Note
Starting in September 2012, The Elms Jr. Middle School will be hosting a Boys' Leadership Academy. Registration is now open. For more details, visit www.tdsb.on.ca/academies.

The Elms Junior Middle School (Gr JK - 08)

Principal:

Isabelle Khan

Vice Principal(s):

Michael George

School Council
Chair(s):

Nicole Telesford

Superintendent:

Leila Girdhar-Hill

Trustee:

John Hastings

Address:

45 Golfdown Dr, Etobicoke, ON
M9W2H8

Phone #:

416-394-7900

Fax #:

416-394-7306

Email:

TheElms@tdsb.on.ca

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Our Motto is "Together we are Better"

The Elms J M School is located in the Rexdale community of north Etobicoke. We are an inner-city JK to Gr. 8 school of 595 students

We are a uniformed school :Grades 1 to 8 in navy/black bottom and white top.
We house many programs such as The Early Years Parenting Centre, the Centre for Early Childhood Education (Daycare), a Community School and Pool and International Languages.
We have a snack program in which students who participate receives a nutritious snack once a day

Our Vision and Mission

The Elms Focus is on Social Justice

VISION

Our Vision is every Child is given a Window to Greatness

MISSION

Our Mission is our students will improve 2 levels

in Creative and Critical Thinking by June 2010

OUR STUDENT AFFIRMATION

I am a level 4 thinker
I listen attentively
I think critically and creatively about ideas
I personally imagine ideas of my own
I gave voice to my ideas in communication
I express point of view by making inferences and connections to the world of ideas
I can be anything I imagine
And today I imagine I am a winner
I am a Winner

Read more about OUR STUDENT AFFIRMATION

Kindergarten

We have an exciting kindergarten program which engages our students in a variety of creative activities.

Presently we only offer half- day kindergarten.

SPECIAL EVENTS

The school was opened on Thursday October 20th, 1960. Our motto is, "Together we're better!" Please plan to join us when we celebrate our 50th Anniversary on Saturday 23, October 2010.

LITERACY

Since Literacy is essential for our students to succeed in the twenty-first century this is our main focus. Our students are encouraged to read for 20 minutes daily to increse their vocabulary, critical thinking and knowlwdge of the world. We also have programs such as Reading Recovery, Early reading Intervention and online reading programs.