St. Michael's College School

Great school as for reputation. I may add that institution has earned it as it was part of the NHL as being part of the original 6. Catholic you played for them. What a phenomenal tradition. but the changing to co-ed I'm dead against. I'm not a chauvinistic individual but they have balked with tradition. However with the issue with the abuse issues this was a decision that had to be made. Otherwise the boards image and the image itself as in St. Michaels College School is tarnished. More importantly it's pure politics and funding is a big factor. It's rather snobbish in that respect. Don't like the idea but it has to be respected.

Very happy to have sent my boy here so far. The experience is unlike what I had in my high school days, for the better. That being said, steady increases in tuition are concerning and may sway me from enrolling my second son here. All in all, satisfied with my choice to send my son to St. Mike's.

90% of the negative comments are from people who have no affiliation with the school and have never spent a day among students and staff. I loved my experience at St. Mikes and the actions of 1% of the student body do not represent the school as a whole. Go Double Blue!

Vice Principal called me to the office for putting up a one star review when I had genuine reasons for it. He told me to change it or there would be consequences. I was pressured into giving the school a five star review by a grown man with authority, pathetic if you ask me. If smcs were to be a good school, then the leafs would be a championship team, just isn’t realistic. The only reason I added an extra star is because of Father May, he’s a gem, the only star at smcs!

The school offers students in Grades 7-12 an enriched, Catholic, Liberal Arts education complemented by a number of diverse co-curricular programmes. As a community within the Catholic Church, St. Michael’s strives for excellence through a synthesis of culture and faith.

My son went here and he had a very good experience. They handled COVID situation well with very little interruption to school.

I am a graduate of St.Mikes. I was there from grade 9 to grade 12. I am 28 now, and looking back, I wish my parents would’ve rather sent me to a public school and gave me the $60,000 in tuition when I was mature enough to understand the weight of that cash. I certainly did not in high school, and for a part, it made both my parents and I someone we didn’t want to be. My parents became more expecting of me, and I lost my sense of self because I didn’t want to disappoint them. I think my parents wanted to network me with « right » people, and there were couple guys, but most kids at this school has this burden on them. Even the smartest of kids. If I could go back in time, I’d just pick a good public school, and trust in my own ability to parent my kid and guide him towards his own best self. I have a son now, and as a graduate of this place, If I had to choose between $15,000 a year + seemingly good education (they didn’t even have computer science program during my time), and public high school + save $15k a year for when he will really need it one day, I take saving it for him on future. When I was at St.Mikes, I had no idea what $15,000CAD meant. For me, after dropping out of university, I had to struggle hard to get to where I am now. Religion and « teach me goodness discipline and knowledge » didn’t really help for me. I didn’t learn it until I had to survive in life. Not when my parents were loading my lunch card. If you are a parent looking to invest in your kid’s future, either save it or invest it. Enjoy the free public school system, because one day, he is really gonna need every cent. I make 6 figures now, but I could’ve done it sooner if St.Mikes had a computer science program. I was busy trying to get good grades, I had no sight of anything else. I know public schools had comp sci programs for grade 9 to 12. Should’ve gone to public school!

Currently at the school. It's alright, however some teachers just seem unqualified to teach the curriculum, specifically in the computer engineering course. Some teachers also seem to be qualified, but don't put enough effort into teaching, I've noticed this in the accounting and history department specifically. Two best teachers are Father May, the best religion teacher ever, and Dr. Doyle, the best Latin teacher out there who actually uses Chicago style for history essays. Overall the school is good, decent community spirit, a handful of good teachers, the rest are just okay.