Английская Википедия:Branksome Hall

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Branksome Hall is an independent day and boarding school for girls in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Toronto's only all-years International Baccalaureate (IB) World School for girls. Branksome Hall is located on a 13-acre campus in the Toronto neighbourhood of Rosedale and educates more than 900 students from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 12.

Branksome Hall has an athletics and wellness centre, spaces dedicated to innovation and technology, indoor rock-climbing wall and tennis courts. The school has a boarding program for Grades 7 to 12 and a study abroad program with its sister school, Branksome Hall Asia, on Jeju Island, South Korea. Financial assistance is available for new and returning students in Grades 7 to 12.

Branksome Hall is led by principal Karen L. Jurjevich, who has been principal since 1998.

History

Branksome Hall was founded in 1903 by Miss Margaret Scott, who served as the school’s first principal. It is named for Sir Walter Scott’s poem, “The Lay of the Last Minstrel,” which references Scotland’s Branxholme Castle.

In 1940 a small group of girls and staff from Sherborne Girls’ School in England was evacuated to Branksome Hall.

The Road Well Kept by Heather Robertson was published in 2002 to mark Branksome’s centennial. The book provides a synopsis of the history of the school, including archival photographs.

Academics

Branksome Hall’s curriculum offers all three International Baccalaureate programs: the Primary Years Programme (PYP), Middle Years Programme (MYP) and International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (DP).

Student Life

Branksome Hall follows the IB’s experiential learning framework of creativity, activity and service. IB Diploma students are required to complete approximately three to five hours per week of Creativity, Activity and Service (CAS) during their final two years of high school.

Service learning activities for students include Reading Buddies and JUMP Math at Rose Avenue Public School, Kapapamahchakwew (Wandering Spirit School) Reading Program, engaging with students at Sunny View Public School, and volunteering at Let’s Grow Learning and Living Hub for medically complex, physically disabled adults.

Branksome’s Athletics teams are called the Highlanders. The school is a member of the Conference of Independent Schools of Ontario Athletic Association. Fall teams include basketball, flag football, cross country running, field hockey, rowing, soccer and swimming. Winter teams include alpine skiing, badminton, ice hockey, rowing, squash, swimming and volleyball. Spring teams include golf, rowing, softball, tennis, track and field, and ultimate frisbee.

Community

Branksome Hall is administered by an 18-member Board of Governors. The current chair is Mona Malone, Chief Human Resources Officer and Head of People & Culture for BMO Financial Group.

The Branksome Hall Foundation, a registered charity in Ontario since 2005, is overseen by an independent board of trustees chaired by Scot Martin, and manages the school's endowment.

Notable Alumnae

• Heather Elizabeth Apple, writer, artist, and educator
• Mary Pat Jones Armstrong, founder of Camp Oochigeas and Ronald McDonald House Toronto
• Shelby Austin, CEO, Arteria AI
• Jackie Burroughs, Canadian actress who portrayed Aunt Hetty on CBC's Road to Avonlea.
• Carmen Busquets, entrepreneur in fashion and luxury industries, co-founder and investor of Net-A-Porter
• Joan Chalmers, arts patron and philanthropist
• Frances Dafoe, world champion figure skater and Olympic silver medalist
• Lindsey Deluce, news anchor of CP24
• Miranda de Pencier, award-winning film producer
• Stacey Farber, actress, best known for her role as Ellie Nash on the Canadian teen drama Degrassi: The Next Generation
• Amy S. Foster, author and songwriter
• Marjorie Gross, television writer and producer
• Tricia "CK" Hoffler, attorney, CEO of The CK Hoffler Firm, civil rights and children’s rights advocate
• Andrea Lenczner, co-founder and designer for Smythe
• Sarah Levy, actress, best known as Twyla Sands on the Netflix TV show Schitt's Creek
• Trish Magwood, host of Food Network Canada’s Party Dish
• Helen McCully, food writer, critic and cookbook author
• Linda McQuaig, journalist and author of works of non-fiction, including The Wealthy Banker's Wife
• Mary Louise Northway, psychologist
• Susan Quaggin, nephrologist
• Ann Rohmer, lead anchor of CP24
• Evany Rosen, actress, stand-up comic and founding member of the sketch comedy troupe Picnicface
• Nancy Ruth, Ontario senator and philanthropist
• Meredith Shaw, radio and television personality, model, body positivity activist, style expert, and co-host of CityTV's Breakfast Television
• Frances Alice Shepherd, Canadian oncologist recognized for her research on lung cancer
• Christie Smythe, co-founder and designer for Smythe
• Claire Wallace, journalist and radio broadcaster for CBC from 1936–1952
• Budge Wilson, award-winning Canadian author

Notable faculty and staff

• Dr. Vaira Vike-Freiberga, Latvian politician who served as the sixth President of Latvia from 1999 to 2007. She is the first woman to hold the post.
• Portia White, Canadian contralto, known for becoming the first Black Canadian concert singer to achieve international fame.

Affiliations

• The Association of Boarding Schools
• Branksome Hall Asia
• Canadian Accredited Independent Schools
• Coalition of Single Sex Schools of Toronto
• Conference of Independent Schools
• Conference of Independent Schools of Ontario Athletic Association
• G30 Schools
• International Baccalaureate
• International Coalition of Girls' Schools
• National Association of Independent Schools
• Ontario Federation of School Athletics Associations

See also

• Шаблон:Section link
• List of secondary schools in Ontario

External links

• Official website