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Canadian Accredited Independent Schools (CAIS ) is a national organization for independent schools in Canada . The current Executive Director is Patti MacDonald.[ 1]
History
Canadian Association of Independent Schools
The Canadian Association of Independent Schools (also known as CAIS) was established in 1981 as a national network for member schools supporting collaborative initiatives in leadership, education, management and governance. Its key activities included organizing, co-ordinating, and facilitating conferences, benchmarking, senior management compensation surveys, and advocacy.
Canadian Educational Standards Institute
In parallel, the Canadian Educational Standards Institute (CESI) was established in 1986 as an organization to develop and promote educational excellence and school improvement in independent schools. Its key activities were to establish national Standards/Best Practices and accreditation process, conducting 10 accreditation visits per year, and research and targeted Professional Development.
New organization
In October 2009, a vote was held at a combined Annual General Meeting for CAIS and CESI to create a new national organization.[ 2] After extensive consultation with the membership, a new organization was formed and named Standards in Excellence and Learning (SEAL Canada). However, in February 2011, the organization changed its name to Canadian Accredited Independent Schools (CAIS).[ 3]
CAIS Accredited Schools
CAIS encompasses 93 accredited independent schools, and its aim is to collaborate in the pursuit of exemplary leadership training, research and international standards of educational excellence. The stated vision of the organization is to be "Leaders in education, shaping the future of a courageous, compassionate world."[ 4] According to the CAIS website, there are two CAIS-accredited schools in Bermuda and one in Switzerland .
CAIS accredited independent schools
Location
Gender
School
Day/Boarding
Grades
Diploma
Year Established
Kelowna, British Columbia
Co-ed
Aberdeen Hall Preparatory School
Day
PK-12
Provincial
2004
Belleville, Ontario
Co-ed
Albert College
Both
K-12
Provincial
1857
Oakville, Ontario
Co-ed
Appleby College
Both
7-12
Provincial
1911
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Co-ed
Armbrae Academy
Day
PreK-12
Provincial
1887
Ottawa , Ontario
Co-ed
Ashbury College
Both
4-12
Provincial
1891
Nanaimo, British Columbia
Co-ed
Aspengrove School
Day
4-12
Provincial
2003
Wilcox, Saskatchewan
Co-ed
Athol Murray College of Notre Dame
Both
9-12
Provincial
1920
Winnipeg , Manitoba
Girls
Balmoral Hall School
Both
K-12
Provincial
1901
Don Mills, Ontario
Co-ed
Bayview Glen School
Day
K-12
Provincial
1962
Toronto , Ontario
Girls
The Bishop Strachan School
Both
K-12
Provincial
1867
Sherbrooke, Quebec
Co-ed
Bishop's College School
Both
7-12
Provincial
1836
Toronto , Ontario
Girls
Branksome Hall
Both
K-12
Provincial
1903
Mill Bay, British Columbia
Co-ed
Brentwood College School
Both
9-12
Provincial
1923
Calgary , Alberta
Co-ed
Calgary French and International School
Day
Pre-12
Provincial
1969
Montreal, Quebec
Co-ed
Centennial Academy
Day
7-CEGEP
Provincial
1969
Vancouver , British Columbia
Co-ed
Collingwood School
Day
Pre-12
Provincial
1984
Toronto , Ontario
Boys
Crescent School
Day
3-12
Provincial
1913
Vancouver , British Columbia
Girls
Crofton House School
Day
Pre-12
Provincial
1898
Ottawa , Ontario
Girls
Elmwood School
Day
Pre-12
Provincial
1915
Vancouver , British Columbia
Co-ed
Fraser Academy
Day
1-12
Provincial
1982
Victoria , British Columbia
Co-ed
Glenlyon Norfolk School
Both
Pre-12
Provincial
1986
Winnipeg , Manitoba
Co-ed
Gray Academy of Jewish Education
Day
K-12
Provincial
1902
Toronto , Ontario
Co-ed
Greenwood College School
Day
7-12
Provincial
2002
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Co-ed
Halifax Grammar School
Day
JK-12
Provincial
1958
Toronto , Ontario
Girls
Havergal College
Both
K-12
Provincial
1894
Hamilton , Ontario
Co-ed
Hillfield Strathallan College
Day
PreK-12
Provincial
1901
Richmond Hill , Ontario
Co-ed
Holy Trinity School
Day
K-12
Provincial
1981
Bowen Island, British Columbia
Co-ed
Island Pacific School
Day
6-9
Provincial
1995
Innisfil, Ontario
Co-ed
Kempenfelt Bay School
Day
K-8
Provincial
1999
Vancouver, British Columbia
Co-ed
Kenneth Gordon Maplewood School
Day
9-12
Provincial
Vancouver, British Columbia
Co-ed
King David High School
Day
K-12
Provincial
1987
Windsor, Nova Scotia
Co-ed
King's-Edgehill School
Both
6-12
Provincial
1788
Toronto , Ontario
Co-ed
Kingsway College School
Day
PreK-8
Provincial
1989
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Co-ed
Lakecrest St. John's Independent School
Day
K-12
Provincial
1993
Lakefield, Ontario
Co-ed
Lakefield College School
Both
9-12
Provincial
1879
Tecumseh, Ontario
Co-ed
Lakeview Montessori School
Day
Toddler-8
Provincial
1978
Montreal, Quebec
Co-ed
Herzliah
Day
K-11
Provincial
Montreal , Quebec
Co-ed
Lower Canada College
Day
K-12
Provincial
1909
Calgary , Alberta
Co-ed
Lycée Louis Pasteur
Day
K-12
Provincial
1966
London, Ontario
Co-ed
Matthews Hall
Day
JK-8
Provincial
1918
Maple Ridge, British Columbia
Co-ed
Meadowridge School
Both
JK-12
Provincial
1985
Westmount, Quebec
Girls
Miss Edgar's and Miss Cramp's
Day
K-11
Provincial
1909
West Vancouver, British Columbia
Co-ed
Mulgrave School
Both
PK-12
Provincial
1993
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Co-ed
Neuchâtel Junior College
Both
12
Provincial
1956
Toronto, Ontario
Co-ed
Paul Penna Downtown Jewish Day School
Day
K-6
Provincial
1998
Newmarket, Ontario
Co-ed
Pickering College
Both
K-12
Provincial
1842
Duncan, British Columbia
Co-ed
Queen Margaret's School
Both
K-12
Provincial
1921
St. Catharines , Ontario
Co-ed
Ridley College
Both
K-12
Provincial
1889
Toronto, Ontario
Co-ed
Robbins Hebrew Academy
Day
Nursery-8
Provincial
1957
Rosseau, Ontario
Co-ed
Rosseau Lake College
Both
7-12
Provincial
1967
Rothesay, New Brunswick
Co-ed
Rothesay Netherwood School
Both
6-12
Provincial
1877
Toronto , Ontario
Boys
Royal St. George's College
Day
3-12
Provincial
1964
Calgary , Alberta
Co-ed
Rundle College
Day
PreK-12
Provincial
1985
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Boys;Girls
Sacred Heart School of Halifax
Day
JK-12
Provincial
1849
Hamilton , Bermuda
Co-ed
Saltus Grammar School
Day
K-13
Provincial
1888
Westmount, Quebec
Boys
Selwyn House School
Day
K-11
Provincial
1908
Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia
Co-ed
Shawnigan Lake School
Both
8-12
Provincial
1916
Montreal , Quebec
Co-ed
Solomon Schechter Academy
Day
PreK-6
Provincial
1969
Devonshire , Bermuda
Co-ed
Somersfield Academy
Day
PK-10
Provincial
1990
Tsawwassen, British Columbia
Co-ed
Southpointe Academy
Day
K-12
Provincial
1916
Surrey, British Columbia
Co-ed
Southridge School
Day
K-12
Provincial
1995
Aurora, Ontario
Boys
St. Andrew's College
Both
5-12
Provincial
1899
Toronto , Ontario
Girls
St. Clement's School
Day
1-12
Provincial
1901
Vancouver , British Columbia
Boys
St. George's School
Both
1-12
Provincial
1930
Montreal, Quebec
Co-ed
St. George's School of Montreal
Day
K-11
Provincial
1930
Vancouver, British Columbia
Co-ed
St. John's School
Day
JK-12
Provincial
1986
Breslau, Ontario
Co-ed
St. John's-Kilmarnock School
Day
JK-12
Provincial
1972
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Co-ed
St. John's-Ravenscourt School
Both
K-12
Provincial
1820
Victoria, British Columbia
Girls
St. Margaret's School
Both
K-12
Provincial
1908
Victoria, British Columbia
Co-ed
St. Michaels University School
Both
K-12
Provincial
1906
Oakville , Ontario
Girls
St. Mildred's Lightbourn School
Day
JK-12
Provincial
1891
Stanstead, Quebec
Co-ed
Stanstead College
Both
7-12
Provincial
1872
Vancouver , British Columbia
Co-ed
Stratford Hall
Day
K-12
Provincial
1999
Okotoks , Alberta
Co-ed
Strathcona Tweedsmuir School
Day
1-12
Provincial
1971
Toronto , Ontario
Co-ed
TFS – Canada's International School
Day
Age 2 - G12
Provincial
1962
King City, Ontario
Co-ed
The Country Day School
Day
JK-12
Provincial
1972
Toronto , Ontario
Co-ed
The Leo Baeck Day School
Day
PK-8
Provincial
1974
Montreal , Quebec
Co-ed
The Priory School
Day
K-6
Provincial
1947
Toronto , Ontario
Co-ed
The Rosedale Day School
Day
K-8
Provincial
1995
Montreal, Quebec
Girls
The Sacred Heart School of Montreal
Day
7-12
Provincial
1861
Toronto , Ontario
Boys
The Sterling Hall School
Day
JK-8
Provincial
1987
Westmount, Quebec
Girls
The Study
Day
K-11
Provincial
1915
Toronto , Ontario
Co-ed
The York School
Day
K-12
Provincial
1965
Richmond Hill, Ontario
Co-ed
TMS School
Day
K-12
Provincial
1961
Whitby, Ontario
Girls
Trafalgar Castle School
Both
5-12
Provincial
1874
Port Hope, Ontario
Co-ed
Trinity College School
Both
5-12
Provincial
1865
Toronto , Ontario
Boys
Upper Canada College
Both
K-12
Provincial
1829
Vancouver , British Columbia
Co-ed
Vancouver Talmud Torah
Day
PreK-7
Provincial
1934
Calgary , Alberta
Co-ed
West Island College
Day
7-12
Provincial
1974
Dollard des Ormeaux , Quebec
Co-ed
West Island College Montreal
Day
7-11
Provincial
1974
Vancouver , British Columbia
Co-ed
West Point Grey Academy
Day
JK-12
Provincial
1996
Vancouver , British Columbia
Girls
York House School
Day
JK-12
Provincial
1932
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