We look forward to welcoming you on campus on Tuesday, September 2, 2025.

We will be waiting near the Gate House to welcome you! From there, you will head straight to your house to meet and connect with your Head of House, Associate Faculty and Advisor. You’ll have time to unpack (if you’re a boarder), connect with the other Grads in your house, and sort out your school uniform, as needed. If your parents are with you, you can enjoy brunch together in our dining hall before you say goodbye.

Our hope is that by the end of the day, our new Grads will begin to feel at home at The Grove.



Handy items to have: water bottle, hat

Important Note for Arrival Time:
Students are strongly encouraged to plan travel that allows them to arrive on campus during the identified timeframe on their dedicated arrival day. We understand that flight schedules may present challenges and that siblings coming from outside of Ontario may wish to travel together. If (off-campus) early arrival support is required, please contact Jen Horrigan for more details.

You’ll spend Wednesday together with your entire Grade 12 Class participating in our Grad Leadership Conference and helping prepare to welcome our new students to campus the next day. The day ends with your Grad Class picture, a formal dinner, Grad Opening Chapel and a special dessert at Ms. Kee’s (our Head of School) house.  

Important Note for Day Students:
All Day Student Grads are invited to spend tonight on campus,
sleeping over in your houses. To be prepared, please ensure that you bring your Formal Dress, bathing suit and towel with you along with what you need to sleep over on Wednesday.

On Thursday morning, you will help welcome our new Grade 9-11 students to campus. In the afternoon, you will lead house get-to-know-you activities and games and set the tone in your houses. 

In the afternoon, you will help to welcome our returning Grade 9-11 students to campus, and bring your whole house together to get to know each other and enjoy your first dinner in the Dining Hall together. 

This evening, your whole house will participate in your first Advisor Challenge!

Dress expectations: Grad t-shirts (provided) and comfortable clean casuals that you can wear outside

Handy items to have: water bottle, hat, laptop, pen, paper

Our Grade 12s will be preparing for, and heading out on, their three-night, four-day Algonquin Expedition. They will depart for Algonquin Park on early Tuesday, September 9, and return to campus by 4pm on Friday, September 12. Students will travel in house groups with two staff members, canoeing, portaging, preparing meals over camp stoves and sleeping in tents.