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Our Kids Feature Review
The 50-page review of Havergal College is part of our series of in-depth accounts of Canada's leading private schools. It provides a unique and objective perspective on the school's academics, programs, culture, and community.
A strong and impressive tradition gives life to the culture of the school.
Academics are rigorous, as is the dedication to social and emotional development.
The school allows girls to take risks in a safe setting.
The school isn’t just about academics but about educating girls to make a difference in the world.
Get crucial behind-the-scenes information about Havergal College from video interviews with probing questions that we recorded live with parents, current students, and recent alumni.
Watch our Havergal College Q&A discussion with Buffy (Parent), Yasmin Porter (Alum), Carrie Porter (Parent) to gain fresh insight into the school’s culture, values, and strengths.
Watch our alum interview with Charlotte Anderson to learn about the unique experience of attending Havergal College.
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Written reviews
Dive deeply into the real culture of Havergal College with reviews we’ve structured to highlight only the most valuable insights and opinions submitted by parents, students, and alumni.
Our daughter’s experience at Havergal has been extremely rewarding. She started at the school...
Communication between the school (teachers and administrators), the child, and the parents is paramount to the academic, social, and emotional success a child will have at school. Havergal believes in this philosophy as well ...
In the beginning of each school year, Havergal hosts a “People and Program” evening for parents to essentially meet your child’s teacher(s) and learn about the curriculum and learning goals for that year. These presentat...
Havergal has produced very successful alumni for over a hundred years. This success comes from strong core values it instills in its students. Havergal values hard work and helps prepare each girl for life “beyond the Ivy Wa...
There are many opportunities for the girls to participate in extracurricular activities. Activities such as choir, Multisport, chess club, gardening, science clubs, art clubs, drama clubs, etc., give the girls many choices to ...
The girls at Havergal embrace and embody their school spirit at every opportunity. There are many school events that contribute to this enthusiasm and excitement shared by the students of Havergal, for example, house cheer and...
School life at Havergal runs like a well oiled machine. The school is celebrating 125 years, which has provided them with over a century of great leadership and experience from which to formulate protocols and guidelines that ...
One of the most important mandates of the school is parent engagement. There are so many opportunities for parents to get involved with the school, primarily through volunteering, parent socials, family events, fundraisers, co...
Havergal is conveniently located in the heart of Toronto, at Avenue and Lawrence. The surrounding neighbourhoods are predominantly family dwellings, with more of the small businesses located north of the school on Avenue road....
My daughter loves attending Havergal and each year gets better for her! She looks forward to ea...
To best describe the Havergal leadership team, I will refer to a quote that I read recently about leadership by Elenor Roosevelt: "To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others use your heart". The leadership and adminis...
The teaching staff at Havergal is second to none. They are not only hard working but so passionate in what they do and the girls education. Here is another quote that best describes the teachers "Working hard for something we...
The academic program at Havergal soundly prepares our girls for life's next steps. My daughter is only in grade 8 but what I can see so far is that she is fully prepared and confident for each year that is ahead of her. The ac...
There are almost too many clubs and sports at Havergal! There are so many opportunities from athletics, arts, music, special interests, community partnerships. The opportunities are honestly endless. There are special day 9 o...
Havergal's student body is a high energy, inclusive and friendly group. There is definitely a huge effort by most of the girls to scatter positivity and good cheer amongst their peers. I can mainly speak to my daughter's grade...
It is clear that Havergal prioritizes a positive and healthy school life for the girls. They put a lot of work into the well being of all their girls - from programs, talks at prayers, staff ie. social workers, physio therapis...
The Havergal Parent's association's mandate is all about increasing parent engagement and fostering community spirit. Each and every parent is a member of the parent's association and welcome to participate in all the events. ...
The school property is a stunning oasis in midtown Toronto. The grounds sit on several acres of beautiful treed land with a small creek running through it. The facilities are incredible with their athletic centre, theatre, din...
My daughter loves being a student at Havergal College. She really enjoys all of her classes an...
We have been very impressed with the school leadership at Havergal - both in the Junior School and Middle School. The school remains focused on the girls needs, and the administration create a warming caring environment at Ha...
We have been so happy with the teachers our daughter has had for all of her subjects over the past 7 years. From our experience, the teachers at Havergal College have been very knowledgable and passionate about their subjects...
We have been very pleased with the academics at Havergal. Our daughter is engaged in her learning. She is appropriately challenged and seems motivated to do her best. I feel that the culture at Havergal is a positive one, g...
We have been very pleased with the extracurricular opportunities at Havergal College. In the JS, there are many different clubs, squads (to develop athletic skills for the younger students) and sports teams, to explore many di...
The Junior School is a perfect size for an elementary school. There is 1 class of students in JK and 1 other in SK, and then there are 2 classes of students in Grades 1-6. This also for all students and faculty and staff to ...
My daughter loves being a student at Havergal College, she could not imagine being as happy anywhere else. We are delighted that she appears to be thriving at school and at Havergal. She is keen to try new things, embrace ne...
Havergal College has a very warm, welcoming community. Parents are very much encouraged to become involved in the school and there are many opportunities to volunteer - be it helping out at an activity or event, or more forma...
Havergal College has a neighbourhood school feel, many of the students live within close proximity to Havergal, and the girls develop relationships at school that they treasure outside of school as well. Havergal College is i...
There is a special atmosphere at Havergal College; a supportive, nurturing and encouraging plac...
I cannot imagine that there is a school with a better leadership team and a more positive environment than Havergal College. From the Principal, Helen-Kay Davy, to the Senior Leadership Team to the Admin to the Teachers, Lear...
100%. I have had two daughters at Havergal - both with different interests, strengths, weaknesses and needs; all of which were embraced, recognized and met. The quality of teachers in all areas is extraordinary - bright, pa...
With one Havergal "Old Girl" entering her fourth year of University and another graduating Havergal this year, I whole heartedly believe they are well-prepared for their next steps. The workload is heavy at times but manageabl...
Yes - between sports and clubs and Day 9 special activities and community partnerships, there is absolutely something for everyone! There is an opportunity for students to participate in one sport per term and there is a larg...
There is a lot of diversity in the students. Girls from all different races, ethnicities, religions - and yet the most inclusive place for all. The grade sizes in the Middle and Upper School run from about 85 in Grades 7 and...
My girls have both loved their Havergal experience on all levels for all the years they attended. They actually loved waking up to go to school on most days. They have learned from the very best teachers, and they have bro...
We have a very inclusive Parent Association that is always working to enhance the parent community. The HCPA hosts parent socials, coffee mornings, various mother daughter and father daughter events for all different grades, ...
The school has a community feel even though many students do not come from the immediate surrounding area. The oldest High School girls may sometimes get snacks or lunch locally but there are so many activities and clubs happ...
The only stress in the application process surrounded writing the SSATs. These standardizes tests are very difficult for many young children and I believe it to be unnecessarily so. I am not sure if Havergal still requires t...
Yes - the Guidance Department was amazing throughout the whole university process. One of our daughters will be attending college in the US and the application process to US schools is much more complicated and detailed than ...
Our daughter has had a wonderful time in her three years at Havergal, and is very excited about...
Members of the school administration are very engaged in the daily activities at the school and are quite effective at engendering a positive learning environment at Havergal. However, what impresses me most about Havergal's...
We have been very satisfied with the quality of teaching provided to our daughter at Havergal. We have always received excellent feedback from her teachers on their expectations; our daughter's progress in their classes; area...
We have been quite impressed with our daughter's breadth and depth of knowledge of the subjects she has taken at Havergal, and find her understanding of the curriculum to be a testament to the effectiveness of the teaching met...
The numerous extracurricular activities available to students is one of the main features that initially attracted us to Havergal, and we certainly have not been disappointed in that respect since our daughter entered the scho...
Perhaps one of the things we have valued the most about our daughter attending Havergal, is the friendships she has developed there. Prior to our daughter entering Havergal, like most parents, we had concerns over whether she ...
Our daughter's overall experience at Havergal has been excellent. She is enthusiastic about attending school virtually every day, as there always seems to be something there to look forward to. She has met many great people ...
Fostering a sense of community is a primary focus at Havergal. This is achieved by consistently engaging both students and parents in all aspects of school life. Parents are invited to attend the school for various functions...
The school is centrally located and is easily accessible by car or public transit. It is surrounded by lovely neighbourhoods, a nearby outdoor skating rink and its own beautiful campus with several sports fields, tennis cour...
I believe the school works very hard at ensuring that students entering the school will be a good fit and will be successful there. As such, the admissions process for the upper school is multi-faceted. It includes a detaile...
