West Vancouver School District
West Vancouver School District
West Vancouver is an area within the district of British Columbia, which is called a municipality. It’s connected with the city of Vancouver by the means of the Lions Gate Bridge. In this place the first Canadian shopping mall was opened and it’s also a home for the West Vancouver School District.
Programs
West Vancouver School District comprises a number of schools from the elementary to the secondary ones. Together with many values and goals, they promote the need for early learning, offering the programs designated for young children. There is a special free program for children from the very birth to the age of five, which is aimed at boosting their social and mental skills by being surrounded by professional nurses and teachers. West Vancouver School District also has programs for children and their parents providing families with all the necessary facilities for leisure activities and language learning for family members of all ages. By creating these programs, West Vancouver School District stimulates communication between all generations.
West Vancouver School District is a facilitator of the education of indigenous population. Special staff members are allocated in order to guide and advise the representatives of native people, they also organize the professional development events to support the indigenous people in their career success.
West Vancouver School District is famous for the great variety of programs it offers to the students with all kinds of hobbies, interests and life purposes. Some of them are enlisted below.
First, if a student has already chosen their career path and it happens to be in trades, there is a great opportunity for them to be enrolled into the program for training in trade. Students of the eleventh and twelfth grades can take apprenticeship four days a week and study in the high school together with it. Usually such skills can be obtained only in the post-secondary educational establishments, but the program allows a student to graduate from the high school already having working experience. At the end of the program, students are to take an exam after succeeding in which they’re receiving a certificate.
West Vancouver School District cares about providing education for every person whether they have physical disabilities or not. A number of special programs are drawn up for the disabled students to have easy access to exceptional education.
Another program is for the secondary school students of West Vancouver School District who are keen on chemistry and biology. They can apply to the program where they may conduct experiments in the research institutions guided by real scientists who’ll introduce them to the world of science.
Or fashion, arts and design are the topics you may talk about for hours? Then the West Vancouver School District can kindly offer you a course on it. At the end of the course a student works on their portfolio which they can use afterwards when looking for a job. The reason is that exceptional portfolios full of successful cases - this is what is valued the most in the fashion sphere.
High schoolers are offered to participate in the programs devised for reducing the tension when the time comes to choose their future career path. On one of the programs students of West Vancouver School District are trying their best to find out more about various professions by working, interacting with the representatives of the professions who in turn advise them on the different questions and problems students meet during the practice. To be enrolled in the program a student must sit an interview with the school teachers and the employers and also attend the classes of preparation for future employment.
The students of West Vancouver School District who are yoga enthusiasts or want to become yoga instructors can participate in the program, which lasts for two hundred hours. After its completion, a student becomes a qualified teacher of this Eastern practice.
First Aid is an essential skill for every citizen in the 21st century. The schools of West Vancouver School District give an opportunity of learning first aid to become a lifeguard. The program of the course presumes studying swimming, soft skills necessary to work in the sphere and physical training. The prospect of being able to rescue people is surely titillating, but the program is highly competitive: only twenty four students can study in the group, that’s why you need to have outstanding academic achievements and good swimming skills.
Younger students from the grade third to eight have an opportunity to construct robots working with the state-of-the-art equipment and computer system and together with the team of enthusiastic peers.
Six and seven graders can acquire the skills of photography, animation and video making, enhancing their level of creativity and finding new ways of presenting their identity to this world.
The last but not the least is the choir of the schools of West Vancouver School District. To become a part of the choir, an aspiring singer should go through the process of audition. Students learn all the aspects of singing, work on their pitch and ear, and study how to sing in concert with music and other fellow-singers. The students are often offered to sing accompanied by renowned pianist players.
Students of West Vancouver School District don’t cease to study even during the summer time. A student is free to choose what subjects they want to sharpen up: from physics to anatomy. Usually the studies take place in the morning. It’s noteworthy that once a student is registered to the course, it’s a must for them to attend all the classes otherwise they risk being expelled.
If a student studies in one of the West Vancouver School District schools, it means that they can participate in the recreation program held outdoors. Before being enrolled to the course, a student should first participate in the trial version of it to understand if he’s ready, physically and mentally, for the program requiring great stamina. During the course students learn more about the problems of nature contamination, wild life, how to work in a team effectively and other soft skills, including leadership.
As for other sport activities, West Vancouver School District offers students to play volleyball, baseball, badminton, rugby, field hockey and many more.
The success and progress in all the programs enlisted is carefully assessed by the staff of West Vancouver School District so that to encourage students to work more effectively, set the goals and schedule their time correctly.
International Student
West Vancouver School Board welcomes foreign citizens to join the community of dedicated students. An accommodation option for international student is homestay. In essence, it’s becoming a member of the Canadian family. The families can be different with one parent, both parents or single sex. As one of the main values of a homestay program is diversity, it's open for students of all races, gender and sexual identity. One of the family members can also be a pet so inform beforehand if you have any health concerns.
If a foreign student doesn’t have sufficient competency in the English language, West Vancouver School District is ready to suggest a program of learning academic English and get a proper understanding of the culture of Canada.
After achieving a high school diploma, an international student can continue their education in a university or on vocational courses. There is a University Canada West in Vancouver which offers two bachelor’s degree programs on the undergraduate level, as well as the degree of Associate of Arts lasting two years. The last one is also aimed at developing skills essential if one decides to take the step forward in their educational path.
Vancouver Community College can also be chosen by an international student once they got the high school diploma. Here you may study hair design, culinary, hospitality management and even health sciences. To be enrolled in the programs, an international student whose native language is not English needs some supportive documents of their level of English. It may be IELTS with the band of 5.5 or other exams accepted by the college.
Fees
The programs and courses which are attended after or in addition to the main study curriculum, are paid. For example, the annual cost of a badminton course is $3250. The course on fashion costs seventy five dollars, while the safeguard program is around $150 for ten months of training. A year of robotics costs $2500, and a year of media and art course is $1300 which is basically $130 for a month. Participating in a choir will cost $500 a year or $50 for a month, including the price of the uniform and folders.
The fees of the summer courses for the international students is $900 for the elementary course and the same amount is paid for the secondary courses if a student attends them to review their knowledge.
International students have to pay approximately $16000 for a whole year of studies with additional payments for medical insurance, registration and application fees. For West Vancouver School students staying with a host family will cost $1100 per month during a year and fifty five dollars for a night during August.
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