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Woodland holds some of my best memories and is truly a special place. The staff go above and be...
Woodland is led by teachers and administration that care for each student and truly love what they do. Though this was evident for my first 3 years, it was strongly reaffirmed through the spring semester of 2020. In the face o...
The Woodland staff and administration put forth their best effort in the classroom, leading the school, and caring for the personal lives of their students. I found I was over prepared in many courses in preparation for univer...
Woodland holds a high standard of academics and offers many different tracks for each student's personal needs. Per my time there, for grade nine and ten there were academic and applied courses and teachers were able to teach ...
Woodland has many extracurricular opportunities for the students and great variety as well. Though I have a lot of fun memories of being involved with soccer and basketball, there were many extracurriculars that though I perso...
Woodland usually has 330-350 students and are growing in size, that I know of; my graduating class was about 80 students which is average. Many kids come from Christian grade schools but not all and that certainly is not a req...
I found student life at Woodland to be a great high school experience and am very thankful for my four years there. Of course it was not perfect but the effort put towards a good faith-based education, engaging extracurricular...
Woodland is sometimes called a 'bubble' but in all honesty, it is probably more accurate to describe it as a spider web. Once you have walked the halls you are part of the web of connections whereby teachers have taught your s...
I live just outside Listowel, ON and was about 40 minutes from Woodland and was lucky enough to have a bus ride about the same length. I know many people from 'north' of Kitchener-Waterloo region who have much longer bus rides...
My grade school Community Christian (Drayton, ON) was considered a 'feeder' school, meaning many of the graduates attended Woodland. Admissions was very simple as all my older siblings had attended, and I received an admission...
Woodland hosts many college and university fairs or welcomes admissions counselors from various post-secondary institutions to hold information sessions. Even through Coronavirus, grade twelve students did not miss out on fini...
I love attending Woodland. The teachers are both engaging in the classroom and encouraging out...
I definitely respect the leadership in the school. The teachers are very approachable and easy to talk to. The guidance counsellors are extremely helpful to go talk to if anything good or bad is going on in my life. We also h...
I think the teaching is very engaging and easy to follow. When it isn't, it's easy to talk to the teachers and ask for an explanation. For example, I really dislike asking questions in class, and so if I have a question about...
I think that the curriculum is very good. I think that we as students are pushed out of our comfort zone enough for it to make a difference, but not so much that it becomes too cumbersome or too much to handle. I think that ...
I love the extracurricular activities that Woodland provides. I am a part of the choir, the robotics team, the praise team, and am the co editor in chief of our arts magazine, Chisel. There are so many more extracurriculars ...
I think if I were to describe the students at Woodland it would be like a small community. We are a small enough school that everyone knows everyone, and it makes for great connections throughout all grades. Of course, there...
If I were to give a tour of the school, I would first take the visitors to the auditorium. It is essentially the lifeblood of the school. Our auditorium is where we meet for chapels, where most students eat lunch, and where ...
As I said before, the school does feel like a small community. Of course there are particular groups of people and or friends, but that is based on common interest. The different groups do not exclude the others per se, but i...
Some senior students (grades eleven and twelve), if they drive in, or if they have friends who drive in, will leave campus during spares and / or lunches to go to one of the nearby fast food restaurants. The options that are...
As part of my admissions process, I got the opportunity to be a shadow student for a day. This means that, as a grade eight student, I got to be paired up with a grade nine student for a day and go to their classes with them ...
My son has found multiple and varied activities to get involved in. The opportunity to get inv...
So, to be fair we did not have to deal with any problems or discipline. However, we can say that the communication has generally been good. The newsletter is concise but clear and the Edsby site works well, where most issues...
For this first year we had a good experience. The communication via Edsby was clear and regular. Our son seemed to be challenged. He was encouraged to do Math enrichment and his teacher seemed to understand him well. Most ...
We appreciate that this school does not just excel in only one area, but really seems to have excellent programs in both the maths/sciences and the arts and humanities. These kids are getting a well-rounded education that wil...
Woodland excels in this area. Because it is a smaller school there are ample opportunities for kids where they can join even if they are not the best at that particular time. They get the opportunity to try multiple things a...
These kids are not necessarily better behaved than kids at other schools. However, what is different is that the size of the school means it's harder for them to get lost and teachers know what is going on. The feel of the st...
Our son completed his first year. So far he seems to enjoy going to school. He mostly enjoys the extra curricular activities and the many trips and outside class learning he has done. He has enjoyed meeting new people, but ...
Woodland is absolutely a community school and I definitely feel comfortable being in the school and engaging with the teachers and students. There are many events throughout the year where parents can come and either help out...
The school is definitely more of an island. It is located practically in the middle of a field between Kitchener and Guelph. Students have to take the bus or drive. Because the school is pulling from such a wide range of co...
I would highly recommend attending one of the special days they have (like grade 8 day) or the special parents day. The school does a good job of outlining the process, what to expect, and providing lots of take home info. ...
