Inside a Toronto high school with no classrooms or due dates [Video]

Benjamin Vuong, left, and Kerrie H discuss which is the correct beaker for a chemistry experiment they are attempting.

Toronto’s Mary Ward Catholic Secondary School is a regular local high school, with teens goofing around, huddled in groups working on assignments and buried in books preparing for upcoming tests.

But it’s far from typical. There are no traditional classrooms, timetables or due dates. Students pick when to be evaluated. And no bells ring to signal the change of periods. Students can sit where they want for extended lengths of time.

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Michael Wetzel is the principal at Mary Ward Catholic Secondary School in Scarborough.

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Chantle Jovellanos is student council vice-president at Mary Ward. She says self-discipline in crucial to succeed at the school.

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Mary Ward students Alexa Fung, left, a diver on the Canadian junior national team,and Nydel Nelson, who plays …