At Richland Academy, we work together to define 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.
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 Pre-kindergarten to Grade 8.
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Early Years
Our Early Years Reggio-inspired Approach provides children with a strong...
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Kindergarten
Richland Academy’s inquiry-based Kindergarten program implements the...
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Junior School
Junior School students transition to an enriched curriculum, through our...
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Middle School
Students in Grades 7 and 8 work within the six broad themes of the Inter...
The Reggio Emilia Approach
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. The Reggio Emilia 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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Experience Richland
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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May 15, 2020Moving the learning forward…
From April-June, we focus on consolidating knowledge in JK. We spend the first part of the school year developing relati
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March 30, 2020Teaching and Learning from Home
Children’s relationships shape the way they see the world and affect other areas of their development (social, emotion
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March 2, 2020Light & Shadow Play
Last week, the Early Years students continued to explore the magic of light and shadow in different ways. We also had th
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February 18, 2020Creative and Critical Thinking in Outdoor Play
Nature offers a freedom of exploration and risk-taking that is hard to replicate in other learning environments. In the
Connect with us on Social Media…
Our grade 7 and 8 students become social commentators of the strange times we find ourselves living in. Stay safe. Together we are stronger.
One of the grade 8 students was wondering if he could reconnect with his Learning Buddy from grade 1. To tell the truth, Mrs. Soriano didn't want to make any promises. She contacted the grade 1 teacher, Ms. McCutcheon. Soon after we had our FIRST virtual Learning Buddies meeting.
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It was a sweet and wonderful conversation between two lovely students. They talked about their time in quarantine, their cultural backgrounds, art work they made, activities they engaged in... It was honestly one of the nicest parts of the entire week.
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This was a reminder of a quote we have been using at our school. The building is closed for now...but LOOK and LISTEN to what the students are doing.
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We are still accepting applications for the 2020/2021 school year. 🏫
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.
