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Weekly Update | May 8, 2020

Dear Urban Academy Families, Another week of change in BC! It sounds as though further announcements on lifting the pandemic restrictions will come after the long weekend so all of these shifts in practice have an impact on schools as well. As noted in your email from me yesterday, greater…

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Weekly Update | May 1, 2020

May 1, 2020 Dear Urban Academy Families, Thank you for a good week of eLearning. The response on the social media posts as well as the daily Seesaw and Google classroom is testimony that our families are engaged every day in supporting our students with us. Each spring, we survey…

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Parents, We See You!

It was the second week of our spring break. Day by day the walls felt as if they were closing in on us. The world was shutting down, our circles were closing in. This was a new experience for British Columbians and the worst part of it was that no…

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Weekly Update | April 24, 2020

April 24, 2020 Dear Urban Academy Families, Thank you for another good week of eLearning. We appreciate your support of your child and we know that everyone is working to their best potential. Please do what you can with the circumstances that you have. We understand that this will not…

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Weekly Update | April 17, 2020

April 17, 2020 Dear Urban Academy Families, Thank you for a good week. We are really getting settled with eLearning and a number of very creative teaching techniques are emerging. Teachers are discovering some hidden talents that they are bringing forward to support our students. We have started to try…

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Seeking the Silver Lining

The saying “necessity is the mother of invention” has never been as true as it is in these strange times. From managing how we get our groceries to reformatting how we deliver education, things have changed significantly for the human race. While many of these changes are challenging, such as…

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Weekly Update | April 9, 2020

April 9, 2020 Dear Urban Academy Families, Thank you for a very good week. Our eLearning program is progressing well. Thank you for the positive feedback and the encouragement. This has been a tremendous amount of work and teachers are still putting in a lot of time to get the…

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Weekly Update | April 3, 2020

April 3, 2020 Dear Urban Academy Families, Thank you so much for your work with us this week in very unusual circumstances. We are ramping up e-learning and hope that your children are enjoying hearing from and seeing their teachers on the screen. We certainly miss our students and we…

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Weekly Update | March 13, 2020

March 13, 2020 Dear Urban Academy Families, Thank you for a wonderful winter term! It is lovely to see the spring weather and the longer evenings. When we return from the break we are into the activities that really herald the final term. Thank you for your vigilance and care…

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Junior Kindergarten

Children learn to harness their imaginations, explore their surroundings and form critical opinions.
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Grades 4 to 7

With a focus on culture and community, students enhance their understanding of the world.
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Grades 8 to 12

Technology, science, creative and math-based assignments refine students’ problem-solving skills.
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UA graduates receive a placement in one of the top two schools of their choice.
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From Junior Kindergarten to Grade 12, Urban Academy shapes students who are grounded in who they are and equipped for whatever's next. We believe education should prepare students not just to succeed, but to thrive, contribute and lead with purpose.

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