
STUDENT SUCCESS SUPPORTS
- Disciplinary Tracking System
- In-School Resource Team
- Comprehensive Transition Plans
- 2 Learning Resource Teachers
- English-as-a-Second Language Teacher
- Instructional Coach Supporting Teachers, Principal, and Vice-Principal
- Comprehensive Literacy Focus: Modeled Reading and Guided Reading, with Reading for Meaning as the focus of our TLCP (Teaching & Learning Critical Pathways) Planning
- Teaching and Learning Mathematics Focus
- Implementation of many computers, wireless internet, tablet technology and SMARTboards
- Student Nutrition Program-healthy snacks provided daily to all students
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
- Everybody Plays approach to sport & physical activity (2009 winner of a Profiling Excellence Award)
- Gauss Math Competition
- Extensive Instrumental and Vocal Music programming
- Student Council
CLUBS
- Band
- Year Long Intramurals
- Memory Book
- Choir
- Blue Crew (recycling)
- Student Council
- Lunch Monitors
- Peer Mediators
- Active Recess Leaders
BEFORE/AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM OR ACTIVITIES
- Junior and Senior Girls’ and Boys’ 3-Pitch Team
- Junior and Senior Girls’ and Boys’ Volleyball
- Junior and Senior Girls’ and Boys’ Basketball
- Junior and Senior Cross-Country
- Choir
- Concert Band
- Track and Field
- Student Council/Parliament
- Soccer
OUR SCHOOL PLAN
CURRICULUM FOCUS
Literacy
- Reading strategies comprehensive literacy instructional approaches:Modelled, Shared, Guided and Independent Reading
- TLCP Focus: Reading for Meaning expectations
- Writing strategies making connections to self, world, and text materials
Numeracy
- Problem Solving
ENVIRONMENT FOCUS
Character Builds
- Students have learned all 10 Attributes for Character Builds – Teachers embed the teacher of character education every day.
- Health and Safety Committee consists of educators, parent, and custodial staff responsible to ensure inside the school and outside grounds are monitored on a frequent basis to prevent injury and provide an inviting atmosphere for students, staff and larger school community
- Frequent purchasing of age-specific novels and stories for students placed in Library for student use
- Student Nutrition Program
PARENT & COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
COMMUNITY
- School Council
- Diverse fundraising activities for classroom program and school needs support
- School beautification initiatives
- Staff Appreciation Luncheons
- Comprehensive Volunteer Program
- Office Assistance
- Pizza Day Organizers
- Student Nutrition Program
- Classroom assistance with various subject and co curricular projects and activities
- Library material processing
- Sport and cultural activity school trips
PARENT
- Kindergarten Literacy Day
- International Languages courses [Saturday]
- Urdu
- Korean
- Polish
- Arabic
- Barton, Westmount, and Hill Park secondary schools Cooperative Education program support for high school students desiring to assist teachers and students with classroom and co-curricular school activities
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
EQAO
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CURRICULUM DOCUMENTS
Updated on Friday, February 23, 2018.