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johnware@cbe.ab.ca
Phone: (403)
777-7930
Fax: (403)
777-7939
School Hours: AM:
8:45
~
12:16
PM:1:00
~
3:35
School Location
10020 - 19 Street S.W.
Calgary
,
AB
T2V 1R2
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John Ware School is located in the southwest community of Pumphill. Our regular program students come to us from the communities of Pumphill, Braeside, Palliser and Bayview. Our GATE students come to us from Areas V. Our elementary feeder schools are Braeside and Nellie McClung. Most of our students leaving John Ware attend either Henry Wise Wood, Centennial, Central Memorial, or EP Scarlett High Schools.
In the 2009 - 2010 school year, we welcomed about 391 students to our school community: 181 students in the regular program and 210 students in the Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) program.
Our GATE program is in its tenth year and comprises of eleven classes in 2009-2010: three at grade 7, and 4 at each grade 8 and 9.
About the School
John Ware School was built in 1968 in southwest Calgary in the community of Pumphill very close to the intersection of 19 St. and Southland Dr. It is a one level building with 23 teaching spaces including a band, drama, construction, foods/fashion, and art specialty areas.
Learning Environment Highlights
Accessibility to technology in the classroom, four carts each containing 12 laptops
School wireless network access
One Macintosh computer lab and one PC computer lab (robotics)
LCD Projector in every classroom
Use of Smart technologies enabling interactive learning
Partnership with Southland Leisure Centre (SLC) in sharing facilities to enhance our student PE
About School Name
In 1822, Fred Stimson, manager of the Bar-U, sent Tom Lynch to Idaho to buy a herd of cattle. Among the riders recruited to bring it back was John Ware, the first black cattleman in the southwest. He became one of the best stockmen of his time. John Ware, a friendly and sympathetic soul and a fighter against injustice, was known as the best rider on the Canadian side and was equally proficient in handling rope and gun.
He was on the Bar-U when George Lane came. After a few years, he went with the Quorn Ranch, between Sheep Creek and the Highwood, and ranged over the area later to become famous as the Turner Valley oil field. Here, he earned the respect of his employers and had considerable responsibility in the management of the ranch.
He secured his own ranch in 1888, not far from the Quorn on the north fork of Sheep Creek, adjacent to the ranch of John Quirk, another well-known pioneer. When his cattle herd became too large for this ranch, he sold it and took prairie land on the Red Deer River near the town of Duchess.
In 1905, he was killed in a fall from his horse while attempting to cut a steer from the herd.
School Mission
Our professional learning focuses on improving learning for the 21st Century student, in meeting our academic goals as well as citizenship, character, and personal development.
As we commit to our purpose we continue to focus on the following goals:
Recognising that generosity and integrity are the foundations of effective teaching and learning in a diverse community
Protecting physical, emotional and cultural safety
Practising generosity
Clarifying lines of communication
Improving continuously as teachers and learners
Connecting our learning to life's many challenges
Modelling and encouraging enthusiasm, initiative, exploration and risk-taking
Preserving dignity, respect and fairness
Expecting meaningful contributions, a strong work ethic, and a desire to meet potential and pursue excellence
Mastering technology as a tool in the education process
Essential Questions:
How can we, as staff, improve at the classroom level in teaching and learning in an effort to create and provide more authentic learning experiences for students to achieve academic success and assist students in realizing their personal highest potential?
Unique Points
School Processes Data
As a school we continue, and take substantial steps in approaching curriculum with a generative philosophy, creating and sustaining a caring and intellectual learning environment that is rich and rigorous.
Including the AISI learning leaders as part of our PLC work in areas of their expertise, interest, and as time permits with our family of five schools.
Continued work on our Information Literacy program, specifically the distributed learning environment component with our use of D2L.
Clear linkages between our school growth plan, school PLC Focus, the AISI Cycle IV (The Personalization of Student Learning), Area V Plan, and the CBE Three Year Plan.
Further development and refinement of our Professional Learning Communities (PLC) organized by staff and student identified needs based on data from the 2008-09 school year. Investigating further the classroom environment in the context the content, learner, and teacher (Elmore’s Instructional Core)
Student Services Team (SST) leader who brings forward struggling students identified by staff for regular meetings with the SST and Area V Student Services Specialist to determine plan of action and follow up strategies.
Modulized Physical Education twice a week, Fitness twice a week, and Health Program.
A comprehensive complementary option program offering a cross-section of learning opportunities at each grade level.
GATE program: Compacting, Enrichment, and Acceleration programs to meet the diverse needs of the learner.
Student Individual Program Plans (IPPs) distributed among all staff to build mentorship and advocacy opportunities for our students.
John Ware School will pilot the new Student Progress Report with added assessment of citizenship, personal development, and character. (new in 2009-10)
An emphasis of experiential learning, providing all students with opportunities to learn outside the classroom during off campus experiences in a variety of content areas.
Teacher Advisory (TA) Program every Friday with the development of End Statements 3-5 of student citizenship, personal development and character as the drivers of the agenda.
Organization for Instruction in the 2008-2009 School Year
Two Day Schedule with tumbling timetable
Early Friday dismissal (12:34 pm)
8:45 am start time, 3:35 pm dismissal time (Monday-Thursday)
Student Enrolment
(September
2009
) Total Enrolment:
391
