Agincourt Junior Public School
| Agincourt Junior Public School | |
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 1914 Agincourt Public School opening ceremony | |
| Address | |
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29 Lockie Avenue, Scarborough, Ontario , , Canada | |
| Information | |
| School type | Public |
| Founded | 1913 |
| School board | Toronto District School Board |
| Grades | JK-6 |
| Enrollment | 210 |
| Language | English, French |
| Color(s) | White, Green |
Agincourt Junior Public School is an elementary school located in Agincourt, Toronto. The school was founded in 1913[1] to serve the Agincourt community. When the school was first founded it had only 4 class rooms, in which grades 1 to 12 were taught within.[2] Shortly thereafter, Agincourt Collegiate Institute (as Agincourt Continuation School) was founded and the two operated out the same building until 1929.[2] Agincourt Junior Public school is a part of the Toronto District School Board and serves approximately 210 students.[3] With class average class size of about 25 students.
Agincourt Junior Public school got a rating of 8.9 out of 10 on Education Quality and Accountability Office testing which is a provincial test that was developed to assure that student education is on par throughout the province.[4] This test ranks about 2735 schools throughout Ontario, and in the Scarborough region Agincourt Junior Public school scored 8.9 leaving them in second place out of 41 schools.[4] The averaged ranking over the 41 schools is 6.6.[4] In 2010, the school was runner up for the Garfield Weston Award for Excellence in Education.[5]
The school has also implemented a daily physical education program in which students are expected to take part in a fifteen minute exercise recess each day.[6]
References
- ^ Schofield, Rick (15 September 2014). "Agincourt's 'Little A' school celebrates its 100th anniversary". www.insidetoronto.com. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
- ^ a b Brown, Alan L. "Agincourt School". Toronto's Historical Plaques. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
- ^ "Agincourt Jr PS". Realosophy. Realosopht. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ a b c Harris, Megan (25 March 2010). "Scarborough Schools Rated In EQAO Report". The Toronto Observer. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
- ^ Persaud, Fiona (8 April 2010). "Cornell Junior Public School wins excellence award". The Toronto Observer. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
- ^ "Agincourt Junior Public School" (PDF). TDSB. TDSB. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
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