Lions Bay School

School facts

Address

PO Box 220, Lions Bay V0N 2E0

City

Lions Bay

Type

Public

Phone

604-921-8311

Email

lionsbay@wvschools.ca

Design capacity

95 students

Website

westvancouverschools.ca/lionsbay-elementary ↗

Principal

Christine Hulme

Level

Elementary

Grades

—

School district

SD 45 West Vancouver

Programs

Outdoor and Place-Based Learning

Ministry school number

04545062

Provincial riding (MLA)

West Vancouver-Sea to Sky

School board

SD 45 West Vancouver · chair Nicole Brown (nbrown@wvschools.ca) · office 604-981-1000 · trustees ↗

Programs

• Outdoor and Place-Based Learning Outdoor grades K-3 · for catchment students
  Small multi-age school using its coastal forest setting, including an interpretive forest walk, for environmental learning. Details ↗
• Gifted Learning Support Academic Enrichment · offered district-wide
  Gifted support teachers on the district inclusive education team work with schools to support gifted learners. Details ↗
• Elementary Band Arts grades 6-7 · open to all · offered district-wide
  School-based band enrichment with two lessons a week and performances; registration fee required. Details ↗
• Junior Ignite District Choir Arts grades 5-7 · by application · offered district-wide
  Audition-based district choir for upper elementary singers, rehearsing at West Vancouver Secondary. Details ↗
• Lighthouse Touring Ensemble Arts grades 8-12 · by application · offered district-wide
  Auditioned secondary choral group that rehearses weekly and tours locally and beyond. Details ↗
• Baseball Academy Athletics grades 8-12 · by application · offered district-wide
  Afternoon baseball training with ex-pro coaches for students at Rockridge, Sentinel or West Vancouver Secondary; tuition applies. Details ↗
• Fencing Academy Athletics grades 8-12 · by application · offered district-wide
  In-timetable fencing training at a North Vancouver club led by a national-level coach; open to the three secondaries. Details ↗
• Field Hockey Academy Athletics grades 8-12 · by application · offered district-wide
  Afternoon field hockey training with the local club for players of any level from the three secondaries. Details ↗
• Pursuit Athletics grades 10-12 · by application · offered district-wide
  Flexible hybrid PE course for provincially or nationally ranked athletes and performing artists at the three secondaries. Details ↗
• Soccer Academy Athletics grades 8-12 · by application · offered district-wide
  Afternoon soccer training with West Van Football Club coaches for students at the three secondaries; tuition applies. Details ↗
• Tennis Academy Athletics grades 8-12 · by application · offered district-wide
  Before-school tennis training at the West Vancouver Tennis Club with on-court assessment for entry. Details ↗
• Culinary Arts – Professional Cook 1 Career · by application · offered district-wide
  Dual-credit cooking program delivered at Carson Graham with Vancouver Community College toward Red Seal Level 1. Details ↗
• Early Childhood Assistant Certificate Program Career grades 11-12 · by application · offered district-wide
  Dual-credit Langara College program, offered through North Vancouver schools, leading to an ECE Assistant certificate. Details ↗
• Summer Learning Extended Learning grades 1-12 · open to all · offered district-wide
  July sessions with elementary programs and secondary preview/review and full-credit courses. Details ↗
• Indigenous Education Enhancement Agreement Indigenous grades K-12 · open to all · offered district-wide
  District commitments for First Nations, Métis and Inuit students on belonging, pathways and Indigenous ways of knowing, with plans for every school. Details ↗
• International Student Program International grades K-12 · by application · offered district-wide
  Tuition-based study for international students with ELL support, homestay options and access to academies. Details ↗
• First Aid Swim Training (FAST) Life Skills grades 9-12 · by application · offered district-wide
  Aquatic-centre program earning lifesaving and first aid certifications such as Bronze Cross and Standard First Aid. Details ↗
• Outdoor Recreation Outdoor grades 10-12 · by application · offered district-wide
  Full-year outdoor education program for students of the three secondaries, combining PE and outdoor courses; tuition applies. Details ↗
• Ignite Your Passion: Big Bad Bot Builders STEM grades 5-6 · by application · offered district-wide
  After-school robotics sessions at West Vancouver Secondary's South Campus for elementary students. Details ↗
• Ignite Your Passion: Cyber-Security and AI Explorers STEM grades 7-8 · open to all · offered district-wide
  New after-school pilot teaching cybersecurity and AI basics in a West Vancouver Secondary computer lab; fee applies. Details ↗
• Ignite Your Passion: Great Bots of Fire STEM grades 7-8 · by application · offered district-wide
  Robotics enrichment sessions at West Vancouver Secondary for district students in Grades 7 and 8. Details ↗
• Mechatronics Robotics Academy STEM grades 9-12 · by application · offered district-wide
  Competitive robotics teams that design, build and program robots for tournaments, earning electronics and robotics credits. Details ↗

From the school district's own pages and the Ministry's school list. Programs change: confirm with the school.

Enrolment over time

Down 6 students since 2021/2022. Ministry of Education headcount, September each year.

Capacity: 27 students in a building designed for 95.

Building, space & safety

Design capacity

95 students

Available seats

68

Seismic safety

Not on the Province's seismic upgrade list (no high-risk rating found)

Students as a share of today's design capacity.

Every public school in SD 45: dots above the dashed line have more students than the building was designed for. This school is the large dot.

Seismic status: BC Ministry of Education and Child Care, Seismic Mitigation Program progress report. No building condition score is published for this school.

Test results (FSA)

No published Grade 4 or 7 Foundation Skills Assessment results for this school (secondary schools don't write it, and small groups are hidden).

Catchment

Which homes belong to this school's catchment isn't published as open data.