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First one room school
1900
Port Moody, BC, Canada

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The Schoolhouse Opens.

The new one-room schoolhouse was completed on July 20, 1885, just in time for the new autumn semester.

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Teacher evaluation by the school inspector
27 February 1929

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Three Teachers in Two Years

At the end of June in 1886, Miss A.S. Howay, Port Moody's teacher for two years, left the school. She was repaced by Miss D. J. McDonald, who taught for ten months. In April 1887 the school welcomed Gladys M. Dockerill in replacement for Miss McDonald. Gladys only held a temporary teaching certificate and so Miss G. W. McRae was hired in August 1887.

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Port Moody's first Schoolhouse.
1907
Port Moody, BC, Canada

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First one room school. Teacher: William Stott (back row, right).
1900
Port Moody, BC, Canada

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One-room school
1904
Port Moody, BC, Canada

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Four Rooms and a Principal

By 1906 there were two teachers at the one-room schoolhouse, and 66 students. In response to the ever growing number of students, the one-room schoolhouse was replaced with a new, four-room school house in 1907-1908. The staff had also increased with the addition of a principal. In 1910, student enrollment was at 100.

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Port Moody Central School
1911
Port Moody Central School, Port Moody, BC, Canada

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Port Moody Central School

The new four-room schoolhouse was built at the corner of Moody and St. John's Street. It was now possible to split the children into divisions, with each class having their own teacher. This school is the first recorded (in 1907) as the "Port Moody Central School."

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The New Century

From a doctor's home to a four-room "Central School" with two classes and a principal, the first years of Port Moody's organized education show the challenge of establishing a school system.

Much more had yet to occur in the history of Port Moody's schools ...