Catherine Carmichael says grandmother Mary Sharabura had words of praise for McCrea for the help she and other newcomer students received from her when she was McFadden Public School principal
When it was reported by SooToday that the Algoma District School Board announced it would be revising its policy of naming new schools after notable people, the Sault’s Catherine Carmichael was reminded of how schoolteacher Anna McCrea helped her grandmother Mary Sharabura adjust to life in Canada as a student and young immigrant from Ukraine.
She said she knows Anna McCrea taught her grandmother, who came to Sault Ste. Marie from Ukraine with her family and attended the McFadden School. “She would always say, ‘make sure you tell your kids that,’ and she hoped they wouldn’t ever change the school’s name and that Anna McCrea helped so many immigrant families.”
Sharabura began attending McFadden Public School in the city’s west end in 1923 as a 12-year-old new arrival from Ukraine.Sharabura told Carmichael that McFadden was a challenging school to run for McCrea because many of its students were immigrants from Croatia, Italy, Russia and Ukraine with varying levels of English language skills.
Carmichael said Sharabura appreciated the Sault Ste. Marie Public School Board for naming a school after McCrea in 1956.She encouraged her students to finish school and get involved in sports, going the extra mile to make sure her students received all the help they needed, such as getting eyeglasses if required, going to YMCA summer camps and giving them food during the Great Depression of the 1930s.
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