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Recreation Complex
Recreation Complex
Recreation and exercise are vital to the health and happiness of a community.
Have you spent time at the Glen Allan Recreation Complex?
What is your favourite thing to do there?
Schools
Schools
Can you imagine what school must have been like in a one room school house? Did you know, students would have to help collect wood for the stove in the winter so they could stay warm.
Glen Allan students have been lucky to have three beautiful schools in their neighbourhood almost from the beginning! Have you attended one of these schools? How have things changed over the years?
Strathcona County Museum & Archives ARCH016392 - Sherwood Park fonds (Photographs). Glen Allan School. From Our Community: Sherwood Park Kit (Tray 1 Slide 70)
Glen Allan Elementary School
Glen Allan Elementary School
"On May 1, 1973 staff and students moved into the new "school on the hill". Glen Allan Elementary, one of the largest elementary schools in the County of Strathcona is built on the original James Allan farm."
St. Nicholas School
St. Nicholas School
"In September, 1973, the construction of [St. Nicholas Catholic School, then called Jean Vanier School,] was completed and students and staff moved into the new school located at 109 Georgian Way."
Strathcona County Museum & Archives ARCH016393 - Sherwood Park fonds (Photographs). Wes Hosford School. From Our Community: Sherwood Park Kit (Tray 1 Slide 71)
Wes Hosford School
Wes Hosford School
"Wes Hosford school opened its doors to 391 students from kindergarten to grade six on September 2, 1975. The school was named in honour of Wes Hosford, a noted pioneer diary farmer from the Salisbury district."
Quotes from: Sherwood Park: The First Twenty-Five Years (1983)
- Pages 143-144
Title Picture: Strathcona County Museum & Archives ARCH 002607 - Sherwood Park fonds. Growth and Development. Glen Allan Recreational Complex
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