Richmond School District
Richmond School District
Richmond School Board is located in the city of British Columbia, Richmond. The city itself is known for occupying a whole Lulu Island together with a number of other smaller islands. Richmond is ranked as the fourth biggest city in the province with the immigrants share being sixty percent of the city population. Here, in Richmond, two largest Buddhist temples in North America were built so the city seems like one of the most open to other cultures in the world.
Programs
Richmond School District offers various programs for the students including early learning, secondary, elementary and continuing education ones. Continuing education programs of Richmond School District dedicated for people of all ages to brush up on their knowledge on different subjects through attending group or individual classes. For example, there is a program for adults after which a student can achieve a British Columbia certificate of graduation after completing the required number of courses such as English, science or math.
One of the continuing education programs of Richmond School is Mandarin Chinese Studies for native English speakers and non-English speakers from the basic to advanced level.
On the secondary level Richmond School District also has a number of opportunities to offer its students. As it’s important to start preparing for one’s career from the school, Richmond School District allows students to participate in career programs which help students to gain understanding of what they actually need to succeed in life, what occupation they would like to pursue and according to that choose this or that path after graduation from one of the schools of Richmond School District. The program also encourages students and parents to set up a plan and a calendar not to miss important dates and deadlines in case a high school student wants to apply for a higher education institution to study the profession he’d like to go after. For example, Richmond School District students can have training in plumbing, professional cooking, aircraft maintenance engineering and carpentry among a number of other programs. Aircraft maintenance engineer program involves learning theory, hands-on experience in aerospace campus shops which should be held during sixteen months. Students who successfully accomplish the program provided by Richmond School District have a chance to achieve a national certificate from Canadian aviation council after they turn twenty one years old.
For the students who are interested in refurbishing cars, Richmond School Board offers to participate in an auto collision and refinishing program which takes thirty five weeks. Students learn how to deal with electrical repair, sheet metal and body welding in well-equipped auto-collision shops of Vancouver Community College. A student will also have practical experience in a professional real shop which will take them four weeks.
Besides various career programs Richmond School District offers students outdoor education, which aims at teaching students critical thinking, adaptability and problem solving skills which lasts for three years. The program complements academic studies with outdoor activities for the ones who have passion for active past-time.
Another program offered by Richmond School District school is French Immersion, which allows students to learn French even if their parents are not French speaking. The goal of the program is to bring up bi lingual students who can operate English and French languages equally and comprehensively. Students can start to participate in the program either from kindergarten and in the middle school, which is called early and late French Immersion correspondingly. Being articulate in French and English opens up new horizons for the students in terms of employment and acquiring education in higher education institutions in French language, not even mentioning the huge fascinating world of French culture, cinema and literature.
The schools of Richmond School District foster early learning as it’s best for a child to start developing their cognitive and creative skills if they begin to do so from an early age. That’s why parents can entrust their children of zero to five ages to the professional caregivers of Richmond School District so that their children can start learning and communicating with other children which is crucial in their development. Richmond School District also allows Cantonese and Mandarin Chinese speaking children of preschool age to participate in the programs. Among the early learning programs, there are special forest and wilderness days, which include various outdoor activities, programs for the children from the very birth to three years where they sing songs and relax with the help of caregivers and the programs for children older than four so that they find new friends.
The Early learning centre of Richmond School District provides children with education on responsibilities and obligations of adulthood and other learning opportunities.
Richmond School District welcomes international students to study in their schools on long term programs on both levels: elementary and secondary schools. To support international students Richmond School District schools have English learning courses to help students whose native language is not English not to be lost in the English speaking world. International students of Richmond School District are able to participate in the same extracurricular activities as the local students, take an Advanced Placement course, IB, programs for career development and just enjoy studying in schools to the same extent as Canadian students. A full academic year will cost an international student around $28000 including insurance, homestay and custodianship.
Richmond School District also offers foreign students short-term programs during which they can hone their English skills fully immersing themselves into the English language, communicating only with English speakers and enjoying life in the city of Richmond with its coasts and beaches.
One of the short-term programs is a summer camp, which lasts for three weeks and the students from third to twelve grades are eligible to participate there. During the program of Richmond School District students attend English classes and participate in various activities and adventures in parks, science world, Vancouver Aquarium and explore other famous locations in British Columbia. The fee of the summer camp is $2355 for a three weeks program in total together with the health insurance fee. The homestay program will cost an additional $1100.
Accommodation
According to the rules of Richmond School District, younger students are not allowed to live alone in Richmond, only with a person older than twenty five and within a city. So the administration of Richmond School District highly recommends choosing another option which is homestay. They claim that the homestay program is the best way to accommodate and assimilate to the new environment and effectively learn the English language for international students. The host family is obliged to assist international students in everything they find difficult and engage them in different family activities, enhancing their speaking skills and easing the process of getting used to being away from the native country and relatives. Students are provided with food, a private bedroom and constant support from the family members. There is a special service for host stay families, whom you students can reach out to if they encountered any troubles or misunderstanding with the family and can’t find a way to solve them.
Future prospects
After graduation from the high school of Richmond School District, an international student may decide to study in a college or university. If an international student successfully graduates from one of the full time programs of the higher education institutions, then they will have a chance to stay in Canada by obtaining a work-permit if they’ll be eligible for it.
Richmond School District collaborates with Kwantlen Polytechnic University. During studying in a high school a student has an opportunity to earn credits for the university. Kwantlen Polytechnic University welcomes international students and offers them a number of programs after which they can achieve graduate diploma, certificate, baccalaureate degree, post baccalaureate diploma and associate degree. For example, in Kwantlen Polytechnic, a student may learn Advanced Game Development if they want to turn their hobby into a profession. The program’s main aim is to help students to create a portfolio full of work of games they managed to develop during their studies. After completion of the program, international students can work as designers, artists, programmers and project managers in Canada, by obtaining a post-graduation work permit.
Another option for an international student after graduation from the high school of Richmond School Board is to apply for one of the programs of Trinity Western University in Richmond. International students are offered to take undergraduate and graduate studies. For example, the Faculty of Humanity offers to study Political Studies, Sociology, Philips, General Studies, Gender Studies, English and Creative Writing, Intercultural Studies, Geography and Environment. If in the Richmond School District your favorite subject was English or Literature, they try the program of English and Creative Writing after which a student is awarded with a Bachelor of Arts degree. The studies include the courses of becoming a writing tutor, creative writing, major authors, poetry of different ages, modern Canadian literature, Biblical and Classical background of literature, the grammar for such an exam as TESOL, world drama and many others.
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