Hawthorn is proud to be the only independent, Catholic-inspired, all-girls school in Toronto. Our tailored size facilitates a personalized and enriching experience, where each girl is known and flourishes in every aspect of school life. With a 100% university acceptance rate, Hawthorn provides a classical liberal arts education focusing on cultural literacy, critical thinking, and growth in virtue through our character education program. Hawthorn graduates live the school’s mission by "living the truth in charity."
As the only all-girls' Catholic independent school in Toronto, Hawthorn provides a unique and very specific program, one that focusses on the needs of girls while providing instruction through a Catholic lens. It was founded relatively recently—it celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2014—through the instigation of a group of parents who wanted the kind of academic specificity that the school continues to promote today. And, truly, there's no other school like it: girls are challenged to pursue passions in the full range of academic pursuit, STEM primary among them. Character, too, is a primary focus, including an expression of self. The ideal student is one who thrives within a supportive yet academically challenging environment.
Additional notes: We do not have busing but Mr. Juan Lopez provides door to door service with some of our families. He can be contacted at RIdeSafeTransport.ca.
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Upper School Art Studio
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Focus | Religious-based |
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Academic | Christian (Roman Catholic) |
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DIBELS Testing: This school does not use DIBELS testing to assess reading progress.
Subject | offered |
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Evolution as consensus theory | |
Evolution as one of many equally viable theories | |
Evolution is not taught |
Subject | offered |
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Biology | |
Chemistry | |
Ecology | |
Geology | |
Meteorology | |
Physics | |
Physiology | |
Zoology |
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Canadian lit | |
American lit | |
European (continental) lit | |
World (non-Western) lit | |
English lit | |
Ancient lit |
Subject | offered |
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Chinese-Cantonese | |
Chinese-Mandarin | |
French | |
German | |
Greek | |
Italian | |
Japanese | |
Hebrew | |
Latin | |
Russian | |
Spanish | |
ESL |
Subject | offered |
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Acting | |
Dance | |
Drama/Theatre | |
Graphic Design | |
Music | |
Visual Arts |
Expressive | |
Disciplined |
Subject | offered |
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Computer science | |
Robotics | |
Web design |
Flexible pacing style | offered |
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Subject-streaming (tracking) | |
Multi-age classrooms as standard | |
Ability-grouping (in-class) as common | |
Frequent use of cyber-learning (at-their-own-pace) | |
Regular guided independent study opportunities | |
Differentiated assessment |
Hawthorn School offers no/limited support for students with learning difficulties or special needs.
Subject Ttype | offered |
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Learning strategy and study counselling; habit formation | |
Extra support and minor accommodations for children experiencing subclinical difficulties |
Subject Ttype | offered |
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Accommodations | |
Modifications | |
Extra support |
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Curriculum delivery: This information is not currently available.
Program | offered |
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Custom subject enrichment (special arrangement) | |
Custom curriculum compacting (special arrangement) | |
Guided independent study (custom gifted arrangement) | |
Cyber-learning opportunities (custom gifted arrangement) | |
Formalized peer coaching opportunities (specifically for gifted learners to coach others) | |
Custom subject acceleration (special arrangement) | |
Career exploration (custom gifted arrangement) | |
Project-based learning (custom gifted arrangement) | |
Mentorships (custom gifted arrangement) |
English - 60% | French - 40% |
In grade SK, Hawthorn School students perform an average of 15 mins of homework per night.
NS | PS | JK | SK | |
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Hawthorn School | 0 mins | 0 mins | 15 mins | 15 mins |
Site Average | 0 mins | 1 mins | 6 mins | 7 mins |
Lettered or numbered grades | Nursery/Toddler to Gr. 12 |
Prose (narrative)-based feedback | Nursery/Toddler to Gr. 12 |
Parent-teacher meetings | Nursery/Toddler to Gr. 12 |
Competitive sports: 7
Recreational sports: 6
Hawthorn School offers 16 clubs and extracurricular programs.
NS | PS | JK | SK | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
Day | $14,100 | $15,200 | $17,910 | $19,250 | ||||||||||||
Day (International) | $19,290 | $21,525 | $25,250 |
Discounts
Discount Type | Enrolment Type | Amount |
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3rd child (sibling) | all students | 10% |
Grade range that need-based aid is offered: | JK to 12 |
Percentage of grade-eligible students receiving financial aid | 35% |
Average aid package size | $1,800 |
Percentage of total enrolment on financial aid | 35% |
Total aid available | $0 |
This school works with FAST. for processing financial applications
Financial information and T4's
Given to the highest academic average in grade 9.
Grades | Gender | Living Arrangement | Enrolment | |
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Group 1 | Gr. 6 to Gr. 12 | All girls | Homestay | Varies |
Group 2 | Nursery/Toddler to SK | Coed | Day | 30 |
Group 3 | Gr. 1 to Gr. 12 | All girls | Day | 110 |
Total enrolment | 140 |
Average class size | 8 to 15 |
% of international students (total enrolment) | 1% |
Number of different nationalities within student population | 28 |
Assessment | Required | Grades |
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Interview | 8 - 12 | |
SSAT | ||
SSAT (out of province) | ||
Entrance Exam(s) | SK - 12 | |
Entrance Essay |
Day students: Rolling
Homestay students: Rolling
Offer mid-year entry: Yes
Application fee: N/A
Registration fee: N/A
Deposit: N/A
Filled Application with all required documentation: a $100 non-refundable fee, a teacher recommendation (for grades 1-12), a recent photograph, copies of the last two years of report cards, a copy of birth certificate or passport.
Entrance assessment (SK to gr. 12)
Applicant interview (Upper School)
Parent interview (All Grades)
This is the percentage of applicants typically accepted into the school. So if 50 students are admitted out of 100 applicants, the school has an overall acceptance rate of 50%.
Student Entry Points
This shows approximately how many openings there are likely to be in each grade in a typical year, as well as the estimated acceptance rate for each grade level.
Student Type | NS | PS | JK | SK | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
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Day Acceptance (Acceptance rate) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Homestay Acceptance (Acceptance rate) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Average graduating class size | 7 |
Students accepted into post-secondary studies upon graduation | N/A |
Percentage of students who attend post-secondary institutions outside of Canada | N/A |
Students who attended a Ivy+ school Number of students in the past 5 years that that attended one of Harvard, Yale, Princeton, University of Pennsylvania, Dartmouth, Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Stanford, University of Chicago, Oxford or Cambridge (UK) | N/A |
University of Toronto | 75% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western University | 1% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University of Waterloo | 1% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
McGill University | 1% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
OCAD University | 1% |
Hawthorn School Graduates’ Post-Secondary Studies:
Aggregate of All Schools’ Post-Secondary Studies:
Career planning | |
Internships | N/A |
Mentorship Program | |
University counseling |
What Hawthorn School says:
Welcome to the Hawthorn School profile and thank you for your interest in our school!
As many of you are aware, halfway through the 2019-2020 school year, the education system faced an unusual challenge. Schools were forced to move from conventional in-class learning to exclusively virtual classrooms almost overnight. At Hawthorn, we are pleased to say that we were able to get our online classes up and running with almost no delay, due to the adaptability and dedication of our faculty and staff. All the way from the children in the Daycare to the Upper School students, adapted to the needs and capacities of the different age groups, we were able to provide both synchronous and asynchronous learning opportunities. Despite the challenges, teachers were able to address all aspects of the curriculum.
Even as the school year was finishing we were preparing for the possible scenarios we would face in the fall. We are so grateful for each of our families - including our students, our faculty, and our staff, who came together in these past months and who make Hawthorn an exceptional place to learn, to teach, and to work! In the past months and weeks, we’ve come a long way and many people have worked hard to make it possible for us to start our school year with full time in-person instruction, five days a week, knowing that we have done everything possible to ensure the safety of our staff and students.
Thank you parents for considering entrusting us with the education of your daughters. We know that you have many options, especially this year, and we are grateful for your interest in choosing a Hawthorn education for them. We continue to remain dedicated to our mission and parents are a key part of what we do here. There are many things that have changed this year due to our current situation, from the extra sanitization of our school to the additional screening procedures. At the same time, much remains the same - we are committed to communicating with parents and to helping them raise their daughters to be women of integrity and faith, the leaders of tomorrow.
We are so happy to see our students back at school and in person. Though the past few months have been challenging at times we are very proud of how they have risen above the difficulties and not let the situation prevent them from continuing to learn and grow. One thing that we can say for sure is that this year will still not be business as usual, to know that they need look no further than the plexiglass sneeze guards on the desks and the masked faces that are around the school. These measures are for the safety of everyone and allow us to return to in person learning. It sometimes seems like a lot, the things that we need to do and the many things that are not possible. One thing that we want all our students and prospective students to know is that at Hawthorn, they are never alone in their struggles. Here they are surrounded by people - friends, parents, teachers, and mentors - that they can rely on every step of the way.
At Hawthorn we have an amazing group of dedicated people, including support staff and teachers. It is a great joy and privilege to work with them every day. Our faculty have time and time again shown how dedicated they are to their students, not only their academic learning but also their character development and emotional well-being. They have truly risen to the occasion and accepted the challenge of teaching in these new circumstances. We are very grateful to them for all that they do!
This year is going to be an amazing and memorable one because we know that everyone will be working together, following the guidelines and helping us with our goal of keeping the school open. The way that we will accomplish this goal is by paying attention to all the small details and doing our work well and with love.
To those that are interested in a Hawthorn education, we would be delighted to welcome you into our family! Our admissions director, Rhonda Wood, would be happy to speak with you and guide you through the process of applying to Hawthorn. Please contact her at 416-444-3054 or by email at [email protected].
July 30, 2015
Congratulations to Virlana Shchuka for her acceptance to a Ph.D.!
Virlana Shchuka, class of 2009, is currently pursuing her Ph.D. degree in the Cell and Systems Biology Department at the U of T.
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