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Where discovery ignites learning. At The Bishop Strachan School, we do things differently. Our students hone core academic skills through exploration and discovery. They drive their own learning and embrace complexity and challenge. BSS graduates are confident, resilient, and ready to lead. Committed to making the world a better place.
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The Bishop Strachan School ( BSS; Strachan pronounced "Strawn") is an Anglican day and boarding school for girls in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. [1] The school has approximately 900 students, including 80 boarding students, ranging from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 12 (approximately ages 4–18). The School is named after John Strachan, the first ...
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- In Cruce Vinco, (In the cross I conquer)
Our Campus. Careers. The Bishop Strachan School lives at the intersection of old and new. Beautiful stained glass and leaded windows characterize our 105-year-old building, while gleaming glass and wide-open spaces mark our recently built Junior School. The new STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) complex features open ...
The cost is between $300 and $800, depending on the grade and whether you are purchasing new or used items. There are additional costs associated with field trips, textbooks and technology. Once again, these will vary depending on the grade. For Junior School students, lunches and snacks are included in tuition.
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The Bishop Strachan School (BSS), Toronto, was founded in 1867, on the initiative of Reverend John Langtry, who was responding to contemporary concerns about the education of young women. The school was named for Bishop John Strachan, the first Anglicanbishop of Toronto, who died shortly after the founding of the school. From its first year of oper...
The school’s original location was on a property adjacent to the present-day Art Gallery of Ontario. In 1868, it moved to the former home of Bishop Strachan (known as the “Palace”) on Front Street, but by 1870, the school had outgrown this facility and relocated to College Avenue at Wykeham Hall, the former home of Sir James Macaulay. There it rema...
BSS, as it is commonly known today, continued to need more space. As a result, the school moved in 1915 to its current home — an imposing grey stone building in the Collegiate Gothic style, found in the heart of Toronto’s Forest Hill neighbourhood, just down the street from Upper Canada College. At this location, the school continued to grow and de...
Founded in the same year as Confederation, the school will celebrate its 150th anniversary in 2017. This connection to Canada’s beginnings has always played a role in milestone anniversaries for BSS. In 1967, the school’s choir was chosen to sing at Expo 67 in Montréal, and in 2017, it will unveil a new anthem. The school will also send a delegatio...
Over the school’s 150 years, a number of notable Canadians have passed through its doors as students, including Emily Murphy, first female magistrate in the British Empire and one of the Famous Five, poet Marjorie Pickthall, and composer Ann Southam. In addition, BSS educated the daughters of Prime Ministers Lester B. Pearson and John Turner.
The Bishop Strachan School is a leading independent JK-Grade 12 day and boarding school for girls. Our rigorous curriculum embraces an equity mindset, and prepares students for university and beyond. Our approach teaches students to learn deeply and build the skills to make positive change.
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"The Bishop Strachan School is a leading independent JK-Grade 12 day and boarding school for girls. Our rigorous, inquiry-based curriculum prepares students for university and beyond. Our 7.5-acre campus includes STEAM-focused learning spaces, a Centre for Arts and Design, multimedia and film labs, and athletics facilities.
