Lynn Valley Elementary School

Lynn Valley Elementary School (usually referred to as "Lynn Valley Elementary") is a public school in Lynn Valley section of the District of North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The school, part of School District 44 North Vancouver, serves children in kindergarten through seventh grade.

A total of 216 students attended the school as of September 2007. [cite web
url= http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/apps/imcl/imclWeb/SchoolContacts.do?distNo=044&distName=North%20Vancouver
accessdate= 2007-12-31
title= School Information
publisher= British Columbia Ministry of Education ] As of 2007, the principal is Mrs Charis Kalesnikoff. The school has about 40 employees. [cite web
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accessdate= 2007-12-31
title= Lynn Valley Elementary School
publisher= Profile Canada]

Having completed 100 or more student environmental education projects, the school is a "Green School" within the Green Schools Project of the SEEDS Foundation. [cite web
url= http://www.seedsfoundation.ca/greenschoolslistingbc.html
title= GREENSCHOOLS Program (British Columbia)
accessdate= 2008-07-29
archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20070403052220/http://www.seedsfoundation.ca/greenschoolslistingbc.html
archivedate= 2007-04-03
publisher= SEEDS Foundation]

chool support services

The Lynn Valley Elementary Parents Advisory Council that runs special projects to the school. In the 2007-2008 school year, the PAC planned to fund three artistic performances, the "Learning through the Arts" program and new computers for students. [cite web
url= http://www.nvsd44.bc.ca/Sites/ReportsViewOneM.asp?RID=9560
accessdate= 2007-12-31
title= Lynn Valley Parent Advisory Council
publisher= North Vancouver School District ] The school has a "Learning Assistance Center" that "provides concentrated assistance in skills development to those students who are considered by their teachers to be capable of a higher level of competence, but who, for various reasons, have not acquired the necessary skills."cite web
url= http://www.nvsd44.bc.ca/Sites/ReportsViewOnePoPM.asp?RID=9562
accessdate= 2007-12-31
title= Lynn Valley Elementary Handbook
publisher= North Vancouver School District ]

The Lynn Valley School Planning Council represents parents, teachers and the school administration in developing annual school plans for improving student achievement. The council is composed of three parents (elected by a community vote), a teacher (nominated by the staff), and the school principal and vice principal. The school's Learning Assistance Centre has a teacher who provides "concentrated assistance in skills development to those students who are considered by their teachers to be capable of a higher level of competence, but who, for various reasons, have not acquired the necessary skills", according to the student handbook. Lynn Valley Elementary has a school counselor and a "School Based Resource Team" for students "experiencing on going difficulties with academics, social, emotional or behavioral issues". The team consists of the student's teacher, the school Learning Assistance Centre teacher, the school counselor, a primary and intermediate staff representative, the principal and vice-principal.

History

The 1920s Lynn Valley Elementary School building, at 3203 Institute Road (now the Community History Centre) has been called "the District of North Vancouver’s finest historic public building" by the North Vancouver Office of Culture and Arts. The "Edwardian Baroque"-style building was designed by local architects Henry Blackadder & Alexander Sinclair Wemyss MacKay. [cite web
url= http://northvanarts.com/uploads/documents//Community%20History%20Centre.pdf
accessdate= 2007-12-31
title= Community History Centre to open May 27
publisher= North Vancouver Museum and Archives]

Educator and author John Goodlad, a student-teacher at the school in the 1940s, wrote that it was "a joy" to work there. Edwin Cohan, the teacher with whom Goodlad was assigned to work, and Stanley Morrison, the principal, "almost raucous in their bantering of one another", Goodlad wrote. They "set a tone of caring and civility that permeated the whole school, affecting adults and children alike. Parents came and went as I had not seen before, knowing that they were welcome and would be listened to." [ [http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=QKEZWjc88MQC&oi=fnd&pg=PP14&dq=%22Lynn+valley+elementary%22+&ots=y2-EbjN2g1&sig=P7PC_zeuKZQLzSU0tjbhuAttdmY#PPA102,M1] Goodlad, John I., "Romances With Schools: A Life in Education", Google Books Web site, accessed December 31, 2007]

In 2004, the school celebrated its 100th birthday. [ [http://www.nvsd44.bc.ca/Sites/ReportsViewOneM.asp?RID=11704] Web page titled "April, 2004 Lynn Valley Parent Advisory Council Minutes April 15th, 2004" at the North Vancouver School District Web site, accessed December 31, 207] A new school building was constructed for $4.6 million (Canadian) [ [http://www2.news.gov.bc.ca/news_releases_2005-2009/2007EDU0096-000835.htm] "NEW NORTH VANCOUVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GOING GREEN", news release, June 21, 2007, British Columbia Ministry of Education Web site, accessed December 31, 2007] and ready by December 2004. In the following two years, the school experienced a large turnover of employees, with new administrators, teachers, office staff and special education aides. [http://www.nvsd44.bc.ca/Sites/pdf/24/24-1480-4687.pdf] "Draft: Lynn Valley Elementary School Plan 2006/2010", North Vancouver School District Web site, accessed December 31, 207]

In May 2006, the Community History Centre opened in the former Lynn Elementary School building at 3203 Institute Road (northwest corner of Mountain Highway and Lynn Valley Road). The centre houses the local cultural commission offices, archives reading room, collections, storage, education resource centre and a public meeting room. [ [http://www.web.ca/~nsheritage/news.htm] Web page titled "North Shore Heritage: News" at the North Shore Preservation Society Web site, accessed December 31, 207] By March 2006, before most school libraries in the district, Lynn Valley Elementary's school library had replaced its card catalog with computer searching, and checkout functions were also computerized. [ [http://www.nvsd44.bc.ca/Sites/pdf/24/24-129-4511.pdf] "Lynn Valley Elementary Bulletin" (school newsletter), March 2006, accessed December 31, 2007]

A Student Council was established in the fall of 2005.

References

External links

* [http://www.nvsd44.bc.ca/Sites/SitesViewDefault.asp?SiteID=24 Lynn Valley Elementary School Web page]