Mountain View School Division, Manitoba

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Mountain View School Division is a geographically large rural school division located in the heart of the Manitoba prairies. Here one can find pristine lakes; cool, refreshing streams; rolling grasslands; and sprawling forests. The division is nestled between two prairie mountain ranges – the Riding Mountains to the south and the Duck Mountains to the north.

We take great pride in offering high quality educational programming within a safe, caring environment at each of our sixteen schools. International students have a variety of options to choose from: to study and receive credit for courses taken; to graduate with a Grade 12 Diploma; or to participate in a short-term cultural and language development program. To ensure international students integrate successfully into regular classes, the Division offers various supports such as English as an additional Language, access to school counsellors, and program staff who remain closely connected with students, schools and homestay families. Students may complement their academic studies with a variety of school- and community-based activities. To fully experience family life in Canada and become immersed in the English language, many students choose to live with one of our carefully selected homestay families.

Mountain View School Division has a diverse and complex public education system with an annual enrolment of approximately 3,250 students. The division provides Kindergarten to Grade 12 educational programming in sixteen schools located in seven separate communities: Dauphin, Roblin, Winnipegosis, Grandview, Gilbert Plains, Ethelbert, and Ochre River. Due to the large geographical nature of the division approximately 50% of our students are transported on division buses, to their local community school.

Mountain View School Division has five Kindergarten to Grade 6 schools, four Kindergarten to Grade 8 schools, two Kindergarten to Grade 12 schools, one Grade 7 and Grade 8 school, and four Grade 9 to Grade 12 schools. The largest high school, Dauphin Regional Comprehensive Secondary School, offers a full slate of academic and vocational programs. French immersion and Ukrainian bilingual programs are offered at the Kindergarten – Grade 8 level.

Each secondary and middle school has an extensive extra-curricular program where students can participate in a variety of activities, and divisional tournaments are held throughout the year to highlight the sports program. To complement the athletics program, fine arts and music programs are offered throughout the division.

Mountain View School Division ensures that a high-quality accommodation is arranged in close proximity to school, and that all homestay families undergo a homestay orientation, training, Criminal Record Check and Child Abuse Registry Check. Mountain View School Division International Student Program will strive to meet the individual needs of students when placing students.

Homestay fees include:

• Placement with an appropriate homestay family
• Three meals a day
• Bedroom with storage and place to study
• Homestay Manager monitoring of accommodation
• Access to telephone
• Access to internet
• Access to laundry facilities

The homestay fee does not cover any extra-curricular school costs. Homestay families are expected to include the international student when they participate in local family outings and cover their expenses. Each international student will be provided with a key to their home and contact information for their homestay parents during working hours.

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