These are also drawn from the ranks of the school's extended community and can include alumni and past faculty. A new option would eventually come to the fore: the tiny town of With its larger Quaker community, direct rail link to Toronto, and the ready availability of services to the future campus, logic seemed to dictate a move there, and in 1908, sadness and objections of Alumni notwithstanding, the decision was made to relocate and rebuild the college in Newmarket.
It is located in Newmarket, Ontario in Canada on a 17-hectare (42 acre) property on Bayview Avenue.The school accepts both day students and boarders (Grade 7 through Grade 12 only). It is located in Newmarket, Ontario in Canada on a 17-hectare (42 acre) property on Bayview Avenue.The school accepts both day students and boarders (Grade 7 through Grade 12 only). Nevertheless, we still used pitchers and basins in our rooms for washing and we filled our own jugs at a tap in the bathroom." The Board of Directors has 10 members who are elected from the membership of the Corporation for terms of 3 years. The main building served three purposes: its top floor served as dormitory for students, the basement served as dining room and servants' quarters, and the first floor acted as classroom and administrative facilities. Thankfully the events of 1905 were not repeated, and the year that followed saw the school embark on a major reconstruction and renovation program. With his wife, formerly Miss Ella Rogers B.A., daughter of Samuel Rogers, a well known Toronto figure at that time the school prospered, and attendance grew rapidly. A replica of the original Ruddy well was placed at the site. The tragic death of George Floyd and the ensuing social unrest there, as well as here in Canada and around the world, compels us to speak up.
These are also drawn from the ranks of the school's extended community and can include alumni and past faculty. A new option would eventually come to the fore: the tiny town of With its larger Quaker community, direct rail link to Toronto, and the ready availability of services to the future campus, logic seemed to dictate a move there, and in 1908, sadness and objections of Alumni notwithstanding, the decision was made to relocate and rebuild the college in Newmarket.
In the wintertime, the fields and the slopes down to them could be used by the students for skiing and sledding. Pickering College is an independent, co-educational school for children in grades from Junior Kindergarten through grade 12. The striking new four storey building in Newmarket — named Rogers House in honour of Sam Rogers' and his family's contributions to the school — bore similarities to the old one in function (it served both as dormitory and schoolhouse), however it was very different in design. A number of towns expressed interest in hosting the College and were perhaps more vocal than the Village of Pickering had been. Compared to the facilities of some of its contemporaries, West Lake Boarding School's were somewhat modest and more remote.In 1848 this school was registered under the name West Lake Friends' or Quakers' Seminary.