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Go to child profileAt ECS, we are an all-girls’ school–small by design. Our founders, Miss Edgar and Miss Cramp, believed in education as a powerful tool for social change. Whether on site or online, ECS values and stewards each girl’s distinct journey. Grounded in our 110-year commitment to academic excellence, an ECS education is forward-thinking, giving each girl ownership over her learning process and empowering each girl to be the most confident, resilient and creative version of herself.
ECS offers bus transferring. Service options offered are regular rider, regular rider AM only, regular rider PM only, door-to-door pickup .
The regions ECS offers busing from are:
Additional notes: Private buses are shared with other schools. Service is available from the West Island, Nun’s Island, Laval and Kahnawake.
Our Collaborative Hub
Miss Edgar's & Miss Cramp's School was founded in 1909 by Maud Edgar and Mary Cramp, two trailblazing educators. Although still not allowed to own the property that housed their school, or even to vote, Miss Edgar and Miss Cramp were determined to create educational opportunity for young women, to change their place in the world. Those roots in activism and leadership—and the desire to do things better, and more equitably—remain at the school today. The strength of the academic program is a principle draw, though the values, very rightly, are as well. The school has built itself around an ethos of achievement, providing opportunities for authentic engagement with the curriculum and substantial interaction with like-minded peers and mentors. The ideal student is one who shares that vision, and who has the interest and the drive to play an active role in a changing world.
This 50-page review of Miss Edgar's & Miss Cramp's School, published as a book and available to read in full, here on OurKids.net, is part of our series of in-depth accounts of Canada's leading private schools. Insights were gardnered by visiting the school and interviewing students, parents, faculty, and administrators.
Read the Our Kids Review of Miss Edgar's & Miss Cramp's School
Parent/Student Q&A Roundtable
Hear from current parents and recent alumni at ECS as they field questions including: why they chose this school, what they wish were different, and what perspective families should know before enrolling.
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Academic |
DIBELS Testing: This school does not use DIBELS testing to assess reading progress.
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Evolution as consensus theory | |
Evolution as one of many equally viable theories | |
Evolution is not taught |
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Biology | |
Chemistry | |
Ecology | |
Geology | |
Meteorology | |
Physics | |
Physiology | |
Zoology |
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Acting | |
Dance | |
Drama/Theatre | |
Graphic Design | |
Music | |
Visual Arts |
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Computer science | |
Robotics | |
Web design |
Flexible pacing style | offered |
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Subject-streaming (tracking) | |
Multi-age classrooms as standard | |
Ability-grouping (in-class) as common | |
Frequent use of cyber-learning (at-their-own-pace) | |
Regular guided independent study opportunities | |
Differentiated assessment |
ECS offers no/limited support for students with learning difficulties or special needs.
Subject Type | offered |
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Learning strategy and study counselling; habit formation | |
Extra support and minor accommodations for children experiencing subclinical difficulties |
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Accommodations | |
Modifications | |
Extra support |
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Full-time gifted program (parallel to rest of school) | |
Part-time gifted program (pull-out; parallel to rest of class) |
Curriculum delivery: Enrichment (The main focus is on enrichment. This means that while students may work at a marginally quicker pace than public school peers, the primary aim is to study subject in broader and deeper ways.)
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Custom subject enrichment (special arrangement) | |
Custom curriculum compacting (special arrangement) | |
Guided independent study (custom gifted arrangement) | |
Cyber-learning opportunities (custom gifted arrangement) | |
Formalized peer coaching opportunities (specifically for gifted learners to coach others) | |
Custom subject acceleration (special arrangement) | |
Career exploration (custom gifted arrangement) | |
Project-based learning (custom gifted arrangement) | |
Mentorships (custom gifted arrangement) |
English - 60% | French - 40% |
In grade Gr. 11, ECS students perform an average of >2 hours of homework per night.
K | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |
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ECS | 0 mins | 15 mins | 15 mins | 30 mins | 30 mins | 45 mins | 60 mins | 60 mins | 90 mins | 120 mins | 160 mins | 160 mins |
Site Average | 6 mins | 15 mins | 17 mins | 23 mins | 30 mins | 35 mins | 40 mins | 53 mins | 57 mins | 69 mins | 80 mins | 97 mins |
Lettered or numbered grades | K to Gr. 11 |
Prose (narrative)-based feedback | K to Gr. 11 |
Academic achievement reporting | K to Gr. 11 |
Parent-teacher meetings | K to Gr. 11 |
Competitive sports: 13
Recreational sports: 4
Miss Edgar's & Miss Cramp's School offers 18 clubs and extracurricular programs.
K | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |
Day | $19,050 | $22,050 | $22,160 | $20,730 | $21,241 |
Grade range that need-based aid is offered: | 6 to 11 |
Percentage of grade-eligible students receiving financial aid | 15% |
Average aid package size | $5,000 |
Percentage of total enrolment on financial aid | 15% |
Total aid available | $0 |
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For more details, visit:https://www.ecs.qc.ca/admissions/scholarshipsGrades | Gender | Living Arrangement | Enrolment | |
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Group 1 | K to Gr. 11 | All girls | Day | 320 |
Total enrolment | 320 |
Average class size | 12 to 18 |
% of international students (total enrolment) | 8% |
Number of different nationalities within student population | 21 |
K | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |
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Day Enrollment | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 24 | 24 | 30 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 |
Class Size | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 22 | 24 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
Assessment | Required | Grades |
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Interview | K - 11 | |
SSAT | ||
SSAT (out of province) | ||
Entrance Exam(s) | N/A | |
Entrance Essay | ||
English Language Eligibility Certificate | 7 - 11 |
Day students: Rolling
Offer mid-year entry:
Yes
Application fee: $50
Registration fee: $200
Deposit:
N/A
Birth Certificate
Final Report Cards for Last Two Years
Junior School - Permanent Residency cards or Certificate of Eligibility or Study Visa or Parent Work Permit or Parent Diplomatic Status
Middle / Senior School - Certificate of Eligibility or Study Visa or Parent Work Permit or Parent Diplomatic Status
Candidate photo
$50 application fee
Admissions test and ‘Spend-A-Day’ on site
Family interview
International applicants Grade 8 through 10 must provide their IELTS/TOEFL scores.
All Grade 7 applicants must write the Common Admissions Test with Brisson Legris (mid-October). If inquiring after the deadline, monthly testing is held at at Brisson Legris. PLEASE NOTE: Due to COVID-19, admissions tests will be waived until further notice.
In some cases, we require a copy of the child and parent's passports
This is the percentage of applicants typically accepted into the school. So if 50 students are admitted out of 100 applicants, the school has an overall acceptance rate of 50%.
Student Entry Points
This shows approximately how many openings there are likely to be in each grade in a typical year, as well as the estimated acceptance rate for each grade level.
Student Type | K | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
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Day Acceptance (Acceptance rate) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Average graduating class size | 38 |
Students accepted into post-secondary studies upon graduation | N/A |
Percentage of students who attend post-secondary institutions outside of Canada | N/A |
Students who attended a Ivy+ school Number of students in the past 5 years that that attended one of Harvard, Yale, Princeton, University of Pennsylvania, Dartmouth, Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Stanford, University of Chicago, Oxford or Cambridge (UK) | N/A |
Miss Edgar's & Miss Cramp's School Graduates’ Post-Secondary Studies:
This information is not currently available.Aggregate of All Schools’ Post-Secondary Studies:
Career planning | |
Internships | N/A |
Mentorship Program | N/A |
University counseling |
What ECS says:
ECS' founders, Maud Edgar and Mary Cramp, were educational trailblazers. Today ECS has returned to its visionary roots with a strategic plan celebrating limitless learning in a world of possibilities.
Children today are born into two worlds: the natural and the digital. Our students need to learn to be well, to thrive, in both of these worlds. While ECS has always maintained a rigorous focus on academics, today our school also works to support the holistic wellness of our girls.
What does it mean to be well in the 21st century? Our digital age is a time of limitless learning, which offers incredible potential but also constant pressure via social media. It’s never been more exciting and more terrifying to be a girl. Girls today are inundated with messages about their external selves: how they are supposed to behave and how they are supposed to look. This results in challenges to their personal wellness. At ECS, we have welded cognition and wellness right in our curriculum design.
Our faculty strives to constantly learn and better themselves alongside their students. Just as we emphasize that each girl has a mind of her own that will bring her unique talents into fruition, the same is true for our teachers. The world moves quickly now, and no one teacher can know everything expertly. Our teachers specialize in particular areas, enriching our community with their knowledge. Everyone at ECS works together as a team to ensure we have the skills we need to promote in our girls the skills they need to thrive in the 21st century.
At ECS, our values are nontraditional and complex: collaboration, awareness, and courage, as well as accountability and integrity. Because of these standards, our girls are deeply rooted and lit from within.
That is at the core of ECS.
Lauren Aslin
Head of School B.A., M.Ed.
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