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About Hawthorn School

Hawthorn is the only independent, Catholic-inspired, all-girl school in Toronto that provides character education, personal mentorship, and a classical liberal arts education that is university preparatory.

About Us

Academics

We respect the shared goals of our students and their families. We pride ourselves not only on preparing the girls for a postsecondary education, with a 100% university acceptance rate, but also on helping them to succeed in their life’s path – no matter what it may be.

Academic Programs

Daycare

Hawthorn School Daycare offers children aged (18 months to 4 years old) a loving, nurturing, and caring environment.

Daycare

Junior School

Students in the Junior Program (Junior Kindergarten & Senior Kindergarten) are exposed to a variety of subjects.

Junior School

Lower School

IIn the Lower School students develop a love for learning and build social skills and work habits in each area of a well-rounded academic program. 

Lower School

Upper School

Hawthorn’s Upper School (Grades 8 to 12) delivers an ambitious liberal arts education, preparing the leaders of tomorrow.

Upper School

Alumnae

Thanks to an education that promotes both academic excellence and character formation, Hawthorn girls face the world with creative tenacity, intellectual brilliance, and an uncommon spirit of service to others.

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Clare has a Bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering with a minor in Biology from the University of Toronto. She has worked at organizations like Sick Kids Hospital and Price Waterhouse Coopers. She enjoys public speaking and was president of a Toastmaster’s Club for 5 years.

Clare Nazaire

Chemical Engineer

Liz has a Bachelor of Arts in Classical studies from the University of New Brunswick and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Ryerson University. In between degrees, she taught ESL in South Korea and traveled in Asia and Europe. In 2016, she moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia where she currently lives with her husband and two boys and works in mental health at the IWK Children’s Hospital and in home care for Nurse Next Door.

Elizabeth Joyce

Nurse

Farzana has a Bachelor’s degree in Systems Design Engineering from the University of Waterloo and a Masters Certificate in Project Management from Schulich School of Business. She has worked in the fields of process engineering, user-centered design and project management at major Canadian financial institutions including the Bank of Montreal (BMO) and Royal Bank of Canada (RBC). She is a busy mother of four.

Farzana Meghani

Systems Design Engineer

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We see and reward in each girl the many gifts she brings in areas that reflect her whole self, whether, for example, in academic excellence, teamwork, communicative prowess, social attitude, or gestures that show her care and understanding of our common humanity. .

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35

Years of All-Girls Private School

8:1

Student to Faculty Ratio

1:1

Student to Mentor Ratio

100%

University Acceptance Rate

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We warmly invite you to join us in our passion project of tending a nurturing, uplifting environment where girls can thrive as they learn and bloom in intelligence, character, truth, and charity. Our world needs them.

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Hawthorn: Holistic and personalized education.

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