Tips on How to Balance Extracurricular Activities and Academics

Guest Author
8-9 years; action; african american; ball; black; blue; boy; cau

Michael Brisbois, Athletic Director at Northmount School, shares his experience with extracurricular activities and how balancing them with academics helped to shape his future. Read more…

Metropolitan Preparatory Academy Open House: Nurturing Positive, Intellectual and Creative Students

Erin McLaughlin
metro-prep

How is Metropolitan Preparatory Academy nurturing the intellectual, physical, social and creative potential of students through a supportive yet challenging academic environment? Find out on November 20th, 2012! Read more…

10 Things to Look for in a Great Boarding School

Jake Roth
Boarding school

Boarding school will provide your child with an academically rigorous environment in which education infiltrates all aspects of his or her life. Read more…

Private Schools and Academics

Julie Greco
Teachers and students respect each other

Private schools tend to focus on academics, but this is not true for all schools. Admission departments look at many factors beyond academic ability.

Student Scoop: Matthew

Guest Author
Student Scoop: Matthew - bee hive

Most kids run away from bees, but at Star Academy, they study them! In this post, Gr. 5 student Matthew Verma explains his school’s “What’s the Buzz About Bees?” unit, and why these honey-makers are sweeter than they seem.

Fraser Institute 2011 Rankings: Ontario Elementary Schools Improve But Are a ‘Long Way from an A’

Christl Dabu
Fraser Institute Ontario Elementary Schools Report Card 2011

Ontario elementary students overall have scored slightly higher in standardized tests over the past five years, with girls performing better than boys in reading and math for most schools, but there is still room for improvement in cases where children are not meeting provincial standards, according to the Fraser Institute’s 2011 annual report card.

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