Quest Alternative Senior School is a unique educational institution within the Toronto District School Board that serves one class of Grade 7s and one class of Grade 8s. Quest was founded in 1983 by two teachers with a dream of creating authentic learning opportunities based on outdoor education and experiential learning. While Quest has changed substantially over the past four decades, it has fastidiously maintained its commitment to providing students with hands-on learning, educational opportunities beyond the classroom, and unrivaled community support. Today, students engage in large, collaborative, multidisciplinary projects that utilize innovative pedagogy to hone global competencies and the cultivate 21st-century skills. Long-standing Quest traditions like overnight trips, live performances, family studies, and industrial arts mingle with technological skills like website creation, 3D printing, and digital video editing. Quest educators maintain high academic, social, and behavioral expectations for all students and ask them to be punctual, engaged, and enthusiastic members of our educational community. We task them with taking ownership of their education and Quest itself in a two-year program in which they are our most valuable stakeholders.

Quest Alternative Senior School is located at 25 Bain Avenue,
on the 3rd floor of Withrow Avenue Jr. Public School