The VIS Advantage

Academic

Technologically Advanced

Students use their laptops or tablets to access digital textbooks, do presentations, learn programming, and research material for their classes. Students also have access to our digital library.

APEX Learning Center

Students interested in entering universities outside Canada may enroll to take specialized TOEFL, ACT, and SAT prep courses through the APEX Learning Center after school.

University Counseling

SIS Canada provides personalized University Guidance to all enrolled secondary students. This includes course selection, field specific university research, and application to university. Guidance is available in English, French, Chinese, and Korean.

Private Lessons

Extra-curricular private lessons such as music lessons, community sports teams, and foreign languages may be arranged at the parent’s request.

Link to British Columbia Offshore Schools

VIS operates a BC Offshore School Program in South Korea. We also have contact with other BC Offshore schools around the world. Should a student need to return to their home country, there are opportunities for the continuation of their education.

Enhanced Student Care Program

VIS’s Enhanced Student Care Program provides supplementary personalized after school care and regular feedback to parents. 

Active Learning

School Sports

Each student is required to be a part of at least one organized sports activity per semester. Sports help students develop leadership, teamwork, commitment, and responsibility. It is also an important part of healthy living.

Leisure Sports and Sports Clubs

There are opportunities for students to canoe, kayak, hike, orienteer, and participate in outdoor sports clubs.

Public School Exchanges (clubs, activities)

VIS endeavors to create as many opportunities in the community as possible. This may include friendly sports games with other schools, collaborative projects with schools in the area, cultural exchanges, and more.

Regular Field Trips, University Tours

Regular field trips and hands on experience are a vital part of learning at VIS. Students learn much better when they have the opportunity to see and try things. As part of planning for the future VIS offers visits to universities to support more informed decisions. 

Social Development

Accountability

VIS students are taught to be accountable for the actions they choose to take. This may be in the form of following school rules, keeping up with assignments and due dates, or social behavior. All tasks and guidelines at VIS are clearly laid out for students to follow.

Leadership Club

VIS Leadership Club students organize and run school events and are the backbone of the school community. The Leadership Club gives students the tools and experience to become future global leaders.

Volunteering and Work Experience

VIS endeavors to find volunteer and work experience opportunities as per student interests. Volunteering and work experience may also take place during vacations in the student’s hometown or country.

Safe Environment

VIS is a campus removed from the city and negative social influences such as drugs and alcohol. Exposure to these elements that may be present in a homestay or a large city environment are eliminated while studying at VIS.

Clean air and Environment Close to Nature

VIS is located outside the city area, surrounded by lakes and trees. This provides students with a safe, clean, healthy environment where they can learn and play. VIS has an endless number of opportunities for education and activities in nature.

Green Schools^TM Canada

VIS is a proud member of Green Schools^TM Canada. Green Schools^TM is a collection of elementary, middle and high schools throughout Canada that are committed to educating students on ways to care for and improve our environment.