Henry Kelsey Senior Public School

Henry Kelsey Senior Public School (Henry Kelsey Sr. PS, HKSPS or Kelsey) is an anglophone public middle school established in 1971[3] in the Toronto District School Board located in the Agincourt neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is named after Henry Kelsey, an English-born Hudson's Bay Company worker who was the first European known to have seen the Canadian Prairies, grizzly bears, great buffalo herds, and many Plains First Nations tribes.[4] As of October 2013, there were 506 students are enrolled in the school.[2]

Henry Kelsey Senior Public School
Address
1200 Huntingwood Dr.

Toronto
,
M1S 1K7

Canada
Coordinates43°47′56″N 79°16′38″W
Information
School typePublic, middle school
MottoPrepare today, Succeed Tomorrow!
Founded1970 (1970)
School boardToronto District School Board
SuperintendentRoula Anastasakos[1]
Area trusteeYalini Rajakulasingam
School number252832[2]
PrincipalTerry Singh
Grades7, 8
Enrollment330 (October 2015[2])
LanguageEnglish
Colour(s)        
MascotBison
Team nameKelsey Blues; Kelsey Bisons
Websiteschools.tdsb.on.ca/HenryKelsey/

Henry Kelsey has Special Education, E.S.L.,[5] and LEAP programs as well as a language lab to give added support to students who need it. The school offers programs such as drama, art, vocal music and instrumental music. Furthermore, the school also provides guidance and FSL (French as a second language) programs as mandated by the Ontario Ministry of Education.

The two-story building includes over 50 rooms and a large gymnasium that is able to divide into two. When the school was first built, the second-story was an open-concept, but was later renovated to include walls between the classrooms.

Kelsey's feeder schools include Chartland Jr P.S., Percy Williams Jr P.S., Lynnwood Heights Jr P.S., Alexmuir Jr P.S., A.S. Taylor Jr P.S., Brimwood Jr P.S., and Iroquois Jr P.S.. Most students who graduate from the school either go to Agincourt Collegiate Institute or Albert Campbell Collegiate Institute, as well as Francis Libermann Catholic High School, Mary Ward Catholic Secondary School or St. Mother Teresa Catholic Academy.[6]

Notable alumni

References
  1. "Henry Kelsey Senior Public School". Toronto District School Board. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  2. "Henry Kelsey Senior Public School (252832)". Elementary School Profile. Ontario Ministry of Education. 2013-10-17. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
  3. "Henry Kelsey Senior Public School". Archived from the original on 2008-04-07. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
  4. "Henry Kelsey Senior Public School". Archived from the original on 2008-04-04. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
  5. "Henry Kelsey Senior Public School". Archived from the original on 2008-04-07. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
  6. "TDSB Street Guide". Archived from the original on 2 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-05.
  7. School brochure for Henry Kelsey Senior Public School Retrieved 2019-09-09

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