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May 11, 2025

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Advantages of a Girls' Single Sex School

I watch in admiration as these young women stand before their beloved schoolmates, performing skits, teaching the School values, or leading the girls in House cheers, songs and dances.
August 11, 2017

Branksome Hall Student Advocates for Women in STEM

“It’s not about intelligence, it’s about believing you can,” says Zainab Azim, a Grade 12 student at Branksome Hall. Zainab has become a fierce advocate for the next generation of young women to pursue their passions and get involved in STEM. In reflecting on the lower participation rates of women and girls in the field, she notes, “It’s not because women aren’t smart enough, it’s the cultural norms we have created…”
December 13, 2019
Greenwood School SchoolPress Blog

Jack Chapter: #BeThere Initiative

It was an awesome day at our #BeThere initiative. This initiative really highlighted the importance of being an ally in relation to people struggling with mental health and people in the LGBTQ+ community or both. Research has shown that LGBTQ+ people have higher rates of mental health challenges because of societal prejudice, verbal/physical abuse from peers, the use of derogatory terms, and/or institutional discrimination.
November 20, 2019
Empowering girls at SMLS

Empowering Girls in the Process of Self Discovery

During the 128-year history of St. Mildred’s-Lightbourn School, one golden thread has run throughout the tapestry of our approach to educating girls. This school always encouraged its students in a direction that superseded expectations for women at the time.
September 24, 2019

Small Class Sizes Set Students Up for Success

​Ask our students about their experience at Rosseau Lake College and one thing they’ll be sure to comment is on the small class sizes and the great opportunities that have come as a result.
April 25, 2019

Fresh Year, Fresh Start, How Ridley helps students forge their own paths.

A new school year is just around the corner, and it is holding out hands full of promise. It is time for another fresh start, time to discover the wealth of untapped potential among our magnificent community of learners. Who can say what great new friendships will be forged in the Houses of Ridley College, what tests of courage, commitment, and collaboration will be faced on our sports fields, or what giant steps will be taken on the path of success?
September 30, 2019
Teacher and students in an outdoor class setting.

Imagine the Class of 2030, will your child be ready?

In 2019, the ways we communicate and socialize with each other, as well as the ways we work and play, are vastly different than they were ten years ago. Now fast forward eleven years to 2030 when our grade one students will be graduating from high school and imagine what the class of 2030 will need to be ‘life-ready’.
September 26, 2019
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7 Ways to Boost Your Child's Development

Child development involves all the changes that take place in your child physically, emotionally and in terms of their language and thought. This begins when they are born and continues until they reach adulthood. A child gradually becomes more independent during this time, eventually reducing its dependency on its parents or guardians.
August 17, 2019
jay using rubik's cube at blue sky school

Rubik's Cube Taught Me How I Learn Best

Two weeks ago, I was in the midst of my daily YouTube rabbit hole, watching video after video, until I discovered a man by the name of Feliks Zemdegs. He solved the famous Rubik’s Cube in a mere four seconds. The exact time being 4.22 seconds.
August 2, 2019

Dual Diagnosis Program Mental Health Treatment

If you feel that your teen is struggling with troubling behaviours, you may have come across information about dual diagnosis programs online. You may be asking yourself, “What is a dual diagnosis program?” Our dual diagnosis treatment program works to provide mental health care in addition to treating the problematic behaviours that cause turmoil to many familial relationships.
November 26, 2019
zip lining YMCA Academy students

Youth Exchange Canada: Tobique First Nation

I was very excited when Ashley McLellan, a dynamic young educator who had been spending some time with me helping me think about impact and learning, introduced me to the resource The Third Path: A Relationship-Based Approach to Student Well-Being and Achievement.
September 15, 2019
St. Clement's School, Toronto, Ontario

On Being Humane by Martha Perry, Head of St. Clement's Schcool

My blog this week is inspired by a number of things that have occurred over the course of this past week that have reminded me of our important work as educators.
January 19, 2020

HTS Exploring Creativity in the Grade 8 Drama and Grade 12 Media Arts Interdisciplinary Zombie Project

Over the last two weeks, the Grade 8 drama and Grade 12 media arts classes were highly engaged with one another in a rich, authentic interdisciplinary project, creating and executing zombie films.
December 22, 2019
Mabin School Schoolpress post

Six Relationship Rules for School Teams

At The Mabin School, we have committed to really working on our relationships with each other as well as our relationships with our students, their families, and other community members. Relationships between students are a large part of our curriculum and always have been.
September 2, 2019

An Incredible Journey River Valley School

In May 55 River Valley grade fives and sixes went on a residential trip to Ottawa. They were learning about the Canadian government. Everyone was excited about the trip but we were also a little nervous because for many of us it was the first time away from home.
November 3, 2018

Gaining New Insights Through the New York Times Summer Journalism Program

The summer between two school years is a critical time that presents an opportunity to enrich your day-to-day life, whether it be with the wisdom gleaned from novels, with that new trick you’ve taught your dog, or, in my case, with the love of learning and inquisition gained from a two-week summer journalism program in New York City.
September 30, 2019

Faculty Friday St. Margaret's School

Every couple of weeks we feature an SMS staff member as a way to showcase the amazing people we have working at SMS. A very special position at our school, and one that plays a pivotal role in the lives of our boarding students are the house parents.
November 25, 2019
elementary student exploring at Sacred Heart School of Halifax

This is the Best Day Every

“This is the best day ever!” These words are music to the ears of any educator who puts considerable time and effort into thinking about and planning for the daily success of the children in their care.  In our Junior Primary program, we hear these words a lot!
September 19, 2019
Students with dyslexia at Gow Boarding school on schooladvice

Day in the Life of a Student at a Learning Differences Boarding School

When families make the decision to send their child to a boarding school that focuses on their learning difference one of the top things we hear is “what is their day going to be like?”. It is an adjustment for everyone in the family, so we wanted to give you a glimpse into what a day in the life looks like.
August 30, 2019
young girl reading in the library

Demystifying Dyslexia

These mountains you were carrying, you were only supposed to climb. -Najwa Zebian Kids with learning disabilities work hard. In fact, they are working too hard. Their brains, built to learn, are working infinitely harder than the brains of peers without learning...
October 1, 2019

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