Many parents, during their initial visit to Scholars’ Hall, will ask,
“How many of your graduates get accepted to university?”
But actually, parents should really ask,
“How many of Scholars’ Hall’s graduates earn a degree?”
(The answer to both questions are at the bottom of this page)
The Scholars’ Hall Advantage is . . .
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Kitchener/Waterloo’s only nondenominational, multicultural, international, coeducational, JK to Grade 12, preparatory school;
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the opportunity to learn with and from students from around the world in a unique multicultural educational environment;
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the personalized curriculum that expects, promotes and celebrates good person-hood and world citizenship;
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the traditional, teacher directed, school based upon family values and olde school standards of conduct;
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the expert post-secondary guidance leading to an outstanding University and College acceptance rate;
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the close working relationship with parents complemented by numerous report cards, interviews and daily journals keeping parents informed, involved and up-to-date;
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the competitive House League and Extra-Curricular clubs designed to introduce artistic, sporting, intellectual, and cultural pursuits encouraging all students to become involved and active;
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the second-to-none Fine Arts elementary and high school credit program with Homer Watson Gallery’s Artist-in-Residence;
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the high academic expectations and standards appropriate for each student’s personal potential;
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the homework/study skills and organizational strategies taught in every subject resulting in a life-long personal work ethic;
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a school where students are challenged with consistency, understanding, fairness, a sense of personal responsibility and excellent teaching.
Scholars’ Hall strives . . .
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to provide every student with a superior education;
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to be focused but still flexible in its responsibility to educate;
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to individualize, accommodate and accelerate as needed;
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to provide a learning environment with other “nice kids”;
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to ensure that students will not be concerned about personal safety, harassment, bullying, academic mediocrity, falling through the cracks, inappropriate peer influences, or loss of individuality;
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to be open and responsive to parental needs, concerns and requests.
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to promote and encourage the ownership of a personal work ethic, open communication, and the development of positive character traits;
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to allow for and enhance the development of positive social and interpersonal skills;
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to consistently maintain an academic focus in class with a daily expectation to produce work of a high personal standard;
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to provide the opportunity, the knowledge, the independent skills and the strength of character to be successful in University or College and beyond.
"How many of your graduates get accepted to university?"
Historically, all our graduates have received invitations to attend every post-secondary school to which they applied. Typically, the majority of our Grade 12 students have received unconditional invitations by the end of February (some as early as December), with many of them being offered a scholarship.
"How many of Scholars' Hall's graduates earn a degree?"
This question is more difficult to quantify for two reasons. First, many, but not all, of our graduates stay in touch with Scholars’ Hall. The ones who do all earn a degree. Second, universities only communicate to schools about their graduates’ first year’s results. To date, and one of the reasons why universities accept our students so early, is that Scholars’ Hall graduates, unlike their peers in the publicly funded schools, perform as well as or better, in their first year of university, than they did in grade 12 at Scholars’ Hall.
