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3 04, 2024

Grade 9 to 12 learners can turn to SelfDesign resource room for extra support in their learning

Adele LaRiviere Edmondson2024-04-03T08:51:03-07:00April 3rd, 2024|Our Approach|

Grades 10 to 12 at SelfDesign are flexible and customizable, in keeping with our learner-centered approach to learning. We provide a comprehensive, theme- and relationship-based approach to high school that aligns fully with the BC Ministry of Education and Child Care’s graduation program. However, to meet Ministry requirements, grades 10 to 12 are somewhat more structured than earlier years. Learners [...]

27 03, 2024

Learners have many ways to connect with peers and share interests at SelfDesign

Adele LaRiviere Edmondson2024-04-02T12:30:54-07:00March 27th, 2024|Our Approach|

“SelfDesign is a unique opportunity to pursue your interests in a different way,” says former SelfDesign learner Erik, a member of our Class of 2019. “It’s also a great opportunity to find like-minded people – which could be hard to do otherwise – but SelfDesign provides the perfect opportunities for these connections to be made.” At SelfDesign® Learning Community, learning [...]

17 01, 2024

Faces of SelfDesign: River Meyer, Longtime member of SelfDesign’s leadership team, stepping back

Adele LaRiviere Edmondson2024-02-15T16:21:33-08:00January 17th, 2024|Featured-Blog, Who We Are|

A Q&A with our outgoing Director of Organizational Learning and Culture When River Meyer moved from Alaska to a small Colorado mountain town in 2003, she hadn’t heard of SelfDesign, Wondertree (SelfDesign Learning® Community’s predecessor), or Brent Cameron, SelfDesign’s founder. Yet, within the year, she met Brent and began rewriting the manuscript for his book, SelfDesign: Nurturing Genius Through Natural [...]

30 11, 2023

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

Adele LaRiviere Edmondson2023-11-30T16:41:27-08:00November 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 June, he responded in his usual low-key way. “Yeah, I was pleased,” he says. “In fact, I felt I needed [...]

8 11, 2023

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

Adele LaRiviere Edmondson2024-09-13T07:31:37-07:00November 8th, 2023|Parents, 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 would be a better option for her than public school. “I honestly love it so much,” says Celeste, whose main [...]

25 10, 2023

Changes to SelfDesign’s Board of Directors

Adele LaRiviere Edmondson2023-10-25T09:39:25-07:00October 25th, 2023|Who We Are|

A number of changes have occurred recently on the SelfDesign Learning Foundation Board of Directors. Sherry Elwood, who joined the board two years ago, has left to pursue other opportunities. We offer her our heartfelt thanks for her contributions to SelfDesign and wish her the best in her next endeavours. We are delighted to welcome two new members to the [...]

20 09, 2023

5 Ways interdisciplinary learning projects help your kid’s development

Adele LaRiviere Edmondson2024-09-20T04:17:57-07:00September 20th, 2023|HomeLearners Network, Parents|

Interdisciplinary projects offer an incredible opportunity to simultaneously engage your kids in learning multiple subjects. An example of an interdisciplinary project is our Illustrate a Picture Book series where over the course of five sessions, kids will use writing, storytelling, design and art to create their very own picture book!

6 09, 2023

SelfDesign helped this learner get a headstart on university

Adele LaRiviere Edmondson2023-09-06T16:07:24-07:00September 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, he took one of the program’s first-year-level courses as part of the BC Ministry of Education and Child Care’s dual-credit [...]

16 08, 2023

SelfDesign’s Education Program assistant team builds community and provides support

Adele LaRiviere Edmondson2023-08-30T09:44:04-07:00August 16th, 2023|Our Approach|

In 2021, when SelfDesign Education Assistant Meghan mentioned to colleague Talisha that she thought she had been the only person who had applied for the position in 2020, Talisha set her straight. “No. No, you weren’t,” Talisha said. “I know, because I applied for it, too.” Meghan, who commenced from SelfDesign as a learner in 2017, came into the role [...]

9 08, 2023

Diving into SelfDesign philosophy: Part 5 – Modelling and mentoring

Adele LaRiviere Edmondson2024-09-05T09:58:30-07:00August 9th, 2023|Our Philosophy, Our Approach|

By River Meyer, SelfDesign Director of Organizational Learning and Culture This is the fifth article in a series exploring the SelfDesign philosophy. Actions speak more clearly than words Folk wisdom suggests that children learn more from watching how we live our lives than from listening to what we say. As the primary guiding adults for our children, our work is [...]