Extracurriculars at St. Clement's School

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St. Clement's School EXTRACURRICULARS

Extracurriculars at St. Clement's School feature a diverse range of sports with both competitive and recreational options, alongside varied clubs and programs. The school community highlights its inclusive, supportive structures and a balanced approach to academics and athletics, fostering holistic development through these offerings.

Facts and analysis

SPORTS AND ATHLETICS

Sports at St. Clement's School are diverse and provide a balance of competitive and recreational options.

For comparison, other Canadian schools we cover typically offer around 7 competitive sports and 8 recreational sport options.

Competitive offered

Recreational offered

Signature sport

Uncommon sport

Archery
Badminton
Baseball
Basketball
Canoeing/Kayaking
Cricket
Cross-country skiing
Curling
Cycling
Downhill skiing
Equestrian
Fencing
Field Hockey
Figure Skating
Football
Golf
Gymnastics
Ice Hockey
Ice Skating
Lacrosse
Martial Arts
Mountain biking
Racquet Ball
Rowing
Rugby
Running
Sailing
Skateboarding
Snowboarding
Soccer
Softball
Squash
Swimming
Tennis
Track & Field
Ultimate
Volleyball
Weightlifting
Wrestling

Why it matters

Beyond promoting physical fitness, school athletics teach life skills like discipline, teamwork, and resilience. A greater variety of sports creates more opportunities for students to develop these skills while building peer connections and a sense of belonging. While competitive sports encourage student-athletes to strive for excellence, recreational sports foster inclusion, exploration, and enjoyment.

CLUBS AND PROGRAMS

St. Clement's School offers a highly diverse array of extracurricular clubs and programs.

Other schools we review usually provide about 14 clubs and programs.

Clubs offered

Clubs not offered

Signature program

all clubs and programs]

Animation

Art Club

Astronomy Club

Audiovisual Club

Ballet and Classical Ballet

Band

Chess Club

Choir

Community Service

Computer Club

Dance Club

Debate Club

Drama Club

Environmental Club

Foreign Language Club

Habitat for Humanity

Jazz Ensemble

Math Club

Musical theatre/Opera

Online Magazine

Outdoor Club

Outdoor Education

Paintball

Photography

Poetry/Literature club

Radio club

Robotics club

Round Square

School newspaper

Science Club

Scouting

Student Council

Yearbook

Yoga

Why it matters

Clubs and enrichment programs, including after-school clubs, extend learning beyond the classroom. They encourage creativity, leadership, and friendships while helping students explore passions, build skills, and gain confidence in a low-pressure environment.

Qualitative insights

These insights are based on conversations with parents, alumni, and school leadership. Handpicked and curated by our editor, they offer a close look at how the school is experienced and perceived by those who know it best.

There are inclusive and supportive extracurricular structures.

Observations from students and parents reveal that St. Clement's fosters a welcoming environment with a wide range of extracurricular activities catering to diverse interests, ensuring that students can deeply engage in what they are passionate about.

Co-curricular-wise: I was Student Council president; I did debating and public speaking, so I traveled a lot for that; I was on the badminton team for two years; I was on the softball team for a year, I think—just a lot of activities. Oh, I was in Jazz Band—that was fun. There’s just a lot going on. They are really flexible in the sense that, if you’re like, 'I have these things that I want to do,' they will 100% support you. Like, they won’t let you sacrifice your academic career to play jazz—unless you’re really good at it—but they definitely give you room and accommodations to explore your hobbies and what you’re interested in, because they recognize that it’s not all about grades.

—Julie Midroni, alum (see full interview)

I would say enrol at the school if you have a lot of things that you are interested in, if you are a proactive person and you have the ability to take advantage of the things that St. Clement’s offers. You could theoretically go to St. Clement’s and just attend class and go home every day, and that would be it—that’s a waste. If you, however, are incredibly proactive and you want to go to a school that gives you the opportunity to, I don’t know, maybe start something or participate in a bunch of different things, or there’s something that you really excel at and you want the flexibility to excel at that—go with St. Clement’s. There’s so many resources and they’re so supportive. If you can take advantage of St. Clement’s, the institution, you should go there.

—Julie Midroni, alum (see full interview)

You didn’t have to join a club you weren’t interested in. There’s always something that you could find that you were passionate about to get involved with. There were clubs open for everyone, along with all the different sports teams and extracurriculars. It wasn’t as if we all had to take the same path. Having so many different clubs and even ways the school can connect you to extracurricular opportunities, it was just having all of those options open. It helped everyone to be able to find what they were individually interested in.

—Carmen Chong, parent (see full discussion)

Just by spending so much time together and having a small grade, I knew everyone in my grade. I knew their siblings and what classes they were in and what extracurriculars they did. At that point, I felt like we were all sisters, which is a little cliché, but it really felt like that, when I was graduating, I had 63 sisters, which was great. A lot of us graduating students have been together for 12 or six years at that point, and I think at that point we were more just like one big group of friends. You would have classes with a lot of different people, and so it would be nice. You would be able to talk to anyone in the hallway at that point.

—Carmen Chong, parent (see full discussion)

The offering at the school is as broad as any of the bigger schools. So to the extent you have very different children, I think they may just gravitate towards different options within the school. My two girls who are at St. Clement’s are very different. They gravitate towards the same extracurriculars, but they’re very different learners, and both have found their place.

—Carmen Chong, parent (see full discussion)

I’m on a four-year full-ride scholarship, and St. Clement’s is basically the entire reason that I got that. It’s a combination of the opportunities that St. Clement’s gives you and the flexibility they create to allow you to pursue them. They let me really build that repertoire of debating, public speaking, research. So then the award came in and I was like, ’Well, this is a no-brainer. I should go to U of T because this is great’, and I don’t think that would have happened if it hadn’t been for all of the support that St. Clement’s gave me.

—Julie Midroni, alum (see full interview)

There's a balanced approach to academics and athletics.

Testimonials highlight that St. Clement’s offers a unique balance between rigorous academics and competitive athletics, emphasizing participation and personal growth over winning at all costs.

I actually like the fact that St. Clement’s has a better balance between sports and academics. I don't see it as a negative, but we are a competitive sports family. We bring that to the school. We try to push and promote that as a benefit.

—Neil, parent (see full discussion)

The spirit of the school—it has a very big heart, as big as any other school. It always amazes me how the girls juggle so many things. They do their academics. They are present in the school and involved and then also doing all these wonderful, amazing things outside of school. I remember when we were starting up, doing a tour with a student and asking her, ‘Well, do you have time to do sports outside of school or clubs or drama?’ And she assured me, ‘Oh, yes, I do’, and she rattled off like 15 things that she managed to do on top of everything else.

—Carmen Chong, parent (see full discussion)

At St. Clement’s, our philosophy on athletics is really an important and differentiating factor. We have very competitive teams. It is key to us that athletics are about a) maximum participation—so getting as many people involved as possible—and secondarily, skilled development. Our goal is not ‘win at all cost’ and sort of cut-throat, and people being on a team but riding the bench—it’s about people being engaged and contributing to a common goal.

—Martha Perry, Principal (see full interview)

Holistic development is cultivated through diverse extracurriculars.

Insights from parents reveal that the school offers a broad range of extracurricular activities that cater to the distinct interests and talents of its students, providing opportunities for holistic development beyond academics.

Despite St. Clement’s being a small school, it can really cater to totally different individuals that have different interests. I'll use my sister and me as an example. I went down the STEM path. I was on the soccer team, I was into music, and she did a completely different thing. She didn't want to go into those STEM courses. She was interested in the arts. She got really involved in the musical. We were both able to flourish in our own ways and leave our own marks. I think St. Clement’s did a really good job offering us different opportunities based on our own interests.

—Neil, parent (see full discussion)

I think something that surprised me when I first started at the school was just the amount of activities that went on—in the computer labs with robotics and the gyms always having sports and all the music and everything. The building itself always seems pretty small, it doesn’t seem like there could be the amount of things that go on in it that there is. But I remember every lunchtime there were always lots of clubs happening all around the school. I was just surprised at the amount of opportunities I had to get involved in at the school.

—Carmen Chong, parent (see full discussion)

My daughters are capable and they enjoy the sciences. I took note that St. Clement’s had a robotics program and I thought that was super cool. I thought, ‘What a great thing!’ Just giving the girls an opportunity to have fun and play around with that stuff and create some interest and passion around that. I thought that was wonderful.

—Neil, parent (see full discussion)

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