13 ~ Wednesday,

Ridgeview. School hosts reunion

OVER 2,000 former stu-
dents and 100 teachers,
custodians and aides, and
the, general public, are in-
vited to attend Ridgeview
Elementary’s 40th .Anniver-
sary Open “House” on May

Contributing

. When Ridgeview opened in 1948

it.was considered to be tlie most
modem school built in West Van-
couver after the Second World
War.

But . the problem, explains: Silt

* Muchula, the ‘school librarian who
has been organizing the event, is
that ‘‘it's hard to contact people
from the °50s..They’re all over the
globe.””
’.. But the school is trying to track
down addresses of staff who have
worked there so invitations can be
:$ent out, and also to let ex-students

know. about. the gala events of the. ~

day and evening. .

On May 12 there will be an open.
house from 9 a.m.-to 3:30 p.m.
With... student displays in each
classroom.

These will deal with the history :

of West Van, an Indian theme, 40
“years of social. history, a movie

theatre: with newsreels from. the -

past, cultural and ethnic contribu-

tions, and ‘samples of students’

work over the years.

“=. There will also be a ‘display of
“old photographs. of students and
, staffin the library.

_-Hollyburn School,
oldest and overcrowded school,

Ridgeview" $ actual opening day on
Nov. 29, °1942--describe how ‘‘files
of children winding across muddy
approaches, .past huge piles of
burning’ stumps, found nothing
reminiscent. of the Little Red
Schos? House in Ridgeview
Scheol.": ‘

Ridgeview" s new 232 students
‘actually walked en masse from
West Van's
their

explains Muchula, to-

‘thoroughly modern school.

The Vancouver Province, Nov.
29, 1948, described the students as
“bug-eyed by spacious classrooms,
green blackboards, and wall-sized
windows’!

The classrooms were ‘10 feet
longer. ‘than the older type, with
cloakroom facilities, and a sink for
each room.""

Another account said ‘‘It is a far
cry from the little old school of
yesteryear to the fine Mathers
Avenue building rated the most

‘modern of its type in Canada.’

“The school.-was designed by the
Vancouver firm of Thompson,
Berwick and Pratt, (TBP), the first
of many they built in answer to the
postwar demand for schools for
baby-boomers.

Ridgeview’s construction receiv-

ed mention in the 1952 edition of

the Journal of the Royal Architec-
tural Institute of Canada because
of TBP’s innovative work. Design

. features were the use of smaller :

timber, which reduced the con-
struction cost, the use of color,
and split-level design.

Ridgeview also had an outdoor,

Evening , activities, will start at” [BS

6:30 p.m with; a ‘reception, and at:

> -4:30- p.m. “Ridgeview's first. prin-.;
~ cipal; Harry: Dickson, will present...

- the?Harry Dickson Trophy: to: a:
’ Grade 6° “student - for’. “personal :

best’ effort: . oa :
Evening entertainment ‘will in-

clude music by Lioyd Arntzen and

the cutting of the 40th anniversary

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under-cover play area, some of
which was later converted to
classrooms.

For further information regar-
ding the 40th anniversary, phone
Ridgeview school, 922-0125.

May 11, 1988 ~ North Shore News

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