Vancouver School Board (School District #39) is a school district

School district

School districts are a form of special-purpose district which serves to operate the local public primary and secondary schools.-United States:...

 based in Vancouver

Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...

, British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

, Canada

Canada

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. A board of nine trustees manage this district that serves the city of Vancouver and the University Endowment Lands

University Endowment Lands

The University Endowment Lands is an unincorporated area that lies to the west of the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada surrounding the University of British Columbia...

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The Vancouver school district is a large, urban and multicultural school district providing programs to 56,000 students in kindergarten to grade 12, over 3,000 adults in adult education programs and over 40,000 in continuing education.

Schools

Elementary schools without articles

Name	Community	Website
Champlain Heights Elementary School	Champlain Heights Champlain Heights Champlain Heights is a neighbourhood in the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.Champlain Heights was one of the last areas of Vancouver to be urbanized...	http://champlain.vsb.bc.ca
Dr. H. N. MacCorkindale Elementary School	Fraserview	http://maccorkindale.vsb.bc.ca
	Constructed in 1967 as the first open-area school in British Columbia
Chief Maquinna Elementary School		http://maquinna.vsb.bc.ca
	Opened in 1954, the majority of students come from homes where English is a second language, Cantonese, Mandarin and Vietnamese are the most prevalent.
Thunderbird Elementary School		http://thunderbird.vsb.bc.ca
Tyee Elementary School	Vancouver District programme	http://tyee.vsb.bc.ca
	Montessori alternative program school

Special programs

• The University Transition Program is an early university entrance program that is located in University of British Columbia
  University of British Columbia
  The University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...
  
  . Students of this program have access to most UBC facilities, and also possess UBC ID cards.
• TREK Outdoor Education Program
• International Baccalaureate programs at Britannia Secondary School
  Britannia Secondary School
  Britannia Community Secondary School is a public community secondary school located in the Grandview–Woodland neighbourhood on the east-side of Vancouver, British Columbia. The school educates its students using a district-wide block schedule program that alternates four blocks every two days....
  
   and Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School
  Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School (Vancouver)
  Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School is named after the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Winston Churchill.Churchill Secondary is one of two International Baccalaureate schools and one of three French Immersion secondary schools in Vancouver.Churchill is fed by the surrounding...
  
  
• City School

Mini schools

Mini schools are enriched programs for highly motivated students. Each year over 1300 students apply for approximately 600 grade 8 spots. Admission is based on admission test marks, grade 7 report cards, applications, and interviews.

Mini schools in Vancouver include Britannia Venture Program, Britannia Hockey Academy, Byng Arts Mini School

Byng Arts Mini School

Byng Arts Mini School is a School District 39 Vancouver Mini School program for literary, media, visual, music, and performing arts. The school is located within Lord Byng Secondary School in West Point Grey in Vancouver, British Columbia....

, David Thompson Odyssey Program, Gladstone Mini School, Hamber Challenge Program, Ideal Mini School

Ideal Mini School

Ideal Mini School is a mini school in Vancouver, British Columbia. It is a complete grade 8–12 high school program. It is generally accepted as the "steward school" of Sir Winston Churchill Secondary, although it is run independently under the leadership of head teacher Jim King.-Entrance:An...

, John Oliver Digital Immersion Mini School, Killarney Mini School, King George Technology Immersion, Point Grey Mini School

Point Grey Mini School

Point Grey Mini Schoolis a district-wide program that offers students enriched learning and social experiences in addition to the regular curriculum. Students are still considered part of the main school and take elective courses there.-External links:*...

, Prince of Wales Mini School, Synergy at Churchill, Templeton Mini School, Tupper Mini, Vancouver Technical Flex Humanities Program, Vancouver Technical Summit Program, Windermere Leadership, and Windermere Athena Arts Program.

External links

• Official site