Admiral Seymour Elementary School
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| Admiral Seymour Elementary | |
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| 1130 Keefer Street Vancouver, British Columbia, V6A 1Z3, Canada |
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| Information | |
| School board | School District 39 Vancouver |
| Superintendent | Thomas Grant |
| Area trustee | Allen Blakey |
| Principal | Ms. Margaret Jorgensen |
| Grades | K-7 |
| Language | English |
| Area | Strathcona Downtown Eastside Grandview-Woodland |
| Team name | Stings |
| Colours | Grey, Maroon, Yellow and Royal Blue |
| Founded | 1900 |
| Enrollment | 157 (2007) |
| Homepage | http://seymour.vsb.bc.ca |
Admiral Seymour School is a neighboring school of Strathcona Elementary located in the 1130 Keefer Street of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. After Strathcona Elementary, Seymour is the second oldest School in Vancouver, and serves Downtown eastside, Woodland, and Hastings areas of Vancouver.
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[edit] History
Admiral Seymour was open in 1900. In those days, most people still went to Lord Strathcona even though Seymour was one block away from their homes because of the trains that were always coming. In the 1970s, four mothers of children that go to Seymour protested that the train shouldn't come 30 minutes before the school bell rang. They won and agreed with the government to build a bridge over the train tracks so that they could go to school. After that happened, Seymour started to have a rivalry to see who would get more students.
[edit] Extracurricular
Seymour Elementary participates in Basketball, Soccer, Track & Field, Flag Football, Badminton and Volleyball.
[edit] Facilities
Seymour has a Gym, a cafeteria, a Library, a Woodshop, and a Computer room.
[edit] Notable Alumni
Jimmy Mclarnin - Former World's Welterweight Boxing Champion
[edit] Trivia
Seymour is the only elementary school in Vancouver to win 3 city Championships (Basketball, Soccer, and Flag football in ‘05) from its Grad of '05s. The team had outstanding coaching from Scooter and Paul and great supporter of the Seymour principal Rick Logie. With their first championship, the principal put on the song We Are the Champions by Queen on the P.A. Following the next two championships.
The Film "It", Filmed in 1990 and written by Stephen King (Book & Film Adaption), was Filmed on premise of Seymour School.
[edit] External links
[edit] School Reports - Ministry of Education
- Satisfaction Survey
- School Performance
- Skills Assessment
- http://www.vsb.bc.ca/schools/Elementaryschools/03939032/default.htm/
