SAC offers an extensive ‘Residential Life Curriculum’, in fact, it’s what distinguishes us from many other independent schools across North America.  The residential program begins in Macdonald House, where our younger boarding students (grades 5 – 8) begin their SAC education.  The Macdonald House experience offers a safe and nurturing environment where our MS students are supported and encouraged to gain confidence and seize new challenges, through structured and unstructured activities.  As we like to put it, “it is the beginning of their journey on the road to independence” and prepares our students well for their Upper School experience.  Our MS boarding students quickly learn to embrace diversity, develop and foster community, get active and involved in the plethora of residential activities organized by the Macdonald House Council, Housemasters, Resident Dons, Housecaptains and Duty Masters, focus on leadership development, manage their time through supervised study and become positive role models for their peers and the community that surrounds them.  The evening and weekend program offers an abundance of fun and interesting activities that help our boys create lifelong friendships and memories.

For more information about the extensive ‘Residential Life Curriculum’ at SAC and it’s importance in adolescent development, please contact Mr. David Galajda, Director of Residential Life  at david.galajda@sac.on.ca  or at 905-727-1219.