Roy H. Crosby Public School

Infobox School
name = Roy H. Crosby Public School
motto = "We unite in our purpose to inspire and prepare learners for life in our changing world community."
established = 1964
type = Public
affiliation = None
district = York Region District School Board
grades = K-6
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principal = David Geene
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free_label = Primary language
free_text = English
free_label2 = Area
free_text2 = Markham
location = 115 Drakefield Rd.
Markham, Ontario, Canada
information =
website = http://www.royhcrosby.ps.yrdsb.edu.on.ca/

Roy H. Crosby Public School is a public elementary school in the town of Markham, Ontario, Canada. It is a public school in the York Region District School Board. It is an old school compared to other schools in Markham. This school is special because it only goes up to grade 6, unlike other elementary schools. It is connected to Milne Conservation Park, and some of the classrooms are used by Milne Park for educational purposes.

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Original Layout

The school has only one storey and is pretty small. The original building consisted of seven classrooms and one kindergarten; and the present office was the staff lunchroom. The cost of the school was $170,000 and housed 192 students from kindergarten to Grade 6. It had no gym then, but was added on during the future.

Renovations

In 1966, they added six classrooms, a spacious library, and a small gym. The school now is separated to a primary hall, and a junior hall. It also has a port-a-pak and a portable on site. The back of the school has a big soccer fields, and a pavement area for students to play on. There are four-square boxes, and a few tether-ball poles on the pavement area too.

Gifted Program

One of the main programs in this school is the Gifted Program. There are lots more gifted students in Roy H. Crosby than non-gifted students. Normally, there are 2 classes of gifted and 1 very small class of non-gifted students. In Ontario, students are diagnosed for gifted screening in grade 3 and are transferred to a gifted program from grade 4-8. They receive gifted students at grade 4 from different schools around the area. Since elementary school ends at grade 8, but Roy H. Crosby only goes up to grade 6, students who graduate from grade 6 Crosby are transferred to William Berczy Public School.

External links

* [http://www.yrdsb.edu.on.ca/page.cfm?id=S00000099&sc=486 York Region District School Board]
* [http://www.williamberczy.ps.yrdsb.edu.on.ca/ School website]