The Independent Schools Association of British Columbia (ISABC) welcomes 11,700 students annually at 23 member schools. ISABC has a long standing tradition of providing outstanding learning experiences for young people of British Columbia and beyond.
This US college fair is the first of its’ kind for Vancouver, and we are looking forward to making this an annual event.
Participating Vancouver independent schools include Collingwood School, Crofton House School, Fraser Academy, Glenlyon Norfolk School, Little Flower Academy, Meadowridge School, Mulgrave School, Shawnigan Lake School, Southp...
This college fair is the first of its’ kind for Vancouver, British Columbia. We are looking forward to making this an annual event. Your interest and participation in this event is most welcome and greatly appreciated by the students and parents from Vancouver independent schools.
This spring, a postcard was mailed to various US colleges announcing the first annual Vancouver Area Independent Schools (VAIS) College Fair, scheduled for Wednesday, October 19, 2011.
West Point Grey Academy students in grades 5, 11 and 12 participated in Student Vote on Friday, April 29, after having four Vancouver Quadra candidates from the Liberals, NDP, Conservatives and Green Party speak to students at our school over the past week. CTV was at the school on Friday to film our participation in Stu...
West Point Grey Academy is pleased to announce that grade 12 student, Erin Sachs, will be recognized today, Wednesday, April 6, by BC Ambulance Service for performing CPR to resuscitate Vancouverite, Susan Giffin, who had suffered from a near-fatal heart attack on a post-event bus ride during the Winter Olympics last year.
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On March 5, WPGA Athletic Director and Varsity Boys’ Basketball Coach, Mr. Bob Dodds, was honoured with the "Mike Potkonjak Coaching Excellence Award”, recognizing the Lower Mainland High School Basketball Coach of the Year. The BC Lower Mainland High School Basketball Association presented Mr. Dodds with thi...
Meadowridge School is pleased to host a full day workshop with Corey Zylstra from Orton-Gillingham on Friday, February 18th, 2011 from 9:00 to 4:00.
Corey will be working with Junior Kindergarten to Grade 5 students on spelling practices including:
• Spelling rules
• Syllabication
• Sight words
• Word morphology
The cost for the full day, includes snacks and lunch.
This past weekend at Beaver Lake, Victoria, the WPGA senior girls cross-country team made WPGA and BC High School Sports history by winning the 'AAA' championships. They are first WPGA team to win a provincial banner, and the first 'A' team to win the 'AAA' title in the sport's 40 year history. It was ...
This is the second of two workshops with Adrienne Gear; the first workshop was held on September 30, 2010.
Stratford Hall is hosting noted literacy mentor and workshop leader, Adrienne Gear, for a tandem set of workshops this year on her Reading Power approach to literacy.
The 2010 ISAA Senior Boys Soccer Tournament is hosted by St Michaels University School and Glenlyon Norfolk School. The main venue is the St. Michaels University School Senior campus with some games played at Glenlyon Norfolk School.
Our new math curriculum at Crofton House School has a focus on connection-making and communication, on reasoning and problem-solving. This raises a few important questions: What kinds of tasks can we ask to promote this kind of thinking math classroom? What questions can we ask to engage all learners in important mathematics? How can we deepen conceptual understanding and promote talk in our math classrooms? Come and learn structures for good questions and for designing tasks that will ensure your students are engaged in deep thinking. Be prepared to play!
