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The Bishop Strachan School is Canada’s oldest day and boarding school for girls. The School has approximately 820 day students and 80 boarding students ranging from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 12. The school seeks to nurture the academic, social, emotional, spiritual, creative and physical well-being of the student. While the school is Anglican in tradition, students are from all faiths....  MORE

The Bishop Strachan School is Canada’s oldest day and boarding school for girls. The School has approximately 820 day students and 80 boarding students ranging from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 12. The school seeks to nurture the academic, social, emotional, spiritual, creative and physical well-being of the student. While the school is Anglican in tradition, students are from all faiths. The School is named after John Strachan, the first Anglican bishop of Toronto, and was founded by John Langtry in 1867. The school was an unusual private school for its times: it was relatively affordable and not Catholic. The founders' intention was to educate girls to be leaders. The campus is situated within the Forest Hill neighborhood of Toronto. The main building was designed by Henry Sproatt. The school's traditions are based on similar schools in Britain. Senior formal leaders in their graduating year are called prefects, the students must wear uniforms, and each student is a member of a house. Last year's Head Girl was Carly Walter 12' and the upcoming year's Head Girl will be Jessica Levy 13'. The Junior School employs a Reggio-inspired, inquiry based approach to early childhood learning focused particularly on the learning needs of girls. Students have scored well above the provincial average in reading, writing and mathematics in Ontario-wide testing for Grades 3 and 6. The boarding program starts in Grade 7, and boarders come from many parts of Canada and the world. The Senior School offers a wide range of courses in both traditional subjects as well as courses such as Film and Design Technology. It offers Advanced Placement courses in some subjects. LESS