RICHLAND ACADEMY

Deeper ThinkingConfidentWorld Ready

About Richland

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Mission Statement

At Richland Academy, we are a community of responsible, resilient, and compassionate global citizens who are agents of meaningful change.

In our safe and inclusive learning environment, we are all lifelong learners who honor diverse perspectives, intercultural understanding, and mutual respect

We empower students with relevant, transformational, and forward-thinking skills that enable them to be deeper thinkers, confident, and world ready.

Welcome to Richland Academy

We are a warm and welcoming private school with an exceptional learning environment for Junior Kindergarten to Grade 8 located on the Oak Ridges Moraine in Richmond Hill, Ontario.

We offer Reggio-inspired and IB focused inquiry learning, cultivating students who are deeper thinking, confident and world ready. We are committed to excellence, which resonates through the work of our students and teachers.  Our rich and challenging curriculum ensures we deliver a solid academic foundation, which is enhanced by our comprehensive Arts programming.

Welcome to Richland

What We Believe

That children are incredible. They’re capable, innovative and full of potential, and we value them as individuals with unique ways of learning.

What We Do

Our best for your kids. Every day. We provide outstanding learning conditions and a supportive community that cultivates students who are deeper thinking, confident, and world ready.

Why We Do It

Because we’re passionate. We prepare children to thrive in a world of great possibilities.

A Message from our Founder

Welcome to our school!

Long before Richland was a reality, my own personal experiences as a student and teacher lead me on a journey of finding a better way of educating our children, a way that was more inclusive, engaging and embodying the full essence of each child.

When I founded Richland Academy in 2002, I had a clear vision of a child in my mind. One that was aware, kind, motivated, confident, self-assured, intelligent, and independent. In this image, a new and progressive learning model was created, one which would provide children with an environment that would honour them for who they are, inspire them to embrace and seek out learning, while developing the knowledge, skills and mindset required for tomorrow’s world.

Our students are educated in a holistic manner, encompassing their minds, bodies and spirits. They are directly and actively involved in their learning, experiencing it through their actions, thoughts and feelings. Our role is to enlighten their minds, enhance their knowledge and enrich their experiences.

As educators we are excited each day as our students astound us with their talents, contributions, accomplishments, their capacity for learning, and their desire to make sense of the world around them.

Your children hold in their hands the power to be the change agents of our world. Driven by passion and a purpose and guided by their hearts and minds, your children will take their ideas and dreams and make them a reality for all of humanity.

Many years ago, that dream of a child inspired Richland to be. Your children and the future children of Richland are the gifts and inspiration to guide and steer us into the next era.

My gratitude to that image of the child.

 

Warmly,
Marlina Oliveira
Founder