FUNDING PRIORITY: CAMPUS GREENING & SUSTAINABILITY ENDOWMENT FUND OUR GOAL IS TO RAISE
$250,000 BY THE END 2024 Establishing this permanent endowed fund creates immediate opportunities for change. As the fund grows, so too does the size and scope of its impact. Short-term: support staff and student initiatives and education. Funding for clubs and councils to think, act, and create change on our campus and beyond. Mid-term: support a Chair—funding and resources for a dedicated leader to drive our ecological priorities and school culture. Long-term: support larger-scale capital projects—funding to implement operational and physical plant efficiencies toward a sustainable future for our campus.
15800 Yonge St. Aurora, ON L4G 3H7 Canada
OUR CAMPUS
This fund is about education and implementation:
IMPLEMENTATION
Our St. Andrew’s College campus sits on 126 acres of land, encompassing rolling fields and hillsides, the Shad Creek and Lake Simcoe Watershed, forested trails, and Willow Farm. The physical plant occupies over 300,000 square feet of buildings, a mix of historic Georgian architecture and modern state-of-the-art space, that house our nearly 125-year-old academic programs and traditions. We have carried out our mission on this Aurora campus since 1926, a place many young men have been proud to call home.
EDUCATION
Campus Infrastructure & Environmental Chair
OUR FUTURE We know that this campus carries a significant environmental impact: our ecological footprint. We endeavour to create a thriving, sustainable campus for the next 100 years and beyond and a community of Andreans who inspire ecological citizenship beyond our gates. This requires education and implementation using a holistic approach across all areas of school life, including academics, co-curricular programming, facilities and maintenance, communication, and school culture. While we have been on this path for many years, our efforts have come more into focus as we near an important milestone: 100 years at our Aurora campus in 2026.
Andrean Experience & Community Engagement Education for sustainability involves all members of our on-campus community: students, employees, and families. We aim to incorporate ecological citizenship concepts into our academic curriculum, co-curricular activities and clubs, outdoor education, and professional development.
Reduce our carbon footprint/greenhouse gas emissions Reduce water consumption Enhance biodiversity/nature spaces on campus Model best practices with respect to high-efficiency technology in new buildings
The Outdoor Education and Leadership program contributes significantly to environmental stewardship and curricular-specific learning objectives. Staff and students engage in volunteer service projects outside our gates, lead trail-building and reforestation efforts, and partner with climate action organizations.
IN ACTION:
Green Groups provide joint staff and student co-curricular opportunities. The Environmental Task Force for employees oversees academic departments and physical plant operations; our Environmental Council in the Upper School and Green Team in the Middle School invoke student leadership in this field.
Naturalization of the boardwalk at Willow Farm along Yonge Street, student planting native plants and trees to increase and protect the environment for native species, ultimately protecting the Shad Creek and Lake Simcoe Watershed
Examples of our Green Groups in Action 2023
Blind Beyond Burger taste-test
La Brier Family Arena – Geothermal Energy field to power arena
SmartGATE Power Impact Controller on main electrical switchgear: mitigate and remediate negative energy events
ENVIRONMENTAL TASK FORCE
Convert all street lighting to LED
Eliminate single-use plastics from daily use and campus events. Boarding House and Master’s Row waste management:
OPERATIONS
-Electronics recycling program
Reduce waste and increase recycling
-Health Centre and Athletics PPE recycling
Reduce paper consumption and increase the purchase of recycled content
-Implement a compost program for all on-campus residents
Participate in EcoSchools Canada:
Model best practices in sustainable food services Greening computing equipment and IT services
-Apply for certification ($1,000) by creating an environmental action plan
To establish a unique, long-term endowment fund that will grow over the years alongside and in support of our environmental initiatives. A sustainable fund for sustainability! An endowment to fund not just a singular project but to provide opportunities annually to support education, studentled initiatives, community partnerships, and ultimately larger-scale campus infrastructure.
PHYSICAL PLANT & FACILITIES
Starting in Middle School, we introduce environmental issues to understand basic concepts and ecological literacy from campus exploration and monitoring water quality in Shad Creek to calculating basic personal eco-footprints and auditing energy source efficiencies. In the Upper School, our academic focus is implementing environmental solutions to real-world issues across various disciplines, including science, economics, and politics.
ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL
OUR GOAL
The school engages in a comprehensive environmental action plan every five years to reduce our ecological footprint. As we look toward our 100th anniversary in Aurora in 2026, our focus is on our Physical Plant, Operations, and establishing an Environmental Chair.
Specifying environmentally-friendly products where feasible and affordable
-Establish EcoTeam to accomplish each action to earn points
IN ACTION:
-Upward of 50 actions to choose from and implement, specific to St. Andrew’s
Hybrid security vehicle
-EcoSchools tracks data-driven progress, compares across other Canadian schools, and ranks certifications from bronze to platiunum
GREEN TEAM
-Program runs over a three-year cycle
-Lights Out competition
Earth Week activities: -Seed planting competition -Nature Scavenger Hunt to familiarize campus native species
Waste Management: Boarding houses, Cole Hall, Masters Row, and specialty spaces (science labs, computer departments, engineering and robotics) Grounds & Maintenance: Liquid salt solutions, eliminate pesticides, etc. Elimination of single-use plastics Converting Cole Hall kitchen fridges from water-cooled refrigeration to conventional Facilities cleaning: shift to 90% certified green cleaning products
ENVIRONMENTAL CHAIR Integrating a robust environmental program requires a Chair who can lead our school on this journey. An individual or team dedicated to our strategic green priorities and provided with the resources to set and meet our goals while drawing on the expertise of our stakeholders. This Chair is critical to the education and implementation of ecological pursuits and establishing St. Andrew’s as a leader among independent schools in Canada.
OUR CAMPUS
This fund is about education and implementation:
IMPLEMENTATION
Our St. Andrew’s College campus sits on 126 acres of land, encompassing rolling fields and hillsides, the Shad Creek and Lake Simcoe Watershed, forested trails, and Willow Farm. The physical plant occupies over 300,000 square feet of buildings, a mix of historic Georgian architecture and modern state-of-the-art space, that house our nearly 125-year-old academic programs and traditions. We have carried out our mission on this Aurora campus since 1926, a place many young men have been proud to call home.
EDUCATION
Campus Infrastructure & Environmental Chair
OUR FUTURE We know that this campus carries a significant environmental impact: our ecological footprint. We endeavour to create a thriving, sustainable campus for the next 100 years and beyond and a community of Andreans who inspire ecological citizenship beyond our gates. This requires education and implementation using a holistic approach across all areas of school life, including academics, co-curricular programming, facilities and maintenance, communication, and school culture. While we have been on this path for many years, our efforts have come more into focus as we near an important milestone: 100 years at our Aurora campus in 2026.
Andrean Experience & Community Engagement Education for sustainability involves all members of our on-campus community: students, employees, and families. We aim to incorporate ecological citizenship concepts into our academic curriculum, co-curricular activities and clubs, outdoor education, and professional development.
Reduce our carbon footprint/greenhouse gas emissions Reduce water consumption Enhance biodiversity/nature spaces on campus Model best practices with respect to high-efficiency technology in new buildings
The Outdoor Education and Leadership program contributes significantly to environmental stewardship and curricular-specific learning objectives. Staff and students engage in volunteer service projects outside our gates, lead trail-building and reforestation efforts, and partner with climate action organizations.
IN ACTION:
Green Groups provide joint staff and student co-curricular opportunities. The Environmental Task Force for employees oversees academic departments and physical plant operations; our Environmental Council in the Upper School and Green Team in the Middle School invoke student leadership in this field.
Naturalization of the boardwalk at Willow Farm along Yonge Street, student planting native plants and trees to increase and protect the environment for native species, ultimately protecting the Shad Creek and Lake Simcoe Watershed
Examples of our Green Groups in Action 2023
Blind Beyond Burger taste-test
La Brier Family Arena – Geothermal Energy field to power arena
SmartGATE Power Impact Controller on main electrical switchgear: mitigate and remediate negative energy events
ENVIRONMENTAL TASK FORCE
Convert all street lighting to LED
Eliminate single-use plastics from daily use and campus events. Boarding House and Master’s Row waste management:
OPERATIONS
-Electronics recycling program
Reduce waste and increase recycling
-Health Centre and Athletics PPE recycling
Reduce paper consumption and increase the purchase of recycled content
-Implement a compost program for all on-campus residents
Participate in EcoSchools Canada:
Model best practices in sustainable food services Greening computing equipment and IT services
-Apply for certification ($1,000) by creating an environmental action plan
To establish a unique, long-term endowment fund that will grow over the years alongside and in support of our environmental initiatives. A sustainable fund for sustainability! An endowment to fund not just a singular project but to provide opportunities annually to support education, studentled initiatives, community partnerships, and ultimately larger-scale campus infrastructure.
PHYSICAL PLANT & FACILITIES
Starting in Middle School, we introduce environmental issues to understand basic concepts and ecological literacy from campus exploration and monitoring water quality in Shad Creek to calculating basic personal eco-footprints and auditing energy source efficiencies. In the Upper School, our academic focus is implementing environmental solutions to real-world issues across various disciplines, including science, economics, and politics.
ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL
OUR GOAL
The school engages in a comprehensive environmental action plan every five years to reduce our ecological footprint. As we look toward our 100th anniversary in Aurora in 2026, our focus is on our Physical Plant, Operations, and establishing an Environmental Chair.
Specifying environmentally-friendly products where feasible and affordable
-Establish EcoTeam to accomplish each action to earn points
IN ACTION:
-Upward of 50 actions to choose from and implement, specific to St. Andrew’s
Hybrid security vehicle
-EcoSchools tracks data-driven progress, compares across other Canadian schools, and ranks certifications from bronze to platiunum
GREEN TEAM
-Program runs over a three-year cycle
-Lights Out competition
Earth Week activities: -Seed planting competition -Nature Scavenger Hunt to familiarize campus native species
Waste Management: Boarding houses, Cole Hall, Masters Row, and specialty spaces (science labs, computer departments, engineering and robotics) Grounds & Maintenance: Liquid salt solutions, eliminate pesticides, etc. Elimination of single-use plastics Converting Cole Hall kitchen fridges from water-cooled refrigeration to conventional Facilities cleaning: shift to 90% certified green cleaning products
ENVIRONMENTAL CHAIR Integrating a robust environmental program requires a Chair who can lead our school on this journey. An individual or team dedicated to our strategic green priorities and provided with the resources to set and meet our goals while drawing on the expertise of our stakeholders. This Chair is critical to the education and implementation of ecological pursuits and establishing St. Andrew’s as a leader among independent schools in Canada.
OUR CAMPUS
This fund is about education and implementation:
IMPLEMENTATION
Our St. Andrew’s College campus sits on 126 acres of land, encompassing rolling fields and hillsides, the Shad Creek and Lake Simcoe Watershed, forested trails, and Willow Farm. The physical plant occupies over 300,000 square feet of buildings, a mix of historic Georgian architecture and modern state-of-the-art space, that house our nearly 125-year-old academic programs and traditions. We have carried out our mission on this Aurora campus since 1926, a place many young men have been proud to call home.
EDUCATION
Campus Infrastructure & Environmental Chair
OUR FUTURE We know that this campus carries a significant environmental impact: our ecological footprint. We endeavour to create a thriving, sustainable campus for the next 100 years and beyond and a community of Andreans who inspire ecological citizenship beyond our gates. This requires education and implementation using a holistic approach across all areas of school life, including academics, co-curricular programming, facilities and maintenance, communication, and school culture. While we have been on this path for many years, our efforts have come more into focus as we near an important milestone: 100 years at our Aurora campus in 2026.
Andrean Experience & Community Engagement Education for sustainability involves all members of our on-campus community: students, employees, and families. We aim to incorporate ecological citizenship concepts into our academic curriculum, co-curricular activities and clubs, outdoor education, and professional development.
Reduce our carbon footprint/greenhouse gas emissions Reduce water consumption Enhance biodiversity/nature spaces on campus Model best practices with respect to high-efficiency technology in new buildings
The Outdoor Education and Leadership program contributes significantly to environmental stewardship and curricular-specific learning objectives. Staff and students engage in volunteer service projects outside our gates, lead trail-building and reforestation efforts, and partner with climate action organizations.
IN ACTION:
Green Groups provide joint staff and student co-curricular opportunities. The Environmental Task Force for employees oversees academic departments and physical plant operations; our Environmental Council in the Upper School and Green Team in the Middle School invoke student leadership in this field.
Naturalization of the boardwalk at Willow Farm along Yonge Street, student planting native plants and trees to increase and protect the environment for native species, ultimately protecting the Shad Creek and Lake Simcoe Watershed
Examples of our Green Groups in Action 2023
Blind Beyond Burger taste-test
La Brier Family Arena – Geothermal Energy field to power arena
SmartGATE Power Impact Controller on main electrical switchgear: mitigate and remediate negative energy events
ENVIRONMENTAL TASK FORCE
Convert all street lighting to LED
Eliminate single-use plastics from daily use and campus events. Boarding House and Master’s Row waste management:
OPERATIONS
-Electronics recycling program
Reduce waste and increase recycling
-Health Centre and Athletics PPE recycling
Reduce paper consumption and increase the purchase of recycled content
-Implement a compost program for all on-campus residents
Participate in EcoSchools Canada:
Model best practices in sustainable food services Greening computing equipment and IT services
-Apply for certification ($1,000) by creating an environmental action plan
To establish a unique, long-term endowment fund that will grow over the years alongside and in support of our environmental initiatives. A sustainable fund for sustainability! An endowment to fund not just a singular project but to provide opportunities annually to support education, studentled initiatives, community partnerships, and ultimately larger-scale campus infrastructure.
PHYSICAL PLANT & FACILITIES
Starting in Middle School, we introduce environmental issues to understand basic concepts and ecological literacy from campus exploration and monitoring water quality in Shad Creek to calculating basic personal eco-footprints and auditing energy source efficiencies. In the Upper School, our academic focus is implementing environmental solutions to real-world issues across various disciplines, including science, economics, and politics.
ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL
OUR GOAL
The school engages in a comprehensive environmental action plan every five years to reduce our ecological footprint. As we look toward our 100th anniversary in Aurora in 2026, our focus is on our Physical Plant, Operations, and establishing an Environmental Chair.
Specifying environmentally-friendly products where feasible and affordable
-Establish EcoTeam to accomplish each action to earn points
IN ACTION:
-Upward of 50 actions to choose from and implement, specific to St. Andrew’s
Hybrid security vehicle
-EcoSchools tracks data-driven progress, compares across other Canadian schools, and ranks certifications from bronze to platiunum
GREEN TEAM
-Program runs over a three-year cycle
-Lights Out competition
Earth Week activities: -Seed planting competition -Nature Scavenger Hunt to familiarize campus native species
Waste Management: Boarding houses, Cole Hall, Masters Row, and specialty spaces (science labs, computer departments, engineering and robotics) Grounds & Maintenance: Liquid salt solutions, eliminate pesticides, etc. Elimination of single-use plastics Converting Cole Hall kitchen fridges from water-cooled refrigeration to conventional Facilities cleaning: shift to 90% certified green cleaning products
ENVIRONMENTAL CHAIR Integrating a robust environmental program requires a Chair who can lead our school on this journey. An individual or team dedicated to our strategic green priorities and provided with the resources to set and meet our goals while drawing on the expertise of our stakeholders. This Chair is critical to the education and implementation of ecological pursuits and establishing St. Andrew’s as a leader among independent schools in Canada.
FUNDING PRIORITY: CAMPUS GREENING & SUSTAINABILITY ENDOWMENT FUND OUR GOAL IS TO RAISE
$250,000 BY THE END 2024 Establishing this permanent endowed fund creates immediate opportunities for change. As the fund grows, so too does the size and scope of its impact. Short-term: support staff and student initiatives and education. Funding for clubs and councils to think, act, and create change on our campus and beyond. Mid-term: support a Chair—funding and resources for a dedicated leader to drive our ecological priorities and school culture. Long-term: support larger-scale capital projects—funding to implement operational and physical plant efficiencies toward a sustainable future for our campus.
15800 Yonge St. Aurora, ON L4G 3H7 Canada
FUNDING PRIORITY: CAMPUS GREENING & SUSTAINABILITY ENDOWMENT FUND OUR GOAL IS TO RAISE
$250,000 BY THE END 2024 Establishing this permanent endowed fund creates immediate opportunities for change. As the fund grows, so too does the size and scope of its impact. Short-term: support staff and student initiatives and education. Funding for clubs and councils to think, act, and create change on our campus and beyond. Mid-term: support a Chair—funding and resources for a dedicated leader to drive our ecological priorities and school culture. Long-term: support larger-scale capital projects—funding to implement operational and physical plant efficiencies toward a sustainable future for our campus.
15800 Yonge St. Aurora, ON L4G 3H7 Canada