Arborfield Public School
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P.O. Box 70 Arborfield, Saskatchewan, S0E 0A0 Canada | |
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| School type | Public School |
| School board | North East School Division no. 200 |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Language | English |
| Area | Arborfield |
| Colour(s) | Navy Blue and White |
| Mascot | Wolf |
| Team name | Blues |
| Website |
arborfield |
Arborfield School is a school in Arborfield, Saskatchewan.[1] Located in north east Saskatchewan, Arborfield School is a part of the North East School Division #200.[2]
History
On October 13, 1910 the community settlers in the area met and formed the Arborfield School District No. 2785. The first school board borrowed $1000.00 to build the first school in 1911. Many more schools were built and added to the area until March 10, 1930 when a group of local citizens held a meeting to request the formation of another school district. On April 11, 1930 the Department of Education informed the group that the Treasure School District No. 4864 had been erected.
A few years later the name “Treasure” was changed to Arborfield. This was the result of a switching of name titles between two existing school districts - the former “Arborfield” School District (located South of the town) then took the name of “Treasure”. The first two-room school was built in the school’s present location in 1930-31. A fire destroyed the original structure in 1947. In 1948 a new six-room school was built.
In 1950, Arborfield S.D. became part of the Tisdale School Unit No. 53. There were many rooms added throughout the years until 1965 when the south/west wing was added – which is now utilized as for secondary school instruction.[3] The 1980s saw other additions such as the building of a gymnasium and shower rooms, introduction of a computer lab and an Industrial Arts Shop.[4]
Present
In 2010 the school consists of 7 classrooms for Kindergarten to Grade 12, Industrial Arts Shop, Home Ec. Room, science Lab, gymnasium, tuc shop, Pre-school room, weight room, library, Windows and Linux computer labs among other multiuse and utility rooms. The school is now included within the North East School Division.
Currently the school has eight teachers employed, 3 Educational Assistances, 1 librarian/admin. Assistant, 1 Technology Associate, 2 custodians, 1 noon hour supervisor, 3 bus drivers. Online instruction comes from 8 different teachers in 6 different schools within the division. Some of these classes are synchronous while others are delivered asynchronously. There is also a School Community Council which supports all school-related activities. 2010 enrollment = 85 Students.
Extra-curricular activities
The school offers various organized extra-curricular activities for the students.
Activities the students can participate in include – Drama and dinner theatre, Elementary Christmas concert, Christmas Dinner with community seniors, delivering meals on wheels, SRC, newsletter committee, yearbook, yoga, tuc shop, Science fair, Arts festival, noon-hour intramurals, high school curling bonspiel, elementary skating and winter festival. Commercial music instruction is also delivered at the school throughout the year.
The school also organizes off-site educational excursions such as – swimming, downhill skiing, camping, Batoche and career days.
School spirit activities include – target practice, spirit week, elementary winter festival, SRC carnival, awards day, earth day, Kindergarten graduation and Grade 12 Graduation.
Extra-curricular activities information taken from "Arborfield School Student and Parent Handbook 2009-2010".
Sports
Its sports teams go by the name Arborfield Blues with a mascot of the wolf. Sports teams consist of – volleyball, badminton, curling, cross country running, track and field. Minor ball, Softball and Baseball, hockey and figure skating are offered as community organized sports.
Notes
- ↑ "Arborfield School Website Information". May 31, 2010.
- ↑ "North East School Division". May 31, 2010.
- ↑ "Echoes From the Past", page 93-94.Arborfield History Book Committee, 1981
- ↑ "Our Side of the Pasquia Hills Volume II", page 702. Arborfield History Book Committee, 2001