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Education

Cortes Island Academy: Looking back to lessons learned and forward to 2023/2024

“It’s such a different experience from normal school. I think really just connecting with people, and having a class where you can be friends with everyone in it.” 

 “It regains my faith in humanity a little bit, seeing everyone be so supportive.”

“A lesson that I’ll be taking with me, is that I can learn from everybody who I meet.”

Those were some of the student comments from the Cortes Island Academy website. The 2022/2023 semester is now over and the academy is preparing for a Forest Ecology Semester in 2023/2024.

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Folk U Radio: The Cortes Academy brings High School Programming to the island

[From the Archives: Mar 4, 2022]

Could it be true? What does it mean? How can my kids or I participate/help/get involved? Jeff Lontayao, District Coordinator of Student Options and Opportunities, Rhonda Teramura, Homestay Coordinator, join host Manda Aufochs Gillespie to discuss the Cortes Island Academy and what this innovative high school program means for the Cortes Island community.

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Coming to Cortes: the Discovery Island’s First Homestay Program

The Discovery Island’s first homestay program will start up on Cortes Island this September. 

Rhonda Teramura, the Homestay Coordinator for International Student Programs within School District 72 explained, “I think it’s amazing that we’re finally able to broaden out wider than the Campbell River core of the city. It’ll be a wonderful experience for our district, our local Campbell River students and for internationals alike to expand and explore  and connect with folks that are out in the Discovery Islands.”

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