Taught Math, History, Composition, Geography, and in later years Ruth was the School’s Librarian
Always an advocate for students
Students describe her as:
"She gave us a fantastic appreciation of social rights, union power, politics, history and a love and passion for the rights of others."
"Miss Harrison demonstrated great respect for individual students and their learning"
"She developed and taught along with subject matter an approach to study and writing examinations."
"She encouraged us to reach to become the best we could be and was the first to celebrate our successes."
"In retirement at White Rock she relished in the visit of former students and their accomplishments."
One former student recalls: “ It was close to year end examinations and Miss Harrison was mentioning the opportunity she had arranged for history students to attend the Canadian Club and hear a presentation by a prominent federal politician. I said I’d like to hear him but that I needed to study for the year end examinations. She responded by stating: Never ignore your education for the sake of studying”. This was typical of the wise advice a very caring and devoted teacher gave to students.
