A Tradition of Excellence

The Canadian Lebanese Academy offers:

• Qualified and committed teachers whose performance is closely monitored by class visits and periodic assessment
• Low student-to-teacher ratio to insure no student is left behind
• High commitment to academic excellence
• An academic curriculum designed to exceed all national standards from PS to G-12
• Adherence to the Lebanese curriculum
• SAT and IELTS trainings are part of the curriculum for Grades 10 and 11
• The multiple Intelligence test is administered as a part of the career planning programs starting from grade 10 to guide students into their future career path
• Forty hours of community service is mandatory for grades 10 and 11
• Strong moral guidance and traditional values
• Parental involvement in the educational process
• A multi-cultural staff and student population
• Financial awards for excelling students
• Various incentive measures are in place to promote motivation among staff and students.
• In the primary classes, the Academy recently implemented a self-help skills program.
• French as a third language is taught from grade 4 and up.
• Distributed annual plan based on three terms from September to June.

The Academy will strive to

• Provide high-standard quality academic education and programs.
• Have a first class Canadian style school for our elementary and later-on secondary students in order to ensure their protection both at the  physical and educational levels.
• Adhere to and enhance the Ontario Ministry of Education Curriculum Guidelines
• provide an home-grown alternative to western-based and western-values local schools
• The School is tuned to the needs of both:
• children with an English/French education background and may go back to such a system later on
• Children who want to get English based education in a relaxed environment.
•  To enable our children acquire the proper learning to be comfortable both in Lebanon and abroad.
• Promote students knowledge of the Arabic language and the Lebanese culture.
• Encourage families to return to Lebanon and to help those who already returned to integrate smoothly into the mainstream society
• Providing a climate of positive reinforcement that emphasizes the process of developing them as lifelong learners
• Empower students to make informed decisions to distinguish between societal values and moral, ethical values
• Engage qualified and committed teachers who will employ sound, consistent and current methods of teaching
• Strive to meet individual student’s needs and differences
• Recognize and augment their academic, spiritual, intellectual and physical potentials and well-being
• Inculcating in the students, universally accepted values of mutual understanding, respect, global citizenry according to traditional values.
• Maintain the high moral values and the proper conduct and behavior based on the great local traditions.
• Prepare our children to be good citizens with solid traditional values and strong personalities in the society.
• Espousing peaceful co-existence and service to humanity