SCAS is...Our Mission StatementHistory
SCAS is an Adult Day School offering credits leading to college or the workplace. At SCAS, students work towards receiving an Ontario high school diploma.
Educated in a nurturing environment, the students of the Scarborough Centre for Alternative Studies embark on new beginnings leading to apprenticeship, the workplace, further study, other personal endeavours, and through a variety of learning opportunities, develop into responsible members of a democratic environment.
Adult re-entry programs in Scarborough date back to 1977. The first program, one teacher and fifteen students, began in November of that year at Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute. Envisioned was a program which would meet the needs of adults wishing to return to school.
In September 1986, adult programs consolidated and expanded to form Scarborough Centre for Alternative Studies. The need for a new adult school led to a "unique partnership" between the former Scarborough Board of Education and Centennial College which resulted in the opening of a new building on Progress Avenue in September 1994. This new site provides many innovative opportunities.
SCAS has always committed to providing an alternative educational environment for non-traditional learners. Adults earn Ontario Secondary School Diplomas and prepare for Post Secondary Education or employment.
