Cornerstone offers a rigorous, enriched program that meets and extends the B.C. Ministry of Education learning standards. Our goal is to build strong academic foundations, high personal standards, and confident, capable learners.

What you can expect at Cornerstone

• BC curriculum plus extended learning to challenge and inspire students

• High expectations for effort, quality, and pride in work

• Strong performance on provincial assessments, with particular success in mathematics

• Home-reading programs in every class to build strong readers and a love of literature

• Differentiated instruction to support and extend each student at their level

• Modern learning fluency: typing, research, coding, and responsible technology use, introduced gradually and intentionally

• Low student-to-teacher ratios for meaningful individual attention

Student-Teach Ratios

By maintaining classes with a low student teacher ratio, Cornerstone children receive significant individual attention.  Student teacher ratios:

• Kindergarten – 12 students per teacher

• Grades One and Two – 15 students per teacher

• Grade Three to Seven – 15 - 18 students per teacher

Accreditation

Cornerstone Montessori School is a non-profit society and a Class 1, secular, co-educational independent school accredited by the B.C. Ministry of Education. The school operates under a Board of Governors, with day-to-day leadership provided by administration.