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Member of the Order of Canada, Chair of the Board at York University (first woman), former Chair of the NAC, one of Canada's Top 100 Powerful Women (Women's Executive Network).
What St. Clement's School says about their alumni network:
Annual Alumnae Reunion Weekend
Networking events
Homecoming
University and Regional Reunion
Carol Service and Christmas Party
An Evening of Golf
Qualitative insights
These insights are based on conversations with parents, alumni, and school leadership. Handpicked and curated by our editor, they offer a close look at how the school is experienced and perceived by those who know it best.
Lifelong relationships are fostered.
Insights from alumni and current students reveal that the school cultivates enduring personal connections, not only among students but also between students and teachers, fostering a sense of lifelong camaraderie and support.
The lifelong relationships are very much a key to my experience there. I'm still friends with the girls that I grew up with, and having a good 20 years since graduating, I am still friends with these people. And there's something to say about the shared experience you have and really going through the ups and downs of life.
The community is something that really stuck with me, the fact that I was able to form close connections with my classmates, that we actually are all pretty close. We just had a Zoom call this weekend, so that speaks to the fact that I made lasting connections with my classmates, which was really nice.
One of the things I appreciated the most was how invested the teachers were in getting to know the individual students beyond the classroom and really developing a strong relationship. Now, five years out from the school, I actually still have relationships with two of these teachers. I was just reading a book with my English teacher from Grade 10, and we just finished and were discussing it. So it's really nice to see how these relationships have sustained.
When I went to university, a couple of people I knew had gone to St. Clement’s School. Knowing what school that they had gone to was huge in terms of deciding on St. Clement’s. I would describe them as super smart. They were highly successful. But they were just really genuine, down-to-earth people who I just felt comfortable around. We were very close, very good friends, and that had a very positive impact.
Feedback from community members highlights the school's commitment to building a tightly-knit and inclusive environment where diverse traditions are celebrated, and school events play a central role in bringing everyone together.
Just by spending so much time together and having a small grade, I knew everyone in my grade. I knew their siblings and what classes they were in and what extracurriculars they did. At that point, I felt like we were all sisters, which is a little cliché, but it really felt like that, when I was graduating, I had 63 sisters, which was great. A lot of us graduating students have been together for 12 or six years at that point, and I think at that point we were more just like one big group of friends. You would have classes with a lot of different people, and so it would be nice. You would be able to talk to anyone in the hallway at that point.
Oh my goodness, there are so many St. Clement’s events that are special [to me]. Anything that brings us together as a community is what I love. We are affiliated with the Anglican Church, but we have people from so many different faiths and we embrace that and engage that. We do have a Christmas carol service, and that is something that I adore, because we come together as an entire community, including alumni. It’s when I have the great good fortune to be able to look out over a sea of red blazers, our school uniform. But on a smaller scale, my favourite events are assemblies, at which we gather Grades 1 to 12, and all of our staff. They are used as a time of either complete goofiness and spirit, or as a learning opportunity. Assembly is a powerful time—twice a week with our whole community—and it is pretty special.
