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x : 3 EASTDALE COLLEGIATE, ONE OF MOST MODERN HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE PROVINCE « « » The City's Growth In Educational Facilities Has Been Most Noticeable Oshawa Built First School In 1856 For - - Would You Believe $1,000 "sand another construction boom started. Central Collegiate In- stitute was the first built but During the years following ? 1851 the citizens of the newly) formed village of Oshawa were levied a tax of "five pence in! the pound for. school purposes ;, and five pence in the pound for ; %, village needs"'. \ The proportion allotted to! schools was high but within five k years the benefits of the taxa- tion were realized. \ In 1856, at a cost of $1,00 the first permanent school building was erected in Osh- awa. The greyish brick build- ing, called Centre Street school, located opposite Memorial Park, was not the first Oshawa school but because of its cen- § tral location and long stay it sign. was the most influential of any a : : : In the early days the schools early school. : ee : Rg were supervised by trustees The first school in the area : '. who were elected at the same was a one-room log building on Kingston Road in the vicinity of Harmony. Its first teacher In 1952 it was realized that four new public schools were urgently needed. After consid- decided the contract for the @eeonation, Duke of Edinburgh council. In 1890 it was decided i : peinannonvwm regres geo " concern that it should be/and beauty care. where aa an schools er . handled separately so the firsti~ew SCHOOL later constructed in more or ORIGINAL OSHAWA HIGH SCHOOL ON CENTRE STREET regular school board was estab- less remote parts of the village - « » Now Location of E. A. Lovell School sights -- almost anything was consid-| ered to be within walking dis- j ane oF tance. One was at the north|Cross separate school. Like St./built in the Harmony district corner of Royal and Simcoe|Gregory's it was added to sev-jand in 1956 St. Christopher's Streets and another at Simcoe|eral times. Later, another|was opened in the Westmount and Brock Streets. school, St. Gertrude's, wasisection of the city. BUILDING BOOM up with the board of education|tity elected by the citizens. = jeatching up and finding its/open to students of Grades 6, 7/dent of public schools, said of B @'a total of 56 instructional areas -lallowing students a variety of erable bickering the board of|science, business and com-| education took a bold step and|merce, science, technology and four schools would be given to} The two-year occupational one company and they would/courses are, perhaps, the most be built simultaneously. Thelimportant at Eastdale. They fifour schools, College Hill, Cor-jare taken by about 200 students (Aa and Woodcrest, were purely|limited. Courses being offered functional and of similar de-jinclude hair dressing and time as members of county|gitls have a beauty salon and 'hat schooling was a big enough|learn the job of sales clerking \ In 1926, to give the education|within the next two years. The system more freedom and to|board of education has said an allow the public more say inloccupational school will be In 1951 the setbacks of the|education, the board of educa-|built, probably for opening in depression and the war caught|tion became an independent en-|September 1968. Seturday, June 24, 1967 5¢ THE OSHAWA TIMES, School System Finds - | 'Its Place In Society "The education system isjon Gibb Street, will include 16 adjusted to his development. coming out of the gutters." jclassrooms, a library, 24 shops,|There is no skipping or failing q G. L. Roberts, superintendent|and a combination gymnasium|of grades; instead students are of Oshawa's secondary schools,|€nd auditorium. The students'|moved along according to their said that last year at the com.|time will be divided equally be-|ability. ' mencement exercises at R. S. tween vocational training and! Concepts and skills are ar- McLaughlin Collegiate. -He|!"Struction in academic sub-|ranged in order of progressive- agrees it was a frank statement jects, ! : ly more difficult units (three being both an admission of guilt} Courses in homemaking, hos-\per grade) until the child com- in the past and a pride, not in| Pital aid, gardening and land-|pletes the nine units of the pri- the educational system rising|SCaPing will -be added to the/mary division and later 12 units above its surroundings, _but/COurses which were started atito Grade 4, rather in the system merely|Eastdale. The courses will be] Dr, C. M. Elliott, superinten- place in society, and 8 and students from oppor-|the system: The gutters spoken of were!tunity classes. "Every child progresses at the many failings of a system ' his own rate, is challen which assumed every child who SUNSET HEIGHTS meeting work Bitin - ¥ ever attended a class had the} A new aspect of modern edu-|the time that he is prepared to ambition of going to university\Cation is the introduction of un-|meet it and is not frustrated ©" and that those who couldn'tjgtaded learning at Oshawa's| make it belonged in the '"'ditch|Sunset Heights School. Under| SEE EDUCATION digging" category. ithis system a child's work is} Continued on Page 7C +++ Sees progress Mr. Roberts went on to tell --= -- the students at the commence-! ment, 'You are among the first products of the re-organized program for Ontario schools. You have been part of a guinea pig generation in high} schools." { And what is the result of the! experimentation which has brought about the emergence of educatien from the gutter? |EASTDALE | Eastdale Collegiate and Vo- cational Institute, Oshawa's! jnewest high school, is one ex- ample of modern education. | Opened last September, it has! G. L. ROBERTS In fact-we just started in business choices in what may be the most important decision of| their lives. Four- and five-year| courses are offered in arts and during this Centennial Year. trades. whose aims in education are ' : * We're looking forward to serving you and your children in the beauty care, service station coming years [ work and sales clerk training. The boys have a fully equip- ped workshop and upstairs the Your Complete One-Stop Shopping Centre for All Baby Needs ; small store where they can THE NURSERY ROOM 26 KING ST. E. OSHAWA 576-0550 Open All Day Wed. -- Open Thurs. & Fri. Till 9 P.M. These occupational students will be housed under one roof The new school, to be located Later, Oshawa Grammar School, a private school which couldn't receive public aid, was located on the ground floor of q two-storey frame building be- longing to a temperance Fra- ternal order on Simcoe Street between John and _ Lloyd Streets. Known as "Son's Hall" it advertised, "young ladies and gentlemen may receive in- Sees tain LLOYD METCALF REAL ESTATE ee FULL REALTY SERVICES SEPARATE SCHOOL The first separate school was a small wooden one - storey building, called St. Gregory's, built in 1859 on Prince Street. The Rev. Father J. B. Prouix, Oshawa's first Roman Catholic priest, was principal and the 30 students were taught by three sisters. The original school was rebuilt and added to several times. The Centre Street school, it was both elementary and sec- ondary, met demands until 1877 when a series of four - room standard design ward schools were built. Two of these schools, Mary Street and Albert Street, are still being used and are the oldest functioning schools in Oshawa. MODERN SCHOOL In 1909 came the first school which might be termed "mod- ern". Built on King Street, the eight-room school had all of the latest construction features, lighting improvements, fire proofing, recreation facilities and equipment. The next year the first mod- ern high school was construct- ed and the original Centre Street school became entirely elementarf: The new 10 - room school was built on what was then known as Simcoe Heights and is now Oshawa Collegiate and Vocational Institute. Simcoe Street public school, erected in 1916 was the first to have steam heating. Three years later a building boom started which ended with four new public schools being con- structed at a cost of $700,000 between 1919 and 1922. VOCATIONAL The growth of industrial and industrial life in the city cre- ated a demand for young men with grounding in various fields of vocational endeavor. Oshawa Collegiate and Voca- tional Institute, completed in 1930 answered this need and marked the beginning of a new era of secondary education in Oshawa. The teachers who stayed on at OCVI and other Oshawa schools in the early days of the depression were valiant souls indeed. Their hours were long and the schools were over- crowded with students who stayed in school because they knew there we-e no jobs if they uit. Vpecaue of the city's depress- ed financial situation the teach- ers' salaries were cut. In 1937 the separate school board purchased the home of Mr. and Mrs. Cowan on Simcoe Street and converted it to Holy NEW and JOE MAGA ELDON KERR JACK HOGAN MARK TOMINA FRANK FRANKFURTER JOHN O'DRISCOLL YES | THERE IS A REASON WHY WE USE EXPERIENCED, ESTATE SALESMEN, AND OUR GROWTH PRO ® REALTORS 40. 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