Visitor Information

The Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study Laboratory School serves as a setting for observing theoretical and research-based ideas in practice.

Parents who have an interest in the Laboratory School are invited to contact Nancy Boudreau in the school office regarding admissions. Families on our waiting list do not tour the school until such time that a space is in view. The focus of the school day is on children's learning. Interested parents, please visit our Prospective Parents section.

We welcome visits to the Laboratory School by educators and researchers from schools around the world. Please contact the Principal to begin to plan a professional visit to the school. For more information on professional visits, please visit our Professional Visits section.

The following general procedures have been developed to facilitate visits during the day and we appreciate your cooperation.

Policies for Visitors

• All visits must be pre-arranged with the Lab School Principal and/or visitor coordinator.
• Visitors to Jackman ICS identify themselves to reception upon arrival.
• There is a maximum of 5 observers in a classroom at any one time.
• Please allow the classroom program to continue as you observe.
• Staff are able to answer questions either during a break in teaching or at a pre-arranged discussion time after class. The visitor coordinator is available on a pre-arranged basis to discuss the work of the school.
• Your observations are confidential. Please do not discuss them in any of the public areas of the school.
• Arrangements for photographing children or classrooms must be made through the Vice-Principal Richard Messina in advance of your arrival.
  
   

Visiting the School

Address                                       

              45 Walmer Road
              Toronto, Ontario
              M5R 2X2

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 Directions

By Car
There is no on-site parking at the laboratory school. Paid public parking can be found:

• Walmer Road Baptist Church (entrance on Lowther Road) – above ground parking in rear
• 7 Walmer Place (building behind Shoppers Drug Mart on Bloor) – underground parking, entrance on Walmer Road north of subway entrance
• 4 Spadina Road (north of Bloor, west side) – above ground
• 19 Spadina Road (north of Bloor, east side) – above ground

By Transit
By TTC, Jackman ICS can be easily accessed by exiting Spadina Station on the Bloor-Danforth subway line. Exiting onto Spadina, the school is one block north west of Spadina & Bloor Street; exiting at Walmer Road and Bloor Street, Jackman ICS is located north on Walmer. An alternative is the Kendal Avenue exit on the Spadina-University line; Jackman ICS is located one block west on Kendal Avenue and a half-block south on Walmer Road.