Our School Portrait 2006-2007 1475 Deguire Saint-Laurent, Québec H4L 1M4 (514) 744-6423 |
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Itrat Ahmad, Principal
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How We See Our School |
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| Values | ||
At Parkdale we are committed to providing our students with a strong quality education in order for them to have every opportunity to reach their fullest potential. We value a safe, caring and nurturing environment. We help the children become more confident in an effort to develop self-esteem. We accommodate and value different learning styles. We ensure that everyone is treated fairly and respectfully. |
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| Vision | ||
We envision our students as successful, productive and lifelong learners. We aim to provide the necessary services and programs in an effort to help them reach their potential. |
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| Territory | ||
| Parkdale is an inner city school located in a low socio-economic area Ville St. Laurent. Approximately 80% of our students do not live in the immediate vicinity of the school. The majority of our children are drawn from working class and immigrant families. | ||
| Our School Population | ||
| For the year, 2006-2007, the school population is 466 students which is predominantly a multi-ethnic community. There are three different tongues. The top 5 languages are English, Urdu, Tamil, French, and Punjabi. | ||
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| Serving Our Population | ||
Our integrated special needs students receive help from our 2.5 full resource teachers and 6 child care workers. We have tutor(s) in French, Language Arts, Math, and Technology who are funded by our Inner City budget Also, retired teachers volunteer at Parkdale on a weekly basis. We have four closed system classes: 2 classes for students’ with autism, Jr. & Sr. 1 Jr. Language class 1 Senior Language class |
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| Our Programs and Services | ||
We offer: v Pre. K to Cycle 3 program. v The K to cycle 3 students have a choice between English core or French Immersion. v SFA reading program funded by the “Success for All “ budget. v A Music program funded by”Inner City Operating Renewal” budget. v A Jewish Family Services partnership v The “Culture in the Schools” program, MELS v Les Modèles Novateurs de l’ École Montréalaise v A leadership program for Cycle 3 students v A full time Crisis Intervention Worker |
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| Committed Staff | ||
ARC committee: This group, composed of teachers and administrators, looks closely at the structure of the school in terms of services being offered to meet the needs of students with special needs. Upbeat Committee: This group consists of teachers, community representative, JFS representative, parents, speech and language pathologist, psychologist, a spiritual community life animator and a social worker. The aim of this group is to monitor and address the needs of the school. Technology Committee: This group, composed of teachers and administrators, works at organizing, ordering and facilitating technology use in the school. Art Supply Committee: This group, composed of teachers help to monitor and distribute supplies to staff members. Social Committee: This committee of teachers help to organize special events for the whole staff, especially our celebrations. |
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| Areas in which we could do better | ||
We feel that at Parkdale we need to further enrich the services and resources provided for our special needs students. We are aware that many children integrated into regular classes could benefit from even more help. All students would benefit from more physical education programs. They receive 1 hour only of physical education per week. We would like to be able to make better use of the YMCA pool by offering swimming lessons to all our students. There are arenas in the area which could also be part of the physical education program. |
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