Special Programs
King George is an IB MYP approved school, offering such program to the students of grades 8, 9, and 10.
King George is noted for its Technology Immersion program which lasts from grade 8 to 9. Students in the programme use computers to enhance their core subjects. Most of their assignments are completed online through King George's Moodle online learning system, which was implemented at the school by Tech Immersion graduates along with a new website in early 2011. Students learn HTML along with traditional computing tasks, as well as how to use professional applications including Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe InDesign. Students who participate in this program are known in their school as "techies" and have a unique opportunity to have half of their courses with the same group of people for two years. The Technology Immersion program can be followed by several computer-oriented courses in grades 10-12.
As of the 2011-2012 school year, King George offered the Cisco Networking Academy program to students in grades 11 and 12. This program gave these senior students knowledge and experience in current networking standards and computer hardware training. It is taken as a full day, four-course program, and was taught by the former Information Technology head, Lee Rachar.
King George also has a City School program for grades 10, 11 and 12 that involves students leaving the traditional secondary school setting to work in a more challenging, independent setting, with different block rotations, smaller groups of people, and only a few different teachers. This program is described as a "school within a school". City School, established in 1971, is one of Vancouver's oldest alternative programs.
Formerly, a third program called Gateway was also offered by the school. Unlike Tech Immersion or City School, this program was provided off school ground and maintain limited ties to the school. Gateway Alternate Education Program was aimed at at-risk youth who have been absent from schools for a some time and those who were homeless. Only those who were referred by the Ministry of Children and Family Development or VSB could register and attend this program.
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