Blyth Education
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Blyth Academy is a private company founded in 1977, based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada that offers secondary education and educational credit programs. Branches include: Blyth Academy and Blyth Academy International Summers & Community Service, Blyth Academy Global High School and Cambridge Scholars.
Blyth Academy
Blyth Academy is a private, co-ed, preparatory school for higher education that provides full-time, part-time, summer, and private courses for grades 6-12 (dependent on campus). The academy has fourteen campuses in Ontario: Yorkville, Thornhill, Mississauga, Waterloo, Downsview Park, Lawrence Park, Burlington, Ottawa, London, and Whitby. The academy operates on a four-term academic year, in which students take two courses per term with three two-hour periods per day. Class sizes are typically small; an average of seven students.
Educational partners include the Art Gallery of Ontario, Royal Museum of Ontario, Toronto International Film Festival, Outward Bound Canada, and Don Valley Brick Works.
Scholarships and bursaries are available for full-time students who are in need of financial aid.
Blyth Academy Qatar
In September 2016, Blyth Academy is opening its first campus in Qatar. The School has received complete and formal Accreditation from Alberta Education of Canada in January 2015 with formal Accreditation from the Qatar Ministry of Education in March 2016. The School was established after the approval from Her Highness’ Office for the School Board, School, and the Adoption of the Canadian Curriculum to be funded by the State of Qatar.
Blyth Academy Florence
In September 2017, Blyth Academy is opening up its first campus in Italy in Florence, offering Alberta curriculum courses for Canadian students
Blyth Academy New York
In September 2017, Blyth Academy is opening a new campus in New York, New York, USA.
Blyth-Templeton Academy (Washington D.C.)
Blyth-Templeton Academy is a collaboration between two education groups – Blyth Academy and Templeton Learning – to bring the educational model of Blyth Academy in Canada to the United States. Blyth-Templeton Academy in Washington, D.C. is their first U.S. school.
Keller/Templeton family members co-founded Keller Graduate School of Management in 1973 and created Templeton Learning for Kindergarten to grade 12 education.
Blyth Academy International Summers
Programs are structured to include program managers, teachers and support staff. On-site learning is encouraged on all international programs. Blyth offers 21 different programs, to 28 countries on five continents:[1]
- Grand Tour Europe
- Biking France
- Biking Prague to Paris
- London, Oxford, Dublin & Rome
- Food & Literature
- Madrid, Pamplona, Bilbao & Barcelona
- Rome, Florence, Siena & Sardinia
- Rome & the Greek Islands
- Greece
- Ireland
- Paris, Provence & the South of France
- Eastern Europe & Scandinavia
- Bhutan & Nepal
- Grand Tour Asia
- Australia, New Zealand & Fiji
- Television & Film Studies
- Hawaii
- Nicaragua
- Costa Rica
- Cozumel
- Amazon & the Galápagos Islands
Needs-based scholarships provide partial to full funding.
Blyth Academy Global High School
Through Blyth Academy Global High School, Grade 11 and 12 students travel around the world, studying and earning high school credits. Students can enroll for as little as a ten-week term or for the full four terms of their academic year.
- Term 1: Western Europe (Oxford, Paris, Madrid, Barcelona)
- Term 2: Southern Europe (Athens, Kalamata, Crete, Florence)
- Term 3: Australia & New Zealand (Sydney, Whitsunday Coast, Brisbane, Dunedin, Queenstown, Auckland)
- Term 4: Central & South America (San Juan Del Sur, Ometepe Island, Granada, Monteverde, Arenal/La Fortuna, Cusco)
Students earn two credits per term.
Cambridge Scholars
The Blyth Cambridge Commonwealth Trust Scholarships are offered annually to Canadian high school graduates who wish to take their undergraduate degree at Cambridge University in England. The successful candidates will be granted admission to the College of their choice at Cambridge University, full tuition for three years of undergraduate study, travel costs and a full living allowance.
The awards are also open to current Canadian undergraduates wishing to pursue an undergraduate degree at Cambridge University.
The scholarships are awarded to students who for financial reasons would not otherwise be able to attend the University. Students who do have financial means are still encouraged to apply to the University and College of their choice and good candidates will be invited to interview in Toronto in late November/early December.
Notable Blyth Academy Alumni
- Mitch Marner, hockey player with the London Knights in the Ontario Hockey League - Blyth Academy London
- Aaron Ekblad, professional hockey player with the Florida Panthers in the National Hockey League - Blyth Academy Barrie
- Mackenzie Blackwood, hockey player with the Barrie Colts in the Ontario Hockey League - Blyth Academy Barrie
- Michael McLeod, professional hockey player with the New Jersey Devils in the National Hockey League
- Alexander Nylander, professional hockey player with the Buffalo Sabres in the National Hockey League
- Cliff Pu, professional hockey player with the Buffalo Sabres in the National Hockey League
References
- ^ "Blyth International Summers Homepage". Blytheducation.com. 2012-01-01. Retrieved 2012-01-31.