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The Toronto French School (TFS), founded in 1962, is an independent, bilingual, co-educational, non-denominational school in midtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth II, as Queen of Canada, is the royal patron of the school. The school rebranded in 2011 to become TFS – Canada’s International School At TFS, students complete the IB PYP (Primary Years Program), MYP (Middle Years Program) and Diploma Programs (DP), in addition to the National Curriculum of France and the Ministry of Ontario curriculum. it is compulsory for students to study under the International Baccalaureate program in their final two years. Prior to this, students between the ages of 2 and 15 go through a broad bilingual program covering the arts, languages, natural and social sciences as well as mathematics. Furthermore, the school offers numerous side programs that focus on aiding students in expanding to an international level, such as through its optional SAT preparation course. ==History== The Toronto French School was co-founded 9 August 1962 by Harry Giles with his wife, Anna Por, when he issued the articles of incorporation for his non-profit school. In doing this they had the objective of educating its students to become fully bilingual young Canadians, and not just good English Canadians. This would later prove to be a significant factor in distinguishing TFS from other private schools of the Upper Canada establishment, such as UCC and Havergal. The school began as an experiment in home schooling, and its first classes took place in rented Church basements. The experiment was successful. In its first class on September 7, 1962, the school was teaching sixteen 3-5 year olds under a Mme. Nicole Corbi. Only four years later, the Toronto French School owned 6 locations across the GTA and surrounding areas, including the Mississauga Campus it still uses today, and several small facilities that they were renting. In 1972, the school acquired 318 Lawrence Avenue, the former Sifton Manor and made the plot of land its new primary location. The area of Sifton Manor itself was built in 1922 by a Sir Clifford Sifton, and was named ''Armadale'' in honor of his wife, Lady Elizabeth Arma Burrows Sifton. After Clifford sold the house in 1947, it was owned by several other proprioters until Giles' school bought it in 1972. By 1984, the Board of Directors included former Liberal Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and a patron’s council was created with such illustrious names as Bata, Black, Labatt and Eaton.〔McLaren, Leah. "The Scandal at TFS." ''Toronto Life'' 44.1 (Jan. 2010): 42-50.〕 The school also received the official patronage of the Queen. John Godfrey, a former Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) and Cabinet Minister.〔()〕 was headmaster from 2008 until June 2014.〔 Under his leadership, the school rebranded as TFS – Canada’s International School to better reflect the international nature of the bilingual school. In November 2014, the school settled a $1.6 million lawsuit by two Muslim former students who sued for defamation due to the school's handling of a 2008 incident in which the pair were involved in an altercation after they had been subjected to racial slurs. The school apologised for its role in the affair. The former students also agreed in writing that none of the defendants admitted any misconduct in the events giving rise to the litigation. Recent TFS parents include the film director Atom Egoyan and his actor wife Arsinée Khanjian, the journalist Jan Wong, the Ontario Court of Appeal judge John Laskin and the former city councillor Tom Jakobek. Graduates attend Canada's finest universities, and several TFS students every year pursue study at America's Ivy League universities, Oxford, Cambridge or the London School of Economics in Britain. Very rarely, students pursue study in France, and past TFS graduates have studied at the Université Panthéon Sorbonne and the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) in Paris. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Toronto French School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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