Waterloo Area District Faculty Board is placing the ultimate touches on its latest college.
Oak Creek Public Faculty in southwest Kitchener will welcome round 450 college students subsequent week.
College students migrating to the brand new college are coming from Southridge Public Faculty and Janet Metcalfe Public Faculty.
Principal Jeff Johnson gave media a tour Wednesday morning. He mentioned he loves the quantity of pure mild and vibrant colors within the design.
“I used to be capable of give our first employees tour on Monday morning, which generated quite a lot of pleasure,” he mentioned.
Oak Creek Public Faculty Principal Jeff Johnson reveals off a classroom to media representatives. (Krista Simpson/CTV Information Kitchener)Oak Creek Public Faculty will open this 12 months for kindergarteners to Grade. 7 college students. The Grade 7 college students will then turn out to be the college’s first cohort of Grade 8 college students subsequent 12 months.
The considering behind that was the scholars going into Grade 8 this 12 months will be capable of keep on the college they’ve been studying at for the final a number of years and revel in their last 12 months with their associates.
At over 80,000 sq. ft, the constructing isn’t solely an elementary college. It additionally contains childcare area that shall be utilized by Rising Oaks Early Studying and a group centre for the general public.
“It is fairly a large area. It’s a triple health club, one of many gyms is owned by the group centre, however we’re actually excited concerning the partnerships we could have with them,” mentioned Johnson.
Every classroom could have big-screen TVs – no want for the pull-down projector screens many keep in mind from their college days.
A Grade 2 classroom with decrease whiteboards so youngsters can write on it. (Krista Sharpe/CTV Information Kitchener)Johnson mentioned the college has quite a few particular options, together with academics being mic’d up, lowered whiteboards for college kids to make use of and every little one could have what are referred to as “circulate desks.” These are formed slightly otherwise and are adjustable in top.
For the primary time, Vitamin for Studying has its personal purpose-built room, the place volunteers will put together wholesome snacks for every little one on daily basis.
The circulate desks that every scholar will sit in. (Krista Sharpe/CTV Information Kitchener)And one thing new, academics will not have desks.
“That’s type of an underlying theme of difficult our considering as educators when it comes to how we facilitate studying,” mentioned Johnson. “Are we sitting on the desk instructing? Or are we shifting across the classroom interacting with college students.”
Faculty directors mentioned all college students shall be inside strolling distance of the brand new college.
On Sept. 6 Oak Creek Public Faculty would be the house of the owls.
Oak Creek Public Faculty will open to college students on Sept. 6. (Krista Sharpe/CTV Information Kitchener)
