Académie St-Laurent Academy

St-Laurent Academy implements new and diversified approaches to learning to ensure student success. We foster creativity alongside physical activity, and academics with global citizenship for a balanced education. St-Laurent Academy is nestled in a residential area just outside downtown, in Ottawa’s Rideau-Rockliffe ward. Founded in 2005, we have been partnering with parents ever since to meet the needs of our students. We work to accommodate all learning styles in English and French, ensuring rich personalized learning in a closely-knit school community of approximately 200 families. Our award-winning programs feature strong academics, arts and physical education.

Our programs at St-Laurent Academy range from daycare through high school. Each level is specially designed to bridge to the next, ideally providing students an academic pathway from early childhood education to elementary school, which prepares them for high school and then on to the university or college of their choice. All programs have enriched curricula taught by specialists. Our facilities and resources are constantly updated and renovated to meet the highest standards of today’s rapidly changing education system. To meet the needs of our growing international student body, we have multiple streams for students to learn French or English as a second – or often third – language.

St-Laurent Academy Early Childhood Education programs are offered bilingually and in French for children aged 10 months to 4 years. Our licensed programs promote a bolstered lifelong learning process in a nurturing environment – one that sets the foundation for academic and social success. We provide various athletic activities including swimming, skating, gymnastics, dance, yoga and other forms of sports and fitness. Provide your child with the best daycare option in Ottawa that features enriched curriculums with weekly hands-on and specialist-led music and science activities.

St-Laurent Academy’s Early Childhood Education program prides itself on offering a differentiated curriculum to accommodate many different learning styles. We respect that every child is individually special and comes from a unique background, and as a result we make it a point to accommodate for diversity in the form of an inclusive environment. We provide equal and engaging opportunities for all and encourage success through recreation, structured hands-on learning activities, sports, fitness, music and art.

At St-Laurent Academy, school takes on a whole different meaning for students as they become fully engaged in all subjects - school becomes fun and rewarding! Guided by the principles of the Multiple Intelligences Theory (Ml Theory) our students are actively engaged with all their senses in every subject. Learning through the different intelligences helps to enhance and strengthen learning experiences, and ultimately brings a sense of pride and achievement to our school community.

At St-Laurent Academy, we focus on each student as a unique, individual learner. Our team of caring, knowledgeable, creative and well-rounded teachers/educators are able to facilitate and deliver a strong curriculum that challenges and allows for students to demonstrate what they know through diversified activities, tasks and assignments.

Our small class sizes, a maximum of 15 students, ensures that our teachers can design and enrich curriculum that is tailored to our students’ multiple intelligences. Our tight-knit faculty communicate and work closely together, engaging the community and external professionals, to build a true team around each student as they move from grade to grade.

Communication with parents, students and team members is at the center of our success. Tools such as Google Classroom, Google Calendars, our School Portal, regular email updates, accessibility for parents to meet and contact our teaching team and administration, and formal and informal student/parent meetings are just a few ways that we ensure everyone is moving toward the same goals for your child.

Our Elementary Program reflects our belief that physical activity and well-being are essential to learning. On a daily basis, and within a safe and dynamic environment, our students participate and have fun in daily Phys. Ed classes, 2 outdoor recesses, a variety of clubs and teams, as well as a weekly, enriched Phys Ed program. This program takes us out into the community to work with specialists in areas such as tennis, swimming, yoga, golf, skiing, archery, rock climbing, cross fit, and even parkour.

With a diverse student body, we recognise the importance of multiculturalism and the value of understanding a variety of languages. At St-Laurent Academy, we offer multiple French streams, from core to advanced, as well as an “extended” French program and club. ESL (English as a Second Language) programs are available to meet the needs of our growing international community.

Field Trips are part of our curriculum, as our classrooms move beyond the school walls. Exploration throughout Ottawa’s museums, galleries, sports venues, historical sites and governmental facilities help to bring our curriculum to life. Larger, annual trips are planned for our different grade levels, which take us outside the Province and internationally at times. Let’s not forget our own outdoor classroom, at the Macoun Marsh, which is key to our private Elementary Science Program.

The secondary school at St-Laurent Academy provides students with small classes where each course is taught by a specialist in the field. The program flows seamlessly from our elementary school program and provides consistency in an enriched learning environment as well as continued emphasis on Physical Education/Health and the Environment. Both instruction and assessment are individualized based on each student’s individualized academic pathway and learning style with the goal of promoting dynamic, autonomous students.

St-Laurent Academy meets the provincial curriculum through experiential learning. Students partake in several course-specific field trips each semester to extend education far beyond the walls of our classrooms. They are able to see the real-world application of what they are learning. Students are provided with supportive, rigorous and meaningful preparation for their post-secondary pursuits. By the end of high school, they are engaged in university-level coursework and have the work habits and skills to take on whatever challenges them next.