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Object Name

Yearbook

Object ID

2021.031.001

Title

Langley High School Annual Parade, 1945.

Date

1945.

Description

A yearbook titled "Ship Ahoy The Annual Langley High School Parade." The front cover is made of yellow paper. It has a drawing on it of a ship sailing in from the right. The date "1945" is on its bow. Behind it is a distant shore with beams of sunlight crossing the sky. The title is hand written in black letters, "Ship Ahoy" is across the top. "The Annual" is written vertically down the spine, with "Parade" at the bottom. "Langley High School" is in the centre. "Patricia's" is hand written in ink on the top of the front cover. The spine is green and the back is blank. The yearbook features the names and photographs of students in grades 8 through 12 at Langley high School, as well as the school staff; images of various clubs, sports teams, student council, etc. are also included. The dedication page is dated to June 1945. The graduate class has their names and brief histories typed out.

People/Subject

Langley High School

In 1909 the first high school class was organized and held in rented quarters in Murrayville. From 1911-18, classes were held in Belmont Superior School (later Murrayville Elementary), but the school became overcrowded with elementary and high school students. The school board approached the Municipal Council, but their request for a new schol was turned down twice. The board resigned, but the next board was more successful and local contractor Owen Hughes was hired on a low bid of $11,900. The School Board temporarily found room for the overflow pupils from Murrayville in the downstairs portion of Milner Hall and by renting the Sharon Presbyterian Church Hall. In 1922, Langley High School moved from Murrayville to Milner School, where it remained until Langley High School was built on Yale Road in 1924. Langley High School opened in 1924 with two classrooms and one science room. It taught grades 9 to 12. Additional rooms were built in 1934. In roughly 1947 the new school on the current property (2005) was built, and it included Grades 11 and 12. In 1948, the old building on Fraser Highway became Langley Central Elementary, and the high school students moved to the current location (2006) at Langley SECONDARY School. In 1985 the school went from Grades 8-12.
See Also: Langley Secondary School
Term Source: History of Langley Schools" by Harry McTaggart, Maureen Pepin, and Norman Sherrit.

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