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70 Watford St, Brooklin, ON L1M 1E8, Canada
- SCHOOL TYPE: Public
- WEBSITE: Winchester PS
- SCHOOL LEVEL: Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten, Elementary, and Middle
- GRADES OFFERED: PK - 8
Winchester Public School is located in a residential area in the Village of Brooklin, just north of the Town of Whitby. It opened in 1999 with 400 students ranging from grades JK - 8. Brooklin is one of the fastest growing communities in the Durham Region. We are a unique, dual track school with students attending classes on both a traditional and modified (balanced) school year calendar. Our modified year calendar students begin their school year in August. The modified year is broken into five segments of eight or nine weeks in length. Segments are separated by one or two week breaks. Students on this calendar substitute five weeks of the August summer holiday for five weeks of holidays dispersed throughout the school year.
The Brooklin village is in northeast Whitby at the intersection of Highway 12 and Highway 7. Brooklin lies in a more rural area, north of the urban centre, with hills covering the north and the west, and part of it situated in the Oak Ridges Moraine. Large residential subdivisions of single-detached homes and townhomes have been developed around the central part of Brooklin, beginning in the 1990s. Downtown Brooklin is a designated heritage conservation district. The community features a community and recreation centre and library, downtown restaurants, shops, and services. the community organizes events such as a Harvest Festival and Christmas in the Village.