Who are our students?
60 - 70% of our students achieve a regular, "Dogwood" graduation.
Our class compositions are as follows:
K-5 - annex school:
At our annex we integrate our special needs students into all classes. In addition we have an additional special class for students with more intense needs.
6 - 12 Main School:
Grade 6/7 - classes are now divided for specified teaching due to an increasing curriculum load. One class is on a regular/adapted program. One class on an adapted/modified program.
High School:
Our High school is divided as follows:
Grade 8,9,10,11,12 - on REGULAR curriculum with adaptations - will receive a regular "Dogwood" graduation and proceed to post secondary programs.
C1, C2, C3 - Modified Curriculum Groups - modified and placed according to ability and reading/writing/math levels. They will obtain a School Completion Certificate and most go onto post secondary programs for students with disabilities.
Colleges and Universities our Graduates attend:
- UBC
- SFU
- BCIT
- Douglas College
- Capilano University
- VCC
- Art Institute
- Kwantlen
- University of the Fraser Valley
- Langara
We have a number of students categorized as having a LEARNING DISABILITY, including GIFTED learning disabled.
We also have ‘regular’ siblings that decide to attend our school.
The "learning challenged" part of our population has over 40 different diagnoses which include:
- Autism
- Aspergers
- Cerebral Palsy
- Epilepsy
- Global Developmental Disorder
- Peni Sylvian Migration Disorder
- FASD
- Cohn’s syndrome
- Klippel-trenaunay syndrome
- Williams syndrome
- Down syndrome
- Brain cancer
- Sensory integration dysfunction
- Crohns disease
- Guillain barre syndrome
- Hearing impairment
- Vision impairment
- PDD: NOS
- Fragile X
- Elective Mutism
- Low Cognitive functioning
- Neurofibromatosis
- Type 1 Diabetes – pump required
- Juvenile arthritis
- ADHD
- Acquired Brain Injury
- Mitochondrial Disorder
- Speech disorders including apraxia
- GERD
- PICA
- Chromosomal Disorders
- Leukemia
- Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD)
- Tourette Syndrome (TS)
- Microcephaly
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