South Island Distance Education School

South Island Distance Education School
Address
4574 Wilkinson Rd.
Victoria, British Columbia, V8Z 7E8
Canada
Information
School type Public, Distributed Learning
Founded 1988
School board School District 63 Saanich
Superintendent Dr. Keven Elder
Principal K. White
Staff 60
Grades K-12
Enrollment 3000 (1 May 2008)
Website sides.ca
Last updated: July 1, 2008

South Island Distance Education School (abbreviated as SIDES)[1] is a public, full-service, K-to-12 school, offering distributed learning courses to all students in BC, and is a member of School District 63 Saanich.

Staff and Location

South Island Distance Education School is located at 4575 Wilkinson Rd, Victoria, BC Victoria, BC, Canada, V8Z 7E8

Mr. Kevin White is now the Principal.

Unique Programs

SIDES offers the Renaissance program gifted kids[2] and an advanced placement program[3] As of the summer of 2008, there is no charge for attending summer school online.[4]

Current Projects

SIDES has over 6,000 students, one-quarter take all their classes through the "distributed learning" program. Since September 2007, adult graduates can take any distributed learning course for free.[5]

Notes

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