Our School
Promoting educational excellence, community pride and lasting friendships, Central Public School provides students with a learning atmosphere which reflects the past, defines the present and anticipates the future. Bowmanville Central Public School is a two-story brick building constructed in 1889. Nestled in the heart of Bowmanville, this stately school is one of the oldest buildings in the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board.
Central offers full day Kindergarten classes, meaning students residing within Central’s school boundaries are able to attend school every day and profit from a highly progressive approach to early learning. A full time Kindergarten teacher and a full time Early Childhood Educator work as a teaching team in each classroom to provide a rich, play-based learning environment. Central also hosts a before and after school child-care program run by the YMCA. This program is run out of Central’s Kindergarten rooms and the gym. The child care program involves a close liaison with school staff, who works in partnership with child care program to collectively find ways to enhance play-based early learning.
School Environment
Central has an enrollment of approximately 150 students. Our school staff is known for being caring, positive and thoughtful in their approach. Staff are dedicated to promoting student achievement, community involvement, positive character attributes, and lasting friendships. An active School Council works tirelessly to support the well-being and education of all students. Parents, community members, and staff are welcome to attend the monthly meetings. Monthly school and classroom newsletters help to better inform parents of upcoming events, celebrations, school news, and students’ achievements.
School Staff
The school is staffed with 19 full and part-time highly qualified and caring teachers with a wide range of experience and expertise working to deliver an effective program consistent with the Ministry of Education documents and Board guidelines. These include part-time French, Special Education, and Librarian teachers, as well as classroom teachers. Our dedicated support staff includes two Early Childhood Educators, one Child and Youth Worker and two Educational Assistants who work with students in classrooms and supervise students outside. Our support staff works tirelessly to help particularly those students in need of extra guidance or assistance around academic and social issues.
School Facilities
The school has seven active homeroom class and a small gym activity area. The library is the hub of the school for students seeking a variety of research and reading enjoyment opportunities. We have in excess of 6,000 library books for student and staff use. As of June 2013, Central also boasts six Smart boards, a class set of student Netbooks and 14 computers in the library for student use. The student Netbooks and Smart boards are used frequently and strategically to augment all kinds of student programs.
School Information
Office Hours: 8:15 AM - 4:00 PM
Grades: K to 6
School Population: 161
Languages: English, Core French
Transitions to: Vincent Massey
