Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School

Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School is a Canadian private university prep school in Okotoks, Alberta, just outside Calgary. It has students in Grades K to 12. Its Grade 12 provincial exam scores are consistently some of the most highly ranked in the province. . Strathcona-Tweedsmuir is Southern Alberta’s first full IB World School, and Alberta’s only independent school authorized to deliver IB Programmes in Grades 1 through 12. Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School ranks well in the annual Fraser Institute surveys. Strathcona is also an active participator in the CESI (Canadian Educational Standards Institute) program, and often volunteers teachers for inter-school evaluatory interaction. STS is also a member of Round Square and CAIS (Canadian Association of Independent Schools). HistoryThe school opened in September 1971 as the result of the amalgamation of two of Calgary’s oldest independent schools – Strathcona School for Boys and Tweedsmuir: An Academic School for Girls . St. Hilda’s School preceded Tweedsmuir School for Girls . In 2003, seven students from the school were killed in an avalanche in British Columbia while on a skiing trip.

Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School is a Canadian private university prep school in Okotoks, Alberta, just outside Calgary. It has students in Grades K to 12. Its Grade 12 provincial exam scores are consistently some of the most highly ranked in the province. . Strathcona-Tweedsmuir is Southern Alberta’s first full IB World School, and Alberta’s only independent school authorized to deliver IB Programmes in Grades 1 through 12. Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School ranks well in the annual Fraser Institute surveys. Strathcona is also an active participator in the CESI (Canadian Educational Standards Institute) program, and often volunteers teachers for inter-school evaluatory interaction. STS is also a member of Round Square and CAIS (Canadian Association of Independent Schools). HistoryThe school opened in September 1971 as the result of the amalgamation of two of Calgary’s oldest independent schools – Strathcona School for Boys and Tweedsmuir: An Academic School for Girls . St. Hilda’s School preceded Tweedsmuir School for Girls . In 2003, seven students from the school were killed in an avalanche in British Columbia while on a skiing trip.