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junior public school
DCHP-2 (Oct 2016)
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n. — Ontario, Education
in Ontario, an elementary school in the public school system for pupils from junior kindergarten to grade 5 or 6.
Type: 5. Frequency — The term junior public school is an Ontario term of long standing (see the 1893 quotation) and is used to refer to a public elementary school that does not go beyond grade 6. Boberg (2005: 40) notes that public school is the Eastern Ontario term for elementary school. The term's dominant position in Canada (see Chart 1) is owed to its status as an Ontarianism (see Chart 2). While the umbrella term elementary education is used to refer to public education up to secondary or high school in Canada (see CMEC reference), provincial jurisdiction over education explains the use of regionalisms in that domain.
See: senior public school
Quotations
1893
It migh tbe improved practically, though, educationists say, by a closer assimilation of the senior kindergarten class and the junior public school class.
1947
Other performers included: Bedford Park junior public school chorus, piano trio, Joan Rogers, Margaret Rogers, Malena Murray, rhythm band, second school.
1959
Proposed projects include: Queen Alexandra junior public school, $865,800; Earl Grey senior public school, $1,340,800; Davisville junior pupblic school, $631,000; Hodgson senior public school, $703,400; Queen Victoria junior public school $693,000; Riverdale collegiate, $720,469; Bloor collegiate, $66,300; Eastern High School of Commerce, $324,800, and Central High School of Commerce, $320,380.
1977
The Etobicoke Board of Education meets at 7:45 p.m. at 1 Civic Centre Court. THURSDAY The Toronto Board of Education meets at 7:30 p.m. at Pape Avenue Junior Public School, 404 Pape Ave.
1986
A different school is participating each day. From yesterday to Friday, the schools are: Burrows Hall Junior Public School, Cedar Drive Junior Public School, Regent Heights Junior Public School, Henry Hudson Senior Public School and Birch Cliff Public School.
1995
Twenty-five Warden Avenue Junior Public School Grade 6 students are attending Centennial College this week to learn about future careers and hear from guest speakers like Vanessa Phelan, animal care keeper in the Africa pavilion at the Metro zoo, and ethnic newspaper editor Jules Elder.
2005
Located at Bloor and Dufferin streets in Toronto's Portuguese village, Pauline Junior Public School boasts a diverse student population with more than 60% of the 331 students coming from homes where English is not the primary language spoken.
References
- CMEC • "Elementary and Secondary Education"
- Boberg (2005)
Images
Chart 1: Internet Domain Search, 2 Apr. 2014
