St. John's-Ravenscourt School

Established in 1820, SJR has a long tradition of academic and co-curricular excellence. Students find themselves engaged in a challenging and diverse environment to develop their communication skills, immersing them in a wealth of co-curricular, community service, and leadership activities and preparing them for university and beyond. The SJR' learning wheel' illustrates the knowledge, skills, and attributes that our students develop.

Everything flows out from the center of the wheel. The core of our students' learning is our portrait of a graduate and our vision, mission, and values. A graduate's portrait describes the type of students and learners that we are striving to develop at SJR. Graduates of St. John's-Ravenscourt School will:

• Pursue excellence in post-secondary studies and beyond
• Continue to develop creativity, curiosity, and critical thinking skills
• Commit to a lifelong healthy lifestyle
• Demonstrate concern and compassion through a commitment to service in the local and global community
• Distinguish themselves with strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Approach challenges with confidence, integrity, and resilience

At the heart of any school, a program must be the core skills of literacy and numeracy. These two skills have never really been optional in order to develop fully functioning members of society. However, in our 21st-century society—accelerated, media-saturated, and automated—a new literacy is required, one more broadly defined than our ability to read and write and understand the reasoning and numerical concepts. To develop the attributes shown in the outer segments of our wheel, SJR students will need highly developed reading, writing, and mathematical skills.

St. John's-Ravenscourt School (SJR) is an independent co-educational Kindergarten to Grade 12 university-preparatory day and boarding school that offers outstanding all-around education for talented boys and girls. We are fiercely proud of our rich heritage and combine our long traditions with best teaching practices to enable our students to thrive in this quickly changing world, not only during their school days but at university and beyond. Our School community is built around the four pillars of academic excellence, creative expression, active, healthy living, and social responsibility.

We have incredibly high expectations of our students in terms of their academic commitment and co-curricular attainment and their personal qualities of compassion, integrity, and service.

SJR has rightly earned an enviable reputation for ensuring that our students rise to the challenge and fulfill their academic potential. Our talented faculty has forged a strong tradition for educational innovation and for creating a vibrant learning environment that nurtures students and helps them grow into well-rounded adults. Of course, there is also our tremendous raft of co-curricular opportunities that develop leadership, self-belief, and character.

Situated on the Red River banks in Winnipeg, SJR boasts a beautiful campus and some of the very best facilities of any independent school in Canada and beyond. The best way to appreciate our warm and purposeful atmosphere and a strong sense of community is to make a personal visit. Come and meet my colleagues and me and talk with our splendid students. In the meantime, this website provides a wealth of information about life at SJR, and I hope it captures your imagination.

The first years of school are some of the most important for your child. At SJR, we recognize the breathtaking capacity for learning in young children and their teachers' crucial role in harnessing that potential. Our teachers dedicate themselves to ensuring each student reaches their fullest potential and instills them with a love of learning all within the nurturing, safe, fun environment of Junior School. Our structured and caring classroom environment provides a happy, energetic space for students' young minds to flow comfortably are committed to building the foundations that will take our students into Middle School and beyond, helping them become lifelong learners and compassionate global citizens today and tomorrow.

The Junior School's enriching curriculum lays the building blocks for all that is yet to come for our students. From English Language Arts, Mathematics, and French to Visual Arts and Social Studies, our students experience an exciting range of learning opportunities and challenges, whatever their strengths and abilities. We know that every learner is unique, and mentoring is always on hand from our established Learning and Language Support Programs.