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Go to child profileAt Greenwood, we foster each young person’s independence to venture further. We encourage our students to think independently, to persevere through obstacles, to maintain moral courage and to connect with their communities. Our supportive, co-ed community allows students to feel positive and engaged each day, while our trailblazing approach to personalized education challenges every student to realize their full potential.
What learning looks like now: Our hybrid model allows courses to be delivered both in person and online simultaneously by the same teacher(s). Teachers can see, hear and respond to the students participating online via web conferencing, and students can see all of their teachers and classmates. This goal of this model is to deliver equivalent learning experiences whether a student is in the classroom or at home. This model also ensures that students who choose to learn from home, or who have to remain home for health reasons, can interact with their teachers and classmates in real time. Safety protocols at Greenwood include mandatory masks/face coverings, physical distancing, enhanced cleaning and sanitizing, rigorous hand hygiene, staggered scheduling and directional signage . Access to the building is restricted to students, staff and essential visitors. Anyone entering the building must complete a screening form prior to entry. Plans are currently underway for co-curricular offerings that provide students with choice while also observing heath and safety protocols. Many of these offerings may be online only at the beginning of the school year.
Curriculum delivery for 2020/21:
Grades | Living Arrangement | Delivery Model | Frequency |
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Day | Gr. 7 - Gr. 12 | Hybrid/blended | Full-time |
What Greenwood College School says: Grade 7 and 8 students are in the school building 5 days per week. Grade 9-12 students have been divided into two cohorts, with approximately half of each grade in each cohort. Each day, one cohort is in the school building while the other participates in online classes synchronously. Students have been further cohorted into smaller groupings. Grade 7-8 students are grouped into "pods" of no more than 20 students. Grade 9-12 classes are capped at 15 students. Mixing between pods and class groups is as limited as possible.
View recent COVID-19 updates from GreenwoodAdditional notes: No busing available.
Split Gym
Arts Studio
Theatre Stage
Music class
Urban Campus
Glass Art Installation
Campus from Above
Classroom
Green Industries and Food and Culture classroom
Classroom
Science Labs Allow For Co-teaching
Science Lab
Rooftop Garden
Computer Bank
Smartboards
Flexible Resources
The Lodge
Learning Commons
Reception Lounge
Having been founded in 2002, Greenwood is a relatively young school, though has grown in response to the needs of the families that enroll here, and the place that it has within the academic mosaic of the city. It still thinks of itself as a small school, and the lived experience is personal and close-knit. That said, at 475 students, it’s certainly not tiny, and the curricular and extracurricular programs benefit from the size. The current facility, opened in 2016, is an apt expression of the goals of the school, as well as the families that support it. It includes flexible learning spaces and up to date athletic and arts spaces. Greenwood, in some sense, still flies a bit below the radar in the public consciousness, though given the success and growth it’s experienced, that won’t last long. The ideal student is one able to thrive within an active, academically oriented learning environment.
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Evolution as consensus theory | |
Evolution as one of many equally viable theories | |
Evolution is not taught |
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Biology | |
Chemistry | |
Ecology | |
Geology | |
Meteorology | |
Physics | |
Physiology | |
Zoology |
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Acting | |
Dance | |
Drama/Theatre | |
Graphic Design | |
Music | |
Visual Arts |
Expressive | |
Disciplined |
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Computer science | |
Robotics | |
Web design |
Flexible pacing style | offered |
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Subject-streaming (tracking) | |
Multi-age classrooms as standard | |
Ability-grouping (in-class) as common | |
Frequent use of cyber-learning (at-their-own-pace) | |
Regular guided independent study opportunities | |
Differentiated assessment |
Students remain in a regular classroom for most of the day, but are pulled out for extra support from a qualified special education teacher.
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Learning strategy and study counselling; habit formation | |
Extra support and minor accommodations for children experiencing subclinical difficulties |
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Accommodations | |
Modifications | |
Extra support |
Read our guide to special needs schools and special education
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Full-time gifted program (parallel to rest of school) | |
Part-time gifted program (pull-out; parallel to rest of class) |
Curriculum delivery: Acceleration and enrichment (There is an equal emphasis on acceleration and enrichment.)
Program | offered |
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Custom subject enrichment (special arrangement) | |
Custom curriculum compacting (special arrangement) | |
Guided independent study (custom gifted arrangement) | |
Cyber-learning opportunities (custom gifted arrangement) | |
Formalized peer coaching opportunities (specifically for gifted learners to coach others) | |
Custom subject acceleration (special arrangement) | |
Career exploration (custom gifted arrangement) | |
Project-based learning (custom gifted arrangement) | |
Mentorships (custom gifted arrangement) |
In grade Gr. 12, Greenwood students perform an average of 2 hours of homework per night.
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Greenwood | 60 mins | 60 mins | 60 mins | 90 mins | 90 mins | 120 mins |
Site Average | 53 mins | 57 mins | 69 mins | 81 mins | 97 mins | 106 mins |
This school frequently "flips the classroom": asks students to learn material at home and do the "homework" in-class (with teacher support).
Lettered or numbered grades | Gr. 7 to Gr. 12 |
Prose (narrative)-based feedback | Gr. 7 to Gr. 12 |
Academic achievement reporting | Gr. 7 to Gr. 12 |
Habits and behaviour reporting | Gr. 7 to Gr. 12 |
Parent-teacher meetings | Gr. 7 to Gr. 12 |
Competitive sports: 15
Recreational sports: 1
Greenwood College School offers 22 clubs and extracurricular programs.
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Day | $37,700 |
Grades | Gender | Living Arrangement | Enrolment | |
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Group 1 | Gr. 7 to Gr. 12 | Coed | Day | 500 |
Total enrolment | 500 |
Average class size | 18 |
% of international students (total enrolment) | N/A |
Number of different nationalities within student population | N/A |
7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
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Day Enrollment | 60 | 73 | 97 | 78 | 81 | 84 |
Assessment | Required | Grades |
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Interview | 7 - 12 | |
SSAT | ||
SSAT (out of province) | ||
Entrance Exam(s) | ||
Entrance Essay | 7 - 12 |
Day students: December 03, 2019
Offer mid-year entry:
No
Application fee: $250
Registration fee: $8,000
Deposit:
N/A
Applying to Greenwood involves the following steps:
We recommend touring the school prior to your interview. Tours are offered on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at 9:15 a.m.
All applicants are required to complete the Character Skills Snapshot (CSS), administered by the Enrollment Management Association. This online tool examines seven essential character qualities or “non-cognitive” attributes of individual students. Research shows that these qualities are the ones that independent schools feel are most important to nurture in their students. The CSS takes approximately 20-30 minutes to complete. Learn more about the CSS here.
Please note that an interview cannot be scheduled until the application is complete. Applications are considered complete when Greenwood has received:
This is the percentage of applicants typically accepted into the school. So if 50 students are admitted out of 100 applicants, the school has an overall acceptance rate of 50%.
Student Entry Points
This shows approximately how many openings there are likely to be in each grade in a typical year, as well as the estimated acceptance rate for each grade level.
Student Type | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
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Day Acceptance (Acceptance rate) | 62 (68.6%) | 0 | 22 (43%) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Average graduating class size | 85 |
Students accepted into post-secondary studies upon graduation | 100% |
Percentage of students who attend post-secondary institutions outside of Canada | 10% |
Students who attended a Ivy+ school Number of students in the past 5 years that that attended one of Harvard, Yale, Princeton, University of Pennsylvania, Dartmouth, Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Stanford, University of Chicago, Oxford or Cambridge (UK) | 3 |
Queen's University | 26% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dalhousie University | 14% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western University | 7% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wilfrid Laurier University | 5% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University of Guelph | 4% |
Greenwood College School Graduates’ Post-Secondary Studies:
This information is not currently available.Aggregate of All Schools’ Post-Secondary Studies:
Career planning | |
Internships |
Mentorship Program | |
University counseling |
What Greenwood says:
Alumnus | Grad Year | Accomplishment |
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Tom Wilson | 2012 | Player for the NHL's Washington Capitals |
Tom Ramshaw | 2009 | Member of the 2016 and 2020 Canadian Men's Olympic Sailing Team |
Alumni Highlights
I am delighted that you are interested in finding out more about Greenwood College School. Greenwood is one of the great success stories within Toronto’s independent school community. Since opening our doors in 2002, we have grown from 72 students to our present enrolment in 2019-2020 of 498 students in Grades 7-12.
When our graduates leave Greenwood, they do so with a few things in common. Our alumni are confident, tell you what’s on their minds, and are eager to contribute. They’re not intimidated by uncertainty. They have a sense of adventure and of themselves. We find that families who choose Greenwood share that independent spirit, and want their child to develop the qualities they need to explore what excites them – whether that’s volunteering with Doctors Without Borders, or pursuing a graduate degree at Cambridge.
We hope you enjoy learning more about Greenwood, and we encourage you to visit our website to book a tour of the school. You will love what you see and hear.
Sarah Bruce
Principal
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