Yorkhill Elementary School

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Yorkhill Elementary School
Onward to Excellence Yorkhill Elementary School - YES WE CAN[1]
Address
350 Hilda Avenue Thornhill, Ontario, L4J 5K2, Canada
Information
School board	York Region District School Board
Religious affiliation	Secular
Superintendent	Robert Dunn
Area trustee	Joel Hertz
Principal	Wendy McVicar-Lew
School type	Public
Grades	JK-8
Language	English
Area	Thornhill, Ontario
Mascot	Cougar
Team name	Yorkhill Cougars
Colours	Blue and White
Founded	1987
Enrollment	515
Homepage	www.yorkhill.es.yrdsb.edu.on.ca/

Yorkhill Elementary School is a Canadian primary school in Thornhill, Ontario. The public school, operated by York Region District School Board teaches from Kindergarten to grade eight.

Contents 1 Building 2 Hebrew school 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Building

The school, which opened in 1987, was designed to look somewhat different than a typical school, and in someways more like a mall^[2]. With a canopied entranceway, sloped roofs, skylights, and ample amounts of art on the walls^[2]; the unique design (compared to previously built schools in the area), was done by award winning^[3] architect Irving Boigon, and was meant to provide a more open "homelike" atmosphere for students^[4].

[edit] Hebrew school

The school also hosts the Ateret Shalom Hebrew School (Hebrew: עתרת שלום בית ספר), an after school program, that provides classes once or twice a week to Jewish students (who may or may not attend Yorkhill Elementary). It teaches Hebrew, Jewish holidays, Jewish history^[5] and offers a Bar/Bat Mitzvah program. The Hebrew school, which serves children from junior kindergarten age through to those in grade seven is affiliated with the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto.^[6]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official site of Yorkhill Elementary School
• Ateret Shalom Hebrew School contact info

v • d • e Elementary schools in York Region, Ontario East Gwillimbury: Holland Landing P.S. Markham: All Saints Catholic E.S. • Armadale P.S. • Ashton Meadows P.S. • Boxwood Public School • Buttonville Public School • Central Park P.S. • Coledale Public School • San Lorenzo Ruiz C.E.S. • William Berczy P.S. Richmond Hill: Académie de la Moraine • Academy for Gifted Children • Crosby Heights P.S. Thornhill: Associated Hebrew School • Forest Run P.S • Henderson Avenue P.S. • Pushkin Private School • Rosedale Heights P.S. • St. Michael Catholic Academy • Westminster P.S. • Yorkhill E.S. Whitchurch-Stouffville: Whitchurch Highlands P.S. Woodbridge: Vellore Woods P.S.