Nancy Campbell Collegiate Institute

Nancy Campbell Collegiate Institute.

The Nancy Campbell Collegiate Institute is a pre-K through 12th grades (day-school or residential) Canadian accredited international private school now in London, Ontario, Canada. Emphasizing its "twin pillars" of academic excellence and a clear moral framework, NCCI satisfies the Ontario Ministry of Education standards, leading to the Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD). The Institute was named after Nancy Campbell (1905-1980). Campbell was an accomplished pianist, artist, actress and dancer. She lived as a "world citizen", motivated by her belief in the Bahá’í Faith. Campbell worked to promote the ideal of the oneness of humanity. She was a dynamic speaker who travelled throughout the world giving lectures on peace and world unity. Breakwell Education Inc. established NCCI in 1994. Within nine years of its founding, NCCI was among 16 schools rated Number One in a Fraser Institute survey of 816 Ontario high schools.

Twin pillars

Academic Excellence and a defined Moral Framework are twin pillars of the Institute.

The academic curriculum provides graduates are well prepared for post secondary education. Using a mentorship/partnership model of teachers as counsellor, guide and friend and a relationship based on concern and mutual respect. The Upper School (Grade 7 - 12/OAC) academic programs include:

• Science, Design and Technology,
• Wildfire Outdoor Education Centre for Environmental Studies,
• Performing and Visual Arts

Students participate in the Advanced Placement Program in association with the College Board, the American body of college and high school instructors that provide students with college/university level credits for advanced standing when they arrive at post-secondary education institutions. Many students have received scholarships with institutions such as McGill University, McMaster University and the University of Toronto. Other programs include Independent Tutorial and accredited English as a Second Language as needed.

The Moral Framework established by the institute is harmonized with the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. For example, two of the moral capabilities include:

• Thinking systematically and strategically in search for solutions.
• Encouraging others and bringing happiness to their hearts.

In the lower school (JK-Grade 6), the Moral Framework is taught through a curriculum based on The Virtues Project, developed by Linda Kavelin-Popov and others. Teachers are trained in the language of the virtues, to recognize teachable moments for building character, and to encourage students to take responsibility for their own moral development. The school believes self-esteem grows in an environment where self-discipline, sound judgment, and personal transformation are cultivated.

Student life

Formal qualities of student life at NCCI include a "student family", proactive counseling programme, and group spiritual observances. "Student families" are annualized groupings of students of different ages, races, nationalities, religions, talents and abilities who are carefully grouped in a way such that strengths and weaknesses are balanced out by all the members. The families and their faculty sponsors work together to plan and participate in service projects, hold social and family unity activities and consult together on school-related issues. In the counseling programme students learn how to resolve conflicts through effective communication making decisions that are compatible with spiritual and personal values. Effort is also made educate students about the effects of drug and alcohol addictions, safe dating practices, and goal setting. The spiritual life at NCCI is shared by staff and student which observe religious and cultural celebrations from around the world. Service projects are actively formulated with a strong international, but also local, outlook. Students have participated in community service projects in the following countries:

• Australia
• Bolivia
• Chad
• China
• Congo
• The Dominican Republic
• El Salvador
• Greece
• Guyana
• India
• Israel
• Japan
• Papua New Guinea
• Poland
• Ukraine
• Zimbabwe

Campus

The campus is situated in the heart of London, Ontario Canada, at the edge of the Thames River. This campus, with its historical buildings built in the 1870s, has been beautifully restored after NCCI bought out the former Weldon Park Academy which went out of business in 2003. The Institute was founded in 1994 in Stratford, Ontario, Canada.

External links

• Official Website of the Nancy Campbell Collegiate Institute
• Official Website of The Virtues Project
• CEC Information for NCCI
• Teacher appreciation days held in Canada and Australia
• Local History the Bahá’ís of Hamilton, Ontario noting Nancy Campbell among others.

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