Caledonia Centennial Public School

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The Caledonia Centennial Public School is an elementary school located in Caledonia, Ontario, Canada, North of the Grand River on 110 Shetland St. The school teaches grades Junior Kindergarten to 8. The current principal is Neil Dunning. The school mascot is the Cougar. The school colours worn by its sports teams are gold and blue. Start and finish times are 8:40 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. respectively. French Immersion is available for grades JK-2The school was built in 1967, the Canadian Centennial (hence the name). The current school replaced the smaller school house where the Caledonia Presbyterian Church currently stands. Centennial is currently part of the Grand Erie District School Board. The school has 3 floors and a gym/stage. The school is not equipped with an elevator but recently received a wheelchair walkway to the entrance.Recent historyIn the mid-nineties to 2000s the school had two tire playgrounds (one climbing and another for running on), a slide beside the building, playground, and swings by the church. The slide was taken away likely because teachers could not see it easily, both tire equipment were burnt down by arsonists and the swings were taken away for likely the same reasons as the slide. However a misleading box of stones was built closer to the school but no swings were ever put in.