Families who live within walking distance are encouraged to use active travel, including walking or rolling (cycling, scootering, skateboarding) to and from school.
Driving To School
Parents/guardians who choose to drive their children to school are asked to consider parking a block or two away from the school and having their child walk the rest of the way. Choosing active travel can improve physical and mental health and helps students start the day alert and ready to learn. It also helps to protect the environment and reduce traffic, making school zones safer for everyone.
Drop Off, Pick Up and Parking
The safety of all students must be everyone’s first priority. Please follow the procedures below. There is one-way traffic in our front driveway loop. In the front driveway loop, drop off/pick up students on the right side; drive through only on the left side. For safety reasons, do not drop off/pick up students on the left side.
At the end of the school day, the front driveway loop is closed to regular traffic from about 2:40 to 3:15. Only school taxis and buses are to use the front driveway loop at the end of the day in order to create a safe place for our students with special needs. Once all the school taxis and buses leave the front driveway loop around 3:15, regular traffic may use this area.
There is one-way traffic in the west entrance and on the south (back) side of the school. It is two-way traffic on the east side of the school. Do not make U-turns anywhere in the east parking lot from Dunning Avenue to the south parking lot. Making a U-turn in this area creates an unsafe condition for pedestrians and other vehicles. If you need to turn around, please pull into a parking spot and carefully back out.
Student Parking
There are parking spots, available on a first-come, first-served basis, for students in the southeast parking lot only. Please download and fill out this parking application. Students are not allowed to park in other areas which are reserved for staff, Board vehicles, bus routes, and Visitors. Students must register for a parking space and display the parking permit. Vehicles and contents are left at the student’s own risk. Students are not allowed to hang out or spend free time by or in parked vehicles.
School Bus
For more information on taking the school bus, visit Student Transportation on the YRDSB website and School Transportation Services.