Talbot Trail Public School

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Talbot Trail Public School
Address
4000 Ducharme St
Windsor, Ontario, N9G 0A1, Canada
Information
School number 153
School board Greater Essex County District School Board
Superintendent Ms. Sharon Pyke
Area trustee Tom Kilpatrick, Dave Taves, Kevin Wilkinson
Principal Mr. M. Rinaldi-Ross
Chief custodian S. Lint, D. Vance, R. Dunford, A. Schleihauf
Staff 54
School type Coeducational public elementary school
Grades JK-8
Language English
Team name Trail Blazers
Colours blue, green, black
Founded 2006
Enrollment 820

Talbot Trail Public School is a public elementary school in Windsor, Ontario. Built in 2005 to ease overcrowding at neighbouring elementary schools, Talbot Trail is known for being the first of several planned "themed" school to be built in Ontario, and the school's theme of exploration led it to be honoured as one of the Top 25 Schools in Canada by a 2007 edition of Today's Parent magazine.

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[edit] History

During the 1990's, a housing boom in Windsor lead to rapidly rising enrollment in the region, particularly in elementary schools.[1] By 2000, the problem had become critical, with several area schools housing hundreds more students than their designs called for, and elementary students being temporarily moved to area high schools to ease overcrowding.[2] Consultations with parents and students identified the need for additional schools in the area,[3] and in 2005 these demands culminated with the announcement of Talbot Trail Public School.[4][5]

The groundbreaking, presided over by Windsor mayor Eddie Francis, was financed by issuing $50 million in debt, part of which was also earmarked for Lakeshore Discovery School.[6] Construction took only a single year, coming in both on-time and under-budget,[7] and the first classes were held in the September of 2006,228 students came from Roseland Public School,and more from other schools.[8] The school was the first of several "themed" schools to be built in Essex County; Talbot Trail's design was inspired by the idea of "exploration". Called "inspirational" by Today's Parent magazine, the interior of Talbot Trail features a Viking long ship, stonework emulating the Earth's layers, and fiber-optic constellations in the library.The school is also two floors high.[9]Unlike the rest of the schools in Windsor, Ontario Talbot Trail contains an elevator.

[edit] Athletics

The school has many sports teams such as basketball, track and field, cross-country, badminton, soccer, floor hockey, volleyball and more. It provides one of the best school sports teams in Windsor, Ontario.

[edit] Community involvement

The school is sometimes envolved in fundrainsing activities, like a Food Drive, the school raises cans and boxes with food from students and teachers and donates them to the poor.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Oshar, Patti; Janet Andersen, Tom Fleming, Judy Hastings (2007-12-11). About our school - Roseland Public Schhol. Greater Essex County District School Board. Retrieved on 2008-01-18.
  2. ^ Thompson, Chris (2000-02-02), “Elementary kids high school bound; Parents angry board won't agree to look at alternatives”, The Windsor Star: A.3 
  3. ^ Sacheli, Sarah (2002-05-08), “Schools bursting at seams”, The Windsor Star: A.3 
  4. ^ Chen, Dalson (2005-05-19), “New school for South Windsor: Elementary classes to begin in 2006”, The Windsor Star: A.3 
  5. ^ Pennington, Roberta (2005-06-18), “Public board breaks ground on new school”, The Windsor Star: A.5 
  6. ^ Wolfson, Monica (2008-01-11), “Ont. cost concerns put schools on hold; $40M in construction, renovations under review”, The Windsor Star: A.1 
  7. ^ Wolfson, Monica (2006-11-02), “Bellewood school cost doubles: Public board under budget on two others, but over on Begley”, The Windsor Star: A.12 
  8. ^ Bellavy, Emily (2007-06-17), “'One of a kind' school honoured”, The Windsor Star: A.3 
  9. ^ Bedal, Sara (September 2007), “How do you sum up a great school in 150 words or less?”, Today's Parent: 70-78, <http://www.todaysparent.com/education/general/article.jsp?content=20070807_144712_4676&page=2> 

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