The Mission of Our School
We support the York Region District School Board's Mission that "we unite in our purpose to inspire and prepare learners for life in our changing world community".

History
William Berczy Public School is named after William Moll Berczy, the founder of Markham. He was born in Wallerstein, Germany in 1744, and died in 1813. In the late 1700's, William Berczy used his architectural skills to design roads. He designed Yonge Street, built the first bridge over the Don River, as well as a saw mill and a grist mill for his band of settlers. Berczy remained in the Markham-Toronto area until about 1798. He moved to Quebec and later Montreal. In 1802, Berczy return to York. He painted the portrait of Joseph Brant that now hangs in the National Gallery in Ottawa. Today, there are parks and a street named after him, plaques commemorating his contributions, a house at the Tender Care Living Centre in Scarborough, and of course William Berczy Public School!

William Berczy is an established elementary school located in the village of Unionville. The school is within walking distance of Toogood Pond and its surrounding parkland, as well as the quaint historic homes, shops and restaurants located on Main Street.

Our school currently has a population of 717 students, approximately 300 of whom are in our partially self-contained gifted program.  Students graduating from William Berczy Public School usually attend Unionville High School or Markham District High School for the gifted program.

Our school motto is: "Berczy is a school where children want to learn, teachers want to teach, and parents want to be involved."

Our school mascot is the bear, and our school colours are blue and gold.

Facilities
William Berczy Public School is a two-storey structure, built in 1968, with a portapak of four classrooms as well as a single portable. The upper floor houses partially open concept classrooms, along with our library and computer lab. An addition of six classrooms, an independent work area (which currently houses our primary bookroom), extra washrooms and lockers were added and completed in the fall of 2002.

Transportation
The York Region District School Board has a transportation policy that applies to all of its schools.

Many of our students travel by bus, primarily those in the Gifted Program, who come from surrounding feeder schools. At this time, new students within our home school boundary are bussed. We have 9 buses that transport students to and from our school.

Visit www.schoolbuscity.com for more information on bussing.