Ellen Fairclough Public School Blog: Welcome!

We are a community of learners in the town of Markham.
The purpose of our page is to engage you,
the community member on our learning journey.

Our school motto is:
“The Spirit to Try, the Courage to Fly”.

School Information

Click here to find our school information

School Calendar

Click here to go to our Calendar in order to find all of the

school events that will be happening this year at EFPS

School Time Table

Click here to find our school time table that shows the break

down of our daily class schedule.

Nut Free Zone School Policy

In order to help ensure a safe learning environment for all, we remind all members of our school community to avoid bringing products that contain (or may contain) nuts. Many of our students have severe, life-threatening allergies to nuts and even non-physical contact can lead to an anaphylactic reaction.

Thank you for your support in monitoring food products

that are brought into the school.

School Kiss & Ride Policy

Here at Ellen Fairclough, we strive for eco-friendly actions. We hope that all of our students who can safely walk/ride a bike to school try and do so.

For Parents who choose to drive their children we have the following in place to ensure the safest and smoothest Drop-Off Process

Staff will be on duty to facilitate a smooth Kiss ‘n’ Ride drop-off loop

The Kiss ‘n’ Ride is accessed using the southern most driveway entrance of the parking lot, and is a one way loop

Parents should follow the route and not drop off children until they are between the two pylons, where staff are located

Once children are dropped off, Parents should exit the parking lot through the northern most driveway entrance

Please DO NOT park at any point in the Kiss ‘n’ Ride Loop

At the end of the day, parents are asked to meet students outside at a pre-  determined meeting spot.

EFPS School Bus Cancellation Notice

To ensure the safety of students, school bus service may be cancelled due to inclement weather, extreme temperatures and/or poor road conditions. In these cases, parents and students should develop alternate care/transportation arrangements.

Since some busing schedules begin by 7:00 a.m., cancellation decisions must be made by 6:00 a.m. to allow time to communicate this message to bus drivers. Cancellation decisions will only be made after thorough consultation with the Safety Officers of school bus companies servicing York Region and are based on several factors including precipitation, air temperature, road conditions and weather forecast.

Please note the following;

A decision to cancel school bus service will be region-wide meaning all school buses, vans and taxis will not operate.
When bus service is cancelled all school tests and/or examinations will be cancelled and rescheduled.
Student trips involving the use of school buses will also be cancelled.
School bus routes may be cancelled when severe weather may not be affecting all municipalities in York Region. Both the YRDSB and YCDSB operate many regional educational programs. Students attending these programs are transported over large attendance areas encompassing several municipal boundaries. This limits the ability to cancel bus service using a municipality or zone methodology.
Unless otherwise stated, schools will remain open and parents can make arrangements to transport their children to and from school even if school bus service is cancelled. If buses are cancelled in the morning, they will not operate in the afternoon. Therefore students transported to school by parents will require the same transportation home.

Parents, students and school staff are asked to access the following radio and television stations after 6:00 a.m. to receive bus cancellation information:

RADIO AM

590 AM 640 AM 680 AM 860 AM

1010 AM 1050 AM 1540 AM 1580 AM

RADIO FM

88.5 FM 89.9 FM 92.5 FM 93.1 FM

94.9 FM 95.9 FM 97.3 FM 98.1 FM

99.1 FM 99.9 FM 101.1 FM 102.1 FM

104.5 FM 100.7 FM 105.9 107.1 FM

TELEVISION

CITY TV CTV Barrie CTV Toronto

CP24 GLOBAL NEWS

A bus cancellation message will also be available at www.schoolbuscity.com and by calling 1-877-330-3001, or by following the YRDSB and YCDSB on twitter.

EFPS Social Media

In the fast pace world of social media, it is important to stay connected. Our ultimate goal is to improve the achievement, well being and success of each student at our school. With that in mind here are a couple of avenues you can follow EFPS that will assist us in that goal.