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Notes on Translation
The electronic translation service on the York Region District School Board's website is hosted by Google Translate. The quality of the translation will vary in some of the languages offered by Google. Google Translate is a free service and currently offers translation in over 50 languages, although an impressive number, this does not capture all languages or dialects. The basic translation’s goal is to capture the general intention of the original English material.
The York Region District School Board does not guarantee the quality, accuracy or completeness of any translated information. Before you act on translated information, the Board encourages you to confirm any facts that are important to you and affect any decisions you may make.
The York Region District School Board is committed to parent, family and community engagement, and it is our hope that by providing this tool on our website that we are making our information more accessible to families whose first language is not English and thereby enabling better engagement in public education.
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Programs
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Programs
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Page Content As with each school in the York Region District School Board, Park Avenue P.S. supports student learning through the curriculum standards set out by the Ontario Ministry of Education and many other co-curricular activities.
Our school:
promotes a safe and supportive learning environment. This is done through the Board’s Safe Schools Policy and Procedures and the Character Education Initiatives.
Park Avenue provides:
- Special Education Programs - Students are placed in specific classes to maximize instructional impact.
- on going Professional Learning for staff in areas affecting student achievement, i.e. Reading Recovery, Early Intervention, Instructional Intelligence, Tribes, math and language literacy workshops, all divisions. Our most recent professional learning has been in the area of gender and learning. We have looked at what instructional strategies are most effective for our students to reach their potential with an aim of reducing the academic achievement gap between our boys and girls. Additionally we have investigated what instructional strategies are most appropriate to use with our boys when teaching writing. As a staff we have also implemented the resource Ontario Writing Assessments for grades one through 8.
- timetabling specifically designed to maximize academic achievement, i.e. learning blocks with one 20 minute morning recess break and a 60 minute lunch break
- a Social Adjustment Community Class supports 7 to 8 junior/intermediate aged students from a number of York Region Schools. They receive academic and behaviour support from a teacher and CYW's, (Child and Youth Worker).
- a Community Communication Class supports 5 to 6 primary/junior students who have been diagnosed with autism and/or other communication disorders. A teacher and Educational Assistants teach and support these students in a nurturing classroom environment.
We are also very proud to offer the following programs to our students:
- Anti-Bullying Programs, Mental Health Association presentations, Rainbows groups, peer groups.
- A very active co-curricular program which may include: Boys and Girls: 3 Pitch, Cross Country, Volleyball, coed soccer, flag football, Basketball, Relays, Track and Field, Instrumental bands, choirs, Clubs, Drama, Cheerleading, Winter Electives and House Leagues.
- Regular guest speakers and workshops
- Ongoing and informal social skills counselling: Student Services operated by Child and Youth Workers
- Progressive Discipline Model: A focus on classroom management, incentives for appropriate behaviour, Student Services (counselling), parental support, progressive consequences
- Student Leadership program: Student Council, Conflict Managers.
- Service Learning Programs i.e. Peer Tutors, Kindergarten Helpers, Lunch Helpers, Bus Helpers, Reading Buddies.
- VIP program (York Regional Police sponsor and operate workshops for grade junior/intermediate students)
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