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Go to child profileToronto STEM School is a not-for-profit independent high school specialising in STEM. Our teachers are Ontario Certified and in-love with teaching. Our class sizes are small. Our main priority during the POST-COVID era is working on students' social skills, filling-in potential gaps in learning caused by isolation, enhancing students' math skills through extra-curricular booster programs and creating a positive learning environment for our students.
What learning looks like now: WE CAN ACCOMODATE 6ft DISTANCING! Attendance will not be mandatory during the Fall semester (September, October and November). We kindly ask the following: - A child with any kind of minor symptoms must remain home. Symptoms include fever, dry cough, sore throat, loss of taste and/or smell. - A child with or living with someone with COVID19 must stay home. Online Learning: All work will be available online through our online platform. Class lessons will also be recorded and uploaded on the platform in order to accommodate students who are staying home. If You Will Be Attending Classes In-Person: We expect our students to wash their hands several times throughout the day and to wear a mask at all times unless drinking or eating food. Staff will sanitize surfaces daily. Unfortunately, due to so many uncontrollable variables, field trips are cancelled until further notice. After School Clubs will still run as long as physical distancing guidelines and school protocols can be followed. Our new safety protocols include: ZONES Our space will be divided up into green, yellow and orange zones. Students will be told to remain at 6 feet apart (2m) when possible and encouraged to avoid overcrowding based on that area's colour code. Our entrance and exit doors will also be made separate to reduce traffic.
Curriculum delivery:
Living Arrangement | Grades | Delivery Model | Frequency |
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Day | Gr. 9 - Gr. 12 | In-person | Full-time |
eSchool | Gr. 9 - Gr. 12 | Online | Full-time |
TSS offers bus transferring. Service options offered are airport pick-up, occasional rider.
The regions TSS offers busing from are:
Additional notes: N/A
In a general sense, Toronto STEM School is a specialty school in the way that, say, a ballet school is a specialty school—it brings together students who share a passion, and builds the curriculum around their engagement with that curriculum. And, like a ballet school, or a hockey school, it’s not for everyone. But, for the students that it’s for, the experience can be transformative. The school specializes in Advance Placement instrution, and also serves as an AP examination centre. At Toronto STEM School students work and learn alongside true peers, those who share an abiding interest in technology. The core curriculum is the provincial one, though delivered in a technology intensive learning environment.
Focus | Special needs |
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Academic | Troubled Teens, Gifted |
Subject | offered |
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Evolution as consensus theory | |
Evolution as one of many equally viable theories | |
Evolution is not taught |
Subject | offered |
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Biology | |
Chemistry | |
Ecology | |
Geology | |
Meteorology | |
Physics | |
Physiology | |
Zoology |
Subject | offered |
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Acting | |
Dance | |
Drama/Theatre | |
Graphic Design | |
Music | |
Visual Arts |
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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 are placed in a separate special education class, but are strategically integrated into a regular classroom for certain periods.
Subject Type | offered |
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Learning strategy and study counselling; habit formation | |
Extra support and minor accommodations for children experiencing subclinical difficulties |
Subject Type | offered |
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Accommodations | |
Modifications | |
Extra support |
Read our guide to special needs schools and special education
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, TSS students perform an average of >2 hours of homework per night.
9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
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TSS | 90 mins | 90 mins | 120 mins | 160 mins |
Site Average | 69 mins | 80 mins | 98 mins | 107 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. 9 to Gr. 12 |
Academic achievement reporting | Gr. 7 to Gr. 12 |
Habits and behaviour reporting | Gr. 7 to Gr. 12 |
Parent-teacher meetings | Gr. 9 to Gr. 12 |
Competitive sports: 1
Recreational sports: 5
Toronto STEM School offers 9 clubs and extracurricular programs.
9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
Day (Domestic) | $13,500 | |||
Day (International) | $21,500 | |||
Homestay (International) | $14,500 |
Discounts
Discount Type | Enrolment Type | Amount |
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2nd child (sibling) | all students | $1,000 |
Each year, we offer 1-2 students up to a 50% entrance scholarship. The eligibility criteria for this scholarship is as follows:
Student must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident. For scholarships available to international students, please see below.
Student should be switching from a different school to TSS.
Student should be an applicant of grades 9, 10 or 11 only. This scholarship is not available to grade 12 students.
Past year’s average in STEM-related subjects plus English must be minimum A.
Student should indicate an excellent aptitude in STEM. The application should include references, awards, SSAT scores or projects.
Our regular application follows by the option to apply for a scholarship for those eligible. Please visit: https://www.torontostemschool.com/admission
For more details, visit:https://www.torontostemschool.com/scholarshipsFull-time students only.
If you have a certificate of distinction from a math contests (CEMC, AMC or any national or international math contest) we offer a $1000 scholarship if you register full-time. Please note that the certificate must have been awarded during the same year when the application is submitted.
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Group 1 | Gr. 9 to Gr. 12 | Coed | Day | 30 |
Group 2 | Gr. 9 to Gr. 12 | Coed | Homestay | 15 |
Total enrolment | 45 |
Average class size | 2 to 10 |
% of international students (total enrolment) | 50% |
Number of different nationalities within student population | 5 |
9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
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Day Enrollment | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
Homestay Enrollment | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Class Size | 6 | 7 | 6 | 9 |
Assessment | Required | Grades |
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Interview | 9 - 12 | |
SSAT | ||
SSAT (out of province) | ||
Entrance Exam(s) | ||
Entrance Essay |
Day students: Rolling
Homestay students: Rolling
Offer mid-year entry:
Yes
Application fee: $0
Registration fee: $400
Deposit:
$2,500
Full application is available at: https://www.torontostemschool.com/admission
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 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
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Day Acceptance (Acceptance rate) | 3 - 10 (85%) | 3 - 10 (85%) | 5 - 12 (60%) | 5 - 12 (50%) |
Homestay Acceptance (Acceptance rate) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Average graduating class size | 8 |
Students accepted into post-secondary studies upon graduation | 100% |
Percentage of students who attend post-secondary institutions outside of Canada | 3% |
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) | 1 |
University of Toronto | 50% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
York University | 20% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lakehead University | 10% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
McMaster University | 10% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University of Waterloo | 10% |
Toronto STEM School Graduates’ Post-Secondary Studies:
Aggregate of All Schools’ Post-Secondary Studies:
Career planning | |
Internships |
Mentorship Program | |
University counseling |
What TSS says:
At TSS we recognise that this past year has been extremely challenging. As the principal, I can safely say that we have done everything in our power to support all of our students, whether they have decided to stay home or join us in person at our school. As a community, our vision is to continually amplify the quality of education we provide, beyond the regular frameworks. While we have a great deal of respect for the established standards and general expectations, we are always thinking outside the box to cater to our students and the evolving world around them. We do this by actively seeking additional resources and planning educational activities to bring the best, most accessible modes of learning both inside and outside of the classroom. For those students who haven't had the best experiences in their previous schools, we aim to prove that school can truly be a place of positivity, genuine connection, learning, and fun.
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