Dr. Annie B. Jamieson Elementary School

Dr. Annie B. Jamieson Elementary is a public elementary school in Vancouver, British Columbia part of School District 39 Vancouver.

History

The school is named after Dr. Annie B. Jamieson, the first female administrator in Vancouver, a school trustee and chairperson of the Vancouver School Board. In 2004, the outside wall of the school was changed from blue to yellow, which raised a lot of complaints and controversy from students of the school.

Programs

The school has a Mandarin Bilingual Program and a Strings program. The Mandarin Bilingual Program is a program where Mandarin is taught in place of French. The Mandarin Bilingual Program was started in the Fall of 1996, by former Principal Mrs. Barbra Clarriage. This is the only school in British Columbia that has this kind of program. The strings program in Jamieson is also the biggest elementary strings program in the province.

External links

• Official School Site
• [1] - New program at the Vancouver School Board beginning September 2011 - the Early Mandarin Bilingual Program http://www.vsb.bc.ca/programs/early-mandarin-bilingual at John Norquay Elementary school, 4710 Slocan St., Vancouver, Tel: 604-713-4668.
• [2] Mandarin Bilingual Programs (referred to as MBP on this wiki page) constitute a new strong movement of bilingual programs in public schools in Canada, especially in British Columbia and Alberta, the most Western provinces of Canada. http://sites.wiki.ubc.ca/etec510/Mandarin_Bilingual_Programs_in_British_Columbia

• [3] Historical Chinese Language Materials in British Columbia Database http://burton.library.ubc.ca/hclmbc/index.html

New program at the Vancouver School Board beginning September 2011 - the Early Mandarin Bilingual Program http://www.vsb.bc.ca/programs/early-mandarin-bilingual at John Norquay Elementary school, 4710 Slocan St., Vancouver, Tel: 604-713-4668.