Interested in joining the SCS school community? The application deadline is this coming Friday, December 1.
If you’re still wondering if you should give any consideration to an all-girls school,
The all-girls advantage
Month: November 2017
The 2017 Gold Award
The Gold Award is presented every five years to a deserving alumna, nominated by her peers, who continues to embody SCS’s values and stands out as a role model. This year’s recipient is Dr.
Planting Trees for a Better World
I read a beautiful article by Jeannette Dowson in Tuesday’s Globe and Mail that opened with the following, “Fed by the sun and soil, trees are the most noble organisms on Earth.
Nourishing Pride
On Thursday I attended a workshop hosted by the Canadian Council for the Advancement of Education entitled Advancement for Academics. This was a wonderful day-long forum highlighting the benefits of advancement staff working alongside faculty to leverage understanding about the impact a potential gift can make to the realization of a school’s dream or vision.
Creativity, Happiness and the Necessity of Discomfort
I hear the words ‘creativity’ and ‘happiness’ a lot in the context of parents’ desired outcomes of school environments. Who wouldn’t want these traits for their children? While the words are different- creativity a skill,
Giving Tuesday: We’re All In This Together
When you make a gift to the #SCSAnnualFund on #GivingTuesdayCa (Nov. 28), you have an opportunity to designate your gift to an area that interests you, including scholarships, Principal’s initiatives,
There’s nothing uniform about SCS
In early October, we welcomed a video crew to 21 St. Clements Avenue to capture a snapshot of life at SCS. Our goal was to bring key elements of our recently launched three-year strategic vision to life,
The Double Bind: Making the Invisible Visible
This weekend I read two poignant and timely articles. Both stressed the urgency of not just talking about feminism and equality, but also ensuring equity in these conversations by addressing the double bind that women of colour face when it comes to accessing positions of leadership.