K–7 · Student Life
Activities & Volunteering
The program at Columbia Academy Elementary School is guided by five pillars:
- Academic Development
- Competitions
- Service Learning
- Social Impact
- Co-Curricular Enrichment
Music and Performance
- MusicStudents learn the recorder, ukulele and guitar, and piano is also offered.
- On stageChristmas and graduation performances, and a monthly charity performance.
- Speaking upA school-wide public speaking event for K–7 every year.
Active Bodies, Calm Minds
- Sports daysA sports day every term, and events at BC Place twice a year.
- Outdoor learningA weekly outdoor class.
- Yoga and martial artsPart of the regular program. On days without PE, a 10-minute brain break gets everyone moving.
- MeditationThree short breaks a day (10, 5 and 10 minutes) to settle and focus. Teachers receive meditation training every year.
STEM and Learning Spaces
- STEM with expertsSTEM classes are taught by experts from outside the school.
- TechnologyiPads for Kindergarten to Grade 3 when needed; a computer room for Grades 4–7.
- Room to moveA large fitness space and a dance room, with the BC Place plaza right outside the door.
- High school facilitiesElementary students can also use the high school’s science lab, gym and ping-pong tables.
After School
Classes end at 3:00 p.m. From 3:15 to 4:00 p.m., Grades 4–7 can join free clubs, and any student can take optional, free Mandarin (beginner on Mondays, advanced on Wednesdays). Grades 4–7 go home after 4:00. Kindergarten to Grade 3 can stay in after-school care until 5:30 p.m., for $100 a month.
Volunteering and Service
Every student volunteers: a charity sale, litter clean-ups and performances at a local seniors’ home, so children learn early to care for others. Parents are not required to volunteer.
See It for Yourself
Visit our Yaletown campus and ask how music, activities and volunteering fit into your child's school life.
- 792 Beatty Street, Vancouver (beside BC Place)
- 778-379-6811
- info@columbiaacademy.ca
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