Stanley is a Junior Kindergarten to Grade 5 school located near Jane Street and Sheppard Avenue. The Stanley community represents a richness of cultural backgrounds and languages with more than 25 different countries of birth and languages represented in the school. Stanley offers a Grade 4 and Grade 5 Gifted and Extended French Program. Stanley also offers Full Day Kindergarten. The Dominico DiLuca Community Centre next to the school offers many after school programs. The Continuing Education Department operates ESL programs for adults. 

Model Schools for Inner Cities

Stanley is a cluster school as part the Model Schools for Inner Cities Program. The essential components of this program are: Equity, Community, Inclusiveness, Expectations. The model schools are one-stop community resource centres to provide students, their families and their communities with necessary tools to make a difference in the lives of the neighbourhood's children. The schools will become a hub for their neighbourhood. As a cluster school, Stanley is working with a group of schools to ensure the success of their students.

Interesting Feature

Full Day Kindergarten – Early Learning Program

The Early Learning Program (ELP) is a Ministry of Education initiative to provide full day learning program for 4 and 5 year olds. ELP is offered on school days during the regular school year. The staffing model is 1 certified Elementary Teacher and 1 Early Childhood Educator (ECE) (registered in the college) working together to deliver the program during the instructional day. Registration for the Early Learning Program for Stanley will be done through the main office.

More Information about Stanley Public School 

School Improvement Plans

Our School Improvement Plans for curriculum are summarized in one goal. Teachers will engage in a series of PD opportunities (including literacy curriculum and literacy concepts, as well as mathematics curriculum and math concepts) while using focused instruction informed by assessment focusing on our at-risk students. 

Stanley's Code of Conduct

Everyone at our school has the right to feel safe, be treated with respect and learn. All students will follow school & class rules and routines by adhering to the schools "Do the Right Thing" code of conduct, solve problems by talking, display a positive attitude toward all people, and show respect for school property & property of others.

Student Leadership at Stanley

We are working towards empowering the leaders for tomorrow by building character and responsibility in our students. We choose a monthly character trait and have an assembly to celebrate those students who have demonstrated the Future Ace/Character Trait consistently. We also have “Aces in Action” announcements for those students caught demonstrating a Character Trait.

Co-Curricular Activities

Stanley hosts a wide variety of intramural events and teams. One of our specialty programs this year was the Martial Arts-Tutoring Program (MATS). The program helps develop control and inner discipline and enhances our focus on character education. We also participate in specialized sports programs such as Tennis Canada; Fun and Athletics Program and Yoga for Girls. 

Additional Features

• Parent Coffee Hour
• Silver Birch Reading Club
• Fundraising Events (ex. Terry Fox)
• Student Council
• Fun and Athletics
• Divisional Performances
• Choral Project / Junior Choir
• Itinerant Music Support 

Student Life - Where You Belong 

Safe Schools Focus: When students and staff feel safe, then we can learn together. We ensure that this happens by creating consistency of school rules and the enforcement of them. We also support our students through cohesive staff involvement. We have a highly successful partnerships with Hinks-Dellcrest and Community Builders that build community while supporting our students to problem solve effectively and develop leadership skills. Currently, our Young Women on the Move club addresses the issue of positive friendships and positive self esteem and is supported by our Ryerson Nursing students year long. Reading skills are emphasized through Boys Read to Succeed, and Silver Birch Club. Building connections within the community is also modeled for the students at Stanley. We have high school mentorship and co-op students who are part of the Big Brother’s/Big Sister’s program, and our partnership with the St.Clement's school provide valuable tutoring and mentorship to our students as does the Exercise to Success high school student mentorship program led by TDSB Social Workers. 

What Sets Us Apart

Children's Breakfast Club/Healthy Snack Program:

This partnership with the Children's Breakfast Club provides our students with hot breakfast each morning. The Breakast Club is instrumental in accessing and providing valuable opportunities for our students. (Ex. gift of new bikes within the Bike Safety Rodeo, gr. 5 day trip to Ottawa)

First Lego League

Specialized Instruction:

We ensure that all of our students have the opportunity to participate in Dancing Classrooms, Artist in the School, Scientist in the School & Media Literacy sessions. Pathway Day Professional Development: Creative scheduling allows for an hour of professional development opportunity for each grade team for planning appropriate programs for our diverse learners.

Parent and Community Engagement 

• Active parent membership on the Stanley School Council
• Parent volunteers assist on field trips, in the classrooms, and in the library on a regular basis
• Parent Engagement and Support sessions held monthly and sometimes weekly
• TDSB Spring Family Conference for parents, teachers and community members
• Daily snack program and fundraising events organized and run by the S-PCAC
• Use of community resources as part of programming through the Domenico Diluca Community Centre, Public Library, YMCA.
• Collaboration with community/social agencies including York University, Hincks-Dellcrest Children's Centre, Delta Family Centre, Toronto Public Health, Toronto Police, Westview Project, Horizons Program
• Support teacher education through York, OISE/UT, George Brown College, Ryerson University, Seneca College