An ECS education not only opens her mind, but the doors to a future filled with opportunities.
Our innovative curriculum, rooted in our expertise in girls' education, equips students with the knowledge and skills to excel academically and grow as independent learners. Our dynamically challenging approach fosters resilience, resourcefulness, and a growth mindset, ensuring each girl thrives in any endeavour she pursues.
Ranked among the top private English schools by the Fraser Institute, ECS engages students from Kindergarten to Grade 11 in authentic practices drawn by field experts, from inquiring to analyzing and solving. Our curriculum also integrates real-world challenges, encouraging students to connect their learning to the world around them.
Most importantly, our students lead their educational journey; they work closely with expert teachers to set clear goals, understand their learning styles, and continually build their knowledge. They graduate confident and prepared for higher education and successful careers.
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Ask questions and define problems
Design methods of investigation
Conduct investigations
Analyze and interpret data
Share and communicate findings
Reflect on the experience
This rich process of inquiry is relevant, no matter the learner’s age or the subject at hand.
ECS’s cadre of expert teachers engage their students in gradually higher levels of inquiry—from structured, to guided, to open--as they become more proficient with the task at hand…whether it’s learning to count, or learning about computational mathematics.
Find out how our teachers are helping girls and young women to develop inquiring minds of their own by delving below into some of our Academic Innovation Projects.
The ECS community acknowledges that the land on which we learn is the ancestral territory of the Kanien'kehá (Mohawk) Nation. We honor the continued presence of Indigenous peoples on this land and remain wholeheartedly committed to working towards reconciliation.
ECS is a private school for girls that offers educational services in English from kindergarten to secondary 5, leading to the secondary school diploma (MEQ).