Welcome to Queen Margaret's School
About Queen Margaret's School
Established in 1921, Queen Margaret's School is located on 27 country-like acres on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. We offer a safe and secure learning environment close to Victoria and Vancouver, British Columbia.
The School offers a comprehensive university preparatory program, along with many extra-curricular activities providing opportunities for academic achievement and personal growth in the areas of visual and performing arts, athletics, riding and community service.
An All-Girls High School allows young women to achieve in a structured and safe learning environment without the social pressures of a co-ed classroom. Girls in Grade 7 through 12 may board in our multi-cultural residence community where they cultivate self-reliance with responsibility.
Boys and girls in our Co-ed Junior School (Pre-School 3 & Junior Kindergarten 4 to Grade 7) begin the adventure of learning in a small and enriched Junior School program. Our Junior School has been consistently ranked among BC's best academic programs.
Our Intensive ESL Program, for beginner and advanced ESL Students, delivers a blended program of both specialized immersion ESL and general classroom instruction. It leads to rapid integration into the appropriate Canadian mainstream curriculum as well as providing support while the student advances through the grades.
The school keeps classes small, providing continual occasions to nurture and challenge each student. Approximately 95 girls from Grades 7 to 12 live in the residence on campus, while another 160 attend as day students from the surrounding communities. Live-in housemothers cultivate scholastic focus in a spirit of caring, independence and respectful living while weekend activities provide healthy recreation and relaxation.
Core Values of Queen Margaret's
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We are committed to providing an environment of achievement that includes: an emphasis on critical thinking, challenging, relevant and changing curriculum approaches to meet 21st century skills, specialist teachers and student leadership opportunities. We expect each of our students to be self-confident, to love learning and to develop as self directed learners.
• We are a small school where teachers and students are connected through positive relationships, where a sense of belonging is evident among our students and where a sense of community governs our relationships with one another.
• We are a culturally diverse community committed to sharing different perspectives, understanding and insights about the world. Diversity broadens our world view, enables us to discover a common humanity and learn to live in harmony with others.
• We believe in developing a strong sense of connection through actions demonstrating social responsibility. We are committed to service as the giving of time and resources to others in our school and local community and in the larger world. Our service commitment is expressed through on and off campus activities, the curriculum we study and the values we espouse.
