Walter Perry Junior Public School, is located in the Scarborough Junction community on Falmouth Avenue south of Eglington. The school first opened in 1954. The school is named after a prominent community leader William Walter Perry.
At Walter Perry, we work together to make our school "a great place to be!"
• At Walter Perry, the staff is dedicated to supporting all children and parents in our community to ensure that each student achieves academic, athletic, social and interpersonal success
• Walter Perry is a Model Inner City School as designated by the Ministry and focusing on student and parent engagement.
• We are a TRIBES and Character Development school promoting the ten TDSB character attributes.
Student Nutrition = Student Learning
Students need to eat a healthy breakfast before school and maintain proper nutrition throughout the day. A well fed student is a student ready to learn. To this end Walter Perry runs both a morning breakfast club and a morning snack program. All students are eligible and a small donation is requested but not required as the program is subsidized. We are happy to say that every child in the school participates in the snack program and we serve breakfast to about 10 -15 students each day.
Interesting Feature
Walter Perry "A Great Place to Be"
Walter Perry is a diverse school with students from many, many cultures working extremely well to create a safe, caring and supportive learning environment. Staff and students work very hard at creating the type of learning environment that promotes success for your child. We want the school to be a place where your child can walk in, relax, feel safe and focus on learning and achieving their full potential. We have high academic and behavioural expectations and we expect your support. It takes the child, the parent and the school, to work together to ensure student success.
More Information about Walter Perry Junior Public School
Student Support
Walter Perry services a wide variety of student needs. We have a strong ESL program. We have a primary and a junior home school class in addition to a Primary Autism ISP class. On top of that our staff continue to learn about and implement strategies designed to reach as many students as possible.
Technology
Walter Perry continues to develop its computer lab, we now have 28 computers in our lab as well as computers in all classrooms. We have upgraded our wireless to allow for the students to use iPads, and Chromebooks to support their program. We have four interactive Promethean boards for student learning.
Activities
Student success comes in more ways than only academics. Athletic, social emotional, interpersonal success is very important in creating a well rounded student. Water Perry students have many extra curricular choices available to them. House league, team sports, clubs, art, music, crafts, chess, choir, band- the list goes on and on -get involved and enjoy.
Home - School Communication
This is an essential part of student success. The more parents know about what their children are doing at school, the more they can support both them and the school to ensure work and assignments are promptly and accurately completed. Our two main communication tools are the student agenda and our website. We urge parents to use these tools on a daily basis.
Student Life - Where You Belong
Students at Walter Perry can expect to arrive to a welcoming and nurturing environment. We set high for our students in all areas and work hard at establishing positive relationships with the students. Students have the right to feel safe and secure here and we work very hard to ensure our students behave appropriately and solve conflicts peacefully. While at school, our students have the opportunity to participate in a wide variety of activities and to demonstrate their learning and talents in many venues. Our talented choir has represented Perry many times in public settings and has been on TV several times.
What Sets Us Apart
We have great kids at Walter Perry. There is not a day that goes by where we don't see acts of kindness, compassion and caring from our students. The school can get pretty busy and stressful at times but a walk through the halls or the class rooms reveals hard working students, engaged in learning and when at play, working well together and solving problems effectively. Walter Perry is a family composed of students of cultures from all over the world, working very successfully together.
Parent and Community Engagement
Walter Perry collaborates with several community and social agencies: York University, OISE, Ryerson University Nursing school, Aisling Discoveries Child and Family Centre and Secondary School co-operative education programs. The ARC program is hosted out of Walter Perry in conjunction with the Toronto Parks and Recreation Department.Our School Council continues to grow and we have several parent volunteers who assist with library, Scientist in the school, ERI program and in classrooms. Walter Perry's Parent Council is maturing and we have had excellent attendance at this years meetings. Things can only get bigger and better from here.
