School Archives Program
The Mission School Archives Program (SAP) is the first of its kind in BC. SAP helps to ensure that records for each school are preserved in the Mission Community Archives. Established in 2000, the program is designed to assist and train staff, students from kindergarten to grade twelve, and parents to play a proactive role in preserving the documentary heritage of their school on a year to year basis.
At the beginning of each school year, every school in Mission is given an archives box containing folders to place records in during the year. The boxes are then collected at the end of June and inventoried during the summer.
Comprised of annual reports, yearbooks, school publications, photographs, artwork, and other items, Val Billesberger, the Community Archivist and founder of the program, claims that the records not only document the history of the school but also the community. She states: “This program provides a valuable service-learning opportunity for students and creates a lasting legacy from which present and future generations will benefit.”
Program Participants
- Albert McMahon Elementary
- Cherry Hill Elementary
- Deroche Elementary
- Dewdney Elementary
- École Christine Morrison
- École des Deux-Rives
- École Heritage Park Middle School
- École Mission Central
- ESR Elementary
- Hatzic Elementary
- Hatzic Middle School
- Hillside Traditional Academy
- Stave Falls Elementary*
- Silverdale Elementary
- Valley Christian School
- West Heights Elementary
- Windebank Elementary
- École Mission Secondary
- Riverside College
The Mission Community Archives also houses the records of Summit Learning, Stave Falls Elementary (except during its closure between 2008 and 2018) and the following schools which have permanently closed since the School Archives Program was established in 2000: Cedar Valley School, Durieu Elementary, Ferndale Elementary, and Fraserview Elementary.
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