Opened in 1915, Wilkinson Public School has been part of the Danforth/Donlands community for 90 years. Our school is rich in cultural diversity, with 550 students speaking over 15 different languages. This provides an exciting opportunity for all our students to learn about and celebrate many different cultures.
All people at Wilkinson work towards building a welcoming, respectful, and safe school for everyone. Our dedicated staff and parents (through our School Council) work together to create a close-knit school community for the benefit of our whole neighbourhood.
We believe that all children have the potential to succeed in school. We provide rich programs in literacy, mathematics, science and the arts. Wilkinson offers a mid-Immersion French program for students in Grades 4-6, and promotes the integration of information technology into all of our classrooms. We have participated in the Early Literacy Project for the past four years and will continue with Reading Recovery for the 2005/2006 school year. Our daycare centre (for children aged 2 1/2 to 10) is an integral part of the school. These programs help build the lifelong learning skills and values that all children need to become responsible members of our society.
Address Information
Wilkinson Public School
53 Donlands Avenue
Toronto, ON M4J 3N7
416-393-9575
Where did
Wilkinson School get its Name?
Our school is
named after William Carr Wilkinson (1841-1927). W.C.
Wilkinson was a native Torontonian who was appointed as
Secretary to the Toronto Public School Board on November 4,
1874. He held this position until he retired 45 years later
(!) in 1919. Mr. Wilkinson is remembered above all for his
commitment to recording and preserving the history of
education in Toronto. His many contributions to the cause
of public education were marked in 1915 when Wilkinson
Public School was named in his honour. He died on May 26,
1927 in the same house he was born; 121 Parliament
Street.