MoneyGrade 6 sample
You save $100 at 5 per cent a year. What do you have after 2 years?
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$110.25. In year two you earn interest on your interest too. That is compound interest.
School skips money, business, real estate and law. We don’t.
Grades 1 to 12, in person. Opening in Oakville in January 2027, with more locations to follow.
What will your child learn?
Grade 7 learns what a mortgage costs.
Every grade gets a year of real-world topics, built up from Grade 1. This is the Big Genius year, taught in January and February.
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Big Genius runs two one-hour classes a week. Students work on paper, in small groups, with a teacher who checks every worksheet. Each grade’s full year is on its program page.
WorksheetBig Genius · Jan and Feb
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- Compound interest
- Stocks and bonds
- How a mortgage works
- Civil versus criminal law
Our own curriculum
Written for every grade from 1 to 12, with Canadian examples.
Small classes
Ten or fewer students, so every child gets a turn.
Certified teachers
Every class is taught by an Ontario Certified Teacher.
Paper and pencil
No screens in class. Worksheets a teacher checks.
Four subjects
One for every grown-up decision.
A real question from each subject. Try one.
BusinessGrade 4 sample
A cup of lemonade costs 30¢ to make and sells for $1. You sell 40. What did you keep?
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$28 profit: $40 in sales minus $12 in costs.
Real estateGrade 9 sample
A $500,000 home with 20 per cent down. How big is the mortgage?
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$400,000. The bank lends what the down payment does not cover.
LawGrade 7 sample
You agree by text to sell your bike for $80. Is that a contract?
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It can be. An offer, an acceptance and something of value can make a contract, even by text.
How a class works
They learn it by doing it.
A jar to save in. A lemonade stand to run. A contract to read.
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In-person classes for Grades 1 to 12. One hour, twice a week, paper and pencil, ten or fewer students, taught by Ontario Certified Teachers. The Oakville classroom at 2380 Bristol Circle opens in January 2027.
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