Current News & Events 

St. John's-Kilmarnock School (SJK) is a candidate school* for the IB Diploma Programme. This school is pursuing authorization as an IB World School. These are schools that share a common philosophy-a commitment to high quality, challenging, international education that SJK believes is important for our students.

*Only schools authorized by the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) as IB World Schools can offer any of its three academic programmes: the Primary Years Programme (PYP), the Middle Years Programme (MYP), or the Diploma Programme. Candidate status gives no guarantee that authorization will be granted. SJK has been providing the PYP IB programme since 2004.

St. John's-Kilmarnock School proudly announces its sponsorship of the 2010 We Day, September 30 at The Air Canada Centre in Toronto.

Free The Children's We Day is the celebration, the inspiration and the vehicle for young people to change the world. We Day celebrates the power of young people to create positive change. The day-long event ignites a year-long program for change amongst schools such as SJK, 'We Schools in Action'. The 2010 Toronto We Day event will see inspirational speeches and performances by gold-medal Olympian Alexandre Bilodeau, Nobel Peace Prize recipient Betty Williams, Cherie Blair, best-selling author and wife to former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair. Canadian rapper and poet, K'naan and Jacob Hoggard, lead singer of Canada's Hedley, will share the Air Canada Centre stage with the Kielburger brothers, rock group Down with Webster, former child soldier and activist Michel Chikwanine and renowned speaker and author Deepak Chopra.

 

 SJK accredited by Canadian Educational Standards Institute (CESI)

The Canadian Educational Standards Institute has re-accredited St. John's-Kilmarnock School, the only school in the region to hold such accreditation.  The CESI accreditation process includes a school wide self-study followed by a twelve member visiting team of educators examining everything from programmes to facilities and finance.  CESI schools are inspected every seven years to maintain their accreditation.  This ensures a school continues to maintain both its high standards of excellence and its use of best practice in its operation and programme. 

 

New partnerships:  St. John's-Kilmarnock School and higher education

In order to continue to build links with our community partners in higher education, the Board of Governors of St. John's-Kilmarnock School will now have rotating representation from the region's institutions of higher education including the University of Guelph, the University of Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier University and Conestoga College.  Ms. Meg Beckel, Vice President, External Relations, from the University of Waterloo is our first such Board representative.  As a university preparatory school this development supports our mission of 100% of students leave SJK to pursue university or college studies across Canada, the US and abroad. 

 

Extending our infrastructure and building our programmes

 

St. John's-Kilmarnock School has broken ground to expand its facilities. 

SJK has seen significant growth in many areas over the last few years; most notably in the music program.  The 4380 sq ft expansion entails a state of the art soundproof music room along with two new classrooms for the Lower School students.  Music is a fundamental part of the school. The music program provides all SJK students with a well-rounded musical education starting in Junior Kindergarten. 

The expansion will be located between the Lower School wing with access from both a linking hallway and from the main hallway leading to the Middle School.  This expansion is centrally located and available to all three schools. 

The 1700 sq ft custom built music room will house the MIDI Lab of 22 stations, all instrument storage and the space will be soundproofed to facilitate choral and instrumental rehearsals and classroom sessions. 

At the same time two extra Lower School classrooms will be constructed and attached to the music room. These classrooms will provide the school with additional teaching space allowing flexibility around the school. 

Preliminary plans can be viewed here.