Believing that a child's first learning years are their most important, Frances Ballantyne and Alphonsine Pare-Howlett, developed a school far ahead of its time. A School that encouraged "children to be children" with a revolutionary curriculum nurturing the whole child in a learning environment that was supportive, inspiring and aware of individual needs. Our Founders believed that children should not only be excellent problem solvers and critical thinkers, but must be "warm human beings of moral integrity".