Public School is an elementary school in Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada. It was opened in 2002 in the community of Vellore Woods. The school is a continuation of two other schools, one a log cabin one-room schoolhouse built in the 1830s, and the second a more impressive structure which, although closed in 1957, was an operating school from the 1860s and is still standing today. The community itself was named after the town of Vellore in India, site of a British victory in the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
The school has several sports teams including : Volleyball Team (Both genders, separate teams and a junior mixed team) Basketball Team (Both genders, separate teams) Boys Soccer Team, Cross-Country Team (Both genders together) Track and Field Team (Both genders together)
The school mascot is a wolf. The school is often referred as "Vellore Wolves" or "The Wolves"
The school's current principal is Mr. David Moore, and the current vice-principal is Ms. Mona Bongard.
Famous quotes containing the words woods, public and/or school:
“The autumnal change of our woods has not yet made a deep impression on our own literature yet. October has hardly tinged our poetry.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Lead bullets flattened by human teeth have been found on the camp site. Soldiers who had been caught stealing food from nearby farms customarily chewed on a bullet as the lash was laid on their bare backs.”
—For the State of New Jersey, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“There is nothing intrinsically better about a child who happily bounces off to school the first day and a child who is wary, watchful, and takes a longer time to separate from his parents and join the group. Neither one nor the other is smarter, better adjusted, or destined for a better life.”
—Ellen Galinsky (20th century)