Wednesday, May 20, 2009
SCHOOL BOARD OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCES THE NAMES OF THREE NEW SCHOOLS
Florence Hallock School - The Lake District, 16437 87 Street NW. Click here to visit the school website.
Florence Hallock, who taught from 1916 to 1937, was an accomplished and admired pioneer educator. She was a leading authority in domestic sciences, and no history of Home Economics development in Alberta would be complete without special mention of her. Florence served on the first Home Economics Curriculum Revision Committee in 1915 and was appointed as supervisor of Home Economics in 1916. She held the presidency of the Edmonton Home Economics Association, which later honoured her memory with Florence Hallock Memorial - a permanent series of exhibits at the Edmonton Museum of Art.
Florence also taught at the University of Alberta for many years, which, in 1951, established the Hallock Memorial Prize in Home Economics in her honour. In addition to teaching, Florence set up an emergency hospital at Victoria School during World War One, during the 1930s she organized upgrading classes for unemployed women, and she was also a staunch supporter of the Y.W.C.A. In July of 1938, the Alberta Teacher’s Association granted her a Life Membership; later that same year she passed away. Florence had a lifelong association with education and community service in the city, as well as a significant impact on the students she served.
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