History
Established in 1887, the original one-room schoolhouse stood at Kensington-Mud Bay Road (40th Avenue) and Coast Meridian (168th Street). The first teacher at the school was M.J. Matheson. Prior to this, students had attended school in the home of Tom Fallowfield on the northwest corner of Brown Road, now 32nd Avenue, and Coast Meridian Road. The next Kensington Prairie School was built a mile to the south, at Brown Road (later 32nd Avenue). The earliest building on this site opened in 1914, and additions in adjoining buildings were added over the years.
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