About

York Preparatory Academy is a superior alternative to traditional preschool that not simply meets children’s emotional, social, intellectual, and care needs, but also provides hands-on activities-based learning environments that mirror those used at advanced learning institutions for Junior Kindergarten and Kindergarten school aged children. We aim to be a supportive role to the artistic, creative, social, emotional, intellectual, athletic, physical development and above all the personal best of children while striving to inspire them to become lifelong learners and future leaders as well as to prepare them to transition into York Primary School [Grade 1 to Grade 6]

York Preparatory Academy as an innovative action-based, challenged-based and knowledge-based preparatory academy dedicated to equip children with:

1. ACADEMIC LITERACY SKILLS - Language, Arts, Mathematics, Numeracy, Readings, Sciences, and Humanities, etc... / Which is often the missing link for success of children who are struggling to read and write at grade level.
2. FUNCTIONAL LITERACY SKILL - Transcend social barriers through communication in everyday life, self-expression, personal best, diplomacy, global awareness, and service to the greater community.
3. LEARNING EXPERIENCE - Creating relevance, relationships and rigor between students and their social, intellectual, artistic, self-expression and athletic development.

Mandate

York Preparatory Academy’s mandate is to enhance children's early social and motor skills, as well as to expose, implement and instigate advanced introductory studies in Fine and Performing Arts, STREAM [sciences - technology - robotic - engineering - architecture - mathematics], Languages and Communication, Culture and Social Immersion, Athletics and Personal Best into their daily curriculum.

Vision

York Preparatory Academy’s mission is to enrich the growth of children in Junior Kindergarten and Kindergarten through the provision of a safe, nurturing, stimulating, fun, action-based and knowledge-based environment while offering a premium and advanced-based curriculum tailored to the development of “Multi-Talent” and “Multiple Intelligence” children at a cost less than that of the combination of conventional preschool and specific interest based children programs or extra-curricular activities.

Philosophy

York Preparatory Academy dedicates its efforts and resources toward ensuring top-rated care giving services coupled with a high-quality activity based learning environment tailored for Junior Kindergarten and Kindergarten are aligned with our mandate and mission altogether. Our philosophy is based on combining, modeling and implementing an advanced-based learning academic curriculum, non-academic programs and enhanced first class nurturing care services, which tailored distinctively for children and students and delivered in a university-campus setting environment to maximize on:

• Cognitive-Interactionist approaches: which allow children to take an active part in their learning and other developmental areas.
• Action-Based – Challenged-Based and Hands-on Learning: which give children the opportunity to make choices within a safe and supportive learning environment
• Students – Parents – Teachers Involvement – Striving to work together with parents, as a team, to enrich and advance growth through age appropriate programming and activities which support learning in the social, emotional, cognitive, fine motor, language, reading readiness, creative, sensory, and gross motor areas.
• A preparatory Culture of Excellence-Driven Curriculum: that infuses Academics, Performing Arts, STREAM [sciences, technology, robotic engineering, architecture and mathematics], Languages and Communication, Culture and Social Immersion, Athletics and Personal Best tailored specifically to teach and develop “Mufti-Talented and Multiple Intelligence” children and lifelong learners with a passion for curiosity, exploration and discovery