General Vanier Public School (Ottawa)

General Vanier Public School
Repaving Work at General Vanier PS (West and partial South sides of bldg)
Repaving the General Vanier PS schoolyard
Address
Map
1025 Harkness Avenue

Ottawa
,
Ontario
,
K1V 6N9

Canada
Coordinates45°22′04″N 75°40′29″W / 45.367644°N 75.674716°W / 45.367644; -75.674716
Information
Motto"Together, in a positive, secure environment, the General Vanier School Community fosters the development of respectful, caring, responsible, interdependent, self-directed learners."
Established1963
School boardOttawa-Carleton District School Board
SuperintendentNadia Towaij
Area trusteeShirley Seward
PrincipalChristina Rathier
GradesJ-K to Grade 3
Communities servedRiverside Park East
Websitewww.generalvanierps.ocdsb.ca

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.

  1. ^ a b "City of Ottawa Public School Board: School Boundary Changes". The Ottawa Citizen. No. 268. 23 August 1963. p. 24.