2665 Renfrew Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V5M 0A7, Canada
201-2451 Dieppe Avenue SW, Building B1, Calgary, Alberta, T3E 7K1, Canada
2,326.4 km
1,944.4 km
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1979
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150
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JK to 12
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Coed
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Day
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English
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Academic
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Progressive, International Baccalaureate Candidate
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8 to 12
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Behavioral
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Dedicated gifted school
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$16,800 to $18,800
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No
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0%
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None
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$0
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10
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75%
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Preschool, JK, SK, K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
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Rolling
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Not available
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Yes: grades Preschool - 12
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"Banbury Crossroads School has a truly unique learning environment. We teach students to mastery in class sizes averaging 10:1, in tutorial-style, multi-aged classrooms. Our collaborative, self-directed learning approach meets students' needs where they are, both academically as well as developmentally. Through extensive one-on-one guidance and attention, our students develop their own autonomy, resilience, communication, and time-management skills. Our graduates have confidence forged from self-competence."
"Many private schools offer what might be called "traditional plus" models of lecture-based, teacher-paced education, with class sizes averaging 15:1 or more. Banbury Crossroads School has a truly unique approach, where our classrooms are tutorial-based, multi-aged, student-paced, and feature class sizes averaging 10:1. Students go on regular field trips, and we offer support for work experience placement, internships, and community volunteering. Our graduates excel in post-secondary and life!"
"As a school with one of the lowest student to teacher ratios available, averaging 10:1, our students get unparalleled access to teachers for guidance, support, and mentoring. Students regularly schedule their own meetings with the School's Director to talk through challenges they're facing. With our self-directed curriculum delivery, students learn to thrive by making their own choices, leading to graduates with superlative self-management skills, and with confidence forged from competence."
"We do not give out letter or number grades until grade 9. Instead, we encourage and help students set goals, self-assess and learn until mastery - only moving on to the next grade until both the student and their teacher feel as though the student fully understands the subject or topic they are learning."
"We often stress that our class sizes are small, averaging 10:1. This is true and is a big factor for a lot of families when choosing our school. One fact that may be overlooked is our multi-age groupings. This allows for peer instruction, leadership, and collaboration. This is also more reflective of real-world situations and helps prepare students for university or college, and, later, their adult lives."
"Our school, founded in 1979 by Diane Swiatek, is the first student-focused, Self-Directed Learning private school in Calgary
We have capacity for only 150 students in our heritage building in Calgary
Students at Banbury Crossroads get plenty of small-group and one-on-one attention and support
We go on extensive field trips for both Physical Education and for other curricular adventures
We are multicultural, with English Immersion for international students, allowing for diverse learning"