South Slope Elementary School & The B.C. Provincial School for the Deaf
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark843
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Geographic Access
- Watling Street
- Associated Dates
- 1992
- Heritage Value
- South Slope/B.C. School for the Deaf opened in 1992 and is one of the newer elementary schools in the City. The 2009 School Growth Plan notes that South Slope/BC School for the Deaf replaced the former Jericho Hill School for the Deaf in Vancouver.
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
- Street Address
- 4446 Watling Street
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
Images
![Pier Morten, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2965.jpg?width=280)
Pier Morten
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97682
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Shelley Morten signing to wrestler Pier Morten, as a crowd of South Slope Elementary School students applaud in American Sign Language behind them.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2965
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Shelley Morten signing to wrestler Pier Morten, as a crowd of South Slope Elementary School students applaud in American Sign Language behind them.
- Subjects
- Persons - Athletes
- Persons - Students
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a December 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Shelley Morten signs to her husband, Pier, what is happening behind them, as volleyball players at South Slope Elementary School applaud the blind and deaf wrestler, also using sign language. Pier was honored by the school as an inspiration to its own athletes, some of whom are also deaf."
- Geographic Access
- Watling Street
- Street Address
- 4446 Watling Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
Images
![Pier Morten, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2965.jpg)
South Slope Elementary School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62701
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 8, 2009
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col. ; 600 ppi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of South Slope Elementary School and the British Columbia Provinical School for the Deaf.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 8, 2009
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col. ; 600 ppi
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 503-034
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2009-10
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of South Slope Elementary School and the British Columbia Provinical School for the Deaf.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Schools
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Pasch, Rebecca
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Watling Street
- Street Address
- 4446 Watling Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
Images
![South Slope Elementary School science fair, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-3083-1.jpg?width=280)
South Slope Elementary School science fair
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97978
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of students at a science fair at South Slope Elementary School. Photographs depict student grade 5 Yvonne Fang creating a tornado in soft drink bottles and grade 6 Lory Liu listening to a glass.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-3083
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of students at a science fair at South Slope Elementary School. Photographs depict student grade 5 Yvonne Fang creating a tornado in soft drink bottles and grade 6 Lory Liu listening to a glass.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a January 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-3083-1: "Yvonne Fang, 10, a Grade 5 student at South Slope Elementary, creates her own tornado at the school's annual science fair."
- Caption from metadata for 535-3083-2: "Lory Liu, 11, a Grade 6 student at South Slope Elementary, tests the musical quality of glasses filled with different levels of water, at the school's annual science fair."
- Geographic Access
- Watling Street
- Street Address
- 4446 Watling Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
Images
![South Slope Elementary School science fair, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-3083-1.jpg)
Inkwells to Internet: A History of Burnaby Schools
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7551
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 978-0-9781979-2-6
- Call Number
- 371 CAR
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 2020
- Physical Description
- vii, 35 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Schools--British Columbia--Burnaby
- Subjects
- Education
- Notes
- "Includes index"
- A history of the Burnaby school district and individual school buildings in Burnaby, BC, between 1893 and 2013.
- The “First Nations cemetery” described on page 109 in Mary Johnson’s recollections was originally written as “Indian” and may refer to the Khalsa Diwan Society’s Sikh cremations at the Vancouver Cemetery.
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