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School Life

What is unique about the school? 

Having a low student to teacher ratio and multi-grade classrooms provides many benefits for Birch River School students.  The low-student to teacher ratio enables us to utilize teaching and support staff in unique ways to provide additional one on one academic supports to our students such as specific literacy and math interventions from the students’ classroom teacher. 

Differentiated instruction in the multi-grade classes benefits all students as all students learn at different paces.  Curriculum is planned in a way that is inclusive of all outcomes but is also able to meet the needs of all learners.  Having teachers remain with students for more than one year builds on the existing relationships and provides students with consistency.

At our school we focus on balancing education to enhance the development of the child holistically.  This means opportunities for optimal learning academically, physically, socially, emotionally, mentally, and behaviourally in order to foster success for each and every student in their own unique way.

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