Richmond School District

Richmond School District

Year Established : 1998
Curriculum : B.C. curriculum / IB
Type : Co-ed
Day / Boarding : Day
International Student Support : Yes
English Preparation Program : Yes

Highlight / Special Features

The Richmond School District offers academic excellence, varied student programming and world class living all within 25 minutes of downtown Vancouver.

Across Canada, Richmond is considered a leading school district in the development of English Language Learning (ELL) curriculum and assessment and can provide outstanding support to  international students who wish to develop English fluency while studying full time at one of our elementary or secondary schools. Richmond students consistently exhibit exceptional levels of  achievement, demonstrated through high graduation and completion rates, provincial government examination results,  scholarship awards and university entrance acceptance rates.

International students of all ages are offered a wide variety of challenging and exciting long- and short- term study options at 10 secondary and 38 elementary schools.  In addition to core  curricular academic courses,  international students can participate in a variety of specialty programs and unique courses, including : Junior and Senior Years’ International Baccalaureate  (IB),  Advanced Placement (AP), Engineering, Fashion Design, Computer Animation, French Immersion, Music Composition and a number of student clubs and sport teams.