School of Life Experience
Find Your Footing, Make Your Mark!
Now taking admissions for Semester 2.
We are a small TDSB Alternative school that offers students a different approach to high school and a supportive engaging learning environment that works for you. With classes in Art, Media Technology, English, Social Sciences, Math, Science, and Credit Recovery, we have what you need to graduate. Open to students from anywhere in Toronto; if you are between 16-20 years old you can find a place at SOLE to succeed.
Course Offerings for 2025-2026
Arts & Media Technology
Arts & Media Technology
Semester 1:
- AVI3O/3M/4M: Visual Arts
- TGP3M/4M: Photography
- TGV3M/4M: Video Production
Semester 2:
- AVI3O/3M/4M: Visual Arts
- TGJ2O/TGG3/4M: Print & Graphic Design
English & Humanities
English & Humanities
Semester 1:
- HHS4C/4U: Families in Canada
- ENG4C/4U: English
Semester 2:
- HFA4C/4U: Nutrition and Health
- HNB4M: The World of Fashion
- NBE3C/3U: Understanding Contemporary First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Voices
Mathematics & Sciences
Mathematics & Sciences
Semester 1:
- MBF3C/MAP4C: College Mathematics
- SPH3U/4U/4C: Physics
- MCR3U/MHF4U: Functions
Semester 2:
- MDM4U & MCV4U: Data Management & Calculus and Vectors
- SNC4M: The Science of Staying Alive
Our Facilities
Conveniently located in Toronto's east end.
Steps from Coxwell station or the 506 streetcar, our school is on the third floor of Monarch Park Collegiate (accessible by stairs or elevator). Here are some of the resources we have available:
- Small class sizes means plenty of time for one-on-one support with teachers.
- Student-friendly fridge and daily snacks, plus oven and stove for teacher-led cooking.
- Part-time access to a social worker and a special education teacher.
- We offer RCR2O in semester 2 for recovery of Grade 10 credits.
- Complement of 17 Canon Rebel DSLRs, with additional portrait and zoom lenses.
- Assortment of older still and video cameras to explore.
- Green screen and other backdrops with four units of studio lighting.
- Tripods, dollies, and a custom-built steadicam.
- Lab with up-to-date Windows 11 desktop computers.
- Carts of Chromebooks for other classrooms.
- Dedicated studio space with large tables, sink, and drying rack.
- Equipment and materials for screen-printing and button-making.
- Acrylics, watercolours, pastels, pencils, lots of different markers.
- Assortment of magazines, books, and other stuff for collaging.
- Shelves of novels, essays, short stories, and poetry by Indigenous authors.
- Variety of fiction, non-fiction, books and graphic novels for independent study.
- Access to Monarch Park Collegiate's school library.
- Adjacent to Monarch Park and a short walk to Greenwood Park for outdoor learning.
- Nearby two Toronto Public Library branches for extended research.
- In contact with local organizations for guest visits and excursions.
Stay tuned!
Want to know more about us? Check out this playlist of songs put together by current students and staff, and make sure to come back as we continue to add to it!