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630 Stevenson Rd N, Oshawa, ON L1J, Canada
- SCHOOL TYPE: Public
- WEBSITE: Adelaide McLaughlin PS
- SCHOOL LEVEL: Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten, Elementary, and Middle
- GRADES OFFERED: PK - 8
Adelaide McLaughlin Public School is a Junior Kindergarten to Grade 8 school located in northwest Oshawa, Ontario at the corner of Rossland and Stevenson Roads. The school was built in 1958 and celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2008. The student population is currently 280. The student population comprises a mix of walking and bussed students. Adelaide has established a reputation for being a student-centred environment. Our curriculum emphasizes high standards of literacy and numeracy which reflect the Ontario Curriculum. We offer students an opportunity to participate in many activities which enrich the quality of education they receive on a daily basis. Parents, as well as other members of the community, participate in the learning environment that is provided for all students before, during and after school.
The McLaughlin neighbourhood is in west central Oshawa, on Oshawa's western boundary. It is an older neighbourhood, predominantly residential, with commercial areas, including restaurants, along King Street West, the southern boundary. Housing in McLaughlin includes complexes of low-rise apartment buildings, townhome complexes, and single-detached homes from the 1950s-1960s, bungalow-style, as well as some older 2-storey homes from roughly the 1930s, and a southwest subdivision off of Thornton from roughly the 1980s.