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At The Giles School, children are not pre-screened on the basis of standardized tests. In an attempt to counter the exclusive process of private school student selection, Giles instituted a first-come, first-served admissions policy based on the conviction that his unique educational programme would
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In 1989, Giles opened The Giles School (then known as The
Markham School for Human Development) with just a handful of students in an Anglican church in Toronto. The school moved to another location after one year and then again in 1991. In 1994, with increased enrollment, it opened a second campus
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Rental facilities became necessary as the school grew and by 1966 six campuses were set up across the
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Giles' intuition was vindicated by the discovery that appropriate and targeted sensory stimulation is fundamental during formative brain development, or neural pathways will die and that the window of opportunity for cultivating optimal sensory processing is alarmingly brief. The discovery of this
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and established the first examination centre of the
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narrowly defined opportunity for bolstering neural pathway expansion has come to be known as the critical period in early brain development. It determines children's capacity for language acquisition and higher cognitive functioning.
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Giles established the prestigious pre-university competitions, the
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The Giles School was founded on Giles' philosophy of education, which is based on six pillars: early academic intervention, bilingualism, third languages, small classes, highest international standards and love.
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demonstrated that if the visual cortex behind the eye is deprived of stimulation during initial development, it will never be able to process visual information, even if the eye itself is not defective.
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schools. The success of his education model was instrumental in launching French immersion programmes throughout the North American public school system.
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to house senior students. In September 2008, the school merged its locations and moved to a permanent home near York Mills and Leslie in Toronto.
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