DUNCAN HIGH SCHOOL
The Valley's first public high school was built in 1911 near the corner of Cairnsmore and Nagle Streets in Duncan on the same property where Duncan Elementary School is located. Mr. Victor Woodworth was the first principal. The school burned to the ground in March 1946. No structure remains.
This Duncan High School Class of 1910-1911 photo is from the 2 August 1967 Cowichan Leader.
Left to right, back row - Miss Laura Bell, Mr. J. Stanley Dyke, Mr. Albert Dirom, Mr. Marshall Smith, Miss Laura Henderson
Left to right, front row - Mrs. Winnie Dovey (nee Murton), Mrs. Ethel Fraser (nee West), Mrs. Blanche Mackenzie (nee Truesdale), Mrs. Flora Gowe (nee McKinnon)
Other members of the first graduating class included Katie Smith, Albert Dickenson, Lydia Campbell, Albert E. Savage, Wilfred Green, W. H. Truesdale and Nona Smith, as well as their teachers, Mr. Victor Woodworth and Mr. Arnold B. Thorp - all of whom had died prior to this first class reunion held July 29, 1967 at the Silver Bridge Inn in Duncan.
DUNCAN HIGH SCHOOL, GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM, 1922
Left to right – Alice Stroulger (later Bowker), Ina Castley (later Talbot), Viola Harris, Edna Castley (later Green) and Hilda Best (later McNichol)
Duncan High School, 1933 - 1934 Grade 9
Teacher: Unknown
Duncan High School 1935-1936 Grade 11
Teacher: Mr. Richard McNaughton Lendrum
Duncan High School: 1939-1940 Div.5
Teacher: Unknown
Duncan High School 1939-1940 Div. 9 Grade 7
Teacher: Miss Daisy de Jong
Duncan High School 1947 1948
Grade 10B
Teacher: Mr. Kier
Duncan High School. June 1949 Grad Class
