Malvern Junior Public School opened in 1976 and is named after the community in which it is located. The school serves close to 450 children. The student population is very diverse representing many different language and cultural groups. "Our mission is to provide all students with the opportunity to Grow Together and reach their full academic, physical, social, and emotional potential. We believe that this will enable our students to develop into happy, caring and responsible citizens respecting themselves, others and the environment".
Malvern Jr. P.S. is a Great Place to Be
Students, staff, and parents believe that Malvern is a great place to be. Although we deem Malvern is the place to be, we recognize that there is always room for improvement and are continuously striving to make Malvern better. Our focus on character development ensures that all individuals are treated with respect and know that they are expected to act in a responsible, kind, and caring manner. Integrity, co-operation, honesty, and fairness are key elements to success at Malvern Jr. Assemblies, workshops, teams, and class discussions all have the common element of having students respect and appreciate the differences of others.
Student Life - Where You Belong
At Malvern Jr., our students have many chances to shine, from student assemblies to the opportunities to participate in a variety of extracurricular offerings; from clubs to music to athletics. Our Malvern Knights teams are involved in soccer, volleyball, cross country, track and field and house league. We participate in folk dance and walkathons. Many of our students also show leadership through involvement in safety patrol program and EcoSchools initiatives.The students and staff are leading the way toward a much more environmentally friendly school community. Two student representatives from each class have joined to our EcoSchools committee. Once a week the students are meeting with EcoSchools lead teachers to discuss environmental issues. The students take their learning into their classroom and promote green and healthy living. They take on initiatives to reduce garbage at the school, bring litterless lunches every day, only pack their lunches in recyclable lunch containers, turn the lights off when the classroom is not use and use both sides of their papers. Through these various initiatives we create a better future for our young generation.
What Sets Us Apart
Malvern Jr. is committed to enriching the lives of our students. We offer a family fall barbeque, pizza lunches, author visits, musical presentations, Scientists in the School, Learning through Drama, Outdoor Education, Safety Awareness and class trips. We have an active School Council with whom we have organized many workshops to support our parent community and enhance student learning. Together staff and School Council have organized many fundraising events to support classroom trips, Scientist in the School programs. We have also hosted different events for our parent community to access resources and programs available in the Malvern area and in doing so have created a relationship of camaraderie. Working together with our parents allows us to strengthen our ties, and build positive relationships to improve students' achievement. We also partnered with University of Toronto's From 3 to 3 research project to foster the development of oral language and social reasoning skills with kindergarten students.
Parent and Community Engagement
At Malvern, we have many public library class visits, Scientist in the School and zoo staff to support and extend students' learning. A school community liaison officer delivers street proofing, anti-bullying and fire safety programs.
