Our Lady of Perpetual Help School in
Vancouver
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,
British Columbia
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, is a
Catholic
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elementary school
A primary school (in Ireland, India, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, South Africa, and Singapore), elementary school, or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary ...
. The school opened in 1927, was run by the
Sisters of Charity of Halifax.
The school, along with the O.L.P.H. parish, on Camosun Street, on 2250 Camosun Street. There are two classes in each grade, with the exception of
preschool
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, with three classes.
2005 school fire
On March 5, 2005, at about 4:00 am local time, a 3-alarm fire began in the 5B classroom, destroying the oldest section of the school in fire and water damage.
Vancouver College
Vancouver College (abbreviated informally to VC) is an independent K-12 university-preparatory Catholic school for boys located in the Shaughnessy neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Founded in 1922, it is the only independent ...
took in the whole school community until the beginning of May 2005, where the burned sections were closed off, and portables were set up in place of the damaged classrooms.
Finally, the school was entirely repaired before the end of the 2005–06 school year, and the portables were removed.
External links
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic School
Elementary schools in Vancouver
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