| Henry Hudson Elementary School | |
| Address | |
| 1551 Cypress Street Vancouver, British Columbia, V6J 3L3, Canada |
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| Information | |
| School number | 03939053 |
| School board | School District 39 Vancouver |
| Superintendent | Gary Little |
| Area trustee | Shirley Wong |
| Principal | Bruce Porritt |
| School type | Elementary school |
| Grades | K-7 |
| Language | English |
| Area | Kitsilano |
| Founded | 1911 |
| Enrolment | 244[1] (September 2007) |
| Homepage | http://hudson.vsb.bc.ca |
Henry Hudson Elementary School is an elementary school located on Cypress Street in Kitsilano, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. As of the 2009/10 school year, the principal is Bruce Porritt.[2]
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The school was built in 1911–12 with eight rooms at a cost of $48,000. It was named named after the explorer who, in April 1610, set sail from England on a ship called Discovery to find the Northwest Passage on this continent. Within a year, the school was already overcrowded and the school expanded to 16 rooms in January, 1914.[2] In the pre-war years the school was notable for having no corporal punishment.[3] The gymnasium building was opened in 1950.[2] The construction involved in the school's subsequent expansion was criticized for not being cost effective, for example by having unnecessary outside entrances.[4]
Circa 1969, it was the only school in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia to offer a "New Canadian Class" for immigrant children.[5] In 2006, Henry Hudson became a dual-track school offering French Immersion.
During the Depression the school was one third Japanese and one third Sikh.[3]
At the present time Henry Hudson School continues to have a diverse student population. English is the first language for 52% of students, Chinese (Mandarin or Cantonese) is the first language of 17%, and twenty other first languages comprise the remaining 31%.[2]