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Branksome Hall Handbook
Senior & Middle School Handbook
Senior & Middle School Handbook
Welcome from Amanda Kennedy, Deputy Principal
I can’t wait to welcome our new and returning Senior & Middle School students to campus on Wednesday, September 4. Please find the (Re)Connect Week schedules below.Important Dates and Contacts
View important school events and holidays and learn more about who to contact by department.
Senior & Middle School Leadership
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Deputy Principal
Amanda Kennedy
416-920-6265, ext. 107 -
Assistant Head, Student Experience, Grades 7–8
Erika Lo
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Assistant Head, Student Experience, Grades 9–10
Siamak Boroomand
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Assistant Head, Student Experience, Grades 11–12
Melanie van de Water
416-920-6265, ext. 150
Checklist for New Families
Welcome to Branksome Hall! Although you will have received information from the Admissions team, here are some of the things to keep in mind before the school year begins. You will also hear from the Branksome Hall Parents’ Association in September about how to volunteer and dates for events.
- Purchase school essentials:
- Review uniform requirements and book an appointment with the Uniform Shop.
- School communications and wayfinding:
- Learn about school communications with families, including weekly parent newsletters.
- Learn how to use the school Portal and review the campus map.
- Account and fee details:
- Click the Billing tab in the Portal for monthly account statements and to make payments. Contact the Business Office (billing@branksome.on.ca) with any questions.
- View a breakdown of annual costs such as the Parents’ Association and Clan activities.
- School glossary:
- A guide to all things Branksome (Portal login required).
Checklist for All Families
- Update Portal details and preferences:
- Review your child and parent/guardian contact information in the Portal and make any necessary changes to details and permissions (Learn how to do this).
- Order textbooks and purchase supplies:
- Review your child's Course List found under 'Files and Forms' on the Portal (login required) and order textbooks through ALPHA Textbooks.
- If you are a Middle School family, please review the Middle School class supplies list.
- Code of Conduct and school forms:
- Review the Senior & Middle School Code of Conduct (Portal login required).
- Complete school forms.
- Health information:
- Review Health Centre information, then submit your child’s health information on the Portal and immunization records to Toronto Public Health.
- Student safety:
- Review emergency procedures (Portal login required), security information and campus visitor protocol.
- Week Without Halls:
- For the 2024–25 academic year, the school has partnered with ALIVE Outdoors to provide a week of programming for all Grades 7–11 students (Portal login required) that will take place from Sunday, September 29–Wednesday, October 2, 2024.
- Financial assistance:
- Branksome Hall offers financial assistance, at various levels, to students in Grades 7 to 12 whose families can show evidence of financial need .
Additional Resources
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Academics & IB
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Student Life
- Clans, Clubs & Councils
- Community Engagement (Portal login required)
- Athletics (Portal login required)
- Senior & Middle School Integrated Arts (Portal login required)
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Student Supports
Explore Branksome
Boarding Handbook
This Handbook shares key information to help prepare our Boarding community for the year ahead.
Find Me on the Portal
The Branksome Portal is your one-stop place for all things BH. Senior & Middle School parents can find information about Week Without Halls, the Senior School Library, COSSOT and the International Student Exchange Program.
Innovation
More than a buzzword or game-changing tech solution, innovation is a mindset—a way of engaging with the world. And it’s core to everything we do at Branksome Hall.
Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Branksome Hall is committed to making sure our school community is a diverse, equitable and inclusive place to learn and to work.
LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
We wish to acknowledge this land on which Branksome operates. For thousands of years, it has been the traditional land of the Wendat, the Seneca, and most recently, the Mississaugas of the Credit River. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous peoples from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work and go to school on this land.*
*The Land Acknowledgement may evolve as we honour our commitment to Truth and Reconciliation in partnership with Indigenous communities.
*The Land Acknowledgement may evolve as we honour our commitment to Truth and Reconciliation in partnership with Indigenous communities.
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