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What is Island Discovery?
The Island Discovery Learning Community is an innovative, publicly funded education program based on beautiful Bowen Island, BC. Committed to preserving and enriching the central role of family in children’s learning, the program was founded to support parents looking for an alternative to traditional, full-time schooling. Island Discovery offers students and families two program options.
Program Options
Offering students two and one-half days of classroom time per week, this option allows students to combine teacher-facilitated, small group learning with independent home- and community-based education.
Also referred to as "Distance Education", this option offers teacher and resource support for families wishing to pursue home-based learning full time.
Our learning community offers many opportunities for families in both program options to participate in activities together. Family nights, workshops, and recreational field trips are organized and led by parents, and keep us connected throughout the year.
Who’s that again?
Our new moniker, Island Discovery Learning Community, was adopted in 2008. Formerly known as the Bowen Island Supported Home Learning Program or Learning Centre, we’ve been operating as a Distributed Education Program of the New Westminster School District since September 2003. The District employs British Columbia Teachers Federation certified teachers to provide instruction and support services in both the classroom and distance education components of the program.
LearnNowBC
The LearnNowBC.ca web portal, created by the Virtual School Society, is a single point of entry to information about distributed (online) learning in British Columbia for students, parents and educators.
Please follow the link to the LearnNowBC website.
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