Private School in Markham, Ontario

J. Addison School:
J. Addison School, located in the picturesque town of Markham (30 minutes north of Toronto), Ontario, Canada, is a private school offering Montessori programs at the pre-school and elementary levels, and an outstanding accredited secondary school program. Many people spend a lifetime striving to actualize their true potential. Their success in life is highly dependent on how they manage the associated challenges. Parents have an inherent duty to help their children in this effort. In fact, the dramatic growth of the tutoring industry is the result of the parents’ recognition that tutoring programs are specifically designed to help each child meet the challenge of developing their individual skill sets. Our program combines the best that tutoring centers have to offer: individualized, strategic, and accountable programming within a fully equipped and accredited school setting.

Our mission is to provide non-denominational educational programs of superior quality, specifically designed to enable each and every student at every age level to fully harness their intellectual, social, and emotional potential.

The Addison Advantage:
The Addison Advantage provides the right tools and guidance so that each student can excel within a variety of contexts: academic, physical, social, technological, and the arts. This is facilitated through J. Addison’s strengths in leadership, support, balance, care and creation of learning opportunities. Our program is specifically designed to help our students reach their full potential within a maximum class size of 14 students.

This program is characterized by:
- A leadership team averaging 30 years of experience
- Reporting periods 4 times every academic year
- Direct instruction of reading comprehension and writing skills
- On-going language assessment
- An integrated approach to curriculum instruction using a multi-media teaching model
- Daily teacher / student conferencing to monitor achievement
- All senior students receive individualized post-secondary educational planning support
- All secondary students meet with our guidance counselor to create an individual J. Addison study plan
- Compulsory after school academic monitoring for student success
- Weekly guidance counselor, principal and teacher meetings to address student concerns

Homestay Arrangements:
Many of our students require accommodations while studying at J. Addison School. To effectively address the diverse needs of our students, we have collaberated with Inspiration Home Stay Inc. to work closely with students and their parents/guardians in locating suitable accommodations in the school vicinity.

Benefits of living with a home stay family are:
- Students will have 24/7 support and supervision available from a live-in guidance counsellor to assist with daily needs
- Students will receive support in adapting to their new environment
- Students will be provided with meals and tutoring at no extra cost
- Students develop long term friendships with families or home stay hosts

Montessori Programs:
- Montessori pre-school & elementary programs
- instruction of children in 3-year age groups

Accredited Secondary Program:
- Registered with the Ontario Ministry of Education
- Unique teaching and learning and support program
- English
- French-as-a-Second Language
- Mathematics
- Science
- Canadian History
- Canadian Geography
- Arts
- Summer Camp & more ...