Dunlop Public School

Dunlop Public School
Address
1310 Pebble Road Ottawa, Ontario, K1V 7R8, Canada
Information
School board	Ottawa-Carleton District School Board
Superintendent	Neil Yorke-Slader
Area trustee	Pamela Morse
Principal	Andrew Nordman
Administrator	Anita Luciano
Chief custodian	Michael Martin
School type	Public School
Grades	pre-K to 6
Mascot	Dragon
Founded	March 18, 1970
Enrolment	250 (September, 2009)
Homepage	School Website

Dunlop Public School (DPS) is a public school in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It was opened on March 18, 1970. The school is named after Dr. Florence Dunlop, the first school psychologist employed by the former Ottawa Public School Board. Dr. Dunlop served as the supervisor of special education from 1918 until 1961.

Students and faculty

Dunlop is an elementary school in the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board serving 250 pre-Kindergarten to Grade 6 students from the South Keys and Greenboro communities in Ottawa. Students represent a diverse background of countries and languages, including Arabic, Cantonese, Punjabi, Croatian and Tamil. Middle French Immersion students go to Featherston Drive P.S. while grade 6 graduates attend Roberta Bondar Public School for Grades 7 and 8.

Dunlop has a faculty of 16.75 teachers, many of whom have additional or specialist qualifications in special education, English as a Second Language, Brailling, signing, science, physical education, computers, and the arts. The school mission statement is "Dunlop School will help each child develop within a safe, caring, child-centred environment, the attitudes, skills, and knowledge necessary to become life-long learners, in a rapidly changing word."

Academic program

French is studied for a period per day in grades 1 to 6 and half that time in kindergarten. Special support programmes include English as a Second Language, a system Language Learning Disability Class and a Special Education Learning Centre. A special initiative at Dunlop is the Daily Classical Music Program.

Situation

The school is located on several acres in the South Keys neighbourhood next to Pushman Park through which access is available to an outdoor rink and baseball diamond. The school has a large library/resource centre, gym with stage and change/shower facilities, a computer lab (in addition to computers in the classrooms), play structures, basketball nets, and is wheelchair accessible.

External links

• School Website
• School Profile

Coordinates: 45°21′40″N 75°39′0″W / 45.36111°N 75.65°W / 45.36111; -75.65