The regions ECS offers busing from are:
Additional notes: Private buses are shared with other schools. Service is available from the West Island, Nun’s Island, Laval and Kahnawake.
How we see Miss Edgar's & Miss Cramp's School
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Read our in-depth reviewHow Miss Edgar's & Miss Cramp's School sees itself
"Miss Edgar’s and Miss Cramp’s is small in size and big in ideas. An innovative girls’ school founded by female mavericks in 1909, ECS values and stewards each girl’s distinct journey. We offer an engaging and exceptional education to thrive in an ever changing world. At ECS, she will feel a sense of belonging and receive individualized attention giving her ownership over her learning process. By fostering an entrepreneurial mindset, each girl is empowered to create her own future and become a global citizen."
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How people from the school’s community see Miss Edgar's & Miss Cramp's School
Top-down influence on the school’s direction and tone
Ms. Lauren Aslin, Head of School
B.A., M.Ed.
ECS' founders, Maud Edgar and Mary Cramp, were educational trailblazers. Today ECS has returned to its visionary roots with a strategic plan celebrating limitless learning in a world of possibilities.
Children today are born into two worlds: the natural and the digital. Our students need to learn to be well, to thrive, in both of these worlds. While ECS has always maintained a rigorous focus on academics, today our school also works to support the holistic wellness of our girls.
What does it mean to be well in the 21st century? Our digital age is a time of limitless learning, which offers incredible potential but also constant pressure via social media. It’s never been more exciting and more terrifying to be a girl. Girls today are inundated with messages about their external selves: how they are supposed to behave and how they are supposed to look. This results in challenges to their personal wellness. At ECS, we have welded cognition and wellness right in our curriculum design.
Our faculty strives to constantly learn and better themselves alongside their students. Just as we emphasize that each girl has a mind of her own that will bring her unique talents into fruition, the same is true for our teachers. The world moves quickly now, and no one teacher can know everything expertly. Our teachers specialize in particular areas, enriching our community with their knowledge. Everyone at ECS works together as a team to ensure we have the skills we need to promote in our girls the skills they need to thrive in the 21st century.
At ECS, our values are nontraditional and complex: collaboration, awareness, and courage, as well as accountability and integrity. Because of these standards, our girls are deeply rooted and lit from within.
That is at the core of ECS.
Lauren Aslin
Head of School B.A., M.Ed.
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Make sure any prospective school, no matter what size, provides the right social environment to help your child feel at home, make friends, and develop confidence. This is especially important at big schools, which are sometimes more socially overwhelming and challenging for an introvert to find their bearings in. Of course, “Because larger schools usually have a more diverse student population, introverted kids are more likely to find a small group of people like them, a peer group they can relate to and find acceptance from,” says Dona Matthews, Toronto-based education consultant and co-author (with Joanne Foster) of Beyond Intelligence.
Bigger schools often have a broader scope of extracurricular activities, which is another way to help your child meet the right group of friends. “This may also give them the opportunity to develop certain skills,” say Ann and Karen Wolff of Wolff Educational Services. “For instance, they might run for student council to develop leadership and public speaking skills and learn to be a voice for other students. Remember, though, each child is different—so what works for one may not work for another.”
If you’re considering a language immersion school for your introverted child, make sure it offers plenty of social opportunities, including the ability to interact with different peer groups outside of class. Since most of your child’s learning won’t be in their mother tongue, they may find it challenging at times to negotiate the complexities of social interaction in the classroom. This makes it especially important to ensure the school offers extensive extracurriculars—such as student council, volunteering, and team sports—which can enable your child to connect with peers, make new friends outside of class, overcome their shyness, and develop critical social skills.
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