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ABOUT BODWELL Bodwell High School is a private co-educational day & boarding school located in North Vancouver, British Co- lumbia. Founded in 1991, Bodwell High School provides a culturally-diverse environment for over 550 students from around 40 countries. The school offers programs for Grades 8 to 12. The curriculum features English preparation, pre-university academic coursework and Advanced Placement. TOTAL ENROLMENT: 570 students 2016 GRADUATING CLASS: 170 students AVERAGE CLASS SIZE: 18 OUR MISSION is to provide a culturally-diverse environment for stu- dents from around the globe, and enable them to be- come active learners and well-rounded citizens who contribute positively to the world. UNIVERSITY & CAREER GUIDANCE TEAM Bodwell’s university & career guidance team supports students in selecting and applying to universities and colleges across Canada, the U.S.A. and around the world. University representatives are encouraged to contact our team to arrange visits to our school or to explore opportunities to develop partnerships that sup- port students’ university placement goals. BIANCA FERRAJOHN Senior Counsellor: University Guidance [email protected] 604-998-5127 MIRYE KIM Senior Counsellor: University Guidance [email protected] 604-998-5137 TRIMESTER SYSTEM & TERM DATES FALL WINTER SUMMER Sep 5-Dec 15 2017 Jan 2-April 11 2018 April 23-July 31 2018 Bodwell operates on a trimester calendar with three intakes and graduating dates in December, April, and July. In two terms, a student may com- plete eight academic subjects required for an ac- ademic grade. To his or her advantage, a student may complete one-and-a-half academic grades in each calendar year. BALANCED SCHEDULE Academics - With the expert instructions of teachers, students immerse themselves into the Canadian curricula and develop critical thinking skills needed for success at university. Student Life - Learning extends beyond the classroom through life in the Boarding Program. Engagement through campus activities and su- pervised outings allows students to deepen their friendships and broaden their horizons. Saturday Enrichment - On top of our aca- demic classes from Monday to Friday, all students attend three hours of enrichment classes every Saturday morning and included in the report card. Each student enrols in a Saturday course each term in one of the following areas: English Enrichment, Global Citizenship, Career Exposure, Outdoor Education & Sports, New Media and Per- forming Arts. TEAM SPORTS Basketball Volleyball Track & Field Soccer Swimming Badminton Cross-country Ski / Snowboarding OUR 6 L's & HOUSE SYSTEM Students are placed in 6 houses, where these fu- ture world citizens learn about the values need to live together, values common to many societies around the globe. They learn about fairness and social justice, non-violence and peaceful resolu- tion to conflict, intercultural understanding and acceptance, compassion and service to others. COURAGE HOUSE LEARN to Excel through English DISCOVER HOUSE LIBERATE the academic mind SPIRIT HOUSE LIVE an active & healthy lifestyle UNITY HOUSE LEAD for positive change LEGACY HOUSE LOOK inward & forward HARMONY HOUSE LOVE the Earth & one another SCHOOL PROFILE
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ABOUT BODWELL

Bodwell High School is a private co-educational day & boarding school located in North Vancouver, British Co-lumbia. Founded in 1991, Bodwell High School provides a culturally-diverse environment for over 550 students from around 40 countries. The school offers programs for Grades 8 to 12. The curriculum features English preparation, pre-university academic coursework and Advanced Placement.

TOTAL ENROLMENT: 570 students

2016 GRADUATING CLASS: 170 students

AVERAGE CLASS SIZE: 18

OUR MISSION

is to provide a culturally-diverse environment for stu-dents from around the globe, and enable them to be-come active learners and well-rounded citizens who contribute positively to the world.

UNIVERSITY & CAREER

GUIDANCE TEAMBodwell’s university & career guidance team supports students in selecting and applying to universities and colleges across Canada, the U.S.A. and around the world. University representatives are encouraged to contact our team to arrange visits to our school or to explore opportunities to develop partnerships that sup-port students’ university placement goals.

BIANCA FERRAJOHNSenior Counsellor:

University Guidance

[email protected] 604-998-5127

MIRYE KIMSenior Counsellor:

University Guidance

[email protected]

TRIMESTER SYSTEM & TERM DATES

FALL WINTER SUMMER

Sep 5-Dec 15

2017Jan 2-April 11

2018April 23-July 31

2018

Bodwell operates on a trimester calendar with three intakes and graduating dates in December, April, and July. In two terms, a student may com-plete eight academic subjects required for an ac-ademic grade. To his or her advantage, a student may complete one-and-a-half academic grades in each calendar year.

BALANCED SCHEDULEAcademics - With the expert instructions of teachers, students immerse themselves into the Canadian curricula and develop critical thinking skills needed for success at university.

Student Life - Learning extends beyond the classroom through life in the Boarding Program. Engagement through campus activities and su-pervised outings allows students to deepen their friendships and broaden their horizons.

Saturday Enrichment - On top of our aca-demic classes from Monday to Friday, all students attend three hours of enrichment classes every Saturday morning and included in the report card. Each student enrols in a Saturday course each term in one of the following areas: English Enrichment, Global Citizenship, Career Exposure, Outdoor Education & Sports, New Media and Per-forming Arts.

TEAM SPORTS

Basketball Volleyball

Track & Field Soccer

Swimming Badminton

Cross-country Ski / Snowboarding

OUR 6 L's & HOUSE SYSTEMStudents are placed in 6 houses, where these fu-ture world citizens learn about the values need to live together, values common to many societies around the globe. They learn about fairness and social justice, non-violence and peaceful resolu-tion to conflict, intercultural understanding and acceptance, compassion and service to others.

COURAGE HOUSELEARN to Excel through English

DISCOVER HOUSELIBERATE the academic mind

SPIRIT HOUSELIVE an active & healthy lifestyle

UNITY HOUSELEAD for positive change

LEGACY HOUSELOOK inward & forward

HARMONY HOUSELOVE the Earth & one another

SCHOOLPROFILE

604-998-1000 | [email protected] Harbourside Drive, North Vancouver, BC V7P 3S4 bodwell.edu

U.S.A.- Alamo Colleges: San Antonio

- Cornell University - University of California San Francisco

- University of Hawaii - Indiana State University

- University of Massachusetts Boston - State University of New York

- American University- Arizona State University

- Brooks Institute of Photography- California College of Arts- Michigan State University- Oregon State University

- Pace University- Parsons The New School for Design

- Penn State University- San Francisco State University

- Santa Barbara College- Santa Monica College

- School of the Art Institute of Chicago- SUNY College at Oneonta

- The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute- University at Buffalo (SUNY)

- University of Arizona- University of Cincinnati

- University of San Francisco- University of Texas at San Antonio

- Utah State University- Valley Forge Military Academy & College

MEXICO- Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico

- Tecnologico de Monterrey- Universidad del Valle de Mexico

AUSTRALIA- Australian National University

- Griffith University- Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

- University of Melbourne

CANADA- Acadia University- Brock University

- Capilano University- Carleton University

- Concordia University- Dalhousie University- Emily Carr University

- Kwantlen Polytechnic University- McGill University

- McMaster University- OCAD University

- Queen's University- Simon Fraser University

- University of Alberta- University of British Columbia

- University of Guelph- University of Ottawa

- University of Manitoba - University of Regina

- University of Saskatchewan- University of Toronto- University of Victoria

- University of Waterloo- University of Windsor

- Western University- York University

CANADA COLLEGES(University transfer, diplomas, & applied degrees)

- BC Institute of Technology- Camosun College- Columbia College

- Coquitlam College- Douglas College

- George Brown College- Langara College

- Vancouver Film School

UNITED KINGDOM / EUROPE- Adam Mickiewicz University- Central Saint Martins College- Florence Design Academy- Glion Institute of Higher Education- Jagiellonian University- King's University College- Medical University of Warsaw- MET Film School- Swiss Hotel Management School- University College London (UCL) - University of Bath - University of Bristol- University of Edinburgh- University of Liverpool- University of Manchester- University of Sussex - University of Warwick - University of York

ASIA- Aoyama Gakuin University- Chuo University- Gakushin Womens College- Hong Kong University - Hosei University- International Christian University- Keio University- Korea University- Meiji University- Nagoya University- Nihon University College of Art- Nippon Sport Science University- Otsuma Womens University- Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University- Seikei University - Seisen University- Sophia University- Wakayama University

- Poland- Russia

- Saudi Arabia- Singapore

- Spain- Sweden- Thailand- Turkey- Taiwan- Ukraine

- United States- Uzbekistan- Venezuela- Vietnam

- South Africa- Zimbabwe

- Argentina- Australia

- Azerbaijan- Belarus- Belize

- Bermuda- Brazil

- Canada- China

- Colombia- Czech Republic

- France- Germany

- Spain

- United Kingdom- Hong Kong- Indonesia

- Iran- Italy

- Japan- Korea

- Kazakhstan- Macau

- Malaysia- Mexico

- Mongolia- Nigeria- Pakistan

OUR STUDENTS COME FROM...

OUR STUDENTS STUDY AT...

- Psychology - Business and Management

- General Arts and Humanities- Computer Science- Communications

- General Sciences- Engineering

- Economics- Life Sciences

- Music- Theatre - Design- Law

OUR STUDENTS PURSUE DEGREES MOSTLY IN...

97%of our 2015 graduates

were accepted topost-secondary.

Our 2015 graduatesreceived offers from 97

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