SelfDesign High blog

Distributed Learning + Workshops = Best of Both Worlds

To support the many types of high school learners ISK is offering some of its DL classes in a workshop format.
This means that students have the option to participated in a once a week class lead by a teacher.

Our first workshop class is:

English 12 with teacher Earl Hamilton!
Earl will offer a series of 10 workshops, beginning on October 3 from 1 to 3:30.
Day and time doesn’t work? Call us and let us see what we can do.
The workshop classes will be dynamic interactive sessions that blend individual work with in-class activities.

Create Your Own Workshop Class
Gather a group of friends together and choose a course that you would like to workshop. Call or come in and talk to us- we are interested in supporting your learning!

Create Your Own Course
Passionate about an activity or subject?
Want to have your leisure time pursuit recognized for the learning it supports?
ISK has an Independent Study Elective Course for grade 10, 11 and 12 that provides the guidance and form for you to write your own course.

Community Courses
Song Writing with Jude Davison
One World Community Choir with Director Bo Conlan
Improvization with Barbarah Nicoll
and more to come …

ISK will be offering a diverse selection of Community Courses this fall.

Community Talks and Conversation Cafe’s
As part of our Peace Studies activities ISK will be hosting Community Talks and Cafe’s.
Have a topic you would like to explore? Talk to us.

We are settled into our new office at 420 Victoria Street, Nelson BC, Canada.
You can reach us at 250 354-1310 or 1 888 55-2951

ISK is an Independent Distributed Learning High School in B.C., Canada.
Are you wondering what a Distributed Learning High School is?
It is a high school that offers courses primarily through the mail or internet, and in our case assigns a teacher to each student to mentor and support that student’s learning experience.

For example: you wish to take Biology 10 with ISK.

You fill out the admission form and the course registration form, and send them in. We receive them, contact you and enroll you in the course. Once enrolled you will receive the course via the mail or the internet, and the course teacher/mentor will contact you. This teacher/mentor will be a support for you through your learning experience in the course.

With over 25 high school courses for students to choose from, you can take one course or take your entire high school program with us.

If you are enrolled at another highschool, no problem!
You can take a course with us and receive credit for you graduation program.

You may also choose to take the majority, or all of your high school courses with us.
Which ever you choose, we are here ready to work with you.

As we are a Distributed Learning School, you are able to enroll with us at any point in the school year. You can also sign up for a course with a friend or two and create a learning group! We can arrange conference calls so that you can learn with your friends!

Stay tuned, our new website will be up and running soon!