John Wise Public School, located in St. Thomas, Ontario is a Kindergarten through Grade 8 elementary school. The school is named in honour of the Honourable John Wise, a long-time Elgin County dairy farmer, federal MP for Elgin, and Canada’s Minister of Agriculture in the late 1970s and 1980s. It focuses on fostering a safe, inclusive, and academically excellent environment through a wide array of student programs and extracurriculars.