Brown Junior Public School, located on Avenue Road in Toronto, serves around 530 students from junior kindergarten to grade 6, offering both English and French immersion programs. The school emphasizes academic growth, social skills development, and safety, with various extracurricular activities and strong parent involvement. Additionally, a range of special education programs are provided to support students with exceptionalities, and there is a commitment to continuous improvement through assessment and community collaboration.

1. Brown school is situated on Avenue Road just south of St. Clair Avenue. The first school was built in
454 Avenue Rd. 1917 and was replaced with a new building in 1972. Brown's 80th anniversary was celebrated during
1996/97.
Toronto, M4V2J1
Tel: (416) 393-1560 o The school has approximately 530 students (JK to Grade 6).
Fax: (416) 393-1554 o Brown is a dual track school offering English and French Immersion programs.
o Brown Community Centre is housed at the school and has a swimming pool that is used by our
students for regular swim programs as well as after-school and weekend recreational activities.
o Our daycare cares for 130 children and is closely linked with the school to provide meaningful care.
Mary Jane Giuliani
o foster academic growth and literacy through rigorous, relevant programming
o balance academic and social skills development
Sonja Litner o advance integration and use of technology: resource centre to be wired to the rest of the school so
access is available in every classroom and instructional time on specific software is available in a
lab of 15 computers in our library.
o continue extra-curricular programming so that every staff member is involved in either before
school , lunch or after school activities
o continue regular communication with parents via the Brown Bulletin and school webite.
o build on the strength of first and second language acquisitions within the framework of a strong
dual track school
Lynda Davenport o support the programming of out of class time since daycare, lunch and After-Four contribute to the
Dorothy Hunt health of the whole child
o continue music and physical education timetabled into the regular school day .
o Brown Parents and Staff work closely to ensure safety. Our guiding principles are:
o Students are entitled to come to school feeling safe and welcome.
o Initiatives in our school rely on a clear statement not tolerating bullying, teasing or victimizing.
o Physical aggression and victimizing behaviours particularly as a result of anger are immediately
Kelli Belanger referred to the administration so that consistent consequences for inappropriate behaviours are
applied as per Board policy.
Yvonne Harding A staff committee meets to regularly review safety and disciplinary issues as they affect student
o
and staff welfare.
o The School Council provides regular feedback.
o Total number of students: 531
Junior Kindergarten - Grade 3 335
Grade 4 - Grade 6 196
Josh Matlow o Gender:
Female 255 48%
(416) 397-3094 Male 276 52%
o Primary language other than English: 180 34%*
Michael Smith o Students born outside of Canada:
Students living in Canada for 2 years or less 28 5%
(416) 394-2046
Students living in Canada for 3 - 5 years 40 8%
* Calculation does not include students for whom language information is missing.
Chris Spence
Brown Junior Public School School Year: 2009-2010

2. The Toronto District School o Languages - English, English as a Second Language, and French
Board (TDSB), in o Mathematics, Science and Technology
partnership with students, o Arts - Music, Visual Arts, Drama and Dance
parents, teachers and all o Social Studies, Health and Physical Education
our communities, is
committed to taking
responsibility for continuous A variety of special education programs and services are offered to meet the
improvement of schools. needs of all students, including students with exceptionalities, such as
This is achieved through: behavioural, communication, intellectual, physical and multiple learning
disabilities. Students' exceptionalities are identified through a formal review
o process undertaken by an Identification, Placement and Review Committee
o (IPRC).
o
o Healthy Learning Communities (Ryerson)
o School Based:
Tutors in the Classroom (Elementary)
Brown Junior Public School School Year: 2009-2010

3. The primary purpose of student assessment is to improve learning.
Information about the Assessment has the greatest potential to improve learning when it is an
success of our programs integral part of classroom activities. Teachers assess student progress
comes from a wide variety towards achieving the expectations on an ongoing basis by using
of student assessments. strategies such as projects, class presentations, homework assignments,
These assessments are classroom observations, portfolios of student work, and tests.
based on clear
expectations for all Schools use assessment information and information from other sources
learners, consistent with to make informed decisions for school improvement planning. Schools
those described in The identify areas of strength as well as areas that require improvement. Input
Ontario Curriculum. is obtained from a variety of sources such as student assessments,
teacher feedback, parent feedback, and community surveys. In this way,
schools monitor, celebrate and improve their efforts in providing a
supportive and challenging learning environment for all their students.
READING o First Steps Writing Continuum Assessment and
School wide writing plans
Areas we want to improve:
o demonstrate a strong connection between subtle
New strategies we will add to make improvements:
and complex
o read for a variety of purposes with a variety of o review the EQAO type activities particularly as
text types they concern organizing information in
o develop the reading/writing connection chronological order
Strategies we plan to continue to order make o have students read aloud and distribute their
improvements: writing in order to receive more input from
listeners and readers as well
o encourage reading at home and at school o teach students to explain their thinking in writing
o build on the positive attitude to reading that using the appropriate vocabulary
presently exists at home and at school
MATHEMATICS
New strategies we plan to add in order to make
improvements: Areas we want to improve:
o review EQAO type activities o demonstrate achievement of measurement
o consistent assessment strategies expectations
o assess every grade 1-3 student using o spend more time teaching, area, perimeter,
Developmental Reading Assessment or Alpha capacity, time
Jeunes o do more problem-solving involving steps
o assess every grade 4 -6 student using CASI o teach students to explain their thinking in writing
Reading Assessment using the appropriate vocabulary
o teach students to explain their thinking in writing SCIENCE
using the appropriate vocabulary
o extend book collections of nonfiction reading o Hands on Science activities to enhance
material for primary and junior students curriculum.
WRITING o Assign projects predominantly done under the
direct supervision of the teacher
Areas we want to improve: SOCIAL STUDIES
o use of vocabulary dialogue and structure o use new TDSB curriculum support materials
o deal with the writer's sensitivity to the reader o use a variety of texts (e.g., novels and picture
o assess writing so that it is aligned with the books) to extend thematic units
Ontario curriculum standards o projects are predominantly done at school under
Strategies we plan to continue in order to make the direct supervision of the teacher
improvements:
o assign writing as a daily exercise with a variety of
purposes
o insist on writing conventions
Brown Junior Public School School Year: 2009-2010

4. o An ACTIVE Parent Council Executive of 30 who direct fundraising, collaborate on school programming,
partner through difficult parent-school issues to ensure the best possible academic/social experience for all
our students
o Regular parent volunteers who assist in field trips and supporting school improvements such as school yard
greening and new sports field, After-4, fundraising, etc.
o Monthly Home and School meetings with about 30 people in regular attendance
o Enriched Lunch program
o City Parks and Recreation well integrated into our school
o Public library class visits
o Outreach Program
o Unicorn Daycare
o School visits into the community.
Brown Junior Public School School Year: 2009-2010