Our school Motto is simple yet profound. Simcoe students and staff; strive, serve, succeed and shine.
Elizabeth Simcoe Junior Public School is a dynamic school that has a strong sense of community. The school is located in Guildwood Village in Scarborough, on the north side of Sylvan Avenue and adjacent to the Scarborough Bluffs. The expansive school grounds provide plenty of space for physical education, school sport teams, intramurals and outdoor play. The school opened in 1963. It was named in honour of John Graves Simcoe's wife, Elizabeth Simcoe. The school population is relatively stable. Many of the children who enter Junior Kindergarten remain with us until the end of Grade 6. English is the language spoken at home for the majority of our students.
Our Mission at Elizabeth Simcoe
Together we develop and refine a safe, inclusive and enriched learning community. Our learning community is characterized by well rounded students, supported by a professional , positive and productive staff with a supportive parent community assisting us to achieve our full potential.
Good Character & Co-operation Matters
We work towards the creation and consistency of a co-operative learning environment at Elizabeth Simcoe. We believe that it is important that learners acquire respect and discipline so they can participate and benefit from school activities that stimulate their learning in an optimal and supportive learning environment. Character Educations remains a high priority at Simcoe with life related experiences that promote positive citizenship and service to our school and community.
Student Life - Where You Belong
We have an enriched student life here at Elizabeth Simcoe. Students benefit from various extra curricular activities. They include Primary and Junior Choir. School Teams vary from year to year. This year they include Cross Country, Borden Ball, Flag Football, Volleyball & Track and Field. Our expanding intra mural programme give both primary and junior students an opportunity to be active during the day in a fun, inclusive and supportive environment. Intra murals first term have included flag football and volleyball for the junior students and pumpkin pass (Borden ball) and pumpkin knockdown for the primary students. The second and third terms also promises to be very fun. School clubs vary from term to term and year to year. Some of our favourite clubs for our students include drama club, primary kitchen science club, camera club, Boys Reading club, Mad Science, U Can Dance, piano club, gardening club, Eco student club, to name a few. Our clubs run at lunch so all or our children have an equal opportunity to participate and it gives our students some meaningful, fun, activities to keep them busy and productive over the lunch hour!
What Sets Us Apart
Our school clearly benefits from a positive and productive school culture. We have nurtured a warm, inclusive, safe space for all our students, staff, parents, and our visitors from our extended community. Many visitors comment on the great feeling in the school and wonderful opportunities that are provided for our students. The excellent Professional Learning Community that frames our positive school culture is central to the great work and wonderful dividends our students and staff achieve and benefit from at Elizabeth Simcoe.Our strong emphasizes on technology including our computer lab and the use of Promethean Boards and Smart Boards in almost all classes, provides students with a very productive, innovative, powerful learning tool, allowing them to access the curriculum in a meaningful manner that enriches and supports student learning. We are truly a school family on the cutting edge of learning and are very proud of our accomplishments!
Parent and Community Engagement
Our school has many positive and productive relationships with our parents and community partners. Our active, dynamic School Council organizes and executes activities to directly support and enrich the learning experience of the children in the school. In addition our School strongly supports theWest Hill Community Services with our annual Christmas Angel Tree toy drive, Food & Clothing Drives a number of times a year. We also support UNICEF; Change for Change programm to name a few. We have very active parent and community volunteers who assist in the school's classrooms as well as in many other activities in the school. Our school sponsors community agencies and events that support our emphasis on Social Justice such as Free the Children, World Vision, UNICEF; Change for Change, Canadian Cancer Society, Jump Rope for Heart and the M.S. Read-a-thon to name a few of them.
