Crofton House School
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| Crofton House School | |
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3200 West 41st Avenue , , Canada | |
| Coordinates | 49°14′04″N 123°10′37″W / 49.2345°N 123.1770°W |
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| School type | Independent |
| Motto | "Servabo Fidem" ("Keep the Faith") |
| Founded | 1898 |
| Head of School | Ena Harrop |
| Grades | K–12 |
| Enrollment | 708 |
| Language | English |
| Colour(s) | Navy, Green and White |
| Mascot | Falcon |
| Team name | Crofton Falcons |
| Symbol | Ivy leaf |
| Website | www |
| Last updated: October 9, 2018 | |
Crofton House School, located in the neighbourhood of Kerrisdale in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, is a private university-preparatory school for girls that is tied for first place in the Fraser Institute's rankings of schools in British Columbia.[1]
History
Crofton House School was founded in 1898 by educational pioneers, the Gordon sisters, Jessie Fisher Gordon LL.D. and Mary Gordon.
Jessie Fisher Gordon (1872-1951) was born in Dumfries, and educated at Bradford Girls Grammar School, an innovative and relatively academically demanding girls school.[2] She was an early student at Newnham College, Cambridge, matriculating in 1892,[3] although at the time women were not accepted as members of Cambridge University, and could not be awarded degrees. Scholarships were available for Bradford girls to attend the women's colleges of Oxford, Cambridge and London, and Gordon may have received one of these.[4] At the time, many women students attended Newnham College in the hope of a career as a schoolteacher (one of the very few careers open to middle-class women), and Gordon may have been among them.[5]. It is notable that the name Crofton House was selected in honour of 'Crofton Cottages' in Newnham village, Cambridge, where the Cambridge Training College for Women Teachers (subsequently Hughes Hall) was located.[6] In recognition of her work for girls' education, Gordon was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Law from the University of British Columbia.
The school was founded in the Gordons' family home on Georgia Street, Vancouver, with just four girls. Three years later, in 1901, the school moved to the corner of Jervis and Nelson in the West End.
The ivy leaf, the emblem of the Gordon clan, was chosen as the school emblem, and the motto became "servabo fidem" (I will keep the faith). Crofton was a boarding school until 1990. The old boarding house is now used as the main administrative building, called "The Old Residence".
In 1937, the Misses Gordon retired and Crofton House School became an educational trust. Miss Sara E.G. Macdonald became Headmistress and in 1942 the school moved to the present 10-acre (4 ha) site on West 41st Avenue in Kerrisdale. On the day of its 90th birthday the school received its own coat of arms, granted by the Lord Lyon. To mark this occasion the Rev. Dr. T. Herbert O'Driscoll wrote a hymn for the school, "We Thank You Lord For all the Years".
Notable alumnae
- Lauren Wilkinson, Olympic medalist, Rowing[7]
References
- ^ "Crofton House Vancouver British Columbia Academic school ranking". britishcolumbia.compareschoolrankings.org. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
- ^ "History of the School". Bradford Girls Grammar School. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ Newnham College Register, vol I (1 ed.). Newnham College. 1981. p. 115.
- ^ "History of the School". Bradford Girls Grammar School. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ "History of Newnham". Newnham College website.
- ^ Martin, Ged. "The Cambridge Training College for Women Teachers: the founding decade 1885-1895". Ged Martin. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ "Lauren Wilkinson '07: The Journey to Success". Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: Crofton House School. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
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