General Gordon Elementary School

General Gordon Elementary School^[1]
Choose to be Kind. Choose to be Safe. Choose to be Fair.
Address
2268 Bayswater Street Vancouver, British Columbia, V6K 4P5 Canada
Information
School type	Elementary school
Founded	1912
School board	School District 39 Vancouver
Area trustee	Penny Noble
School number	03939052
Principal	Margaret Davidson
Grades	K-7
Enrollment	365^[2] (September 2007)
Language	English
Area	Kitsilano
Mascot	Gordon Penguin
Website	gordonelementary.ca

General Gordon Elementary School is an elementary school in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The school opened in 1912. It was named for British General Charles George Gordon, who was killed at Khartoum in January 1885.

It is located at 2268 Bayswater Street, at the intersection with West 6th Avenue in Kitsilano. As of 2016, the principal is Margaret Davidson and the vice-principal is Nancy Bourque. It offers a late-start French immersion program for sixth-grade and seventh-grade students. Since September 2008, it has also been a home for a district French immersion Multi Age Cluster Class (FI MACC). The school is also home to Mosaic Montessori School and a base for Jericho Kids' Club.

Because of its high seismic risk rating, the 1912 school building was demolished in December 2014, and a new building was constructed on the same site, opening in September 2016. During construction, students took buses from the school site to Queen Elizabeth School, where they continued their learning in portables. Grades K-2 were stationed at Queen Elizabeth Annex. The main entrance of the new building is on Bayswater Street; the old building was located at 2896 West 6th Avenue.

In September 2008, General Gordon was selected as one of three schools in a pilot provincially supported "Neighbourhoods of Learning" program.^[3] The program was announced by premier Gordon Campbell at a news conference held at Queen Mary Elementary School on September 3, 2008. The program includes $30 million in funding to put "education and community services ... in a single neighbourhood hub".^[4]

References

↑ "For School Data, Source: BC Schools Book." Province of British Columbia, Ministry of Education January 16, 2006.
↑ Ready Reference March 2008
↑ http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=357b22e7-0644-4233-9a36-81dc65e3b3a2
↑ http://www2.news.gov.bc.ca/news_releases_2005-2009/2008OTP0216-001326.htm

School Reports - Ministry of Education

Schools in Vancouver and the University Endowment Lands

Secondary schools	Britannia Lord Byng Sir Winston Churchill David Thompson Gladstone Eric Hamber Ideal Mini School John Oliver Killarney King George Kitsilano Magee Point Grey Prince of Wales Templeton Sir Charles Tupper University Hill Vancouver Technical Windermere Jules-Verne Vancouver Learning Network The University Transition Program

Primary or elementary schools	Anne-Hébert Bayview Beaconsfield Begbie Britannia Brock Bruce Carleton Carnarvon Carr Cavell Champlain Heights Champlain Heights Annex Collingwood Cook Cunningham Dickens Dickens Annex Douglas Douglas Annex Elsie Roy False Creek Fleming Franklin Fraser Garibaldi Annex Gordon Grandview Grenfell Hastings Henderson Henderson Annex Hudson Jamieson Jules Quesnel Kerrisdale Kerrisdale Annex Kingsford-Smith Kitchener Laurier Laurier Annex L'École Bilingue Livingstone Lloyd George Lord MacCorkindale MacDonald MacKenzie Maple Grove Maquinna Maquinna Annex McBride McBride Annex McKechnie Moberly Mount Pleasant Nelson Nightingale Nootka Norma Rose Point School Norquay Oppenheimer Osler Queen Alexandra Queen Elizabeth Queen Elizabeth Annex Queen Mary Queen Victoria Annex Quilchena Renfrew Roberts Roberts Annex Rose-des-Vents Secord Selkirk Selkirk Annex Sexsmith Seymour Shaughnessy Southlands Strathcona Tecumseh Tecumseh Annex Tennyson Thunderbird Tillicum Annex Trafalgar Trudeau Tyee University Hill Van Horne Waverley Weir Wolfe

Private schools	Bodwell High School Blessed Sacrament School Corpus Christi Elementary Crofton House School École Française Internationale de Vancouver Family Montessori School Fraser Academy King David High School Khalsa School Little Flower Academy Madrona School North Creek Montessori School Notre Dame Regional Secondary School Our Lady of Perpetual Help School Our Lady of Sorrows Elementary St. Andrew's School St. Anthony of Padua School St. Francis of Assisi Elementary St. Francis Xavier Elementary School St. George's School St. John's School St. Jude's Elementary St. Mary's Elementary St. Patrick's Elementary School St. Patrick's Regional Secondary School Stratford Hall Vancouver Christian School Vancouver College Vancouver Formosa Academy Vancouver Hebrew Academy Vancouver Montessori School Vancouver Talmud Torah West Point Grey Academy Westside Christian School York House School

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