Ridley College

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Extracurriculars

Co-curricular programming fosters connection and creativity while also allowing students to explore a passion outside the classroom. We encourage all students to balance their academic life with one or more of our 75+ co-curricular offerings. In addition to our fulsome arts and athletics programmes, our broad range of clubs and activities enables students to explore passions outside the classroom, discover new interests, develop creativity and build shared experiences with a new cohort of schoolmates. The variety and uniqueness of these activities is where we really excel — all students are engaged in co-curricular pursuits and are empowered to introduce new clubs and activities to our programme. Our co-curriculars fit into three distinct categories of enrichment: 1. Consumed in Service 2. Building Leadership 3. A Learning Community (Building Life Skills, Culture and Wellbeing) ARTS AND MUSIC CO-CURRICULARS In the Upper School Music programme, students may take courses in Strings, Band and Voice and participate in various ensembles, including Symphony Orchestra, Jazz Band, Choir and Cadet Band. In the Visual Arts programme, students engage with traditional media such as painting, drawing and ceramics, as well as digital image creation using state-of-the-art digital imaging and printing technologies. Beginning in Grade 10, students may take courses in film and theatre. These academic pursuits are complemented by co-curricular activities that culminate in a dramatic production, a school musical and a film club feature film, all of which are presented in Ridley’s 350-seat Mandeville Theatre. Art club options include: Art Studio Monitors, Arts Council, Cadet Band, Cappies Theatre Criticism, Chapel Choir, Chinese Calligraphy, Digital Studio, Fall Dramatic Production, Figure Drawing, Film Production Club, Jazz Band, Portfolio Development Group, Ridley Rock Band, Senior Orchestra, Winter Musical Production and Working With Clay Club. ATHLETICS Upper School students participate in sport throughout the school year. Our approach supports Sport for Life’s long-term development framework and is differentiated by interest and stage of development. Sport for Life Our Train to Train model supports Sport for Life’s long-term development framework and is focused on providing an environment that supports fun and friendship, cultivates life skills, and further develops sport-specific competencies and fitness. Competition, if any, takes place internally amongst peers. Competitive Sport Formalized competition for those choosing to participate in competitive sport takes place within the Canadian Independent School Athletic Association (CISAA) and focuses on the process of competing and applying learned skills, not on results. Furthermore, our association believes in meaningful competition, where competitors are matched with others of a similar level of ability and challenged to be the best they can be at that moment. Prep Sport Our Train to Compete model supports Sport for Life’s long-term development framework but is focused on developing high-performance athletes. Formalized competition for Prep Sport takes place within various provincial leagues and international events (Ontario Scholastic Basketball Association, Ontario Women’s Hockey League, Midwest Prep Hockey League, etc.). Our Prep sport teams include: Girls’ Hockey, Boys’ Hockey, Boys’ Basketball, Co-ed Rowing and Co-ed Figure Skating.

Facilities

Set on 90 picturesque acres in the heart of St. Catharines, Ontario, an hour's drive from Toronto and ten minutes from breathtaking Niagara Falls, Ridley's historic campus provides a beautiful and comfortable home away from home. We have a variety of spaces available, including our majestic 100-year-old Memorial Chapel, two spacious dining halls, boarding houses, performance and recording spaces for dance, music and theatre, an extensive sports complex featuring an NHL-sized ice rink, multipurpose gymnasiums, five natural turf fields, a strength centre, yoga room, and more! One of the best ways to see our facilities from anywhere in the world is to check out our virtual tour: https://virtualtour.ridleycollege.ca/ridley/home/featured-tours/

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