Yorkhill Elementary School

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Yorkhill Elementary School
Onward to Excellence Yorkhill Elementary School - YES WE CAN^[1]
Address
350 Hilda Avenue Thornhill, Ontario, L4J 5K2, Canada
Information
School board	York Region District School Board
Religious affiliation	None
Superintendent	Robert Dunn
Area trustee	Joel Hertz
Principal	Esther Cukierman
Vice principal	Wendy McVicar-Lew
School type	Public
Grades	JK-8
Language	English
Area	Thornhill, Ontario
Mascot	Cougar
Team name	Yorkhill Cougars
Colours	Blue and White
Founded	1987
Enrollment	515
Homepage	www.yorkhill.es.yrdsb.edu.on.ca/

Yorkhill Elementary School is a Canadian primary school in Thornhill, Ontario. The public school, operated by York Region District School Board teaches from Kindergarten to grade eight.

1 Building
2 Hebrew school
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Building

The school, which opened in 1987, was designed to look somewhat different than a typical school, and in someways more like a mall. With a canopied entranceway, sloped roofs, skylights, and ample amounts of art on the walls; the unique design (compared to previously built schools in the area), was done by award winning[1] architect Irving Boigon, and was meant to provide a more open "homelike" atmosphere for students.

[edit] Hebrew school

The school also hosts the Ateret Shalom Hebrew School, an after school program, that provides classes once or twice a week to Jewish students (who may or may not attend Yorkhill Elementary). It teaches Hebrew, holidays, traditional history and offers a Bar/Bat Mitzvah program. The Hebrew school, which serves children from junior kindergarten age through to those in grade seven is affiliated with the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto [2].

[edit] References

"Thornhill school to be homelike" (NOR Edition) Toronto Star. Toronto, Ont.: Feb 25, 1986. pg. N.11
"Education changes its image" (NOR Edition) By Kim Zarzour, Toronto Star. Toronto, Ont.: Apr 22, 1986. pg. N.1