We asked and you showed your Clementine spirit through gifts to the 2016-2017 Annual Fund on #GivingTuesdayCA
Together, we raised $33,093! Your message to us was clear: you care deeply about enriching the SCS experience for all Clementines.
Last week, I was fortunate to have attended the United Kingdom Girlsâ Schools Association Annual Conference in Oxford from Sunday to Tuesday. We are a group of educators charged with the important task of teaching,
SCSâs sports teams have a long-standing tradition of achievement. Thanks to a generous gift from the Beqaj family, we only have to look up on our gym walls to see our sports successes emblazoned on our new championship banners!
That which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will,
To strive, to seek, to find and not to yield.â
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It may be fall, but our SCS sports teams have been rising to success this season! Athletes from all grades were centre court for many sporting accomplishments this season, bolstered by our athletics programâs philosophy of encouraging participation and fostering ongoing skill development.
St. Clementâs School has an attendance of approximately 470 girls from Grades 1-12. Our close-knit, fun-filled, friendly environment is what makes SCS special. Students say it feels like home â a place where everyone knows each other well,
It has been an unsettling week as the world and, at a micro level, the St. Clementâs School community watched the United States election results unfold. As Principal of a girlsâ school I lead a diverse community,
Did you know that, like most independent schools, tuition at St. Clementâs School only covers a portion of the Schoolâs annual operating costs? Itâs true â 88% to be exact.
I tend to reflect on School events, activities, and larger initiatives each week. This is rarely done formally, and most often comes as a result of time spent unfocused. Late on Friday evening I was reading the paper and came across a powerful article in The Globe and Mail by Denise Balkissoon entitled âWhy Looking Away Isnât Always the Right Answer.â This provocative article suggests that,