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For Prospective Students Information for Prospective Students Mission Statement Sydney Academy strives to produce a dynamic school environment that will enable each student to develop an ability to think clearly, to communicate effectively, and to make sound judgments. Sydney Academy's mandate is to empower students with the knowledge, understanding, and skills that will enable them to reach their full potential in tomorrow's world through various programs, activities and experiences. The school endeavors to expose students to the values of the past, the excitement of the present, and the challenge of the future. Sydney Academy aims to provide students with the awareness that tolerance, concern for others and a sense of responsibility can empower them to make the world a better place.
International Baccalaureate Program The International Baccalaureate (IB) program is a unique educational experience that at once serves four purposes: allows an opportunity for students to earn advanced university standing; increases access to university entrance scholarships; permits the student a wider choice of post-secondary institutions; and, provides a academic challenge to students that is well beyond the traditional public school environment. The IB program is educational excellence in action. The International Baccalaureate Programme has significant co-curricular and extra-curricular components. Debating and conflict resolution seminars are two important activities. All diploma students must engage in an activity that requires creativity, action and service (the CAS element) for the time equivalent of an afternoon per week. Through the IB program and its extensions, local students have climbed mountains in New England and participated in Public Speaking and Debating Championships in London, Crete, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Boston, New York, Montreal and Toronto.
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Please click here for more information. Facilities All facilities of Sydney Academy are accessible to the physically challenged.
Sydney Academy is a co-educational high school founded in 1841, and as such, is a school with a very rich tradition in academic and athletic endeavors that is well known in Eastern Canada. Sydney Academy's long and rich history of academic and extra-curricular excellence was recently recognized nationally when the school was selected as one of twenty-one (21) exemplary schools in Canada. Sydney Academy is located in Cape Breton - a part of Canada known internationally for its profound natural beauty, its cultural diversity, and the unsurpassed hospitality of its inhabitants. The population of the greater Sydney area is approximately 70,000, encompassing an urban center and several smaller communities. Sydney Academy is twenty minutes for the exquisite Bras d'Or Lakes and only one hour from the world renowned Cabot Trail. Students of the school enjoy some of the most beautiful recreational areas in the world. Sydney has modern transportation, communications and health services, and enjoys a moderate Canadian climate. While offering a full complement of extra-curricular activities to its students, Sydney Academy is especially proud of the school's debating and public speaking teams that have achieved national and international recognition in recent years. The school also offers a wide variety of courses ranging from special needs, high school leaving, university preparatory and the International Baccalaureate Programme. Sydney Academy prides itself on providing an environment that encourages scholastic and personal development. |
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