温哥華升學一問

fattymama

囡囡明年會到温哥華讀高中,請問要為她準備一些甚麼呢（因為要homestay）？温哥華天氣冷,要在港為她買齊禦寒衣物和電腦這些東西嗎？希望有經驗的朋友指點一吓。多謝！

melindalsl

I was much lucky as my host family gave me a key.  If missed the meal time or did not have my dinner or lunch when I was home, the host would ask me to get something to eat from the fridge.  The usually are very nice, but of course some may be not very good.

原帖由 meyanyan 於 10-1-14 14:33 發表


I received my elementary, secondary, and University in Vancouver. I have many friends who are VISA students. My suggestion would be to go to schools in SURREY or LANGLEY or NORTH VAN. Those places w ...

fattymama

原帖由 cocobean225 於 10-4-8 15:37 發表
Fraser Institute seems to only offer rankings on elementary schools, as for high schools ranking, looks like we have to pay to subscribe.

Any other source that we can check on high schools ranking in ...

try this file
http://www.fraserinstitute.org/Commerce.Web/product_files/70BCESC09COMP.pdf

cocobean225

Fraser Institute seems to only offer rankings on elementary schools, as for high schools ranking, looks like we have to pay to subscribe.

Any other source that we can check on high schools ranking in BC/Canada?

原帖由 fattymama 於 09-11-27 13:59 發表


你試吓search "Fraser Institute"條 link啦!

chuchu-fighting

May be I go to Canada a few with the kids la

fungsiufong

pls pm me other issues to take care for child study at Canada. [email protected]

meyanyan

原帖由 chuchu-fighting 於 09-9-16 09:54 發表
amy888:

My daughter is now studying in North Van, as i know there is only a few chinese in her school. Nobody speak chinese/mandrain in school. So she can pick up english more easily. But no ESL in h ...

I received my elementary, secondary, and University in Vancouver. I have many friends who are VISA students. My suggestion would be to go to schools in SURREY or LANGLEY or NORTH VAN. Those places who be more diversified and it would force them to learn English more.

From what I had heard from my VISA friends, homestay is a good choice for the first year in Vancouver because it would provide them a first hand of how Canadian's live. Only by chance that the family would treat your child up to your standards because one family had provided a eating schedule for my friend and a time for her to follow. If she doesnt like the food that it was planned or she wasnt there at that specific time, then you will not have food until the next meal. And if there was a specific time for the doors to be locked at night and if she didnt come back into the house, then she had to find a place to sleep for the night.

After the first year, they usually would group together the friends who use homestay as well and rent one apartment to live in near the school.

I have other pointers that the parents should take notice of. if you want, please PM me.

salvatorefiori

As was discussed by many members here, I truly assent to the fact that North Vancouver is a wonderful city to live in, particularly for those new settlers & those who 'd like their kids to settle in an English-speaking environment.  There are more native language speakers than Asian, though it is a bit inconvenient in terms of transportation (I mean the distance to & from downtown) and daily shopping, North Van embraces such a good character of a quiet lovely town, where you can enjoy your time & life that will not be able to copy in area such as Richmond.

fattymama

原帖由 cocobean225 於 09-11-25 17:22 發表
anyone may have the high school rankings in vancouver?

你試吓search "Fraser Institute"條 link啦!

cocobean225

anyone may have the high school rankings in vancouver?

rachncurtsmom

There's another thing which I think is quite important, but nobody has mentioned it here.

When you buy clothes in HK, remember they'll be put to dry in a dryer.  The clothes could shrink quite a bit.

chuchu-fighting

http://www.edb.gov.hk/index.aspx?langno=2&nodeid=1477

Vancouver Homestay
http://www.vancouverhomestaysearch.com/

http://www.cjredu.com.hk/countries/ca/other/fic.htm

chuchu-fighting

Depends on which school u apply. I saw that informations on the web before , let me try to find it out later.

G-Ma

想請問一下大家現時溫哥華的大學收生條件概係咩? 需唔需要考TOFEL? 如要, 大概要幾多分 (我知現時TOFEL既分數同我地當年計法唔一樣, 例如當年580-600分即係等於現時幾多分?)

MANY THANKS!

chuchu-fighting

I forgot say thank you to amy888添!,thanks a lot.

chuchu-fighting

我之前在溫哥華住時都是在當地買雪鞋,文具的,要留意 when is big sale ,會好平及合當地要求,還可到花園街買D出口衫,合外國洗衣機,耐洗D,無咁易old,

amy888

I like North Vancouver, since there is less Chinese.  But school with a lot of Chinese (eg West Van) they may got very good academic result. I'll pm you.

原帖由 chuchu-fighting 於 09-9-16 09:54 發表
amy888:

My daughter is now studying in North Van, as i know there is only a few chinese in her school. Nobody speak chinese/mandrain in school. So she can pick up english more easily. But no ESL in h ...

chuchu-fighting

amy888:

My daughter is now studying in North Van, as i know there is only a few chinese in her school. Nobody speak chinese/mandrain in school. So she can pick up english more easily. But no ESL in her school.


Which school now , my daughterF.5 and son F.3 I want to sent them back to Canada to have G11 and G8-9 ,then my daughter's classmate also want to go together to rent a house for them, classmate also worry to much chinese speaking , cannot learning English . is it better homestay or rent a house?? and which school, and how about the fee of hkpeople and citizen?? thanks

achow

Dear experience parent,

I would like to send my kinds to Vancover as well in the near future. May I know if there are any good bording school (co-ed is better), cause I got a girl and a boy. Million thanks in advance.

Actually I cam Canadian citizen, but I lived in Toronto for 11 years. I don't wanted to send them to Toronto cause the weather is too cold. I have never been in Vancover before, therefore wanted to get more from all of you.

P.S; By the way are there any website?

amy888

My daughter is now studying in North Van, as i know there is only a few chinese in her school. Nobody speak chinese/mandrain in school. So she can pick up english more easily. But no ESL in her school.