Principal: Marina Cochrane Superintendent: Shawn Bredin
Vice Principal: Susan Dunham Trustee: Loralee
Carruthers
History
Glad Park Public School is named after the street on which
it is located in the town of Stouffville. The school officially opened on October 6,
1997. Our school motto is “Learning for
Life” and the school mascot is the Grizzly Bear.
Facilities
Glad Park PS is a dual track school with JK to Grade 8 in
the English track and Grade 4 to 8 in the French Immersion track. Students in Grades 1 - 3 French Immersion
attend nearby Harry Bowes PS.
In
addition to having a before and after school program (privately run), we have
many community based organizations use our facility for evening programs. Our
exterior property includes: a playground, soccer field, paved play area
(basketball nets, low organization/cooperative games, etc.), baseball diamond,
and an outdoor classroom called the “Peace Garden”.
At present, roughly 730 JK-8 students attend Glad Park Public
School. Last school year, Glad
Park started reaching student capacity. The
school cannot accommodate additional students from new growth at this
time. Due to these accommodation
pressures, new registrations from the English track holding area who do not
have siblings already attending Glad Park PS will attend Oscar Peterson Public
School as a holding area effective September 26, 2019 with busing provided.
The Board’s Capital Strategy list has additional school
accommodation proposed in the Stouffville area to help address these
accommodation issues; however, there is no set date of opening. We appreciate your patience as we build the
business case for additional pupil places in the Stouffville area for
consideration by the Ministry of Education.
Further information is available from the YRDSB Planning Services at planning.services@yrdsb.ca.
Transportation
The York Region District School Board has a transportation
policy that applies to all of its schools.
There is a Transportation Policy for the English school boundary and for
the French Immersion school boundary.
Busing is not provided for students in the English track for locations
outside the English track boundary except for a holding school situation such
as the one referenced above.
School Improvement
Plan
The priorities for the 2019-2020 School Improvement Plan for Student Achievement (SIPSA) are Math, Modern Learning and Mental Health based on the
foundations of equity, innovation and leadership.
School Council
The School Council’s priorities for the 2019-2020 school year
are to support the school’s Improvement Plan and to promote parent engagement.