Alberni District Secondary School

PUBLIC COED FOUR SPORTS FRENCH COAST PRODUCED SEASONS IMMERSION BY EDUCATIUS Alberni District Secondary School Port Alberni, British Columbia LOCATION: SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS: • Population: 17,700 • Dual credit courses available for • Located Four Hours from Vancouver grade 12 students • Hockey Skills Academy ELIGIBILITY: • French Immersion program • Enrollment Restrictions: None • TOEFL: 50 minimum ACADEMICS AND FACTS: • ELTiS: 215 minimum • Grades At School: 8-12 • iELTS: 5.0 minimum • T otal Students: 1200 • International Students: 4% • T eacher/Student Ratio: 1:28 SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS*: Foreign Languages: French, Japanese, SCHOOL PROFILE AND ACADEMICS Spanish Located on the territories of the Nuu-chah-nulth First Nation along the central west Arts: Carol Band, Choir, Drama, Pit coast of Vancouver Island, School District 70’s Alberni District Secondary School (ADSS) Band, Pep Band, Textile Arts, Visual offers students a beautiful living environment with challenging academics. ADSS offers Arts a Canada Hockey Skills Academy, an early French Immersion program, and a leadership Specialty Programs: Dual Credit and forestry program. The school also offers dual credit courses in partnership with Van- Courses available through North couver Island University and North Island College. Island College and Vancouver Island University, Hockey Canada Skills FACILITIES Academy In 2012, ADSS opened a new state-of-the-art facility that offers media labs and modern Athletics: classrooms with a university feel. The school has a ten-acre campus that features a 500- Boys: seat theatre, an artificial turf field, two gymnasiums, a fitness room, and a dance studio. Fall: Cross Country, Soccer There’s also a First Nation gathering space and a youth health clinic. Winter: Wrestling, Basketball SPORTS AND ARTS Spring: Badminton, Golf, Rugby, Track The district offers the Canada Hockey Skills Academy that has produced many Canadian and Field “Junior A” athletes. For all skill levels, the academy offers boy and girls the opportunity Girls:

to work on the fundamentals of hockey while receiving PE credits. Other individual and Fall: Cheer, Cross Country, Dance, to change. are subject by the school offered and sports options *All courses team sports are available for students to participate in, including a strong wrestling pro- Volleyball gram that has produced Olympian Travis Cross. Winter: Cheer, Dance, Basketball Spring: Badminton, Golf, Rugby, Track and Field, Soccer Famous Alumni: Olympic Wrestler Travis Cross ESL Available: YES (Level D)

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ALBERNI DISTRICT SECONDARY SCHOOL

VANCOUVER

CANADA HOCKEY SKILLS ACADEMY Overview: Offered as a credit for regular PE courses, the Canada Fostering creativity for their students, the district offers art and music as curricular and Hockey Skills Academy is an extracurricular classes. The fine arts curriculum adds classes in drawing and painting, instructional program for all levels ceramics and sculpture, media arts, as well as textiles and crafts. of hockey students. As part of the program, students will be instructed AWARDS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS in weight training, fitness training, School District 70’s athletic coordinator is award-winning, and its wrestling coaches and and minor games. During school program have been highly recognized throughout the province for their outstanding con- hours, kids can make use of the tribution to the sport. hockey arena’s facilities to build opportunities for themselves outside COMMUNITY INFORMATION of the traditional classroom. Located on the West Coast of Canada, the town of Port Alberni is a short ferry ride from Expectations: Students of all levels the city of Vancouver. With a reputation for its friendly citizens and affordable lifestyle, (beginner to advanced) can expect Port Alberni boasts lots of outdoor recreational activities to enjoy, like mountain biking, over 90+ hours of instruction on and off the ice. kayaking, and wildlife viewing. Close to both shopping and unspoiled wilderness, the Outcomes: The final outcome of the surrounding area has lakes, rivers, and rugged coastline with sandy beaches less than course is to enhance a student-players two hours away. confidence on and off the ice, build individual playing skills, and boost self-esteem.