General Wolfe Elementary School (Vancouver)

General Wolfe Elementary is a public elementary school in Vancouver, British Columbia part of School District 39 Vancouver.

General Wolfe Elementary[1]
The school in August 2016
Location
4251 Ontario St Vancouver , British Columbia , V5V 3G8 Canada
Coordinates	49°14′50″N 123°6′20″W
Information
School type	Public, Elementary school
Founded	1910
School board	School District 39 Vancouver
Superintendent	Scott Robinson
Area trustee	Janet Fraser
School number	3939045
Director	Rob Schindel (Director of Instruction)
Principal	Susan Dent
Grades	K-7
Enrollment	410[2] (March 2008)
Language	English
Area	Little Mountain, Vancouver
Colour(s)	Yellow and black
Mascot	Wolf
Website	wolfe.vsb.bc.ca

History

General Wolfe Elementary was built in 1911.^[3] One of Wolfe's claims to fame is the boy in "Wait for Me, Daddy" photograph (of a boy reaching out towards his father in a line for war). This photo is internationally recognized, and the boy went to school at Wolfe. In 1912, two additional wings were added due to expanding population. Then in 1920 two wooden temporary buildings were built. These two buildings are still the annex and the gym today. General Wolfe used to have three portables which were used as classrooms, but when attendance dropped some in 2007, they were all eventually taken away. General Wolfe Elementary was named after General James Wolfe. During 2020–2021 there were significant upgrades to the school dubbed the seismic upgrade. The purpose of this was to make the schools walls stronger in the event of an earthquake. While the upgrades were being done the student and staff had to be relocated to a school called "South Hill Education Center" however it is often shortened to "South Hill" or "The Swing Site".^[4][5]

Events

Traditionally, the school holds an annual "Walk-A-Thon," in which students walk, or jog laps around the school to receive prizes, to raise funds. In the 2005–2006 school year, this was cancelled for an unknown reason.

General Wolfe Elementary held a silent auction at the beginning of each year. Unfortunately, because of COVID-19 and the leadership change, Wolfe no longer holds a silent auction. The Student Council and the PAC (Parent Advisory Council) come up with more fundraisers each year and what to buy with the money produced.

Every year 2 Playdays are held in which instead of working the students freely play with peers and socialize with younger students. It follows a schedule of staying in each student classroom until recess in which they can explore the school until the end of the day.

Code of Conduct

PAWS serves as the school's code of conduct as follows:

• P – Polite
• A – Accountable
• W – Welcoming
• S – Safe

The school has created a song demonstrate the use of the code of conduct which is sang to the tune of I'se the by. The chorus is below.

P is for polite you know

and A is for accountable.

W is welcoming

and S it means we're safe.

PAWS!

Sports Teams and Other Clubs

General Wolfe has eight sports programs available: a Volleyball team, a Junior and Senior Basketball team, Floor hockey, Badminton, Ultimate Frisbee, Cross Country, and Track and field. General Wolfe also supports a Chess Club, Games Club, Humanitarian Club, SOGI club, Dungeons and Dragons club, a Kilometre Club, A/V crew, and a form of student council that they have named student voice.

Divisions

In General Wolfe the school is divided into 16 classes each having its own assigned division number. The higher the number is the younger the students in the class are however there are some cases with split classes that lead to a division that is lower having younger students than a higher division.