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PREPESSENTIALS™ - Essential Academic & Leadership Skills Enrichment

PREPESSENTIALS™ is our unique, exclusive and comprehensive essential skills enrichment program designed to instill confidence, inspire creativity and develop the best and the brightest among emergent young leaders. Shining beyond the boundaries of learning™ is the motif of PREPSKILLS® programming, and it is maximized through our PREPTHINK™, PREPWRITE™, PREPSPEAK™, and PREPLEADER™ courses.


PREPSKILLS® Featured PREPESSENTIALS™ Teachers
Rohan W., BPE, BEd, BSc
University of Toronto
University of Windsor
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York University
Trent University
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PREPESSENTIALS™ Testimonial Highlights

Jenny, Student, University of Toronto Schools

"I thought that PREPESSENTIALS™ was a great course, and gave you a chance to try out new ways of doing things that you never might have thought of before. It was very interactive ( for the most part, but the less interactive aspects of the course were informative and satisfying in their own way), and the hands-on experiences, scenarios, and situations really gave me a new perspective on different kinds of leadership and how to use them effectively. PREPESSENTIALS™ was a great course."

Alexandre Nossovskoi, Student, Richmond Hill

"I am delighted to say, that even though I did not gain entry into all of the schools I had in mind, PREPSKILLS undoubtedly gave me the push in mathematics that I needed (brought those marks up into the 90s), increased my essay writing speed (English marks hit the 90s) and taught me many important skills concerning multiple choice tests (at least a 50% increase in speed and an immeasurable gain in the amount of intuitive logic one has when writing these tests.)

Zachary Kent, Student, Campbellville

"It's PREPESSENTIALS™ a fun educational experience! You learn a lot and it's not boring!"

Adriene Donkin-Verschuren, Student, Richmond Hill

"I just wanted to write a quick note to say thank you again for giving me the opportunity to participate in the Prepskills course PREPESSENTIALS™.  It has really helped boost my self confidence in essay writing and has diminished the stress that essays have always caused me!   Our teacher was excellent and I really enjoyed our class discussions.  Although it was a solid two weeks of work in the summer, I nonetheless did enjoy myself and do feel that it has benefited me for the future."

Anne Cheung, Mother of Veronica, St. Clement's School

"I was very impressed with the material covered. Veronica thoroughly enjoyed the classes and said it was the ‘best program’… I couldn’t believe she said that! Veronica developed more confidence, and she improved on her thought processes. She can always reference her experience at this program... I also think the teacher Veronica had was terrific, and that made the difference."

Angelina Fung, Mother, Unionville

"Both boys really enjoy your program.  I was a bit surprise of the  amount of the daily homework especially the first week.  However, the boys did not complain.

I enjoyed watching the kids' s videos and seeing the progress that they made.  The "outside of the box thinking"  was very good.

Janet Qi, Mother, North York

"My son attended PREPSKILLS® SSAT workshop and PREPWRITE™ two years ago. Not only has he improved academically, he has gained confidence and familiarity in taking the SSAT exam as well as private school application/interview process. He has told me that he enjoyed the PREPSKILLS® sessions because he felt challenged by his peers and that the discussions were interesting. He felt he had learned a lot from the sessions. Now, two years later, he asked if he could take a PREPSKILLS® program again in the summer while normally he would hate tutorials of any sort. He sure knows what is good for him!"

Susan, Parent, Etobicoke

"We found the PrepWrite program to be both comprehensive and thorough.  The step by step teaching on the foundation of each type of essay and the opportunity to practice and critique each one was very helpful.  Ms. Julia was very flexible in tailoring the program to specific novels/topics and this made the program interesting.  Her positive attitude and enthusiasm for creative writing were reflected in the way she taught each session.  Her constant encouragement and development of editing skills made for very productive and valuable sessions."

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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
– Arthur Ashe		 Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.
– Oscar Wilde		 Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!
- Dr. Seuss		 The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.
– Sydney J. Harris		 Too often we give our children answers to remember rather than problems to solve.
– Roger Lewin

Shining beyond the boundaries of learning™