46th Annual Winter Wonderfair

  Our very own Emily Chan was involved in creating this thoroughly insightful and educational document! Thank you, Emily, for your consistent persistence in promoting social responsibility and social justice! ADDRESSING ANTI-ASIAN RACISM: A Resource for Educators

  We Want to Know What You Want! We continue to envision year-long celebratory programming culminating in a grand and joyful event in the Spring of 2023, with both in-person and online festivities. We want to hear from YOU. What would you like to see as part of our big extended ALPHA community 50th anniversary? What’s…

Saturday December 9 11am to 4pm at ALPHA Alternative School – 20 Brant St. A wonderous winter way to celebrate ALPHA, we’ve been waiting 44 years to host at the school! There will be crafts, face painting, entertainment, food (including the famous ALPHA roti), community raffle and a bargain basement full of kids clothing, books…

Dear families and friends of ALPHA students, past & present, Thank you for being part of our extended Alpha community! We are immensely grateful to be part of a school that since 1972, has been encouraging Toronto kids to develop autonomy, creativity, healthy conflict resolution skills and social responsibility through democratic education. ALPHA kids never…

ALPHA Open House – December 11, 2025  If you’re looking for a school where… your child gets a say in what, how, and when they learn your child gets individual feedback instead of grades, tests, or report cards students have lots of time to play, be outdoors, and just be kids kids make decisions together…

  “ALPHA Alternative School, one of the oldest alternative schools in Canada, was founded in 1972 by a group of parents who wanted to educate their children in keeping with the progressive ideas and movements of the day, particularly the free school movement. ALPHA—A Lot of Parents Hoping for an Alternative—was unique in the Toronto…