Our School
We are a private school for students in Junior Kindergarten to Grade 8 located in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. Our unique program combines an enriched academic program with a focus on community minded citizenship and fostering a life-long love of learning. Our enthusiastic, caring and innovative teachers teach to the individual students and create and environment where students can feel successful. With classes capped at 16, students can receive the individual instruction that will allow them to develop and grow. Our extensive clubs and extra-curricular offerings allow students the opportunity to follow a passion or discover a new talent.
Academics
Our enriched Academic Program offers students every opportunity to be successful. We focus on readying our students for the future by teaching problem solving skills, fostering inquiry, creativity, exploration and mindfulness.
CREATIVE TEACHERS
Our enthusiastic, dedicated teachers deliver the curriculum using a variety of fun, inspiring classes that combine traditional instruction with performance based assessment and project based learning. This creates a program that is uniquely GAA!
COMPREHENSIVE
The Mathematics program is comprehensive and concepts from every math strand are woven together and connected throughout the year. Skills or concepts are reinforced throughout the years, helping students build a strong foundation of understanding. We also integrate the use of online practice so that students can focus on refining their skills in an exciting, fun way that provides them with immediate feedback for further development.
BEYOND
We go beyond the Ontario Ministry of Education Elementary Curriculum offering unique programs like Science Fair, Oratoricals, Community Citizenship Integration, and service learning. Beginning in Junior Kindergarten, our students have dedicated French, Music, Art, Computers and Technology and Media Arts classes.
Kindergarten
Our unique Kindergarten Program offers our youngest students a wonderful start to their education career. Kindergarten classes are divided into Junior and Senior and students follow a 2 year program that includes: Printing, Language Arts, Math, Science, Drama, Art, Physical Education, Music, French and Media Arts. Students are offered different learning environments both traditional and play based discovery to allow them to fully develop their skills and prepare them for Grade 1. We also focus on the emotional and character development of our Kindergarten students, including them in our school wide Community Minded Citizenship Development Program.
