Junior School

Developing Lifelong Learners

KCS Junior School offers both a rigorous and supportive academic culture because students deserve both.

Students know that performance matters and they strive to do their best, accepting guidance on how to do so.

But of course, the learning process is just as essential as their performance.

So they are encouraged to take risks and see their mistakes as opportunities for further learning.

KCS Junior School is focused on our Four Doors to Learning Program, Habits of Mind, Body, and Action, the KCS Learning Skills and our Three School Rules. We are also firmly committed to our students’ health – physical, mental, intellectual, and emotional. We work to nurture a culture that honours the importance of all these elements, creating unique opportunities and processes so that a child’s experience at school is the best it can be.

Junior School

We invite you to come and visit. Experience the difference that a KCS education provides and expand what is possible for your child.

Four Doors to Learning in the Junior School

Three School Rules

KCS Habits of Mind, Body, and Action to Leaders in Learning

KCS is a community of lifelong learners, devoted to establishing the habits of lifelong learning in our students. Students learn to identify and exercise the Habits from the youngest ages, helping them better articulate and understand how to approach and respond to new learning and experiences.

These Habits are built from one moment to the next. They are built when greeting a friend in the hall with respect. They are built when taking a responsible risk and trying a new club or team. They are built slowly, carefully, and continuously.

Habits of Mind™ is a trademarked concept that articulates much of the Junior School curricular focus at KCS. These habits are designed to foster and develop 15 different intelligent behaviours that have been identified as top priorities among leading educators around the world. KCS went further and added Habits of Body and Habits of Action. These habits help our students develop healthy lifestyles, positive self-esteem, and strong social skills.

Building on the Habits, all of our Senior School students will grow as Leaders in Learning, with integrity, insight, and ingenuity. These traits are woven into the Senior School courses and co-curricular, by design.