Drawing on almost 20 years of experience producing video games in the U.K., Kalev Tait recently co-founded video-game company Ludic Lemur in 2023 in Vancouver. The Virtual High alumnus had returned, with his young family, to the city where he grew up and where his parents still live. “I spend a lot of my time programming and coordinating the creative [...]
In March this year, Evelyn received a phone call from the Rotary Club of Ashcroft/Cache Creek telling her they were recognizing her as the Youth Citizen of the Year for all the volunteer work she’d done over the two previous years. “It made me happy,” the grade 9 SelfDesign learner says about hearing the news. Almost two years earlier, another [...]
The buzz of summer vacation is here! A favourite time of year for many kiddos, summer is revered as the perfect time to explore, create, be social and spontaneous. It’s also full of opportunities to keep learning! HomeLearners Network (HLN) guides are passionate educators dedicated to helping kids discover new passions and build new skills. They also create inclusive spaces [...]
When our learners find that they’re having difficulties keeping up with or managing their learning, SelfDesign is there to help. Every learner enrolled with SelfDesign® Learning Community can be referred by their learning consultant for support, if needed, from our in-house occupational therapist and speech–language therapist. “Any of our learners with a referral can have up to three sessions with [...]
SelfDesign® Learning Community recently received a glowing performance re-accreditation from the pre-eminent Cognia network. The re-accreditation — SelfDesign’s second since it was first accredited by Cognia in 2011 — demonstrates the school’s continuing success at meeting the needs of its learners and families and helps us see where we can improve further. Cognia offers accreditation and certification, assessment, professional services [...]
Shirley Smith joined SelfDesign® Learning Foundation in February as our chief financial officer. She brings to her role more than 20 years of experience as an executive in the finance sector. Most recently, she was Vice President of Finance and Information Technology with the YMCA of Simcoe/Muskoka, Ontario, a $50-million organization with 1,250 staff. As a transformational senior leader with [...]
Lia Meyer, Class of 2015, still feels that way Lia, a member of SelfDesign® Learning Community’s Class of 2015, came to Canada and Wondertree, SelfDesign’s predecessor in-person school, with her mother, River Meyer. They were living in Colorado when River met Brent Cameron, the founder of Wondertree and SelfDesign, and moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, in 2004 so River could [...]
Grades 10 to 12 at SelfDesign are flexible and customizable, in keeping with our learner-centered approach to learning. We provide a comprehensive, theme- and relationship-based approach to high school that aligns fully with the BC Ministry of Education and Child Care’s graduation program. However, to meet Ministry requirements, grades 10 to 12 are somewhat more structured than earlier years. Learners [...]
“SelfDesign is a unique opportunity to pursue your interests in a different way,” says former SelfDesign learner Erik, a member of our Class of 2019. “It’s also a great opportunity to find like-minded people – which could be hard to do otherwise – but SelfDesign provides the perfect opportunities for these connections to be made.” At SelfDesign® Learning Community, learning [...]
SelfDesign® Learning Community Re-enrolment NOW OPEN If you are a family with learners currently enrolled in our kindergarten to grade 12 program or with learners currently registered in SelfDesign® Home Learning who wish to transfer into SelfDesign Learning Community, we’re happy to welcome you back! Visit our enrolment site to begin the re-enrolment or transfer process Please re-enrol or complete [...]
