The Woodlands School

The Woodlands School is a public elementary and secondary school in Mississauga, Ontario, under the Peel District School Board. It has a diverse student population from a wide variety of cultural backgrounds. The school has a solid English as a Second Language (ESL) program to assist new immigrants, and a Peer Assisted Learning (PALS) program. The school is also a Regional Enhanced Learning Centre for the secondary gifted program.HistoryThe Woodlands School was opened in the year 1969. While the first phase of its present building was under construction, The Woodlands operated in the Basement of Springfield Public School building. In September, 1970, the school's students and staff moved to the new building, and The Woodlands became a combined elementary and secondary school. Today, The Woodlands have nearly 1000 students.The facility received a major renovation throughout 2016.. This renovation implemented a new open concept design to the front of the school, and also changed the old library building attached to the school to new elementary classrooms.AcademicsElementary studentsStudents in grades 7 through 8 are enrolled in a full-year schedule of two terms per year, with the subjects taught rotated on a five-day cycle. Report cards for each term are sent home with each student in January and June, and elementary classes continue throughout the secondary exam periods.Secondary studentsAs with the Peel District School Board, subjects are taught at the Enhanced, Academic, Applied and Locally Developed levels.Woodlands also offers a gifted education program, students who are identified as gifted through the CCAT (Canadian Cognitive Abilities Test) tests (or various others) are given the option of attending Woodlands, and are bussed from all over the city. The Enhanced subjects for students have the same content as an Academic course being taught, but are given options in school work to try and encourage enhanced students to be creative, and take leadership roles.