Program

Urban Academy offers educational programming from Junior Kindergarten up to the Senior Program.  All program levels focus on developing the individual as well as encouraging academic excellence.  Urban Academy students thrive in this model and consistently meet and exceed BC's standards for province-wide testing. Though you won't find us on the Fraser Institute Ratings due to our small size, we still do conduct annual FSA testing.  Our results are encouraging with 100% of our students either meeting or exceeding the standardized testing levels for their grade.  Also, our senior students achieve exceptional grades on their provincial final exams with an 82% average (as compared to the private school system with a 72% average, and combined public and private system of 69% average).

Over and above the pure academics, learning at UA is enriched by a series of Arts Infused activities (incorporating, Drama, Music and Visual Arts). A select team of Art specialists work collaboratively with the core teachers in creating projects that will add aesthetics and feeling to the concepts being studied. UA also offers French as a second language starting in JK and extending into the senior program. We celebrate the arts through a series of events, like The Christmas Concert, The Spring Play, French Day, and Artastic in which the all students take active part.

Another unique feature of the Urban Academy program that coherently demonstrates an environment of collaboration and empowerment as a community of learners, is Opening Circle Time held three times a week.  This is a time where moments of reflection around a set of school values and attitudes are led by the teaching staff. The spirit of collaboration is further lived out through an in-class buddy system, which offers the opportunity for cross-grade coaching and learning.

For further details around each level of program, please visit:

•    Junior Kindergarten
•    Primary Program
•    Intermediate Program
•    Senior Program