Principal’s Welcome

Welcome to our website and to the unique educational experience that is offered at Suzuki Charter School. Our mandate is to ensure a rich music education. Through the active discipline of playing an instrument and by integrating the Suzuki Approach into our academic program, many valuable skills are nurtured and developed in our students. In addition, their academic progress is outstanding; they speak French starting in Kindergarten, participate in daily physical activity, acquire leadership skills and contribute to the community.

Our school started in 1985 as a kindergarten with eighteen little violinists and two teachers working to incorporate Dr. Shinichi Suzuki’s method and philosophy of teaching young children to play a musical instrument in an academic school setting. Alberta Education’s visionary plan allowing for educational innovation and the drive and dedication of many parents, staff, and students helped our school to evolve into a successful charter school celebrating its eleventh year of existence with an enrolment of over 250 students and the study of eight musical instruments.

“Our purpose does not lie in a movement to create professional musicians, but to create persons of a beautiful mind and fine ability. We engage in human education through music so that children will grow with beautiful and high sensitivity, through an unparalleled, uniquely musical approach.” Dr. Shinichi Suzuki

Suzuki Charter School aims at developing high potential in each student through its educational method and nurturing environment to create for each child a better life and for us a better world.