Buttonville Public School

Buttonville Public School (Also known as B.P.S, BVPS, or simply Buttonville) is a public, elemantary school; prefounded to be an English school with a French Immersion Program. Markham, Ontario, Canada. It was named after John Button for his contributions to the settlement near the Buttonville area.

This elementary school belongs to the Unionville H.S. family of schools.

History

Buttonville P.S. is named after John Button, a landowner of some in 1808. Major Button was a supporter of law and order, who demonstrated his loyalty by leading the Markham Dragoons in the War of 1812.

His leadership in both the community and the cavalry earned him the honour of having his family name remembered in the name of Buttonville. In September 2007, the French Immersion program relocated from Buttonville Public School to a newly built French Immersion school located on Woodbine north of Elgin Mills south of Major Mackenzie.

Facilities

Buttonville P.S. was officially opened in September 1991.

A child care centre, Buttonville Child Care, owned and operated by Upper Canada Creative Child Care is located at Buttonville P.S. Buttonville Public School also works in partnership with nearby Chapel Place Day Care.

Identity

Buttonville's school colours are black and red, and their mascot is the Bulldog. The school motto is: "Learning and Growing Together" and, in French, "On apprend et on s'épanouit ensemble."

Transportation

The York Region District School Board has a transportation policy that applies to all of its schools.

Number of students bussed: 65 %

School Events

Buttonville Public School has many events throughout the school year. Including the annual Buttonville Run, Terry Fox run, Unicef "Trick or Treat" charity event, School dances and, holiday concerts etc.

Fraser Institute

Buttonville ranked 103 out of 2786 in 2008 according to the Fraser Institute. This is a dramatic decline to its performance over the last five years where it ranked 45 out of 2374.

External links

• Buttonville Public School Website

References

http://www.fraserinstitute.org/Commerce.Web/product_files/70ONEEL08COMP.pdf