September 4, 2024 - First Day of School

School opens on Wednesday, September 4, 2024 for all students.

Classroom teacher will email families on September 3rd (in the pm) with information about the first day of school.  If you have not received an email from your child's teacher by 3:00pm contact the school secretary @ 782-3000. 

Kiss 'n Ride will begin at 7:50am when the doors open.

Grades 1 - 5 students will begin classes at 8:10 am.

Kindergarten students may arrive at 9:30am and proceed to their kindergarten classrooms.  

Busing - Grade 1-5 students, who are eligible may ride the NLSchools school bus starting Wednesday, September 4th.  It is recommended that Kindergarten students who are bus eligible may start riding the NLSchools bus starting Monday, September 9th.  Check the Busing/Transportation Portal for bus eligibility, routes, and pick up/drop off times.

Paradise Elementary
60 Karwood Drive
Paradise, NL
A1L 2T8 · Canada

TEL: 709-782-3000
FAX: 709-782-0763
EMAIL: N/A

Tweets by paradiseelem

• Busing Information
• Staff Directory
• School Directory
• Paradise Elementary Website

Paradise Elementary School empowers all learners to achieve and experience success in a positive, healthy, just, and caring environment.

Busing information for your school and location can be found below. Please visit the Student Transportion page for full information and access to the Busing Portal.

• Bus Routes for Paradise Elementary
• My Bus Planner Portal
• Student Transportation Portal

For any student transportation related inquiries, requests, concerns or to report an incident, please complete the following Student Transportation Form for your region below and a NLSchools Representative will get back to you as soon as possible.

• Public Busing Inquiry Form

NLSchools offers a variety of French programs to help students achieve the ability to know a second language. These programs range from common classroom french classes to full French immersion. To learn more on what we offer, please select one of the following:

• French Immersion Program
• Early French Immersion (EFI) Program
• Intensive Core French (ICF)
• Late French Immersion (LFI)
• French Programs Official Website
• French Language Programs (Dept. of Education)
• Canadian Parents for French
• French Immersion School Directory
• Early French Immersion School Feeder System
• Late French Immersion School Feeder System
• ICF Registration

If you are inquiring about French Immersion, please contact the Program Specialist(s) for French Programs (Early and late French Immersion) for your school.

Paradise Elementary is a K - 5 school.

Allocations for this year can be found below. Any extra allocations are represented by *

UNIT TYPE	DESCRIPTION	NUMBER
Regular	Resources deployed based on the number of classrooms to school enrollment.	22.00
Administration	Resources deployed for Principal and Assistant Principal positions.	1.75
Guidance	Resources deployed for Guidance Counselor positions. In some cases Guidance services may be provide by another school.	0.94
Specialist	Resources deployed for Physical Education, Art, French, etc.	2.69
Learning Resource Teacher (LRT)	Resources deployed for Learning Resource Teachers.	0.94
Instructional Resource Teacher (IRT)	Special Education resources deployed and determined by school population.	4.75
Instructional Resource Teacher (IRT) 2	Special Education resources deployed to support identified student needs.	0.00
Reading Specialist	Reading Specialist resources deployed to support identified student needs.	1.00
Teaching Learning Assistant (TLA)	Resources deployed for Teaching and Learning Assistants.	3.00
Teacher*	Additional unit required. Rationale: Guidance. (Date Given: 17-03-2024)	0.56
Adjustments	Resource deployed to round allocation to quarter units.	0.12

TOTAL ALLOCATIONS	DESCRIPTION	NUMBER
Teacher(s)	Total number of Teaching units allocated.	34.75
Teaching and Learning Assistant(s)	Total number of TLA units currently allocated.	3.00
Student Assistant(s) hrs allocated	Total number of Student Assistant hours allocated.	26.25

The following data is from PowerSchool information as entered by the school. The numbers indicate the number of students, unless otherwise noted. Only classes with 1 or more students will be listed.

K	Grade 1	Grade 2	Grade 3	Grade 4	Grade 5	Total Students
69	74	73	76	81	67	440

	Grade(s)	PowerSchool Class Section	Number Students in the Class
0	K	KB	14
0	K	KC	15
0	K	KD	13
0	K	KF	13
0	K	KF2	14
1	1	1A	19
1	1	1B	19
1	1	1C	11
1	1	1F	25
2	2	2A	19
2	2	2B	21
2	2	2C	6
2	2	2F	27
3	3	3A	7
3	3	3B	22
3	3	3C	22
3	3	3F	24
4	4	4A	11
4	4	4B	24
4	4	4C	23
4	4	4F	23
5	5	5B	26
5	5	5C	26
5	5	5F	15