Hawthorne Public School celebrated 111 years of community education on Friday, June 11 with a day-long celebration featuring an open house, assembly, reception, and family fun fair.

Hawthorne is currently housed in a building constructed 50 years ago but it boasts a much longer history that includes a one-room schoolhouse built in 1899. Daily school life in that one-room schoolhouse is still clear in the memories of many former students who attended the celebration. Hawthorne is an excellent school with a long tradition of quality education that has evolved tremendously since its inception as a one-room schoolhouse into the dynamic junior kindergarten to grade 8 facility it is today

Hopewell Avenue Public School Celebrates Its History and Embraces Its Future During the 100th Anniversary

Hopewell Avenue Public School celebrated its 100th anniversary during the week of May 17, 2010. Students, staff, and the School Council spent well over a year planning, creating, and implementing a grand celebration. A unique mural, a massive choir of 100 voices, and a special 100th year cheer were all part of the festivities.

Former and current students and staff as well as community members were all on hand to mark the monumental event 

Devonshire Community Public School’s 100th Anniversary Celebration

Devonshire Community Public School celebrated ten decades of history with everything from a 17-member band to a family barbecue. Each classroom was decorated to reflect a specific decade and students in each class wore period clothes. One classroom was recreated to look like a period classroom with antique desks, inkwells, slates, and related paraphernalia. The Aardvark Big Band, which included a teacher, filled the school with the sounds of swing and the big band era.

Woodroffe High School Celebrated Their 50th Anniversary With the Installation of a New Exterior Mural

In honour of the school’s 50th anniversary Woodroffe High School installed a new outdoor mural on its east wall. The mural’s official unveiling coincided with the the school’s reunion festivities.

The mural is 7 feet high and over 70 feet in length. It’s comprised of 12 large panels that trace significant events and people that have had an impact on the school and on the world over the past 50 years. The mural includes references to the Arts, athletics, music, technology, cultural phenomena, as well as a number of other significant milestones. In addition, it celebrates the spirit of a still vibrant school.

The mural project was made possible by a very kind donation from the Woodroffe School Council. It was coordinated by staff members Richard King, Jocelyne Cory, Carolynn Sheu, and Christy Stanhope. In addition, 14 other adults (including staff, family members, and friends) and over 50 students from various grades participated in the preparation, planning, painting, and mounting of the mural.

Clifford Bowey Public School’s 40th Anniversary Celebrations

Clifford Bowey Public School opened its doors in 1970. The school is a specialized site that provides a safe and caring learning environment while fostering individual growth and development for students with developmental disabilities.

There are currently 101 students enrolled at Clifford Bowey Public School ranging in age from 3.8 to 21 years. In addition to having a developmental disability, the majority of students require programming support from qualified professionals for their multiple exceptionalities (visual/hearing impairments, communication, and physical challenges).