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Boyne Public School opened its doors for students on Tuesday, September 8, 2015. 515 children started their educational journey at the new school with 58 staff members. Many families braved cool and wet weather to join us as we walked into the building at 9:15 a.m. to begin the Boyne Public School story.Thursday, September 10, 2015 an evening Open House was staged to allow families and friends the opportunity to see the beautiful classrooms and learning spaces. As construction was still occurring on the outside of the building, it was important for the community to see that the inside of the school was safe and secure.
Boyne Public School is located on the corner of Louis St. Laurent Ave. and Farmstead Drive. Boyne Public School is located in the Boyne Survey. The Boyne Survey is comprised of many neighbourhoods, the school is located in the Ford Neighbourhood. Within the Boyne Survey there is also a hamlet named Boyne. According to the Oxford Dictionary, a hamlet is a noun meaning, ‘ A small settlement, generally one smaller than a village, and strictly (in Britain) one without a church.’
This hamlet is named for the Boyne River, which rises from the Bog of Allen in County Kildare, Ireland, and empties into the Irish Sea. The area of Boyne was settled about 1819 by Irish immigrants. A frame school was built in 1835 on land donated by Peter Schraman. A Post Office was established in 1861. Boyne is located at what is now the intersection of Britannia Road and Regional Road 25.
Reprinted from the book Milton Streets with permission of the Milton Historical Society (page 23)
Boyne Public School was built with 8 Kindergarten Rooms, 20 classrooms, specialty classrooms (art, music, science, applications), 3 Self Contained Special Education programs, a gymnasium, office/staff areas and library.
Using Effective School’s Research (the School Effectiveness Framework, SEF) the Vision/Focus in the first year were the following goals:
 Staff, students, parents and school community promote and sustain student well-being and positive student behaviour in a safe, accepting, inclusive and healthy learning environment. (S.E.F. 2.5)
 Students are partners in dialogue and discussions to inform programs and activities in the classroom and school that represent the diversity, needs and interests of the student population. (S.E.F. 3.3)
 Timely and tiered interventions, supported by a team approach, respond to individual student learning needs and well-being. (S.E.F. 4.7)
 Students, parents and community members are engaged and welcomed, as respected and valued partners in student learning. (S.E.F. 6.2)
The first Boyne Public School Council consisted of 14 members at large and met for the first time at an Orientation Meeting on Monday, October 5, 2015. Future meetings occurred each first Monday of the month.
The administrative team in the first year were: Debbie Serneels (Senior Secretary), Gary Levante (Vice Principal) and Peter Marshall (Principal)
Introduction
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