Kootenay School of the Arts

The scope of educational opportunities is probably greater in Nelson than in any city of similar size in Canada. In the public school system, student teacher ratios are lower than the BC average and the administration prides itself on its thorough approach to liberal arts. French immersion is also offered.

Government-assisted private schools, from kindergarten to grade 7, also flourish; the 141 student Catholic school runs a particularly strong music program. The Nelson Waldorf school has grown to over 160 children since its inception in 1981 and in 1987 it became one of four Canadian full member schools of the association of Waldorf schools of North America

This venture became the catalyst for a remarkable East/West cultural program that has lead to regular international exchanges of school students.

Nelson is twinned with the Japanese City of Shuzenji which has built a theme park less than two hours from Tokyo, entitled "Nelson - A Village of Canada" and featuring a reproduction of Nelson's original City Hall, the Nelson railway station and museum. The park comes complete with 'Kootenay Lake' and a bridge. More than a million Japanese visitors annually pass through this unusual theme park.

For more information on education in Nelson contact these organizations:

Selkirk College
Phone: (250) 352-6601

• Continuing Education
• Distance Education
  

Kootenay School of the Arts
Phone: (250) 352-2821

L.V. Rogers Secondary School

Kootenay Lake School District

School District #8
Public School (Kindergarten to Grade 12) Phone: (250) 352-6681

Distance Education School of the Kootenays
Phone: (250) 354-4311

Nelson University Centre
Post-secondary, presently non-degree granting
Phone: (250) 352-3144

Nelson Waldorf School
Private School Kindergarten to Grade 8
Phone: (250) 352-6919

International School of the Kootenays
An Independent High School
Grades 10 to 11
Phone: (250) 354-1310

Academy Of Classical Oriental Sciences
Phone: 1-888-333-8868 or (250) 352-5887

Academy of Learning
Admissions Representitve email: admissionsnel@academyoflearning.ca
Phone #: (250)-505-2001

Elementary Schools

Link to all elementary schools

St. Joseph's Catholic School