The Stride Avenue School takes its name from the street which had been named after Eber Stride, Burnaby Councillor from 1894-1913. The school opened in 1929 as a two-classroom building although additions were made in 1949, 1953, 1957, 1964, 1969 and 1973.
Note on recto reads: "Sherri Smart - Card / Isaac Melles - Dodo / Kristie Lamond - Tewedle Dum / Cheralee Hahn Michelle Lapre Jennifer Fox - Cards / Kulvinder Rai - Cheshire Cat"
Photographer's stamp on verso
Note on verso reads: "page A-8 / Burnaby / Today / PMT 100% / B-4 Saturday family page / reduce 80% / PMT twice / students stage Alice"
Newspaper clipping attached to verso reads: "STUDENTS STAGE 'ALICE' ... Audiences attending the 'Alice in Wonderland' production staged this week by Stride Community School in Burnaby were delighted with the colorful portrayal of the familiar Lewis Carroll characters. Above, waiting their turn to go on stage are, from left at rear, Sherri Smart, Isaac Melles, Cheralee Hahn, Michelle Lapre and Jennifer Fox, and in foreground, Kristie Lamond Tweedle Dum and Kulvinder Rai (as the Cheshire cat)."
Photograph of Joan Lee, the principal of Stride Avenue Community School and soon Taylor Park Elementary School, leaning against a fence in front of the school, facing Griffiths Drive.
Photograph of Joan Lee, the principal of Stride Avenue Community School and soon Taylor Park Elementary School, leaning against a fence in front of the school, facing Griffiths Drive.
Collected by editorial for use in a June 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Joan Lee, the principal of Stide Avenue Community School, will face a unique challenge in 2002, when she'll also be running the new Taylor Park School, with a busy thoroughfare, 20th St., between them."
Photograph of Curtis Joe, a Powwow dancer from Shishalh (Sechelt), preparing to perform at the Arrows to Freedom Cultural Healing Society Powwow at Stride Community School.
Photograph of Curtis Joe, a Powwow dancer from Shishalh (Sechelt), preparing to perform at the Arrows to Freedom Cultural Healing Society Powwow at Stride Community School.
Collected by editorial for use in a December 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Curtis Joe, a "fancy dancer" with the Salish nation in Sechelt, adjusts his costume prior to performing at the Arrows to Freedom Cultural Healing Society's traditional pow-wow at Stride Community School on Saturday."
Photograph of Premier Gordon Campbell watching three grade 6 or 7 students from Stride perform a scene from their play "The War Within" in a classroom.
Photograph of Premier Gordon Campbell watching three grade 6 or 7 students from Stride perform a scene from their play "The War Within" in a classroom.
Collected by editorial for use in a March 2004 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Premier Gordon Campbell listens attentively as Grade 6 and 7 students from Stride Elementary perform a scene from The War Within, a play they created about bullying. Campbell was at the school to announce a new program of provincial standards for school codes of conduct to help improve student safety."
Photograph of student performers Haho Presto, Mallory Villafuerte, and Karina Pelayo posing on a playground as a promotion for the play "The War Within," which was written and produced by students at Stride Avenue Community School.
Photograph of student performers Haho Presto, Mallory Villafuerte, and Karina Pelayo posing on a playground as a promotion for the play "The War Within," which was written and produced by students at Stride Avenue Community School.
Collected by editorial for use in a February 2005 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Haho Presto, Mallory Villafuerte and Karina Pelayo are performers in "The War Within," a play about bullying and other kids' issues written and produced by students at Stride Community School."
Collected by editorial for use in a January 2006 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Kapil Pathmanathan and Ashley Leung, photographed through one of the pinhole cameras they used to learn the principles of photography, are two of the Grade 6 and 7 students from Stride Community School who then used conventional cameras to explore what they value in life. The results will be exhibited in a display called "Black and White," in the school's gym on Jan. 27."