Joshua Creek Public School

JCPS Important Information

Inclement Weather

All families are encouraged to review the HDSB Inclement Weather Reminders. A printable version of this information is also available. If your child is bused to school, please ensure you know which transportation zone you are located in. 

If you are picking up your child in-person during a lightning storm, please be patient and wait back away from the doors where your child is being dismissed, just like you do in good weather.  This helps educators to see you and ensure that students are safely dismissed.  Students who walk or bike home from school will be kept safely in the school until the lightning stops. 

Halton Food for Thought

Halton Food for Thought (HFFT) is dedicated to feeding the success of our students, one healthy, happy student tummy at a time. In partnership with the school boards and our community, HFFT is the sole provider of Student

Nutrition Programs in schools across Halton Region.

Student Nutrition Programs include nutritious meals and snacks and are available before or during school hours at no cost. These programs are a safe and reliable source of healthy food and are open to all students in a school’s community from Junior Kindergarten through Grade

12. Halton Food for Thought believes that through the provision of healthy food, every student has the best chance at success.

We want all children to reach their full potential and lead healthy, active lives. To help support student success, please consider volunteering with, or donating to Halton Food for Thought. To learn more about HFFT Student Nutrition Programs, visit their website.

Together we #FuelOurFuture!

Parking Lot - Do You Know?

Joshua Creek Public School currently has approximately 900 students.  Of those 900 students, about 5% qualify to ride the school bus.  This means that 95% of our students live within walking distance of our school!  Please support our school and our environment by arranging for your child to walk to and from school.

At Joshua Creek Public School, we are continuing to provide:

• regular reminders about the safe use of our parking lot

• staggered entry times by offering direct entry which allows parents to drop off and go 

• supervision at all entry doors

• staggered pick up times - supervision of students is provided until 3:30 p.m. so parents of junior and intermediate children are encouraged to wait until after 3:20 to pick up their child(ren)  

• reminders to students to use the appropriate walkways and crosswalk

To help support us, parents are encouraged to:

• stagger their drop off and pick up times

• encourage older students to walk to school 

• organize walking to school groups with neighbourhood parents or older students

• practise safe, defensive driving - drive slowly

• not leave your car unattended unless it is legally parked

• walk on the crosswalk and sidewalk, not through the parking lot 

• ONLY turn right when you leave the parking lot

• do not stop in the drive-through (inner, left-hand) lane