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List of Elementary Schools and Annexes of the Vancouver School Board

General Gordon
This school is temporarily at Queen Elizabeth Elementary and Queen Elizabeth Annex due to reconstruction.

International Village
International Village Elementary is not yet built. The school is estimated to be completed by January 2017.

Lord Tennyson
Lord Tennyson Elementary School in Vancouver, British Columbia, is a French Immersion elementary school. The school opened in 1912 and was named after 19th-century British poet Lord Alfred Tennyson.

It is located at 1936 West 10th Avenue, near Broadway and Burrard Street. As of 2014, the current school principal is Jaqueline Lavoie. Lord Tennyson is a feeder school for the nearby Kitsilano Secondary School, where graduates can continue their education in French Immersion.

Nootka
Nootka Elementary School in Vancouver, British Columbia, is an elementary school. The school opened in 1959 as Lord Beaconsfield Annex, but a growing student population led to the creation of Nootka Elementary School after full elementary school status was granted in 1963.

It is located at 3375 Nootka Street, near Renfrew Street. As of 2008, the current school principal is Monika Sanft and the Vice-principal is Laura Rhead.

Norma Rose Point School
This school was built on the former grounds of University Hill Secondary School. Prior to September 2014, it was situated in temporary portables at Queen Elizabeth Elementary, which opened September 6th, 2011.

Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Pierre Elliott Trudeau Elementary School is a public elementary school in Vancouver, British Columbia part of School District 39 Vancouver. There are 286 students from Kindergarten through Grade Seven. Approximately half the students speak Punjabi at home.

History
The school was named for Pierre Elliott Trudeau, the twentieth Prime Minister of Canada. The original school, the North Arm School, was founded in 1885. In 1912, when the first Walter Moberly Elementary School was constructed at Ross Street and East 59th Avenue, the original two-room school became the Walter Moberly Annex, serving K-4.

The new school opened in September 2002, adding grades 4 through 7 to the school.

Queen Alexandra
Queen Alexandra Elementary School in Vancouver, British Columbia, is an elementary school. The school opened in 1909 and was named for Queen Alexandra, wife of King Edward VII.

It is located at 1300 East Broadway, at the intersection with Clark Drive. It is near Vancouver Community College's King Edward campus, and is easily accessible from VCC–Clark Station on the SkyTrain. , the current school principal is Cheryll Matthews.

Queen Elizabeth
Queen Elizabeth Elementary School in Vancouver, British Columbia, is an elementary school. The school opened in 1940 and is named after Queen Elizabeth who visited Canada in 1939, with her husband King George VI.

It is located at 4102 West 16th Avenue, at the edge of the city limits and immediately adjacent to the University Endowment Lands. As of 2013, the current school principal is Magdalena Kassis, and the vice-principal is Michael Bolianaz.

Queen Elizabeth Elementary School, has been one of the top schools in Vancouver for a number of years. It also has the biggest school garden in the district as well as a quality school community including involved parents and teachers. With its great grounds including a track, 2 play grounds, a courtyard, gravel field and grass field as well as the Camosun Bog and Pacific Spirit Park at its door step, "QE" is a great learning environment for all ages.

Queen Elizabeth Elementary was one of the few schools that had an Open Area program. The program had Grade 6 and 7 students dedicate April and May to put on a school play which is open for the public. However the OA ended when teachers Gavin and Georgina left the school, and now there are normal grade 6 & 7 classes.

Queen Mary
Queen Mary Elementary School in Vancouver, British Columbia, is an elementary school. The school opened in 1915.

It is located at 2000 Trimble Street, at the intersection with 4th Avenue in the West Point Grey neighbourhood. As of 2009, the current school principal is Monika Sanft. The school has a population of about 450 students from grade K-7.

Queen Mary Elementary School is located close to the beach and is upon a hill. It has two buildings, a gravel field and two playgrounds (one for upper school and one for lower school.) The main red building was a former Town Hall for the city of Vancouver.

Shaughnessy
Shaughnessy Elementary School in Vancouver, British Columbia, is an elementary school. The school opened in 1920 as Prince of Wales Elementary and Secondary School. In 1960, the current Prince of Wales Secondary School was opened, and the school renamed itself after the surrounding Shaughnessy neighbourhood.

It is located at 4250 Marguerite Street, near King Edward Avenue and Granville Street. As of June 2009, the current acting school principal is Erin Gavin, and the vice-principal is Nancy Paget.

Movies

 * The school's exterior, soccer field, and outdoor basketball court was used as Westmore Middle School in the film Diary of a Wimpy Kid and its sequel, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules and Diary of a Wimpy Kid Dog Days.


 * The exterior for "Canterlot High" in "My Little Pony: Equestria Girls" was modeled after Shaughnessy Elementary School, although the other details like the dome on the roof, and the pony statue was entirely created from scratch.

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

History
Mackenzie was constructed in 1925 with an enrollment of about 25 to 30 students. In 1930, the school was officially built and opened for grades K to 7. Students had to wear uniforms in the school colours of blue and white. The girls entered through the south side and the boys entered through the west side. When Sir Sanford Fleming Elementary was constructed the board of education considered making it a Mackenzie annex but they thought it was too close to the Henderson annex. In 2005, the school celebrated its 75th anniversary.

Programs
Mackenzie offers a variety of programs from music to physical education, business education along with the normal courses offered in the Vancouver curriculum.

Activities
Students attending the school have the opportunity to join a wide variety of groups such as choir and sports teams. Track and field, cross country, soccer, basketball and volleyball are examples of the sports offered. They also have a band program.

Sir Guy Carleton
Sir Guy Carleton Elementary School (commonly referred to as 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. It is the oldest school in British Columbia. The century-old schoolhouse is a category A heritage building in Vancouver's Heritage Register. 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. The school is known as the oldest school in Vancouver.

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 13 classes from Kindergarten to Grade 7 and educates about 305 students every year. 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 by arsons. The kindergarten classes that were taught in the schoolhouse had to be temporarily relocated due to the fire.

Green Thumb Theatre has entered into a lease agreement with the VSB, with Green Thumb Theatre restoring the two outbuildings. After finishing construction in early 2013, one of the buildings has become the administrative office for Green Thumb Theatre and the other houses the theatres.

Sports
Sir Guy Carleton Elementary provides a variety of athletic opportunities for its students. Past accomplishments have included (but are not limited to):

2012: Senior Girls Soccer City Finals (4th), Senior Boys Soccer City Finals (5th) and Junior Boys Soccer City Finals (8th).

2011: Junior Boys and Senior Girls basketball teams achieve record undefeated seasons. The badminton team plays at theo Badminton City Finals with four students recognized as all stars for going undefeated.

2010: Senior Girls Soccer City Finals (5th), Junior Girls Soccer City Finals (4th), and Junior Boys Soccer City Finals (3rd).

2014: Junior and Seniors Girls Soccer City Finals (3rd)