Armadale Public School

Infobox_Education_in_Canada
name= Armadale Public School


imagesize= 200px
streetaddress= 11 Coppard Avenue
city= Markham
province= Ontario
postalcode= L3S 2J4
areacode= 905
phone= 472-4050
fax= 472-4299
affiliation= Secular
url= [http://www.armadale.ps.yrdsb.edu.on.ca/ www.armadale.ps.yrdsb.edu.on.ca/ ]
schoolboard= York Region District School Board
superintendent=Louise Moreau
trustee= Neethan Shan
principal= Jill Maar
viceprincipal= Catherine Arnold
Calvin Darby
schooltype= Elementary School
grades= JK-8
new teamname=Armadale Eagles
colours=Silver and Teal
mascot=Anaconda
motto="Respect for self, respect for others
and respect for the environment

Communication, Cooperation
and Sense of Community"
founded= September 1990
enrollment= 1000
bgcolor_section= #00CCCC
bgcolor_label= #CCCCCC

Armadale Public School (commonly known as simply Armadale) is a public elementary school located in Markham, Ontario, Canada. It is located north-east of the major intersections of McCowan Road and Steeles Avenue, near the Toronto district of Scarborough. The school is part of the York Region District School Board.

To the east of the school's property is James Edward Park. It consists of a playground, a massive soccer field and a baseball diamond which is shared with nearby St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Elementary School. Armadale Public School is a feeder school for Middlefield Collegiate Institute.

History

Armadale Public School was established in a newly developed residential neighbourhood in south Markham in the 1980s. The school itself is named after Armadale, Ontario, the community in which it is situated.

Construction of the school began in 1989 with classes officially commencing in September 1990. The school and community members have worked as an integral team to make Armadale Public School the focal point of the community at large. Armadale strives to be a community school.

In the early 2000s, the school underwent heavy renovations to accommodate the ever-growing student population. At that time, Armadale Public School was close to reaching a population of 1000 students. In the summer of 2001, a new two-floor wing replaced the white "portapak" attachment connected to the south. Other additions to the facility include a second gymnasium, new classrooms, pathways on the playfield, an expansion of the parking lot, and new soccer goal posts. The original music room, lunchroom, and a few portables were subsequently removed. Recently a new larger portable was added which does support air conditioning unlike the school itself.

Armadale was designated as a "Performance Plus" school by the York Region District School Board until 2002. [ [http://www.yrdsb.edu.on.ca/page.cfm?id=IIP000001 YRDSB - Performance Plus - Our Mission ] ]

Identity

The school motto is: "‘Three R’s’ – respect for self, respect for others and respect for the environment, through the, ‘Three C’s” – communication, cooperation and sense of community." Armadale's former motto is "Learning From Each Other".

The first school mascot that was adopted was a maroon armadillo, and the student body were known as the Armadale Armadillos. In 1999, Armadale adopted the current school mascot which is an anaconda entwined around a storybook-letter A, symbolizing the inclusion and strength gathered by students, staff, parents and community. The school colours were teal and silver, but have now been changed to green, black and white and in athletics the students are referred to as the Armadale Anacondas.

Notable Alumni

*Tammy Sutton-Brown, basketball player in the WNBA
*Lucy Low, Chinese superstar

External links

* [http://www.armadale.ps.yrdsb.edu.on.ca/ Armadale Public School website]

References