In order to support the Board’s mission, the mission of Keswick P.S. is “The Keswick Public School Community is committed to respect, responsibility and life-long learning. We believe everyone is a learner: learners show respect, produce quality work, take risks, accept support from others and have fun.”
Our school motto is “We value reasonable, responsible and respectful behaviour. We strive for academic excellence in French Immersion.”
Our school mascot is a hawk, which represents strength, speed and agility.
At Keswick Public School we value…
- a safe, orderly, nurturing, inviting, and stimulating learning environment for all students
- a caring, competent, enthusiastic staff
- the involvement of parents in their children’s learning and school community
- the learning of French as a second language
- Respectful, Reasonable and Responsible behaviour demonstrated by all students, staff, and parents
At Keswick Public School we believe…
- the program should focus on developing the bilingual and academic potential of all students
- students need to be actively engaged and supported in their learning
- there should be regular communication between the school and home
- parents are their child’s first teacher
- the staff, materials and resources should reflect the uniqueness of the program
- as a community, we must provide for, foster and promote French language learning
- there should be a strong partnership between the parents and the school
History
Keswick Public school was a built as a four room schoolhouse in 1927. It was built to serve the rural area of Keswick. It has served the regular English program but in 1997, it changed over to house Georgina’s French Immersion Program.
Facilities
Keswick P.S. was officially opened in 1927. In the early 1950’s, a two-room office addition was built and by 1965, three more additions were added. In 1981, the library addition was completed and by 1988, the school had new offices, home economics room and an industrial arts room. In the late 1990’s, the home economics room was converted to a staff meeting and the industrial arts room was converted to a music room. Today, we house Grade 1-8 French Immersion Classes.