the abelard school
Preparing thoughtful, inquisitive and motivated students to excel in university since 1997
Quick Facts
•The Abelard School was founded in 1997 by a group of teachers who run the school to this day
•Student - teacher ratio 5:1
•A student population of approximately 50
•Average class size of 10 students
•Integrated curriculum means courses are designed to complement one another between disciplines. These include:
•Foundation Studies in Literature — emphasis on Classical Greek, Roman, and Biblical literatures
•Foundation Studies in Science — Grades 9 and 10 Science are combined into one course so that students may take more Science electives in upper years
•Advanced Placement (AP) exams are offered every year to Grade 11 and 12 students
•Advanced university preparation: our graduating students are consistently accepted to their top university choices, many of them on scholarship.
Our alumni have attended:
CANADA
University of Toronto
Queen's
Waterloo
McMaster
Western
Ontario Veterinary College
McGill
University of King's College
Dalhousie
Mount Allison
University of British Columbia
UNITED STATES
Harvard
MIT
UCLA
Princeton
Columbia
Cornell
University of Chicago
Brown
Smith College
Brandeis
Reed College
Cooper Union
St. John's College
Wesleyan
INTERNATIONAL
Oxford
Cambridge
University College London
University of Edinburgh
University of St. Andrews
Max Planck Institute, Leipzig
Humboldt University Berlin
Leiden University
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Beijing Normal University
ETH Zürich
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