Walsh Public School

Walsh Public School (formerly known as Walsh Area Public School) is a French Immersion dual-track Public elementary school that is located in the hamlet of Walsh in the municipality of Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada.

Walsh Public School
Walsh Public School; opened March 1960 (photo taken November 2006)
Address
933 Regional Road 3[1]

Simcoe
,
Ontario
,
N3Y 4K1

Canada
Coordinates42°45′50″N 80°23′25″W
Information
School typePublic, Elementary school[1]
School boardGrand Erie District School Board[1]
School number586110[2]
PrincipalDirk Matthys[1]
GradesJK-8[1]
Enrollment383 (September 2017[2])
LanguageEnglish
Colour(s)    Green and white
Team nameWhirlwinds
Websitewww.granderie.ca/schools/walsh/Pages/default.aspx

Summary

History

Walsh Area Public School was constructed in 1959 on an open-field site along the north side of St. John's Road, between the Turkey Point Road and Young's Creek. It opened in March 1960, a four-room school that culminated a five-year consolidation effort that merged four one- and two-room elementary schools within five miles of the village: Walsh, Tisdale, Elmwood and McKnight.[3] The guest of honour at the official opening in September 1960 was Education Minister and future Premier John Robarts. Expansion of the public school came in three phases over the next 15 years to achieve its current configuration. It also had its name shortened to Walsh Public School.

The children of Walsh Public School were involved in an attempt to break the Guinness Book of Records for reading on January 26, 2009.[4]

Culture

The name of the Walsh Public School athletic teams is the Whirlwinds (previously called the Wolverines in the 1990s). The school competes in basketball, baseball, soccer and track and field (through intramural events and the county meet in Port Dover).

References
  1. "School information". Grand Erie District School Board. Retrieved April 22, 2009.
  2. "Walsh Public School (586110)". Elementary School Profile. Ontario Ministry of Education. January 13, 2016. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
  3. Boughner, Elizabeth (1967). Tweedsmuir History of the Walsh Community, 1790–1965. Walsh Women's Institute.
  4. Record-setting Reading attempt at YouTube, accessed May 8, 2012
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