Welcome to Richland Academy
Richland Academy is a warm and welcoming International Baccalaureate (IB) World school in Richmond Hill, Ontario. We are a 21st century learning community that embraces the Reggio approach to inquiry-based learning and provides opportunities for our students to develop keen critical thinking skills as they explore, investigate, collaborate and communicate with one another from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 8.
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Mission Statement
At Richland Academy, we work together to redefine education for a changing world so that our students are deeper thinking, confident and world ready.
We are a community of learners who are active, responsible, and compassionate global citizens.
We aim to provide a learning environment that builds intercultural understanding and respect.
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The Reggio Emilia Approach
This dates back to post-war Italy, in the northern region of Reggio Emilia. The people of Reggio Emilia came together to develop a meaningful way to educate their children, and to create a better future for their community. This approach to learning engages children in questions that they develop and investigate. Just like the community of Reggio Emilia, the image of the child as a capable, curious and creative learner is at the heart of all we do at Richland Academy
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Inside Richland
With our beautifully constructed building, Richland students are enjoying their learning in their homerooms, specialists rooms, gymnasium, Piazza and outdoor field.
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Richland students are kind, happy, confident and responsible. As a community we foster relationships with each other and our environment, based on respect and understanding.
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Our Blog
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October 14, 2021The Language of International Baccalaureate (IB)
Our Grade 4 class settles into the routines and expectations of Grade 4, we begin our IB journal through the lens of the
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September 29, 2021Back to school fun and learning in Visual Arts
Back to school fun and learning, while developing skills in Visual Arts! Grade 8. Drawing contours and form contours whi
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August 6, 2021Hibernation
The grade 1 students were learning about hibernation before the school year by watching videos, having discussions, crea
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July 20, 2021Senior Kindergarten Sharing the Planet
As part of our inquiry we have followed the children’s lead, and carried out some planting before the end of the s
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First field trip of the year! We are so excited to take our Kindergarten students to the Round the Bend Farm. Students have the opportunity to see some farm animals, and explore corn and hay mazes. We hope this will help our children to make connections to their environment and community.
Our grade 5 students created bookmarks with tips on how to balance your media time. They not only show cased the importance of media balance, but they also incorporated their graphic design skills as well.
Affiliations
We are very active in our community and have built relationships with organizations that empower us to deliver the quality of educational experience that we believe in.
