The Woodlands School

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The Woodlands School
Address
3225 Erindale Station Road Mississauga, Ontario, L5C 1Y5, Canada
Website
http://woodlands.peelschools.org/
Information
School board	Peel District School Board
Religious affiliation	none
Superintendent	Roger Martin
Area trustee	Warren Kennedy, Janet McDougald, Ruth Thompson
Principal	Jeanne Gray
Vice principal	Peter Hill, Pam Steel, Ray Kaake
School type	high school
Grades	7-12
Language	English
Founded	1958
Enrollment	1,444 (September 2005)

The Woodlands School in Mississauga, Ontario, is a public high school in the Peel District School Board.

The Woodlands has a diverse student body. The student population speaks more than 3 first languages, which represent a variety of countries across the globe and provide a harmonious mix of cultures, religions, and languages. Given this diversity, the school has a solid English as a Second Language (ESL) program to assist new immigrants to the country, and a Peer Assisted Learning (PALS) program. Many of the PALS organizations' volunteers are former ESL students who have now mastered English.

Also, the Woodlands is a Regional Enhanced Learning Centre for the secondary gifted program. Students from the Applewood Acres satellite program also have access to The Woodlands School. Strong student performance, by individuals and teams, consistently places The Woodlands among the top academic schools in the Peel District School Board and Ontario.^{[citation needed]}

As of September 2005, The Woodlands' superintendent is Hal Brooksie and its principal is Jeanne Grey.

1 History
2 High school students
3 Elementary students
4 Extracurricular activities
5 External links

[edit] History

The Woodlands Senior Public School started in 1969 with 400 students in grades 7 and 8. While the first phase of its present building was under construction, The Woodlands operated in the Springfield Public School building. In September 1970, students and staff moved to the new building, and The Woodlands became a combined elementary and secondary school with its first grade 9 students. Today, The Woodlands has approximately 1,900 students.

The Woodlands was designed to be an open-concept school and unfortunately this idea was not very successful. Thus, after a few years the school was re-organized along traditional lines. As a result, few of the classrooms have windows.

The Woodlands School is a regional centre for the Peel School Board, and through it offers the Enhanced Learning Program. Enhanced students enroll almost exclusively in Enhanced level courses for most academic subjects.

[edit] High school students

Students that are in grades 9 through to 12 are on the semester system and have individual timetables dependent on their course selections. The school year for secondary students has two semesters. Semester One runs from September to mid-January and is followed by examinations. Semester Two is scheduled from February to mid-June and is followed by examinations. Each semester is divided into two terms for purposes of mid-term reporting and the delivery of half-credit programs. Progress reports for students are issued after the first month of the semester. Mid-term reports are issued at the end of the first term of each semester. At the outset of each semester, all students receive, in written form, the method used to calculate the term portion of the mark in their subjects.

[edit] Elementary students

Elementary students are on a full-year schedule of three terms with most subjects taught in rotation on a four-day cycle. Report cards for each term are sent home with students in December, March and June. Elementary classes continue throughout the secondary exam periods.

[edit] Extracurricular activities

The Woodlands Senior Concert Band is known to achieve a triple gold standing, competing at the 500 level, at MusicFest throughout the past decade. Aside from competitions, the band has also been invited to several music festivals such as the Harrogate International Festival. The band has visited places such as Florida, England, and Germany to participate in musical activities.