An article with the results from the Bradford High School Entrance Exam.

"Pupil.
Roland Garrett
Elmer Kneeshaw
John Faris
Thomas Sloane
Gertrude Kneeshaw
May Saint
Beatrice McLean
Harry Armstrong
James C. Smith
Percy Selby
Lenna Dedman
Howard Graham
Bert Harman
Wilfred Magee
Fred Collings
Alice King
Alice Holtorf
Philip Boddy
Florence Stibbs
Luella Kneeshaw
Helen Kiteley
Irene Gordon
DOnald McKay
Harry Fraser
Ferguson Sutherland
Lorenzo Harvey
Dorothy Tyrwhitt
Hattie Cobourn
Olive Bateman
Harry Manning
Rolson McAfee
Norman Steele"

The Bradford Model School pictured was constructed in 1878 to replace a previous building destroyed by fire.
Mr. Frank Wood was the first principal in 1878.
It was established by Simcoe County Council for the training of teachers, and by 1907, 496 teachers were trained there.
Upon the discontinuance of Model training in Ontario, the building continued to be Bradford Public School until the new Bradford Public School was erected in 1951. The Model School was located east of the present school.
It consisted of three rooms downstairs, and two large ones upstairs. It was made of brick, and was heated by two coal furnaces.

An old time postcard featuring Bradford Public School. This photo is from the Bradford Womens Institute Scrapbooks.

Bradford Public School, Room 5.

Teacher: Miss. Robinson
Back Row: Donald Wilson, unknown, Wilbert Curry, Tom Holly, Florie Rogers, Hilda Corrigan, Betty Semenuk, Isabel Hunter, Evelyn Lang, Verda Feegan, Helen Metcalf, Marjorie Seim and Mary Webb.

Second Row: Muriel Reeves, May Parks, Marjorie Bales, Jean Robinson, Lilly Bonn, Gladys Ogilvie, Ida Cavallo, Eleanor Collings, Eilleen Church, Carrie Stamper and Marian Church.

Front Row: Ken Seim, Harvey Aikens, Elwood James, unknown, Aubrey Belfrey, unknown, Art Hand, Bruno Cavallo, Joe Zampoloni, Frank Maurino and Eddy Stamper.

"A project planned by the Centennial Commission in preparation for 1967 is to have school children, across the country, participate in tree planting in the parks of Canada, and for this area arrangements were made to have this done at the new Holland Valley Conservation Authority park in West Gwillimbury, north of Bradford, on Friday last. The project was in charge of the Canadian Centennial Commission and the Conservation Authority, with the trees and officials who directed the officials who directed the work of planting, from the Department of Lands and Forests." ...

"After 31 years of teaching about 1,000 pupils at Bradford public school, Barbara Stewart is retiring at the end of this school year. It's a thought that brings a mixture of emotions for her. On one hand is the anticipation of doing the things she has been dreaming of for years: travelling extensively in winter and relaxing at her cottage in Minden in summer. On the other hand: "I'm going to miss the children," she admits, 'And the staff too. I have many good friends here. I retired as the organist last June. I guess you could say I'm tearing up all my roots...no, routines. I'm tearing up all my old routines.'Although she is leaving Bradford for good at the end of this school year, Miss Stewart has reassured her friends that she will be coming back often to visit."

Contains news clippings and articles on Bradford Public School in Bradford West Gwillimbury

Retiring After 31 Years Brings Her Mixed Emotions
By John Slykhuis

After 31 years of teaching about 1,000 pupils at Bradford Public School, Barbara Stewart is retiring at the end of this school year. It's a thought that brings a mixture of emotions for her. One one hand is the anticipation of doing the things she has been dreaming of for years: travelling extensively in winter and relaxing at her cottage in Minden in summer. On the other hand: "I'm going to miss the children," she admits, "And the staff too. I have many good friends here." Her last class, she says, is particularly special. "I'm really enjoying this last class. This is one of the nicest classes I've ever taught." This Grade 3 class, like the one she started with in 1941, is small and close, almost like a family. She had 13 children to teach in a small one room schoolhouse in Markham Township that first year, and they represented all eight grades. Five years later, she started at the old Bradford Public School, and she has been here ever since. There are so many memories here for Miss Stewart that it is difficult for her to pick out any one, but one does stand out in her mind. Several years ago, the Lions Club of Bradford brought over a crippled girl from India, Vanita Khubchandi, to have an operation at Sick Children's Hospital in Toronto. While here, she attended Miss Stewart's Grade 7 class. "She came every morning in an ambulance on a stretcher. She had to lie flat on her back all the time...The children really took to her." Then the day arrived for her operation. "The biggest thrill was the day she walked back into the classroom. Oh, the children were so excited. They had a party for her." Miss Stewart still hears from her occasionally and reports that she is walking well and has just finished high school. There are other memories too: walking through snow bank in the early years only to find out when she arrives that the school was closed; teaching her favorite subject, music; and taking the girls' choir to Newmarket where it won first prize. She taught a huge 45-pupil Grade 4-5 class a few years ago ("that was the most challenging and the most rewarding"), and watched the growth of children just arrived from other countries ("It was most rewarding to see them learn the language and go on to do well"). And what about the modern school system? "Well, I approve of the new standard of reporting the progress of a child. But I would far sooner talk to the parents. It's better than any report card. You find out so much more about the child." She adds however, "I believe in marking. I don't see how you can teach without it." Home for Miss Stewart is Markham, where she spends every weekend with her family, and until recently she was the organist at the Markham Presbyterian Church. "I retired as the organist last June. I guess you could say I'm tearing up all my roots...no, routines. I'm tearing up all my old routines." Although she is leaving Bradford for good at the end of this school year, Miss Stewart has reassured her friends that she will be coming back often to visit.