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What
is Linden's curriculum? What are the core subjects? What options and specialty
courses are offered? Linden is best known for its success
in teaching math and science. Yet the school places equal emphasis on all areas,
including the arts and humanities. The school offers every subject required for
university admitance , including art, music, drama, French, Latin, Spanish, computer
studies, and physical education. At Linden, students can
choose from a wide range of opportunities for creative expression. The school
offers a first-rate art programme that integrates art history with studio projects,
culminating in a gallery-style art show each spring. Each year Linden students
present complex and entertaining interpretations of classic and modern drama,
from Shakespeare to Joy Kogawa. The school's primary students can take advantage
of a certified Orff educator , while one of Toronto's most experienced and best-loved
strings teachers, Ian Guenther, leads strings and band classes. Linden's choir
and band have brought home many awards from the annual Kiwanis Music Festival.
The school has ensured that its students have access to
state-of-the-art computer equipment, software and programming instruction. Computer
lab activities inlcude developing programming skills, designing personal websites
and power point presentations, and in-depth discussions about the personal and
social implications of the Internet. Linden students excel in operating the latest
software and high-tech gadgetry, as demonstrated by the number of annual Science
Fair projects that incorporate computer technology and robotics. Linden
boasts some of the best French teachers in the city. The school does not offer
immersion, yet the quality of the instruction is so high that former French immersion
students are challenged. Girls from an immersion programme typically demonstrate
confidence in speaking, but find that Linden's enriched programme provides a strong
foundation in grammar to support their oral skills. And in most cases, the school
can bring non-immersion students up to speed with their peers from immersion programmes
within two years.
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