The Bishop Strachan School in Toronto has a big slogan to live up to. It says that 'girls can do anything'.
Principal Kim Gordon said there were several strategies to ensure girls believed this.
From as young as four, they were exposed to science and design technology as well as spacial activities such as construction.
Sport was also encouraged. 'Girls have great fine motor skills, but the large motor skills need to be developed,' Ms Gordon said. 'You need to get them into sport early in life.
'Also I've looked into research into girls and sport and those who have successful university and postgraduate careers were all sportswomen.
'Not every girl is a soccer player so we have a wide variety of sports on offer - this year we introduced archery.'