Langley School District

PUBLIC FOUR COED ARTS SEASONS Langley School District Langley, British Columbia, Canada LOCATION: • Population: 104,177 • Located 48 Minutes Southwest of Vancouver • Weather: Summer/Fall: Warm and Temperate Winter/Spring: Cool and Wet ELIGIBILITY: SCHOOL FACTS: • Enrollment Restrictions: None • Grades at School: K-12 • Minimum SLEP: Not Required • Number of Schools in District: 28 • Minimum TOEFL: Not Required • Total Students in Schools: 18,000 • Estimated Start Date: Early September • Minimum ELTiS: Not Required • Estimated End Date: Late June SCHOOL PROFILE Studying in Langley means living in a Caucasian-Centric, English-First and Family-Fo- cused city. International students are fully immersed in the English language; thus, they quickly adapt to the international language of the world. With more than 95% of our 130,000 residents speaking English as their native language, international students have unlimited opportunities to improve their English while being immersed in Canadian cul- ture. Students can also enjoy all that the Greater Vancouver area has to offer with their homestay family or on school field trips. LIST OF SCHOOLS • Aldergrove Community Secondary • Brookswood Community Secondary OPTIONS AVAILABLE: • D.W. Poppy Secondary • Langley Fine Arts School Foreign Languages: French, Italian, • Langley Secondary School Japanese • Langley Fundamental Middle & Secondary School Arts: Choir, Concert Band, Drama, Textiles, • Walnut Grove Secondary School Visual Art, Vocal Jazz SPORTS AND ARTS Athletics: Badminton, Basketball, Cross Langley Sports and Arts programs have a tradition of excellence and championship. Re- cently, the Senior Boys Triple-A basketball team, The Walnut Grove Gators, won the BC Country, Dragonboat, Football, Lacrosse, championship, while the Senior Choir placed in the Tops National competition in Ottawa Rugby, Soccer, Swimming, Track and Field, 2011. Volleyball, Wrestling Many students of Langley School District received various awards and recognition at a world-class scale in fine arts education. Langley Fine Arts School is privileged to be only Extracurricular Activities: Baseball one of two fine arts schools of choice in British Columbia. Academy, Dance, Hockey Academy, Musical COMMUNITY INFORMATION Less than an hour from the urban centre of Vancouver’s multi-cultural metropolis, Lang- ley’s surrounding landscape is beautifully situated in heart of the Greater Vancouver Regional District. Away from the lifestyle of the big city, student learning takes place in conventional, secure and pristine neighbourhoods that avoid both the distractions and congestion associated with international urban centres.