Sarah Graeme, Class of 2013: SelfDesign reignited a love for learning and inspired a career in the arts

2024-02-21T09:17:31-08:00February 21st, 2024|40th anniversary, Learner Stories|

Sarah Graeme recently moved to Denman Island to work with and learn from noted B.C. artist Gordon Hutchens, whose wood-fired ceramics pieces are featured in collections around the world. Ceramics by Sarah Graeme, © Sarah Graeme This is [...]

This learner was accepted into Canada’s top architecture school 

2024-02-15T16:21:11-08:00January 24th, 2024|Featured-Blog, Learner Stories|

When Daniel was looking into post-secondary opportunities to continue after grade 12, he was most intrigued by the Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urbanism program at the University of British Columbia’s School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. Every year, more than [...]

SelfDesign learner excels in science and math, achieves prestigious academic award

2023-11-30T16:41:27-08:00November 30th, 2023|Learner Stories|

Owain is by all accounts humble and uncomfortable with anything that could be mistaken for pride. So when the recent SelfDesign learner and member of SelfDesign’s Class of 2023 received notice that he’d won the Governor General’s Academic Medal in [...]

Preparation and support help reduce the stress of Grade 10 and 12 provincial assessments, SelfDesign learner says

2024-02-15T16:19:47-08:00November 8th, 2023|Our Approach, Learner Stories|

Celeste has spent her entire schooling journey to date with SelfDesign® Learning Community, beginning in 2012, when she started grade one. Her parents had learned about our kindergarten to grade 12 program when she was a toddler and thought it [...]

The Ingram-Milne family loves the flexibility of home learning

2024-02-15T16:20:01-08:00November 1st, 2023|HomeLearners Network, Learner Stories|

Alyssa and her husband chose home learning for their daughter Lupine (grade 6) and son Sawyer (grade 3) because it gives their family much-needed flexibility. She loves that they spend so much time outdoors and that home learning made Alyssa [...]

Home learning helps the Hagemann family explore the world on their own terms

2023-10-11T09:12:20-07:00October 11th, 2023|Learner Stories|

Christina Hagemann loves that she gets to spend so much time with her kids! Her daughter Riya (age 12) and son Adrian (age 10) have been learning from home for years, and she’s grateful that this route has provided them [...]

SelfDesign helped this learner get a headstart on university

2023-09-06T16:07:24-07:00September 6th, 2023|Learner Stories|

When Cass starts the Bachelor of Arts program in Digital Media Studies at Vancouver Island University this month, he already will have one of the four-year program’s courses under his belt. Cass commenced from SelfDesign in June. During grade 12, [...]

SelfDesign on the high seas: This learner and her sister are combining travel and adventure with their learning year

2023-11-21T11:02:33-08:00May 17th, 2023|Learner Stories|

Grade 8 learner Aria and her sister joined the SelfDesign® Learning Community this learning year. They live in Comox, on Vancouver Island, but this year, their family took a sabbatical to go sailing. Aria and Micah needed an alternative to [...]

For this learner, SelfDesign meant opportunities to gain real-world industry experience before he finished grade 12

2023-04-12T09:08:45-07:00April 12th, 2023|Our Approach, Learner Stories|

When John finished grade 12 with SelfDesign journey last June, the 18-year-old had already achieved considerable skill in computer programming. That he was able to do so, he says, is largely due to the encouragement he experienced as a SelfDesign [...]

Thanks to SelfDesign’s support and flexibility, this learner is setting world records in his sport

2023-03-29T09:05:06-07:00March 29th, 2023|Our Approach, Learner Stories|

On October 30, 2022, 18-year-old Nicholas set a world record in the men's 200-metre freestyle S14 swimming event at the FINA [International Swimming Federation] World Cup preliminaries in Toronto. Three months earlier, he had set a Commonwealth Games record in [...]

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