Mulgrave School to return to Catherine Barr Contributina Writer NORTH Vancouver's private Mulgrave School will soon be breaking ground for its new West Vancouver home. On Monday West Vancouver vounell UpPprar eo the prowel. Acsmali, enthusiast group. ot school supporters shawed up Monday tora public hearing about the Sl4emilon Madyrave School project, A 100000-sg. ft. three stores school will be located on an PE.25 dere site just nerth of the Upper Levels Highway. At present, the site can only be reached trom Cypress Bowl Road, but chis will change as more roads and infrastructure are built by the municipality. The planned Chippendale Connector, put forth by British Pacific Properties as part of its Whitby Estate project, will service the site in the near fiiture. The parents of Mulgrave Schoo! are planning to purchase about 13.75 deres in total, Approximately 1.75 acres will be set aside to protecr: Rodgers Creek and 0.75 will be subject toa right of way for a future extension of Chippendale Road. Mulgrave School opened in 1993 with 12 students in a small portable at 370 Mathers Avenue in West Vancouver. Currently, its 220) stu- dents attend school at the North Shore Winter Club in) North Vancouver. Parents want a permanent home. According to Terry Partington, president of Partington Advisors development consulting services, the new site will have room for classes from K-12 with a planned enrolment of 6-£0 students. Parking for students, staff, visitors and buses is also planned for a toral of 120 spaces. There will also be approximately 30 drop-off spaces tor vehicles. Partington said those at the school will enjoy “spectacular views.” The project’ includes playing fields, a main atrium entrance, a the- atre, a gymnasium, music rooms and a cafeteria, School officials said they MULGRAVE Schoo! Head-mis- tress Linda Hamer and students are looking forward to a new school in West Van. A model, left, shows the schoo! to be con- structed. with the community. “This is consistent — with Mulgrave’s philosophy that iz is a community within a community with a vision thar students exemplify citi- zenship both in and out of school,” said Partington. Phase one of the project, which will include a fully functional school -— inside the building shell — a gym- nasium and the drop-off areas, are scheduled for completion for the September 2000 school vear. Phase two will see the theatre, interior finishes, library, cafeteria and music rooms completed during the 2001 summer break. The final phase, which is sched- uled for completion during the sum- mer of 2002, will see the playing field surfaces, drainage, incgation, light- ing and landscaping finished. Parents have been saving, fund raising and contributing annually to the cause. Mulgrave’s tuition fees are $6,775 yearly and include all books, school trips and some extras. Wednesday. June 9. 1999 - North Shore News ~ 3 Next year, that price will increase to $7,200 for all grades. By the year 2000/2001, that price will increase by approximately 3% for grades K-6 and 6% to 8% for grades 7-9. . are willing to share these facilities NEWS photo Mike Wakefield MONA Mah (left), accompanied by her daughter, Matory, accepis a commendation from North Van RCMP Supt. Jamie Graham. Mah was credited in possibly preventing the car- bon monoxide poisoning of a family. Newspaper carrier helps avert tragedy Anna Marie D’Angelo News Reporter dangclo@nsnews.com MONA Mah didn’t feel right when she came across a car idling in a closed garage around 5 a.m. on May 28. Mah was delivering newspapers with a partner on Orkney Place in the quier upscale Northlands neighborhood of North Vancouver. They could see no one in the garage. Mah, a North Vancouver resident, and her partner thought someone might have been warming up the car in the garage attached to the home. They decided to check on the car about 45 minutes later when they returned from delivering their newspapers. The silver Cadillac was still idling. “T guess natural instinct came upon me. T guess you get that from being a mom and being always on a lookout,” said Mah, who has two girls ages 13 and seven months. Mah and her partner decided to knock on the home’s front door. They also pressed the doorbell and banged on the door. “Nobody would answer the door; nobody would answer the door,” said Mah. She went toa nearby Chevron station on Mount Seymour Parkway and phoned police. About a half hour later, a North Vancouver Mountic called back to thank Mah and her partner. “The family was very slow in getting up. There was a high indication of carbon monoxide actually getting in the home,” said Mah. There was a family of three in the house. The son had started the rarely-used car the night before with plans of going out, according to police. He forgot about the running vehicle and went to bed. _ “LT just shudder at the possibility,” said Mah. North Vancouver RCMP Const. Heidi Hoffinan said the car was so hot it could not be touched. North Vancouver District firefighters were called because the garage’s temperature was so high the police feared it could start on fire. . “Thanks to her intuition, we have avoid- ed a potential tragedy in the community,” said Hoffman. - Mah’s partner first noticed the car, but he chose to remain anonymous. On Monday, the North Vancouver RCMP honored Mah with a commenda- tion for her cfforts. Police believe the three people in the house could have been asphyxiated if nor for Mah’s efforts. The family has not contacted Mah. She . said thar the family were new Canadians from Korea who were likely upset and embarrassed about the incident. “I’m sure they appreciate the fact. We still deliver the paper to them and they are fine,” said Mah, French school to move to N. Shore Deana Lancaster News Reporter deana@usnews.com STARTING in September, North Shore parents seeking a French education for their children won’t have far to look. Thars because Ecole Francaise Internationale de Vancouver (EFIV) is moving from its squeezed surround: ings on Inverness Street in Vancouver to West Van. “We started in 1997 with Jess than 20) students,” said EFIV board member and par- ent Claire Caloren, “We're now at 40 and we'll have 50 or more for next year.” The private school also received donations for com- puters and equipment, and in the current location there is nowhere to set them up. On July 1, the schaol will take over four classrooms in “They learn the language really well and become well- rounded” Cedardale Centre on Burley Drive. , The West Vancouver School District is renting EFIV the snace in accordance with its 1999/2000 Operating Budget Plan as a means to increase revenue. To make space for t!+ school, the dist” .r°s Instructional Materials Centre and the Computer S. port Team are being relocated. Private preschool programs already operating in Cedardale Centre will not move. EFIV offers schooling for children aged three to 10. Many of them come from a francophone background, said Caloren, although it’s nor “required for admission. Children aged three and four with no background in French are accepted into the school’s Maternelle, or preschool program. From age five, potential students must pass an oral French exam and submit previous — school records. The aim of the school’s board of dircetors is to increase the curriculum level until the three- and four-year- olds entering the school now wil finish their elementary and secondary education there. The curriculum follows the academic program developed by France’s. Ministry of Education, along with courses in English, social studies, his- tory and geography all rele- vant to B.C, and Canada. Caloren had a similar edu- cation in Ottawa and chose the school for her daughter because it offers a “good, solid education with an emphasis on basics. 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