speechless. this school is perfect. teachers are great, class materials are great, sports teams…read moretoo! you can never get bored

Classroom Horribly lit and is like a prison. Would not…read morerecommend going to this school as all the classes are lit up like this and it causes a lot of visual issues.

So far so good This…read moreestablishment is a not for profit organization offering various services as well as sponsoring Chinese themed events. I'm writing about the Chinese language school, kindergarten in Cantonese. My daughter has started it. It's basically immersion in Cantonese. I suspect the language school is the bread and butter of this organization. They start with the basic characters at this level. They offer two levels of kindergarten. One in which the characters are not as "difficult" and one in which it is much simpler. I went for the simple, just to get my daughter going. I never asked about simplified characters, and it appears that they teach traditional. I didn't see any simplified characters in the building. As far as I can tell, the instructor is trying to make it a fun environment to encourage interest. That's a good thing. Getting your kids enthusiastic about this stuff is extremely difficult. $180 per term. (Sept - Dec)

I was forced to attend this school as a child and it was one of the most dreaded parts of my…read morechildhood for many reasons. The school uses an "immersion" strategy to teach the language, meaning most of the teachers spoke only Chinese and zero English, and that the only way you could understand the teacher was if you already knew Chinese. There was no way for an absolute beginner to learn jack because all they ever hear from the teacher is white noise. A large portion of the teachers are nagging, miserable shrews who must not have been paid enough to take their job seriously, but still lack the compassion or empathy that even most poor people have; any good teachers that exist at the school are few and far between. They do not even try to respect the dignity of children, and seemingly have no problem using shaming and humiliation as discipline. My teacher would punish the students by making them sing a song in front of the class as a punishment for forgetting their bookbags, and she would also force students to stand up in front of the class and read a text, obviously getting mad if they didn't do it with enough enthusiasm. In contrast to most schools in the Western world, the school's outdated teaching system relies heavily on memorization and lectures with nothing even approaching active learning, which, for many people including myself, entirely removes the enjoyment from learning and destroys any remaining motivation of even the most strong-willed students. Whereas most schools let their teachers decide their assessment strategies, this school standardizes frequent written dictations and oral recitals, meaning that all students have to excruciatingly memorize and regurgitate the abstract, incomprehensible scribbles that are thrown at them often without knowing what they mean, only to forget them within hours because they're given new ones to memorize. People learning the simplified script may have an easier time with this than those learning traditional, but it would be better if the school used more engaging methods to teach the characters rather than just throwing characters at us and expecting us to somehow pick it up without explaining a thing in English. Maintenance of the school is virtually non-existent; the building is extremely rundown, obscene graffiti is scribbled everywhere on the walls and furniture, and students are given damaged fold-up tables in the place of desks (you can see them in an image on the Yelp page). I normally would refrain from making comments concerning the condition of buildings, because I've been taught not to judge things based on their appearance. However, after going to this school, it became evident to me that the building's neglect is a very accurate reflection of how this school treats its students. I would normally consider $250 per year a very low price for education, but in this case it's highway robbery because this school should be paying us to suffer through their services. If you want to enroll your child in a Chinese language school, I'm afraid you've got to look elsewhere unless you only care about the graduation diploma on cheap printer paper. And if you just need babysitting for your child for cheap, there are better, more humane services everywhere that do the job twice as good at half the price.

While considered one of Vancouver's schools of "hard knocks", this racially diverse high school is…read moreactually quite safe, provided that you aren't in of one the gangs. With nerds, jocks, and everything in between, students tend to dress differently and are less likely to conform to any one standard of behavior. Gone is the "who's cool" rule of thumb, with geeks taking pride in their good grades and thugs content to only harass other thugs. Not that popularity isn't an issue, it's just that the school is so large and things are so diverse that nobody really cares about the people they don't know personally. With a great selection of electives like metal works, electronics, band class, hairdressing etc..., it definitely delivers on the technical trades, and has everything from French Immersion for stuck-ups to the Nova program for last chance drop-outs. I recommend CPTV (Video) with Mr. Grenier, Electronics with Mr. Fruing, and the railway tracks behind the field for smoking lunch time doobies.

just like any other middle school so like yea. there really isn't anything special about this…read moreschool, you just learn and move on.

This is a really great school lots of great teachers. Definitely five stars. Really nothing wrong…read morewith this school. I really like it. I need to make this review longer. Is this long enough? No? Okay, I'll add more useless text.

I was a teacher (directress) at Cornerstone Montessori for 3 years, teaching Kindergarten, grades 2…read moreand 3. I left when I opened my own Preschool/ Kindergarten. As a new teacher I learned many skills from my wonderful co-teachers and learned qualities of generosity, caring and trust from the principal Rita Gausman. All through the years I have kept in touch with Rita Gausman and benefitted from her wisdom in managing my own Montessori classrooms. I cherish my days of teaching at Cornerstone and the valuable qualities of work ethics, cooperation and kindness learned from Rita and Helga. Way to go Cornerstone Montessori!

This school is going over the top with perhaps the best teachers in the province teaching our kids…read moreonline during the Covid-19 situation. They have even dropped off learning materials at our home on weekends. A first rate supportive atmosphere, teachers with Masters degrees and an extremely low student to teacher ratio.

Very good school with loving and supportive teachers. They seem to be a very child-focused…read moreestablishment and are able to guide the children with the utmost care and attention. Office staff was also very good and provided excellent service answering all questions in a timely manner. Great music program!

the school is staffed by exceptionally competent, amazing and caring staff. All of my kids have…read moregone through the school so I have lots of diverse experience of the school. The school is bright and divided into 3 connected pods, great-sized library, computer lab, and a gym, with state of the art stage and sound system, and wheel chair accessibility to the whole school and bathrooms. The Principal, along with the PAC have managed to create a resourceful Community that supports the students and their needs. I just wish the school was designed with air-conditioning.

Great school for families who see the their kids as future as LGBTQ+ non-profit workers or BLM…read moreactivists. From the kindergarten grade kids are emerged in a world of gender studies, trans awareness and race activism. Each year school dedicates more and more academic hours to social justice curriculum, moral and political Issues. Kids are encouraged to explore and discuss their gender and sexuality. The school is dedicated to provide the goal of turning young minds into good global citizens. The curriculum is strongly influenced by Critical Race Theory and SOGI pedagogy. School library is labeled as "Safe space" and holds a wide range of feminist literature.

BrainSTEM Learning offers amazing programs for kids! We've hired them for birthday parties a number…read moreof times, including building rockets, which was a huge hit with the kids. And they've provided after-school STEM programs at our kids' elementary school in North Vancouver for many years. They have highly knowledgeable and engaging instructors, a huge range of program offerings, and highly specialized equipment for extended learning. The owners are amazing and care so much about the kids - such a valued business in our community!

My 8 year old daughter has been taking a class here for over a year and she absolutely loves going…read morethere. We tried a few STEM classes in other places but she chose BrainSTEM as she gets more attention from the instructor and their casual and fun approach to the subjects. I watch the class very often and it is amazing how engaging the instructors are and they are so knowledgeable and patient. I'm very happy with this place and Sarah is such an easy communicator and caring instructor with so much knowledge. I can't recommend BrainSTEM enough!