Yorkhill Elementary School
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Yorkhill Elementary School | |
Onward to Excellence Yorkhill Elementary School - YES WE CAN[1] |
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350 Hilda Avenue Thornhill, Ontario, L4J 5K2, Canada |
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School board | York Region District School Board |
Religious affiliation | Secular |
Superintendent | Robert Dunn |
Area trustee | Joel Hertz |
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.
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[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[2]. With a canopied entranceway, sloped roofs, skylights, and ample amounts of art on the walls[2]; the unique design (compared to previously built schools in the area), was done by award winning[3] architect Irving Boigon, and was meant to provide a more open "homelike" atmosphere for students[4].
[edit] Hebrew school
The school also hosts the Ateret Shalom Hebrew School (Hebrew: עתרת שלום בית ספר), 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, Jewish holidays, Jewish history[5] 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.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ Yorkhill Offical Web Page "Our School"
- ^ a b "Education changes its image" By Kim Zarzour, Toronto Star. Toronto, Ont.: April 22, 1986. pg. N.1
- ^ Ontario Association of Archetiects
- ^ "Thornhill school to be homelike" Toronto Star. Toronto, Ont.: February 25, 1986. pg. N.11
- ^ Doing Jewish In Toronto (UJA Federation)
- ^ UJA Federation Affiliated Schools
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