Buildings
Red River Valley Junior Academy
| Address: | 56 Grey Street |
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| Use: | Education |
| Original Use: | Education |
| Constructed: | 1961 |
| Architects: | Unknown |
More Information
The first Seventh-Day Adventist Junior Academy was founded in 1924 in an old church on Bannerman Avenue; the name changed to Red River Valley Junior Academy when the new school opened here in 1961 to be more inclusive; it belongs to an extensive network of educational institutions world-wide owned by the Seventh Day Adventist Church.
Design Characteristics
| Suburb: | Elmwood East |
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- It is a small but active school, tucked into a space between the CPR Keewatin line and the northbound ramp for the Nairn overpass; the yard is irregular but nicely landscaped and fenced with a good play structure; it offers classes in junior kindergarten to Grade 10
- The school has two sections with an academic wing and a gym wing on the east end; it has been altered from the original brick finish to be
- covered in limestone with a small amount of dark trim
- The classrooms run from a single corridor in a rectangular plan, each with a large window replacing the original strip windows
- The gym wing reveals its concrete block construction, and has thin clerestory windows facing west and made from glass block