TFS – Canada's International School is a bilingual, coeducational and non-denominational independent school for students from age 2 to university entrance. From our earliest beginnings, we have provided our students with an outstanding educational experience - one that is unmatched in its rigorous and rich international and bilingual curriculum. No prior knowledge of French is required at TFS for students applying up to and including Grade 7. Our highly successful Introductory French Program gives students heightened instruction in the French language, while following the same curricula as their peers.
We are a not-for-profit community-based child care and early learning centre that has served the community since 1986. Our location in Dublin Heights Elementary and Middle School in North York, Ontario helps us to maintain close ties with the community.
As Early Childhood Educators, our role is to guide, nurture, discipline, facilitate and encourage children as they grow and learn. We ensure that children have opportunities to explore and develop their own interests at their own pace. These practices in turn build children's self–esteem and self worth. Our responsibility is to be empathetic towards children and their parents. We are genuine, honest and respectful.
After teaching elementary school in Toronto for seven years, Leslie opened 5 Sylvan Learning Centres and was the Owner/Director of the North Toronto Sylvan Centre for fifteen years. There, she worked with hundreds of students of all ages, and their parents and teachers, as a specialist in assessment, remediation, reading and math. Leslie has also worked with a psychologist who has developed an effective and motivating reading & math program for preschoolers. Leslie's four children all attended the Nursery and Kindergarten Programs here and she has been back as the Owner/Director since 2006.