vsb.bc.ca/schools/Elementaryschools/03939050/default.htm Vancouver School Board profile]
* [http://tecumseh.omgforum.net/ Tecumseh Forums]