General Vanier Public School (Ottawa)
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| General Vanier Public School | |
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 Repaving the General Vanier PS schoolyard | |
| Location | |
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1025 Harkness Avenue , , Canada | |
| Coordinates | 45°22′04″N 75°40′29″W / 45.367644°N 75.674716°W |
| Information | |
| Motto | "Together, in a positive, secure environment, the General Vanier School Community fosters the development of respectful, caring, responsible, interdependent, self-directed learners." |
| Established | 1963 |
| School board | Ottawa-Carleton District School Board |
| Superintendent | Nadia Towaij |
| Area trustee | Shirley Seward |
| Principal | Christina Rathier |
| Grades | J-K to Grade 3 |
| Communities served | Riverside Park East |
| Website | www |
Opened for the 1963-64 school year, General Vanier Public School serves Ottawa's Riverside Park East and South communities. The school was completed in 1963 on what had been the Munro farm. The school accommodated students from kindergarten through grade 6. Grades 7 and 8 were transported by bus from the school to Hopewell Avenue School.[1]
At the time of the opening in the fall of 1963, Bayview Public School on Riverside Drive was undergoing renovations. Students temporarily attended General Vanier PS.[1]
The school adjoins Pauline Vanier Park, named after the Governor-General's wife.
The Ottawa public board, which had begun naming schools after vice-regal representatives, sought and obtained the permission of Governor-General Georges Vanier to name the school after him. It had already named schools after Governors-General Vincent Massey and Viscount Alexander.[2]
