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Canterbury School strives to provide a college preparatory curriculum that balances a challenging academic program with opportunities for creativity, curiosity and critical thinking to flourish.

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All Inclusive Arts
From age 2 through Grade 12, Canterbury students have every opportunity to experience the arts in a variety of ways. From vocal and instrumental music to drama and dance to visual art and photography, fine arts courses are an important part of the school curriculum.

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Every Student Makes the Team
At Canterbury, every student makes the team. The interscholastic sports program encourages individual participation and achievement by giving every student an opportunity to learn and play sports competitively. This policy of inclusion is at the core of Canterbury athletics.

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Swimming and Winning

By Natalie A. Trout
Director of Marketing & Communications

He loves to swim. He loves to win.

He also eats a Hershey’s with Almonds before every swim meet for good luck. So far, it’s worked.

Canterbury’s Grade 6 student Patrick Collins has made a real splash in the world of competitive swimming. He’s been swimming with Summit City Aquatics for five years and has been a student at Canterbury since Grade 5.

What is your greatest swimming accomplishment so far?

Patrick Collins (PC): At the last state short course meet, I was in the top five swimmers in the state in three of my events, and I was in the top eight for two other events. I ended up placing 5th in the state overall for total points scored.

What are your swim goals for this year?

PC: I want to qualify for the state meet in as many of my events as possible. I am on the younger side of my age group now, so I have another year to make them.

Who is your coach? What do you like about her?

PC: Coach Jackie Close. She is a very good coach.

How do you manage to balance swimming and school?

PC: Sometimes it is really hard. I have a lot of homework to do, but I also have swim practice five days each week for at least an hour and a half. If I have too much homework to do, I have to skip swim practice or do my homework late at night.