Our School

HISTORY OF BUCHANAN PARK

Buchanan Park Public School is located between Garth and West 5th Street and Mohawk Road and Fennell Avenue, abutting Buchanan Park in Hamilton, Ontario and was built in 1960

The staff and our community work as a team to provide a wide variety of special events at Buchanan Park School.  Our team strives for excellence and believes that academic improvement and accountability are worthwhile goals.

“Bee” Smart! “Bee” Active! “Bee” Involved! We’ve chosen the “Bee”  theme to support our efforts to improve Social/Learning Skills here at Buchanan Park.  It’s particularly appropriate for us here at Buchanan Park, because in addition to being a “busy” school, we also feel that there is a strong sense of purpose to all the activity.  We want our students to work effectively in a calm, safe learning community where everyone is able to put forth their best effort.  In fact, bees are known to live in busy, purposeful societies.  Bees carry out a variety of activities throughout their lifetimes and they work collaboratively.  We aim to help our students develop balanced skills learned through participation in a variety of experiences.

LATES AND FRONT DOOR EXPECTATION

Being on-time for school is important for consistency, morning routines, and the learning flow of the day.  Please endeavour to be on-time for the morning bell at 8:40 am.  Please be reminded playground supervision begins at 8:25 a.m., students may be dropped off on the playground from 8:25 a.m. to bell time. Students are expected to meet their classroom teacher on the playground lines or Kindergarten playground.  Students are not to use the front door unless they arrive to school after morning entry.  Students please report to the main office for a late slip prior to going to class. The end of the day expectation is students go directly home at the end of the day bell at 3 p.m.  Playground supervision ends at 3:15 p.m.

NUT-FREE ZONE

Please be aware we are a nut-free school. Please do not send nut or nut products into school as we have students with anaphylaxis reactions to nuts and nut products.

PARKING LOT AND DROP OFF

Just a reminder to parents and non-staff to please not use the parking lot for pick-up and drop off before or after school.  We do not have available supervision for this area and we only have enough spots for staff parking in the lot.

SCHOOLCASH SIGN UP                                                                                                                                           School Cash Online is an online parent portal that offers a secure, fast and convenient way to pay for school activities, trips, and fundraisers. Schoolcash allows parents to add students, make payments, check payment history, print or view receipts, and receive notifications about upcoming events.

We want to offer parents a more convenient way to pay for school activities. With School Cash Online, you can pay with the click of a button.

Feel free to drop by the school office if you are having difficulty registering and Ms. Bonnie will be happy to help.

Registering to use School Cash Online is simple.

  1. First, visit https://hwdsb.schoolcashonline.com   and click “Register.”
  2. Fill in the required details and confirm your email. Check your inbox for the email confirmation from School Cash Online and click the confirmation link inside the email.
  3. Click “Add Student” and fill in the required fields with your child’s details

SPEEDING AND STOP SIGNS IN SCHOOL ZONES

To ensure student safety please ensure you are driving at the posted speed limit and coming to a complete stop at all stop signs. We appreciate your cooperation in helping to keep our students safe.