Nile Academy Catalog

Kindergarten & Elementary School & High School

True teachers sow the pure seed and preserve it. They occupy themselves with what is good and wholesome, and lead and guide the children through life and whatever events they may encounter.

“EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION & ETHICS”

WELCOME TO NILE ACADEMY Nile Academy is established in 2005 to meet the needs for a better education and a brighter future for our children. Nile Academy is a private school with experienced staff determined to maximize students’ opportunities for success. The school has built its reputation on catering for individual needs and diversity. We welcome families of all beliefs and cultural backgrounds.

“In schools, good manners should be considered just as important as other subjects. If they are not, how can children grow up with sound characters? Education is different from teaching. Most people can be teachers, but the number of educators is severely limited. “

WHAT MAKES NILE ACADEMY UNIQUE? • Well-rounded educational experience, • Outstanding teachers and staff • Enriched curriculum with the creative and best use of educational technology.

• From arts to athletics, and clubs to leadership opportunities • Aim to nurture the integrity and ethical behavior of the students’ and their natural abilities, • Discipline and standards of excellence to thrive, • An active partnership between school and family based on a shared commitment to the students’ goals.

KINDERGARTEN FAST FACT School type :Co-educational, Private Early Learning Center with full day program Student ratio :15 Language :English, French School hours : 9:00am to 3:30pm(after school program is available) Program : Ontario Standards Aligned Educational Program Transportation : Services available Intake years : Junior Kindergarten - turning 4 years before December 31 Senior Kindergarten - turning 5 years before December 31 Nile Academy’s Kindergarten program is uniquely designed for the educational, emotional and social needs of four- and five-year-old students.

The Kindergarten curriculum reflects the importance of early literacy and numeracy activities, as well as self-initiated inquiry-based pursuits. Our broad program also includes daily physical education, French language classes, as well as science, creative arts and computer time.

Our child-centred classrooms are led by skilled, dedicated teachers who are experts in early childhood education, guiding and developing each child’s individual approach to learning.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

FAST FACT School type :Co-educational, 1-8 Private school Student ratio :15 Language :English, French, Turkish Class : 7 Periods a day School hours : 9:00am to 3:30pm Program : Ontario Standards Aligned Educational Program Transportation : Services available Nile Academy’s Grade 1 to Grade 8 curriculum is taught within the framework of the Ontario Ministry of Education’s curriculum. Specialist educators teach our comprehensive curriculum in Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Information Technology, Physical Education, Music and Visual Arts for Grade 6 to 8 classes.

At Nile Academy, children are encouraged to discover their emerging capabilities and achievements. Our teaching staff is dedicated to nurturing their students’ individual needs in an accommodated atmosphere where they can grow emotionally, socially and academically – freely at their own learning pace.

Support programs are conducted for individual students who need extension or acceleration in various key learning areas; remedial sessions in English and Mathematics; a Reading Recovery program; and specialist support for ESL students.

We offer an Aftercare Homework Program (for Grades 1-8): Students can register for this supervised time to work on homework, and connect with some peers after school.

CO-CURRICULAR PROGRAM “ART is the spirit of progress and one of the most important means of developing emotions.�

Supplementary extra-curricular and enrichment programs include: camping and excursions, , Digital Photography, Chess, Fine Art ,Water Marbling, Drama, Choir ,Piano, Guitar, Violin, Traditional Folkdance, Table tennis , Taekwondo, Volleyball and End of Year Concert. Also, a variety of planned excursions and incursions help children to form the vital link between their learning and the world outside the school grounds.

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Nile Academy promotes children’s natural curiosity for the scientific world through interactive, hands-on learning, offering many opportunities for experiments, labs and exploration. We go far beyond what is normally expected in the Ontario curriculum.

A school wide Science Fair celebrates our school’s emphasis on science. Every year many of our Grade 7 and 8 students qualify for, and have great success at, the Regional Science Fair, with some then winning a spot at the Canada Wide Fair and International Science Fairs where they have also received high honours and awards.

“SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY are beneficial to the degree that they guarantee human happiness and help us attain true humanity.”

SOCIAL ETHICS PROGRAM Our Social Ethics program teach students to encourage moral values as respect, responsibility, honesty , integrity, courage and compassion. This all values integrated into everything we do at Nile academy, supporting and honoring them and teaching our community how to support and honor them, is the key role of our Social Ethic Process.

“GOOD MORALS and sound conscience, and good manners and virtues, are like a currency universally acceptable and which is not affected by changes in the values of other means of exchange. Those provided with such qualities are like merchants with the highest credit who can do business wherever they want.�

HIGH SCHOOL FAST FACT • School type : Private School for boys and girls, G9-12 • Student ratio :15 • Language :English, French • Class : 7 Periods a day • School hours : 9:00am to 3:30pm • Program : Ontario Standards Aligned Educational Program • Transportation : Services available • Boarding : Available for domestic and international students

Nile Academy is offering university preparatory courses from grades 9 to 12. The school is inspected yearly by the Ontario Ministry of Education to ascertain that we meet the standards assigned to every Ontario schools. Students who fulfill the graduation program will receive an Ontario Secondary School Diploma issued by the Ontario Ministry of Education.

International students are welcome to join Nile Academy at any time. Students will be assessed and allotted to a particular class and/or grade based on their completion of secondary credits abroad. Who have partially completed school education will be offered equivalent credits based on their prior learning successfully completed abroad secondary .

ACADEMICS AND CURRICULUM Nile Academy creates learning that is meaningful where students relate events in the outer world to their inner experience. It provides an imaginative and challenging curriculum that is appropriate to the transitional phase of the students. Along with the core subjects, students study a broad range of elective subjects. The academic program is also enhanced by the inclusion of regular incursions and excursions to enable students to grasp a practical understanding of the concepts and to link their learning to the real world.

We integrate technology into our classrooms We offer a modern educational experience in technologically integrated classrooms, while maintaining a safe and inclusive learning environment.

The Classroom Comes Alive with SMART Boards; Nile Academy has Smart Boards in every class that allow teachers to tap into the learning styles and needs of students.

We prepare our students for Olympiad success One of the primary objectives at Nile Academy is to equip all students with the necessary knowledge and skills required to be successful in both Canadian and International Science Olympiads. Winning medals at science Olympiads is a tradition at Nile Academy!

DIPLOMA REQUIREMENTS Students who successfully complete high school will be awarded the Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) from the Ontario Ministry of Education. Students need to achieve at least 30 credits between grades 9-12. Eighteen credits are compulsory courses and 12 credits are elective subjects which allow students to choose courses from other areas of interest. Furthermore, students must also complete 40 hours of community service and pass the Ontario Literacy Test in order to fulfill all OSSD requirements.

Compulsory Credits (total of 18) • • • • • • • • • •

4 credits in English (1 credit per grade) 1 credit in French as a second language 3 credits in Mathematics (at least 1 credit in Grade 11 or 12) 2 credits in Science 1 credit in Canadian History 1 credit in Canadian Geography 1 credit in the Arts

1 credit in Health and Physical Education

½ credit in Civics

½ credit in Career Studies

PLUS one credit from each of these three Groups: Group 1:

1 additional credit in English, or French as a second language, or a Native Language, or a classical or international language, or social sciences and the humanities, or Canadian and world studies.

Group 2:

1 additional credit in French as a second language, or Health and Physical Education, or the Arts, or Business Studies, or Cooperative Education.

Group 3:

1 additional credit in Science (Grade 11 or 12), or French as a second language, or Technological Education (Grades 9 to 12), or Cooperative Education.

- A maximum of 2 credits in cooperative education can count as compulsory education.

- A maximum of two of the three additional compulsory credit requirements for groups 1, 2, and 3 may be met with credits in French as a second language, one of which may be earned for group 1 and the second for either group 2 or group 3.

Optional Credit (total of 12) In addition to the 18 compulsory credits, students have to earn 12 optional credits in courses of their choice, selected from the full list of courses available in the school. Optional credits allow students to build an educational program that suits their individual interests and meets destination requirements.t Total Compulsory Credits Optional Credits

Total Credits

Academic Advising

18 12 30

Our Guidance Counselor support the academic success of the students by providing information needed for graduation, entrance requirements for post-secondary institutions, assisting in the application process, providing scholarship information, and discussing career choices.

CO-CURRICULAR PROGRAM Supplementary extra-curricular and enrichment programs include: camping and excursions, Digital Photography, Fine Art , Water Marbling, Drama, Choir ,Violin, School band, Wrestling , Basketball, Volleyball, Taekwondo, Table tennis , Fitness, Web Design, Dialog Club and End of Year concert. Also, a variety of planned excursions and incursions help children to form the vital link between their learning and the world outside the school grounds.tt

RESIDENCE RESIDENCE AND MENTORING PROGRAMME Boarding life is a vibrant aspect of the Nile Academy experience, and it is rewarding for us to lead a team of dedicated professionals to provide a dynamic residential program. Our aim is not only to provide a safe, caring, and consistent living environment but also to create opportunities for students to experience what it means to live in a cross cultural context.

Working together with students, we desire to foster an atmosphere of community and cultural understanding. Without a doubt, students develop life long friendships that circle the globe as a result of living in the dormitory. Such diverse friendships enable students to become ‘globally minded’ and well equipped to make a positive difference in the world.

NILE ACADEMY GRADUATES ATTEND TOP UNIVERSITIES Our Graduates have been accepted to the following universities and colleges:

University/College Destinations of Graduating Students 2009-2012

Institution 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 Canadian Universities – Ontario Carleton Ryerson McMaster Ottawa Toronto York Western UOIT

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Overseas Universities Bilgi

Fatih University

Gediz University

International Burch North American College Samsun Ondokuz Mayis Semmelweis

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Canadian Colleges – Ontario Seneca

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Algonquin George Brown

Placement Percentage

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“Your child deserve the best” If you believe today’s students are 21st-century learners and they would thrive in an environment with high standards, dedicated teachers, dynamic and comprehensive education, internalized morals and values, you have made the right choice in considering Nile Academy for your child.

On behalf of Nile Academy, we would like to invite you to come visit us and meet our faculty.

I am very impressed that teachers are in strong lines of communication with parents. Parents and home visits are rare in Ontario but it is one of the most effective strategies to improve behavioral and academic productivity.It is evident that Nile Academy has achieved high ranks in Math and Science Competitions.

Mr. Brian Desbiens EQAO Chairman

Nile Academy is a wonderful school, which provides opportunities for its student’s achievement in every area. With the opportunity my school has given me during the 3 years, I have been to more than 12 Science Fairs where I have won 6 gold, 7 silver and 3 bronze medals. With my project “producing biodiesel from extracted algae � I have won a gold medal and won the first place in Canada. My achievements at this school are what I will depend on to live my dreams in the future.

Bekir Buyukkocabas

University of Toronto/Materials Engineering

Nile Academy was a journey where our teachers supported us in every area, encouraged us to do more, and go beyond our imagination. This journey has taken me to places where I couldn’t even imagine. Our achievement with my friend Zeynep Tosun at the Toronto Science Fair where we won the 2012 Green Innovation Award followed along with my acceptance to my dream university. I will always thank and remember the altruistic teachers that I had helping me live my dreams and help me through this wonderful journey.

Gultekin Barhudavora York University/Life Science

I came to Canada 5 years ago and had many problems getting used to staying here. In my last year of high school I decided to come to Nile Academy and now I am very happy with my decision. Since the day I have started at this school I have earned many good qualities. At our school I have received a lot of help from my teachers who take pride in giving us the best education, helping us with our personal issues and helping us to set goals for the future. I am now able to dream for my future and I feel ready to start university.

Ece Cansu Tan

Carleton University/Honours Science - Biochemistry

Nile academy has always been a beneficial step for me to take in order to reach my goals.

With the support of the school administration and my teachers, I was able to succeed in many competitions such as the Caribou Math Contest and I actually got first place in Canada. This school provides us with many facilities and advantages that will positively affect our future lives. I strongly believe that this school would only add up success to student’s educations and I recommend other students coming here as well.

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Scarborough Campus(Elementary School KG-6) 25 Civic Road . Toronto, On. Canada M1L2K6 Tel : (416) 447 7878 • Fax: (416)-447 7879 Plunkett Campus(Boys’ High School) 135 Plunkett Rd.Toronto, On. Canada M9L 2J7 Tel : (416) 285 0115 • Fax: (416)-285 0108 Blue Haven Campus(Elementary School KG-8 & Girls’High School) 5 Blue Haven Cresent.Toronto, On. Canada M9M 1W5 Tel :(647) 748 6453 Fax: (647)-352 6453 Nile Academy Residance (for Boys) 265 Oueen’s Drive.Toronto, On. Canada Tel : (416) 285 0115 • Fax: (416)-285 0108

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