LEADERS

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At The Study, our faculty and staff are united in shaping girls into great women of character, ready to create a better world.”

— KIM MCINNES , Head of School

La Famille Forest

Cette année, Olivia-Françoise a participé à un concert de piano dans une ‘vraie grande salle sur un grand piano à queue’. Elle était nerveuse à l'idée de jouer au concert. Elle en a parlé avec ses enseignantes, qui ont tout de suite su comment l’encourager et la valoriser. Elles lui ont demandé d’enregistrer sa performance au concert et de la leur envoyer le soir même. Nous avons évidemment envoyé la vidéo le soir même tel que promis et attendu! Le lendemain du concert, de retour à l'école, les enseignantes ont félicité Olivia-Françoise, mais surtout, elles lui ont proposé de présenter la vidéo à toute sa classe. Quelle fierté!

L’opportunité de partager ses réalisations l'a encouragée à continuer de fournir les efforts nécessaires et d’investir le temps qu’il faut pour atteindre ses prochains défis. »

Last March, we took a family trip to New York City where we visited the American Museum of Natural History.

At the time, Pamela ’30 was in Grade 3 and learning about Indigenous cultures. During our visit to the museum, she and her sister Lela ’26 had the most amazing conversation about Quebec history. It was wonderful to see both of them discuss topics Pamela had learned about in class.

My husband and I realized at that moment that Pamela’s teachers had given her so much knowledge about Quebec’s Indigenous history that she felt perfectly comfortable talking about it outside of the classroom. As parents, we’re proud that our daughters are fluent in such an important topic in our province’s history.’’

— ALEXANDRA TSOTSIS

FACING

One of the most profound character-building experiences for Willa ’25 to date has been her acquisition of the French language. Willa started at The Study in Grade 3 with no previous exposure to French.

Suddenly, she felt lost. We were assured that this feeling was normal, and that within a couple of months she would first understand, then speak, and then write French – and that’s exactly what happened. The Francisation program, which places girls in small groups for intensive instruction, and then ultimately integrates them back into the classroom for additional support from teachers and fellow students, helped Willa come up the learning curve.

Thanks to the support of the entire team at The Study, Willa has navigated years of dictées and verb tenses, and is proud to call the French language her own. She also, at a very young age, learned the invaluable lesson that all good things require hard work, and that she is ready for it.

— ANNE GARSCHAGEN