St. Jane Frances Catholic School (elementary--Junior Kindergarten to Grade 8)

2745 Jane Street, North York, Ontario M3L 2E8

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History & Tradition

The school is named after Saint Jane Frances de Chantal (1572-1641) whose feast day is August 18. 

Saint Jane Frances Catholic School opened in October 1964 with a student population of 169 guided by a staff of 7 including the principal, John Raniowski.  An addition was completed in 1967. 

Early in 2000, when St. Camillo was slated to close, plans for construction at St. Jane Frances began.  A building committee was formed and it met with the architects on May 1, 2001 to view the schematic design and offer comments.  To keep the communities of St. Camillo and St. Jane Frances informed, a general meeting was held on May 28, 2002.  Present were the trustee for St. Jane Frances, the area superintendent, the Board project coordinator and the architects who made a presentation of the final drawings for the project. 

On October 7, 2002 students from grades 5 to 8 moved into 10 portables while all other classes and offices were relocated in the south wing.  Early in 2003 Torcom Construction was awarded the contract to build the new addition and retrofit the south wing of SJF.  On April 28, 2003 the demolition of the north wing was begun followed by the construction of a new three stories wing.  As enrolment increased specialty classes were moved into the church basement. In September 2004 classes and offices moved into the new wing.  Eight rooms on the second floor of the south wing were handed over for occupancy in mid-January 2005. 

How We Meet the Diverse Needs of Our Students

St. Jane Frances Catholic School offers its students a safe environment where Catholic values are upheld.  Through the celebration of the liturgical year students express their faith.  The students actively participate by joining the choir, being altar servers.  The student council sets up various projects—food drives, candy grams, etc.  Volunteers provide opportunities to learn, understand and recite the rosary on a monthly basis. 

The students of Saint Jane Frances Catholic School come from a diverse socio-economic background.  Our instructional programs are continually adapted to meet the individual needs of our students.  We currently have three classes for students from grades three to eight who require English as a Second Language programming (ESL).  In addition, we offer two international languages—Italian and Spanish—on an extended day basis. 

Students, who may experience academic, social, and behavioural difficulties, are closely monitored and appropriate modifications and/or accommodations are made to their program of studies.  If difficulties still continue, then they go through a special services process to receive direct intervention and/or consultation from our support staff.  The school offers a number of special programmes such as learning disability, special education, behavioural, multi exceptionalities, itinerant deaf and hard of hearing for students who have been formally identified.  In addition, we have the expertise of a child and youth worker who is assigned to the behavioural class and another who provides assistance and social skills to the rest of the students as the need arises.  The Fifth Block initiative continues to provide additional support to students in Grades 1 and 2.

Many of our teachers are specialized in various curriculum areas and they teach their specialty subject on a rotary basis—visual arts, physical education, science, history, and geography.  The vocal music programme is offered to students from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 6 while students in the intermediate grades receive instruction in instrumental music. 

Students have an opportunity to participate in the many extra-curricular activities offered by staff.  Junior and intermediate students can join school team sports and participate in tournaments—soccer, volleyball, basketball, cross country, track and field, and baseball.  Various house leagues, led by the intermediate students, are also provided for primary children.  Clubs such as the Reading Club, the Visual Arts Club, and W5H are open to interested children. 

Through collaboration of Staff and CSAC, appropriate presentations are offered throughout the year depending on the specific needs and interests of the students.  The CSAC is instrumental in assisting with the cost of these presentations as well as funding of excursions. 

Saint Jane Frances Catholic School is proud of its relationship between the home, school and parish in meeting the diverse needs of our school community.

School News

• Guided Reading Workshop (PowerPoint)

• Pathways Reading Workshop (PowerPoint)

• Teaching Learning Critical Pathway-3 P’s-Personalization, Precision, Professional Learning Community (PowerPoint)

• Education for All--Differentiated Curriculum (PowerPoint)

• The Teaching- Learning Critical Pathway (TLCP): A Resource Guide

• Electronic Portfolios--A Guide for Educators

• Curriculum Document--Program Differentiation

• Support Document--Literacy

• Selected References

   

  St. Jane Frances Wins 2nd Place at Elementary City Track and Field Championships
  St. Jane Frances track and field participants captured 3rd place at the TCDSB Elementary Track and Field Championships at Varsity Stadium on June 8th with 74 cumulative points. - full list of results
   

School Learning Improvement Plan -- 2011-2012

School Learning Improvement Plan -- 2010-2011

School Learning Improvement Plan -- 2009-2010

Safe School Plan -- 2010-2011

EQAO Assessment Results

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