Student Life
Clubs and Clans
Clubs
Sharing an interest or working together on an activity are wonderful ways to get involved, make friends, learn leadership skills and have fun.
In clubs, girls find kindred spirits who share their interests. Together, they meet regularly, plan initiatives and sometimes attend special events.
In clans, girls come together for friendly competition in groups that span the grades. Students might be competing to support a charity or simply playing high-spirited games against another clan. Either way, the shared experience brings girls together in a fun and supportive environment.
Clans
There are eight clans in both the Junior School and Senior and Middle School, named for our Scottish roots.
For generations, clans have provided a forum for friendly sporting competition, charitable work, spirit-building and the transmission of traditions. Students enjoy belonging to their clan, a small cross-grade group within the school community that promotes school spirit.
Every student and every faculty member belongs to a clan, and Junior Clans are twinned with clans in the Senior and Middle School. Students moving from the Junior School to the Senior and Middle School will automatically be placed in their twinned Senior School clan. Clan placement is also determined by a sibling’s clan or a related alumna’s clan.
Each Senior and Middle School clan has a Senior Leader, elected by its own members, and an elected representative from Grade 8.
For generations, clans have provided a forum for friendly sporting competition, charitable work, spirit-building and the transmission of traditions. Students enjoy belonging to their clan, a small cross-grade group within the school community that promotes school spirit.
Every student and every faculty member belongs to a clan, and Junior Clans are twinned with clans in the Senior and Middle School. Students moving from the Junior School to the Senior and Middle School will automatically be placed in their twinned Senior School clan. Clan placement is also determined by a sibling’s clan or a related alumna’s clan.
Each Senior and Middle School clan has a Senior Leader, elected by its own members, and an elected representative from Grade 8.
More about our Clubs
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Junior School Co-curriculars
Art ExpressionBalletCartooning ClubChoirCreative Memories Scrapbooking ClubFree SwimIrish Dancing ClubJazz DancePercussion and Recorder ConsortPortrait Painting ClubPuppetryTennisUltimate Frisbee ClubYoga Club -
Senior and Middle School Co-curriculars - Arts
BH Dance Crew (Grades 7-12)The Creative Outlet (Grades 7-8)The Creative Outlet (Grades 9-12)Drama (Grades 7-8)Creative Memories Scrapbooking ClubDrama (Grade 9)Drama (Grades 10-12)Improv Club (Grades 9-12)Jazz Choir (Grades 9-12)Kilt Press (student newspaper) (Grades 7-12)Perennial (arts magazine) (Grades 7-12)Writers' Guild (Grades 7-12) -
Senior and Middle School Clubs and Societies
Animal Rights Club (Grades 7–12)Café Français – (French Club) (Grades 7–9)Classics Club (Grades 7–12)Culinary Society (Grades 7–12)Debating Society (Grades 7–12)Duke of Edinburgh Awards (Grades 9–12)Games Club (Grades 7–12)Gay-Straight Alliance (Grades 9–12)Geography Club (Grades 7–12)Innovation Club (Grades 7 & 8)I-Teams (Grades 7–12)KIVA (Grades 7–12)Mandarin Club (Grades 7–12)Middle School Science Workshop (Grades 7-8)Peer Support (Grades 10–12)Public Affairs (Grades 7–12)Red Maple Reading (Grades 7 & 8)Round Table Society (Grades 9–12)SLOGAN (Grades 7–12)Spanish Club (Grades 7-9) -
Committees and Councils
Sustainability: GAIA Environmental ClubIn this council, the students are passionate about helping the school to have sustainable practices and facilities. They have the support of the Sustainability Co-ordinator, a position in the school that oversees all of our green initiatives.Community ServiceAlso supported by a Co-ordinator, the Community Service Council includes members from all grades in the Senior School.ArtsThis council works towards supporting arts celebrations. They have representatives from all grades in the Senior and Middle School who work together to generate interest in Arts events, create events such as IB Jammin' and Collage, and work with the Arts' Prefect.Beta KappaThis group of socially minded girls helps organize events between schools, such as dances and holiday events.Our HouseIn the Middle School, students on the Our House Committee decorate the Middle School wing, organize community service events and run lunchtime activities for Middle School students.AssemblyThe Assembly Committee helps to organize the speakers and presentations for the monthly Middle Schiool assemblies. They also emcee the assembly and sometimes make a special appearance as the birthday fairy.Clubs Task ForceThis council oversees new club applications, reviews clubs' progress and sustainability, and works with various community groups such as IT, to ensure that clubs are supported.Student Leadership Task ForceThis committee periodically reviews the leadership model to ensure it is current and relevant.Boarding CouncilsFrom planning activities and events to ensuring the meals meet everyone's tastes and dietary needs, the Boarding Council works with boarding advisors, administrators and students to oversee life in Boarding. -
Music Ensembles
Senior ChoirChamber ChoirChamber StringsConcert BandJazz Choir (Grades 9-12)Stage BandSymphony Orchestra (Grades 7-12)
Land Acknowledgement
We wish to acknowledge this land on which Branksome operates. For thousands of years, it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and most recently, the Mississaugas of the Credit River. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous peoples from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work and go to school on this land.
Branksome Hall
10 Elm Ave, Toronto, ON, Canada
M4W 1N4
10 Elm Ave, Toronto, ON, Canada
M4W 1N4
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