As with each school in the York Region District School Board, Poplar Bank P.S. support student learning through the curriculum standards set out by the Ontario Ministry of Education and many other co-curricular activities.
Our school
- is a single track French Immersion 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
- provides Special Education Programs
- provides a before and after school program. Service is provided by Denison Child Care.
We are also very proud to offer the following programs to our students:
- Ongoing and informal social skills counseling
- Kinark Family Services
- Progressive Discipline Model
- Student Leadership program
- VIP program
- Second Step Violence Prevention Program
Safe and Supportive Schools/Character Education/Equity Education
Every student has the right to learn in a safe and supportive environment. The York Region District School Board has a Safe Schools Policy and a defined procedure to implement the policy. Both the policy and procedure support the view that student discipline involves a continuum of support including prevention, intervention and appropriate consequences.
In addition, Poplar Bank P.S. supports the development of character education in the York Region District School Board. The following is an overview of the school’s Character Education initiatives:
- Developing respect and responsibility.
- Demonstrating caring for others.
- Promoting student leadership.
- Lunch monitors.
- Bus buddies.
- Snack program.