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 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]

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