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Baghead creation myth

Baghead creation myth

Item is an amateur video recording of a theatrical presentation by a grade 5 class from Hastings School, filmed in the courtyard in front of the main hall. The presentation is a creation myth story in which a trickster monkey builds dolls out of mud which are then animated by thunder and lightning. These ‘bagheads’ travel between several worlds and encounter various strange creatures before finding the perfect world and removing their masks to become the first people. Presentation includes footage of the spectators and teachers.

Linking schools with the community

Linking schools with the community

Item is a promotional film developed to support and promote the Vancouver School Board’s Partners in Education program. The film presents testimonials and success stories from various businesses and schools who have taken advantage of the program, discussing what benefits the partnered schools and businesses were able to bring to each other. The film begins with school administrators and business people talking about the program. The film then presents a number of success stories with various business and schools. The partnerships profiled include: The Port of Vancouver, Chevron Canada, Unisys Canada Inc., University Hospital, the Dr. Sun Yat-Yat Sen Classical Chinese Gardens, the Champlain Mall, the Pan Pacific Hotel, and Vancouver Community College.

The film involves testimonials and short interviews with a number of teachers, school administrators, and business: Jim Matkin (President, BC Business Council), Sheila Tripp (School Principal), Ken Haycock (School Principal), Ken Harvey (Director, Vancouver School Board), Dr. Dante Lupini (Superintendent of Schools, Vancouver), Gwen Smith (School Principal), Barbara Duggan (Vancouver Port Corporation), Gary Ryan (Chevron Canada Ltd), Bill Strachan (Chevron Canada Ltd), Neil Prinsen (Teacher), Maris Pavelson (Unisys Canada Inc.), Sheila Tripp (School Principal), Arlene Cook (Teacher), Lesley Bainbridge (University Hospital), Diane Bolton (Champlain Mall), Joyce Anderson (School Principal), Anne Shorthouse (Program Manager, VSB), Gail Smith (Program Manager, VSB), and Darcy Rezak (Vancouver Board of Trade).

[Mount Pleasant Elementary School class]

[Mount Pleasant Elementary School class]

Group portrait showing left to right: (back row): Harvey, James Flemming, Billie Howard, Grace, Jack Aggie, Alex Sinclair, Robert Young; (middle row): Miss Millie, Melvyn McLeod, Victor Hill, Basil, Frank Wilkinson, Stewart McKenzie, Bruce Singer, Evelyn Grey, Bertha, Clifford Anderson; (front row): Martha, Annie, Ethel, Hazel, Elenore, Minnie, Ruth, Eva, Kathleen, Wilma Wilson and Ruth O.

[Mount Pleasant Elementary School class]

[Mount Pleasant Elementary School class]

Group portrait showing left to right: (back row): Fred Thom, Angus McDonald, Teddy McIntyre, Frank Bruceator, Donald McIntosh, Lyman Swenerton, Fred Lee, Addie Harrington, Teddy Jones; (second row): Mable Paynter, Eva Butchart, Nancy Carfrae, Irene Yendole, Elsie Behman, Ethel Boyer, Jean McAllister; (third row): Vera Roper, Wilma Wilson, Annie Dede, Ruth Roher, Jean McIntyre, Laura Sawyer, Grace Brown, Winnie Osborne; (front row): Alec Williamson, Toby Wong, Amercy McLaren, Anchel Goldberg, Wilfred Griffin, Leslie Nottingham and Ralph Young

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