The St. Andrew's Junior High School community values tradition and excellence and has been committed to delivering quality programs for all students for more than 50 years. The highly knowledgeable staff offer a challenging, caring, and safe environment for adolescents to develop their social, emotional, and academic skills. St. Andrew's Junior High School serves as a transition between elementary and secondary school. Students’ timetables include core academic subjects as well as a choice of a wide range of exploratory subjects. St. Andrew's JHS is also proud of our High Performing Athletes' program for elite athletes to strive for both academic and athletic excellence.
Character Development
St. Andrew's JHS school community focuses on Character Development through morning announcements, visual displays, and other forms of student expression to promote harmony and understanding. Character Development also includes bullying prevention activities such as: school participation in Bullying prevention week, student assemblies and contests, classroom and extra-curricular teamwork opportunities. Our students also take part in many activities that raise awareness of the importance of the giving spirit.
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Building a Supportive School Climate
St. Andrew's students are respected and supported by adults in the school. Recognition assemblies are held each term to encourage and inspire students to reach their full potential. Students are focused and hard working with many students achieving Honour Roll status each term. Students who demonstrate acts of caring and citizenship are also recognized. Students develop positive attitudes and recognize the importance of participation and leadership as powerful tools in their daily life and the workplace.
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Striving for success
Our students are supported to meet high program standards. We work to ensure that all students succeed and excel. Evaluation of student progress is varied and ongoing, with regular feedback provided to students and parents. Study and organizational skills are taught and practiced. Extra help and remediation are offered through a caring and supportive staff.
Instrumental Music program
We offer an extensive instrumental music program for all grade 7 and 8 students and an extensive extracurricular program including; jazz band, concert band, junior strings, chamber strings, various small ensembles and our marching band.
High Performing Athletes' Program
Our HPA program provides a flexible learning environment that empowers the elite athlete to strive for academic and athletic excellence. Students must be recommended by qualified coach or organization, compete at high levels and be approved for acceptance. Students must be self-motivated and independent learners. We offer a morning program for students in grades 6 to 8.
Successful Students
St. Andrew's offers various support programs for identified students including: Gifted Programs and Home School Program, and Resource/Language Lab programs. As a part of our Student Success initiatives, Peer Tutoring is a strong support available for all students. Teachers all offer extra-help sessions; After-school Numeracy & Literacy support programs are available.
Additional Features
- Strong core academic program
- Design & Tech
- Exciting math opportunities
- Experienced, dedicated staff
- Band, Strings, Visual Arts & Drama
- Vibrant peer tutor program
- Focus on Healthy Active Living
- Unique educational experiences
Student Life - Where You Belong
At St. Andrew's JHS, our students are encouraged to develop their leadership skills in many diverse extra-curricular initiatives: intramural and competitive sports (volleyball, basketball, running, track, swimming, Touch Football, Ice hockey soccer, Frisbee...); choir, strings and band music ensembles; numerous clubs, robotics and math competitions; students also write, edit and publish our student newspaper, Scorpion Says. Character Development initiatives also offer leadership challenges through Spirit days, Student Council, Athletic Council and fundraising/outreach initiatives. During daily life at school, our students have lockers; they follow a rotary timetable and move classrooms each period. Students follow a 7-period daily timetable, on a 4-day cycle. They enjoy a lunch period in our full-service cafeteria and finish up the period in the library/resource centre or go outside to the sports fields for fresh air and physical activity.
What Sets Us Apart
Students are encouraged to strive for excellence in many areas such as: academics, sports, the arts, out-of-classroom activities and clubs. Three science labs, two computer labs, two instrumental music rooms, an attractive Visual Arts room, a Drama room, a well-stocked Library and Resource Centre, a Family Studies room, and our Design and Technology facilities enable us to provide a strong and varied program for all of our students including those in the Regular Program, in the Gifted and other Special Education Programs, and in the High Performing Athletes' Program. St. Andrew's supports the success of our students in many ways from Gifted and other Special Education resources through to extensive Student Success initiatives, including a large Peer Tutoring program. In addition, St. Andrew's has an extensive award system recognizing student success, involvement and citizenship.
Parent and Community Engagement
Based on the belief that education is a shared responsibility, we partner with our parents and community through a highly effective School Council, and through frequent, ongoing communication with parents through our blog, information evenings, Student Planners, Progress reports and individual meetings. Staff value parental involvement as an effective means of supporting student success. St. Andrew's is a place where valuable and exciting things happen before, during, and after the regular school day. Student leadership skills develop during student fundraising activities such as the Terry Fox Run, N.Y. Harvest Food Drive, Operation Christmas Child and the White Ribbon Campaign. - St. Andrew's JHS is highly responsive to its community.
