Darwin School

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Darwin School
Address
175 Darwin St.
Winnipeg, Manitoba, R2M 4A9, Canada
Information
School board Louis Riel School Division
Superintendent Terry D. Borys
Principal Glenda Lechner
Vice principal Jason Dubeau
Staff 23 Teachers

13.5 EA's

School type Public Primary School
Grades Grades K-9
Language English
Enrollment 308
Homepage Darwin

The mission of Darwin School is to work together with respect, fairness and spirit; to promote curiosity and lifelong learning in each child; and to provide the knowledge, skills and abilities so that each child will reach his or her potential in a variety of academic, physical, social and emotional domains.

[edit] School Profile

• Darwin has 308 students enrolled from grades kindergarten to grade nine of which 14 are Provincially funded level 2 and level 3 students.

• Darwin has 23 teachers and 13.5 educational assistants.

• The Darwin catchment area consists of a mix of single family dwellings and multiple family (apartments) dwellings.

• Darwin has a before and after school daycare program run by the YMCA-YWCA.

• Darwin houses Industrial Arts and Human Ecology facilities that are used by the grades 7, 8 and 9 students at Darwin as well as students from other school in the Louis Riel School Division. These facilities consist of a woodworking shop, a graphics lab, a sewing lab and a foods lab.