The Sterling Hall School

Dear Families:

The Sterling Hall School cares about its boys and its boys care about others.  Each autumn, generations of Sterling Hall boys and their families – past and present – join our faculty and staff with their families (and a healthy number of family dogs!) to brave the elements during our annual Founder’s Day Terry Fox Run. Whether we are picking each other up out of the mud, basking in the sunshine, or resiliently forging through howling gales, we support each other through this worthwhile fundraising effort – and we do it with both joy and pride. While the Terry Fox Foundation recognized Sterling Hall as the most successful elementary school fundraiser in the world last year, we embrace this opportunity to recognize – and reinforce for our boys – the spirit of giving, the warmth of community, and the power of collaboration.

For 25 years, these messages have permeated our classrooms, from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 8. The early years of a boy’s life are filled with energy, curiosity and exploration. We are fortunate to be part of our boys’ journeys during their formative years, when they are discovering as much about themselves as they are about the world around them. The research arm of our unique Sterling Institute supports our development of best practices and innovation, specifically catering to boys’ learning in these foundational years.

Boys at Sterling Hall are encouraged to take risks, to pursue individual interests, and to grow and discover who they are. As one student wrote in his Grade 8 valedictory address, “if your rugby practice conflicts with your cooking class, if you are not only comfortable writing poetry but reading it to your entire English class, and if you lead by example and care about others inside the school and out… you are a Sterling Hall boy.”  We celebrate return visits from our Old Boys year after year, taking pride in both the diversity of their interests and the similarity of their confidence in pursuing their individual passions.

We welcome you to The Sterling Hall School and thank you for your interest. Please visit us; we encourage you to get to know our school community, to see what makes us so proud of our program and our boys.  I believe that you will observe a school that develops caring, confident, empathetic young men who are capable of, and interested in, making a difference in their world.

Sincerely,

Rick Parsons

Principal