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Go to child profileUSCA Academy is a leading international school and private school, situated in Mississauga, Ontario. At USCA, we pride ourselves on providing international students and local students with quality education from professional teachers. We offer a wide variety of programs ranging from elementary and middle school levels, high school levels and university level preparation programs. Some programs we offer are: Ontario Secondary School Diploma Program, OSSD, University Preparation Program, Grade 1-8 Full Day Program.
USCA Academy offers bus transferring. Service options offered are airport pick-up, regular rider.
The regions USCA Academy offers busing from are:
USCA is a full-service international school teaching to the Ontario curriculum. Class sizes are small, allowing for personal instruction, and with an enrolment of 200, students are known, and feel a part of the school community. The campus is proximate to key international travel hubs, as well as all of the key municipal services of the city of Mississauga, including city hall, the art gallery, and the Living Arts Centre. It’s very much a preparatory school in the traditional sense in that the goal is to help students gain acceptance to the university of their choice, and to thrive once there. And USCA has a proven track record of doing precisely that.
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DIBELS Testing: This school does not use DIBELS testing to assess reading progress.
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Evolution as consensus theory | |
Evolution as one of many equally viable theories | |
Evolution is not taught |
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Ecology | |
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Physiology | |
Zoology |
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Acting | |
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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 |
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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 |
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Curriculum delivery: Acceleration and enrichment (There is an equal emphasis on acceleration and enrichment.)
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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) |
English - 90% | French - 10% |
In grade Gr. 12, USCA Academy students perform an average of 1 hour of homework per night.
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USCA Academy | 15 mins | 30 mins | 30 mins | 30 mins | 30 mins | 30 mins | 30 mins | 60 mins | 60 mins | 60 mins | 60 mins | 60 mins |
Site Average | 15 mins | 17 mins | 23 mins | 29 mins | 34 mins | 40 mins | 51 mins | 56 mins | 69 mins | 80 mins | 98 mins | 107 mins |
Habits and behaviour reporting | Gr. 1 to Gr. 12 |
Parent-teacher meetings | Gr. 1 to Gr. 12 |
Competitive sports: 9
Recreational sports: 8
USCA Academy offers 7 clubs and extracurricular programs.
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Boarding (International) | $11,000 | $14,000 |
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Grades | Gender | Living Arrangement | Enrolment | |
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Group 1 | Gr. 1 to Gr. 12 | Coed | Day | 150 |
Group 2 | Gr. 1 to Gr. 8 | Coed | Day | 50 |
Total enrolment | 200 |
Average class size | 5 to 10 |
% of international students (total enrolment) | 50% |
Number of different nationalities within student population | 30 |
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Day Enrollment | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
Class Size | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Assessment | Required | Grades |
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Interview | N/A | |
SSAT | N/A | |
SSAT (out of province) | N/A | |
Entrance Exam(s) | N/A | |
Entrance Essay | N/A |
Day students: Rolling
Offer mid-year entry:
Yes
Application fee: $200
Registration fee: $0
Deposit:
N/A
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Latest 3 years of Transcript
Completed Application form
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.
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Day Acceptance (Acceptance rate) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Average graduating class size | 5 |
Students accepted into post-secondary studies upon graduation | 100% |
Percentage of students who attend post-secondary institutions outside of Canada | N/A |
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) | N/A |
USCA Academy Graduates’ Post-Secondary Studies:
Aggregate of All Schools’ Post-Secondary Studies:
Career planning | N/A |
Internships | N/A |
Mentorship Program | |
University counseling |
Alumnus | Grad Year | Accomplishment |
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Mark Piery | 2020 | Get accepted by University of Toronto., Western University, Mcmaster University |
Emaniee Aly | 2020 | Get accepted by Queens University |
Parvathy AI | 2020 | Accepted by Univesity of Waterloo and other 5 top universities. |
Andrey Ski | 2020 | Accepted by York University, University of Guelph |
Hanie Asam | 2020 | accepted by University of Toronto |
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