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1914 (Création/Production)
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- Jewish People's School
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The Jewish People's Schools were founded in 1914 under the auspices of the Poale Zion Party, mainly to provide Jewish education for Jewish children attending the Protestant schools in Montreal. Pupils initially attended classes in the afternoons and on Sunday. In 1928, the Jewish People's Schools organized the first Jewish all-day school in Montreal.
In the early years, the schools were run out of rented houses but in 1941 a modern school was built on the corner of Waverly and Fairmount. Two rented houses however were also maintained to handle the number of students. In 1954 the first stage of the building on Van Horne was built. Between 1956-1958 the school of Waverly Street and the annex opposite the school were sold as the second story of the Van Horne Street building was completed.
The Jewish People's Schools combined a secular programme, by following the official curriculum of the former Protestant School Board of Montreal, with training in Yiddish and Hebrew. The school was dedicated to the preservation of Jewish heritage and took responsibility to provide students with Jewish consciousness.
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This Subfonds consists of archival materials from the Jewish People's School only prior to their merger with the Jewish Peretz Schools in 1971. Materials post-merger can be found in the Jewish People's and Peretz Schools Subfonds. This Subfonds consists of administrative and school governance records, from fundraising and curricula development and the involvement of teachers, parents, and students. Also consists of publications created by the school and its students and material related to the school's concert society.