Baythorn Public School is an elementary school in the portion of the community of Thornhill

Thornhill, Ontario

Thornhill is a community in the Greater Toronto Area of Southern Ontario, Canada, located on the northern border of the city of Toronto. Once a municipal village, Thornhill is now a community and postal designation geographically split into two municipalities along Yonge Street, the city of...

 in Markham

Markham, Ontario

Markham is a town in the Regional Municipality of York, located within the Greater Toronto Area of Southern Ontario, Canada. The population was 261,573 at the 2006 Canadian census...

, Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

Canada

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. The school is named after Baythorn Drive, on which it is located. It is part of the York Region District School Board

York Region District School Board

The York Region District School Board, also known as YRDSB, is the English-language public school board for York Regional Municipality located in Ontario, Canada. The York Region District School Board is currently the province's third largest school board, with an enrollment of over 115,000 students...

. Baythorn Public School is known for its Arts Program, which features an arts based curriculum. According to Baythorn Public School's website, the designated high school for Baythorn students is Thornhill Secondary School

Thornhill Secondary School

Thornhill Secondary School in Thornhill, Ontario, Canada was founded in 1955.-History:Originally it served as an elementary school, but in 1956 it opened as a full-time high school with 600 students. The TSS library was established in 1960 and was just recently renovated in 2007...

. However, many of Baythorn's students also go on to attend Thornlea Secondary School

Thornlea Secondary School

Thornlea Secondary School is a public high school that opened in 1968 and is located in Thornhill, Ontario, Canada, on the north east corner Bayview Avenue and Willowbrook Road, just south of Highway 407....

 and, for those in the Arts Program, Unionville High School

Unionville High School

Unionville High School is a public high school of the York Region District School Board. It is located in the community of Unionville in the town of Markham, Ontario. The school is located next to the local municipal offices and the Apple Creek Business Park.Unionville High School is most well...

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Arts

Baythorn's Arts Program broadly exposes to students to the different arts. Depending on the availability of qualified teachers, courses are generally offered in drama, dance, visual art and both vocal and instrumental music. A major component of the Arts curriculum is a major, "integrated-arts" production, written and performed by grade seven and eight students at the Vaughan City Playhouse.

Arts Program Admissions

While the staff requests all prospective students to complete an audition, there is no other minimum requirement for entrance into the Arts Program. The admissions rate is around 25%.

External links

• Official web site
• School Profile at the York Region District School Board web site
• Profile at the Education Quality and Accountability Office
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  (EQAO) web site