Yellowquill School

What Yellowquill School does

Yellowquill School is a K-8 public school located at 3000 Crescent Road West in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada, operating as a government-funded institution within the Portage la Prairie School Division (PLPSD). The school delivers a comprehensive child-centred educational program spanning Early Years (Kindergarten through Grade 4) and Middle Years (Grade 5 through Grade 8), supported by a staff of approximately 50+ members including administration, classroom teachers, educational assistants, and specialized support personnel.

The school's core offering combines standard K-8 academics with a range of specialized subjects — Home Economics, Industrial Arts, French Culture and Communication, Physical Education, Guitar, Human Ecology, Graphic Arts, and Metal Works — and a robust student support layer comprising Resource Teachers (K-2 and 3-5), Guidance Counsellors, a Behaviour Coach, Speech Language Pathologist, Occupational Therapist, and School Social Worker. Extracurricular offerings include a scheduled Badminton program and various other activities. Technology adoption centers on the PowerSchool parent portal for report cards, attendance, and student information access, alongside a website, Facebook page, and monthly email newsletters as community-facing channels. Additional support resources include LGBTQ+ resource links and Teen Clinic health services accessed via Portage Collegiate Institute.

As a public school, Yellowquill School does not charge tuition; its revenue model is publicly funded through provincial education funding and property taxes administered by PLPSD. Distribution is direct to families through the division's student registration system, with School of Choice options extending enrollment beyond the immediate catchment. The school does not operate as a commercial enterprise, has no external funding rounds, no subsidiaries, and is governed entirely under the provincial public education system.

Name

Yellowquill School

Legal name

Yellowquill School

Website

https://yqs.plpsd.mb.ca

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Yellowquill School is a K-8 public school in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, operated by the Portage la Prairie School Division, serving Early Years and Middle Years students with core academics, specialized subjects, student support services, and extracurricular programs.

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Portage la Prairie

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Canada

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North America

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Services

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Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Public Education Funding: Publicly funded K-8 school operating under the Portage la Prairie School Division. Revenue comes from provincial education funding and property taxes.

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Core offering

Yellowquill School is a publicly funded K-8 school delivering Early Years (K-4) and Middle Years (5-8) instruction to children in the Portage la Prairie, Manitoba area. The school offers core academic programming alongside specialized subjects (Home Economics, Industrial Arts, French Culture and Communication, Physical Education, Guitar, Graphic Arts, Human Ecology, Metal Works) and a full suite of in-house student support services (resource teachers, guidance counsellors, speech language pathologist, occupational therapist, school social worker, behaviour coach). It also runs extracurricular sports such as Badminton and provides supporting resources including LGBTQ+ resources and a Teen Clinic.

Product overview

Yellowquill School is a K-8 child-centred educational institution offering a comprehensive academic program with Early Years (K-4) and Middle Years (5-8) divisions. The school provides specialized subjects including Home Economics, Industrial Arts, French Culture and Communication, Physical Education, Guitar, Human Ecology, Graphic Arts, and Metal Works. Student support services include Resource Teachers, Guidance Counsellors, Behaviour Coach, Speech Language Pathologist, Occupational Therapist, and School Social Worker. The school also offers extracurricular programs including a Badminton program and maintains resources for LGBTQ+ students and Teen Clinic health services.

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Products and services

• Kindergarten through Grade 8 Education
• Home Economics Program
• Industrial Arts Program
• French Culture and Communication Program
• Student Support Services Comprehensive student services including Resource Teachers (K-2, 3-5), Guidance Counsellors, Behaviour Coach, Speech Language Pathologist, Occupational Therapist, and School Social Worker.
• Badminton Program School badminton program with a scheduled sports calendar.
• Teen Clinic Student health service providing teen clinic access through Portage Collegiate Institute.

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Direct peers

• North Memorial School: Sister PLPSD K-8 public school offering the same division curriculum and supports. Comparable enrollment range, funding model, and competing for School of Choice in-division transfers against Yellowquill.
• Crescentview School: Sister K-8 public school within the same Portage la Prairie School Division. Operates under the same provincial funding model, division governance, and School of Choice enrollment framework, and competes directly with Yellowquill for in-division students.
• Fort la Reine School: Another PLPSD K-8 public school serving the Portage la Prairie catchment. Operates the same funding/governance model, with overlapping specialist support services and School of Choice enrollment competition with Yellowquill.
• La Verendrye School: PLPSD K-8 public school in the same division. Comparable in scope (K-8, public funding, division-wide programs) and competes for the same pool of Portage la Prairie families choosing a public school.
• Oakville School: K-8 public school in the Portage la Prairie School Division, serving a comparable rural/small-city catchment. Shares funding mechanisms, student support service offerings, and School of Choice competition dynamics.
• École Arthur Meighen School: PLPSD K-8 public school (with French immersion elements) within the same division. Comparable scale, governance, and funding, and competes with Yellowquill for French-program families in the Portage la Prairie region.
• Portage Collegiate Institute: Senior secondary school within the same PLPSD division. Feeds Yellowquill's graduating Grade 8 cohort into its programs and shares division-wide resources such as PowerSchool and the Teen Clinic referenced by Yellowquill.

Regional players

• St. Paul's Collegiate (Riverbend School Division): Public secondary school in a neighboring Manitoba school division. Operates the same provincial funding model and curriculum standards but draws from a different catchment, providing a useful regional benchmark for staffing and per-pupil funding levels.
• Maple Leaf School (Agassiz School Division): Rural Manitoba K-8 public school in a neighboring division. Comparable in size and rural/small-town context, providing a benchmark for staffing models, support-service intensity, and specialist allocation within Manitoba's public school funding system.

Others

• PowerSchool Group LLC: Edtech vendor whose PowerSchool Parent Portal and PowerTeacher Pro are used by Yellowquill (and PLPSD division-wide). Relevant as a key technology infrastructure dependency rather than a competitor.

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• Facebookfacebook.com/yellowquillschool

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