North Toronto Academy’s high school program provides Personalized Education to students in Grades 9-12.  Our high school program has two components – 1) full-time day school and 2) part-time and summer school credit courses.

Our full time day program is designed specifically for students who may not have achieved strong academic results to date, may not be motivated to perform well in school, may be either ‘overly social’ or socially immature, or who may have a mild cognitive or learning disability.

The program is ideal for these students, whether or not they are formally “identified” with a learning disability and have an Individual Education Plan (IEP). The NTA program is not designed for those students who have profound learning disabilities, or who have major behavioural problems.

Our part-time program is designed for students of all abilities who want to repeat a failed course, upgrade a mark, or earn a new credit. This program delives unparalleled scheduling flexibility, including private 1:1 courses and 'offsite' courses where teacher support is provided via telephone and internet (email, live chat).

NOTE: As an Ontario Ministry of Education inspected and accredited school, North Toronto Academy adheres to all rules and regulations set out in the Education Act, and in the “Ontario Secondary Schools 1999” document, and relevant follow-on policy memoranda. These documents are available for review at the school or on the Ministry’s website.

The goals of our full time program are to deliver Personalized Education to each student, and to prepare him or her, both academically and socially, for University or College studies. Academically, NTA's program meets and exceeds the requirements of the Ontario curriculum. While we provide a broad range of courses, our first focus is on ensuring our students are strong enough in the basics – English and Math – to gain acceptance into a post-secondary program if they choose that direction.

NTA's small class sizes, low student-teacher ratio, and experienced teachers with Special Education qualifications, all help ensure our students get the education they need to be successful beyond high school. These aspects, combined with our emphasis on study skills and organization, and supported by our student laptop program, work together to provide an exceptionally well-tailored educational experience that addresses the most important needs of our students.

From a social development point of view, the school focuses strongly on teaching students the importance and value of taking personal responsibility for ones self, for delivering on commitments, and fostering healthy social relationships. Our "small school" setting provides a safe and manageable environment for students to develop socially, away from the many distracting and often negative influences and behaviours common in larger schools.

Program Structure
North Toronto Academy’s full time day program is divided into three trimesters of 13 weeks each over the Sept-June academic year. Students take up to three courses in each trimester (“3x3” structure), with classes of 110 minutes duration taken in each course, every school day. This '3x3' structure is unique in Toronto, and it's success rate significantly outperforms other structures in terms of both student grades and student satisfaction. The benefits of NTA’s “3x3” trimester system include:

- Students have the ability to earn up to 9 credits in an academic year, instead of the maximum of 8 credits under the other systems. This enables either earlier graduation, or the ability to repeat courses or upgrade marks, without taking summer school.

- The “3x3” system allows for even more intensive focus on each course, and earlier “moving on”, than the more common 2 semesters of 4 courses each (“2x4”) approach, as well as being more manageable from a workload/homework point of view.

- Similarly “3x3” allows more time, more ability to recover from interruptions in attendance, and more variety to hold the student’s interest than the 4 semesters of 2 courses each (“4x2”) approach of some schools. Many students with motivation and/or cognitive/learning disabilities just cannot get full value from a class that lasts for an entire half school day, and so have great difficulty completing a full credit course successfully in just 8 weeks.

Unmatched scheduling flexibility, in combination with North Toronto Academy’s personalized education approach, are the characteristics of our part-time credit course program.

NTA will create a customized schedule to meet your needs - whether its booking in class time on a ad hoc basis around an already packed schedule, or enabling the student to complete the 110 hour course in the minimum elapsed time possible, NTA will work with you to make it happen. Examples include highly customized schedules, private 1:1 courses and 'offsite' courses where teacher support is provided via telephone and internet (email, live chat).

Many of NTA's part-time students are enrolled as full time students in other schools, but choose to take a specific course at NTA instead of their regular school. The reasons students take courses outside their regular schools include:

1. To avoid the distractions and lack of teacher attention associated with large class sizes
2. They have difficulty with the subject and need extra teacher attention to be successful
3. They have a conflict with the teacher at their full-time school, and so opt to take the course outside the school
4. Scheduling conflicts, or the course isn't offered at their regular school
5. Repeat a failed course, or upgrade a mark
6. To "get ahead" by earning an extra credit so that their workload in the next semester can be reduced, or they can graduate sooner.
7. They attend school on a part-time basis only – usually competitive athletes or mature students.

Contact the school to discuss the details of your particular situation, and we will come up with a schedule that works for you.

North Toronto Academy offers a wide variety of courses (including upgrades) during after school and evening hours.  Contact the school for details.

North Toronto Academy runs popular high school credit courses on Saturdays throughout the year.  Contact the school for details.

Customized Schedules,  July and August Sessions offered  

North Toronto Academy offers a superior schedule that let’s you finish your course more quickly than any other summer school.  Classes run from 9am till 4:15pm for 18 days (9 days for shorter courses), and satisfy all Ministry of Education requirements. 

In addition to the fixed sessions in July and August, NTA offers customized schedules to meet specific individual needs.  If you need time off to accommodate a family vacation or summer job, etc, it’s no problem.  Click here to see our summer courses.  NTA will create a personalized schedule to meet your needs.  Call the school to discuss your specific situation.

Session	Full Credit Courses Mon – Fri 9:00am - 4:15pm (18 Days)	Upgrade, Transfer & Half Credit Courses Mon – Fri 9:00am - 4:15pm (9 Days)
July Session	Tues July 6 – Thurs July 29	Mon July 19 – Thurs July 29
August Session	Tues Aug 3 – Thurs Aug 26	Mon Aug 16 – Thurs Aug 26
Customized Schedule	Almost any scheduling need can be accommodated. Contact the school to discuss your specific requirements.

The school day consists of 4 periods and 3 breaks, giving students 110 hours of teaching for full credit courses and 55 hours for upgrade, transfer or half credit courses.

North Toronto Academy offers most courses in the Ontario secondary school curriculum, including remedial/upgrade courses, and transfer courses (i.e. from applied to academic stream)

CLICK HERE to see NTA's Courses

For Upgrade and Transfer courses, or for any course you don't see on the please, please contact the school for details.

SCHOOL YEAR CALENDAR 2009/10

Labour Day	September 7, 2009
First Instructional Day	September 8, 2009
Thanksgiving Day	October 12, 2009
Christmas Break	Dec. 21, 2009 – Jan. 1, 2010
Family Day	February 15, 2010
March Break	March 15-19, 2010
Good Friday	April 2, 2010
Easter Monday	April 5, 2010
Victoria Day	May 24, 2010
Last Day of Classes	June 25, 2010

Professional Activity Days

1) September 2, 2009             Elementary and Secondary PA Day

2) September 3, 2009             Elementary and Secondary PA Day

3) February 12, 2010              Secondary PA Day

4) June 28 – 30, 2010             Secondary PA Day