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Twelfth Avenue Elementary School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark848
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Geographic Access
- 12th Avenue
- Associated Dates
- 1958
- Heritage Value
- Twelfth Avenue School was one of two schools built to relieve the overcrowding at Edmonds School resulting from the housing boom in Burnaby during the 1950s - Lakeview was the other. Built in 1958, the building was added to in 1962, 1964, 1967, 1969 and 1974.
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Edmonds Area
- Street Address
- 7622 12th Avenue
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
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Love for the Workers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription95089
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 31, 2020
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Photographic Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the entrance to Twelfth Avenue School in Burnaby. The entrance is decorated with colourful paper hearts in support of health care workers. Two yellow hearts on the front doors read "Stay Safe!" and "Distance!" and a red heart above reads "We Miss You!".
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 31, 2020
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Photographic Society fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 623-008
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2020-10
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the entrance to Twelfth Avenue School in Burnaby. The entrance is decorated with colourful paper hearts in support of health care workers. Two yellow hearts on the front doors read "Stay Safe!" and "Distance!" and a red heart above reads "We Miss You!".
- Subjects
- Buildings - Schools
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Asbia, Cher
- Notes
- Transcribed title
- Geographic Access
- 12th Avenue
- Street Address
- 7622 12th Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Edmonds Area
Images
Twelfth Avenue Elementary School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62707
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 10, 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 Twelfth Avenue Elementary School.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 10, 2009
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col. ; 600 ppi
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 503-038
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2009-10
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Twelfth Avenue Elementary School.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Schools
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Pasch, Rebecca
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- 12th Avenue
- Street Address
- 7622 12th Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Edmonds Area
Images
![Twelfth Avenue Elementary School graffiti clean-up program, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2101-1.jpg?width=280)
Twelfth Avenue Elementary School graffiti clean-up program
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96440
- 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 Keyshaa Hunt, Chad Allen, and Derek Sorensen cleaning graffiti from playground equipment and surfaces as part of a graffiti clean-up program with the Burnaby RCMP at Twelfth Avenue Elementary School.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2101
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of students Keyshaa Hunt, Chad Allen, and Derek Sorensen cleaning graffiti from playground equipment and surfaces as part of a graffiti clean-up program with the Burnaby RCMP at Twelfth Avenue Elementary School.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a March 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2101-1: "Keyshaa Hunt, 12, scrubs the grafitti off the playground equipment at 12th Ave. Elementary School. Students at the school are participating in a joint program with the RCMP to clean grafitti from their school."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2101-2: "Chad Allen, 12, and Derek Sorensen, 12, clean the grafitti from playground equipment at 12th Ave. Elementary School, in a joint clean-up program with the Burnaby RCMP."
- Geographic Access
- 12th Avenue
- Street Address
- 7622 12th Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Edmonds Area
Images
![Twelfth Avenue Elementary School graffiti clean-up program, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2101-1.jpg)
![Twelfth Avenue Elementary School playground fire, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2534.jpg?width=280)
Twelfth Avenue Elementary School playground fire
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96980
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two firefighters hosing down burned-up playground equipment at Twelfth Avenue Elementary School after a fire.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2534
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two firefighters hosing down burned-up playground equipment at Twelfth Avenue Elementary School after a fire.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a July 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Burnaby firefighters hose down the charred remains of the playground equipment behind Twelfth Avenue School, near a large propane storage tank."
- Geographic Access
- 12th Avenue
- Street Address
- 7622 12th Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Edmonds Area
Images
![Twelfth Avenue Elementary School playground fire, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2534.jpg)
![Twelfth Avenue Elementary Terry Fox Run, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2745-2.jpg?width=280)
Twelfth Avenue Elementary Terry Fox Run
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97369
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of unidentified Twelfth Avenue Elementary students participating in the school's Terry Fox Run event. Photographs depict students walking and running the school's 400m outdoor track and taking refreshment breaks during the event.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2745
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of unidentified Twelfth Avenue Elementary students participating in the school's Terry Fox Run event. Photographs depict students walking and running the school's 400m outdoor track and taking refreshment breaks during the event.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a September 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2745-1: "Students participating in Twelfth Avenue Elementary School's Terry Fox Run line up to get a refreshment break during their first lunch hour running session. The students are running around a 400 meter track before and after school, and during their lunch hour, with the goal for the whole school to accumulate the same mileage as Terry Fox completed on his run."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2745-2: "Kurt Gurney, a Grade 5/6 teacher at Burnaby's Twelfth Avenue Elementary School, hands out tickets to students participating in the school's Terry Fox Run. The students get a ticket for every lap they run around a 400 meter circuit, with the goal to accumulate, by the end of the week, the same mileage that Terry Fox was able to achieve on his cross-country trek."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2745-3: "Students at Burnaby's Twelfth Avenue Elementary School participate in the school's week-long Terry Fox event. Students are given tickets for every lap of a 400 meter track they are able to complete before and after school, and during lunch hours and recess, to compare the school's total accumulated mileage to Fox's actual run."
- Geographic Access
- 12th Avenue
- Street Address
- 7622 12th Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Edmonds Area
Images
![Twelfth Avenue Elementary Terry Fox Run, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2745-2.jpg)
![Vancouver Opera at Twelfth Avenue Elementary School, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2112-1.jpg?width=280)
Vancouver Opera at Twelfth Avenue Elementary School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96488
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : b&w and col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the Vancouver Opera performing "The Magic Potion" as part of a touring presentation at Twelfth Avenue Elementary School. Photographs depict Sung Chung, Julia Bonnett, James McLennan, and Gaetan Labbe posing in costume and Sung Chung performing.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : b&w and col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2112
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the Vancouver Opera performing "The Magic Potion" as part of a touring presentation at Twelfth Avenue Elementary School. Photographs depict Sung Chung, Julia Bonnett, James McLennan, and Gaetan Labbe posing in costume and Sung Chung performing.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a March 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2112-1: "Sung Chung, Julia Bonnett, James McLennan and Gaetan Labbe, of Vancouver Opera, perform for students at 12th Ave. Elementary."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2112-2: "Sung Chung, the strongman, performs a number from "The Magic Potion," a touring presentation Vancouver Opera brought to 12th Ave. Elementary School."
- Geographic Access
- 12th Avenue
- Street Address
- 7622 12th Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Edmonds Area
Images
![Vancouver Opera at Twelfth Avenue Elementary School, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2112-1.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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