Sir Guy Carleton Elementary School - Vancouver

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3250 Kingsway, Vancouver, BC V5R 5K5

Sir Guy Carleton Elementary School, often shortened to Carleton School or Carleton, is an elementary school located at the southern periphery of the Renfrew-Collingwood neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is part of the Vancouver School District.

Founded as Vancouver East School in 1896, it is the oldest school in the city. It was renamed Collingwood Heights School in 1908, following the completion of the wooden “frame building” the year prior. The school took its present name, named for Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, in 1911, when construction on the main “brick building” began.

The school has had a turbulent history since the late 2000s; it was the site of two major fires and a murder, and the Vancouver School Board (VSB) has proposed to close down the school thrice. Green Thumb Theatre, a local children’s theatre company, leased the original schoolhouse (Carleton Hall) in 2011 to prevent its closure and demolition.