A teacher, Miss Mary
Glyde, was appointed before July lst, 1871, but did not fill
the position. That, of
course, was the year that British Columbia entered Confederation and
became Canada's seventh province. Colonial Commissioner of Lands and
Works, Joseph William Trutch, who was to approve the appointment, was
made Lt. Governor of the new province.
The changeover, and consequent delay, resulted in the
withdrawal of Miss Glyde. It
was not until March 1872 that classes were finally begun.
Ten pupils were enrolled; 7 girls and 3 boys.
The teacher was Mrs. Elizabeth
Fisher, though the official appointment was delayed until
May of that year when the first teachers were appointed under the new
Public Schools Act of British Columbia.
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Elizabeth
Fisher
1872 |

Miss Abbie
J. Polley 1875-1877 |

Mr.
C.E. Clarke
1881-1884 |

Mr.
S.J. Darrington Lee
1891 |

Mr.
Dawson H.Elliot 1891-1891 |
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Miss May
Godson 1902-1906 |

Miss A.E.
Hodges 1911-1912 |

Miss B.H.
Sargent 1916-1917 |

Miss Marion
I. Minns 1926-1929 |

Miss.
Lillian Helgesen 1932-1933 |
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Source:
(Photograph) Islander Times –Colonist March 9,1997 |
| John Witty and Sir James
Douglas were moving forces behind contruction of the old
Metchosin school in 1872. Wood heated, with a teacher who was
paid $55 a month, the school had 15 students by the time this
picture was taken in 1899. |
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