Richmond Rose Public School

Richmond Rose Public School
Address
160 Frank Endean Road
Richmond Hill, Ontario, L4S 1S7
Canada
Coordinates 43°53′03″N 79°25′32″W / 43.88404°N 79.42565°W / 43.88404; -79.42565Coordinates: 43°53′03″N 79°25′32″W / 43.88404°N 79.42565°W / 43.88404; -79.42565
Information
School type Public Elementary School
Motto "Learning and Growing Together"
School board York Region District School Board
Area trustee Carol Chan
Principal Shannon Philp
Grades JK-8
Enrollment 650 (September 2013)
Language English
Area York Region
Colour(s) Navy Blue, Yellow
Mascot Rockets
Team name Richmond Rose Rockets
Website www.yrdsb.ca/schools/richmondrose.ps/Pages/default.aspx

Richmond Rose Public School is a public elementary school located in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada. The school first opened its doors to students on September 1999, teaching students from JK (Junior Kindergarten) up to Grade 8. It is located on 160 Frank Endean Drive, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada (Postal Code: L4S 1S7). It is part of the York Region District School Board and as of the school year of 2013-14, it has a ranking of 9.4 out of 10.

Richmond Rose Public School has approximately 650 students enrolled in JK to Grade 8 as of 2013. It is also a feeder school of Richmond Green Secondary School, Bayview Secondary School, and Alexander Mackenzie High School.


History

Richmond Rose Public School opened on the September 1999 and was named based on the ever-growing reputation of Richmond Hill being the "Rose Growing Capital of Canada". It is one of the newer schools in Richmond Hill, but has many students enrolled and many admirable achievements.
The first principal of Richmond Rose was Joan Ward, who died a few weeks after the school was opened on September 1999. The library at Richmond Rose is named and dedicated to Joan Ward because of her works for the school.

Touchstone

In the school year of 2005-2006, the staff and students of Richmond Rose Public School created a touchstone for the school to support, encourage, and drive the students to success. This is the Richmond Rose Touchstone:

  At Richmond Rose, we take responsibility for our work, words and actions.
  We put in our best efforts, enjoy our successes, and learn from our mistakes.
  We embrace each other’s differences and care for each other’s feelings.
  We think before we speak and use words that are appropriate for school.
  Our community is a safe community; a place where we treat people with kindness, respect and dignity.
  No one is afraid at our school.
  At Richmond Rose, we are free to succeed!

Clubs and teams

As of 2015, these are the clubs and teams students can join at Richmond Rose:

Music

Sports

Other

Fundraisers

In 2015, Richmond Rose Public School held a bracelet-making fundraiser to help one of the schools in Ghana. The school also contributed in We Day`s "The Goat that Gives Back" program in 2015 and "Bundle of Baby Chicks" program in 2016.

Richmond Rose has several other fundraisers, which include:

Notable alumni

References

[1] [2] [3]

  1. ↑ http://www.yrdsb.ca/schools/richmondrose.ps/info/Pages/Facilities.aspx
  2. ↑ http://www.standupnow.ca/tag/anti-bullying-assemblies
  3. ↑ http://ontario.compareschoolrankings.org/elementary/Richmond_Rose_Public_School/Richmond_Hill/Report_Card.aspx
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