ABOUT US 

J. Addison School is a Canadian private school situated on 3 acres of land located in the picturesque Town of Markham.  We offer Montessori programs at the pre-school and elementary levels while our outstanding accredited Secondary program is registered with the Ontario Ministry of Education.   To read about our history, click here.

OUR MISSION

Our mission is to provide non-denominational educational programs of superior quality, specifically designed to enable each and every student at every age level to fully harness their intellectual, social, and emotional potential.


SCHOOL’S PHILOSOPHY 

Many people spend a lifetime striving to actualize their true potential.  Success in life is highly dependent on how one manages associated challenges.  All academic and tutoring programs at
J. Addison School are specifically designed to help our students maximize their academic and time management skills. Our program combines the best that education centres have to offer: individualized, strategic, and accountable programming within a fully equipped and accredited school setting.


THE ADDISON ADVANTAGE^TM

The Addison Advantage^TM provides the right tools and guidance so that each student can excel within a variety of contexts: academic, physical, social, technological, and the arts.  This is facilitated through J. Addison’s strengths in leadership, support, balance, care and creation of learning opportunities.  Our program is specifically designed to help our students reach their full potential within a maximum class size of 14 students.  This program is characterized by:

• A leadership team averaging 30 years of experience
• On-going language assessment
• Reporting periods 4 times  every academic year
• Direct instruction of reading comprehension and writing skills
• An integrated approach to curriculum instruction using a multi-media teaching model
• Daily teacher  / student conferencing to monitor achievement
• Compulsory after school academic monitoring for student success
• Weekly guidance counselor, principal and teacher meetings to address student concerns
• All senior students receive individualized post-secondary educational planning support
• All secondary students meet with our guidance counselor to create an individual J. Addison study plan

At J. Addison School, our student's success is our success