|schoolboard= 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...

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|superintendent= Gayle Brocklebank-Vincent
|trustee= Ada Yeung
|principal= Bob Sandiford
|viceprincipal= Paul Obael
|fundingtype = Public
|schooltype= Elementary school

Elementary school

An elementary school or primary school is an institution where children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as elementary or primary education. Elementary school is the preferred term in some countries, particularly those in North America, where the terms grade school and grammar...

|grades= JK-8
|language = English

Canadian English

Canadian English is the variety of English spoken in Canada. English is the first language, or "mother tongue", of approximately 24 million Canadians , and more than 28 million are fluent in the language...

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|colours= Red, White, and Black
|mascot=Bulldog
|motto="Learning and Growing Together."
|focus=" Academics, Arts, Athletics and the Enviroment"
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|area = Buttonville

Buttonville, Ontario

Buttonville is a suburban community part of Unionville within the Town of Markham in York Region, directly north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the western part of Unionville. The population is presently about 30,000. Rouge River is to the northeast and Buttonville Airport is...

|enrollment= 559
|enrollment_as_of = September 2011
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Buttonville Public School is an elementary school

Elementary school

An elementary school or primary school is an institution where children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as elementary or primary education. Elementary school is the preferred term in some countries, particularly those in North America, where the terms grade school and grammar...

 in the Buttonville

Buttonville, Ontario

Buttonville is a suburban community part of Unionville within the Town of Markham in York Region, directly north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the western part of Unionville. The population is presently about 30,000. Rouge River is to the northeast and Buttonville Airport is...

 neighbourhood of 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

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 in 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...

. It offers grades JK–8 and is a feeder school to Unionville High School (UHS). It is also currently holding for a school in Angus Glen that will open in 2012.

History

Buttonville P.S. is named after John Button, a landowner in 1808 of some 300 acres (1.2 km²). Major Button was a supporter of law and order, who demonstrated his loyalty by leading the Markham Dragoons in the War of 1812

War of 1812

The War of 1812 was a military conflict fought between the forces of the United States of America and those of the British Empire. The Americans declared war in 1812 for several reasons, including trade restrictions because of Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American merchant...

.

In September 2007, the French immersion

French immersion

French immersion is a form of bilingual education in which a child who does not speak French as his or her first language receives instruction in school in French...

 program relocated from Buttonville P.S. to a newly built French immersion school, Sir Wilfrid Laurier PS, located east of Woodbine Avenue

Woodbine Avenue (Ontario)

Woodbine Avenue consists of two north-south road sections in central Ontario:# The southern section in Toronto begins near Ashbridges Bay on the shore of Lake Ontario, at Lake Shore Boulevard...

 north of Elgin Mills Road south of Major Mackenzie Drive.

Facilities

Buttonville P.S. was officially opened in September 1991. A child care centre, Buttonville Child Care, owned and operated by Upper Canada Creative Child Care, is located at Buttonville P.S. The school also works in partnership with nearby Chapel Place Day Care. In spring 2012, there will be a sports camp and daycare located beside the school, as of school's property.

School Events

Buttonville P.S. has many events throughout the school year, including the annual Buttonville Run, Terry Fox run, Unicef "Trick or Treat" charity event, School dances and holiday concerts. They have many special days or events planned the Student Council, such as, Pyjama Day, Gum Day, Backwards Day, Red Day, e.t.c. Throughout out the year, there are special workshops and events for specfic grades.

Fraser Institute

Buttonville ranked 103 out of 2786 Ontario elementary schools in 2008 according to the Fraser Institute

Fraser Institute

The Fraser Institute is a Canadian think tank. It has been described as politically conservative and right-wing libertarian and espouses free market principles...

. This is a decline over the five years prior when it ranked 45 out of 2374.