International Department

Welcome to PCS!

Pacific Christian School hosts international students from all over the world. We encourage students (domestic and international) to expand their worldviews as they learn more from their classmates. It is a priority to help support them with their academic, social, and emotional needs. We create individualized EAL content in grades K through 7 and provide in-class support in mainstream courses in grades 8-12.

Long-Term Programs

A majority of our fully-international students are looking ahead to post-secondary opportunities across Canada. Students and their families are looking for a community to support their children as they learn in a Canadian education system and grow in Christ. Most students remain here for a minimum of 3 years as they complete courses and language requirements. Students are expected to complete their graduation plan for a Dogwood Diploma.

Homestay Program

Homestay families are crucial to supporting our International Program. Students are placed in homes with local and PCS families to have a full immersion experience. Often, some of the relationships built with our homestay families are the longest-lasting. We encourage families to apply if they are curious about learning more about another culture or want to enrich the way their family experiences PCS with students from around the world.

Homestay Guide

Homestay Application

Int. Student Travel Form

Short-Term Programs

Over the course of the year, we host several short-term programs at the HS from Japan. Students are here for programs 3 days to 6 months! Often our visitors create cultural immersion experiences that we enjoy across the campus. It is always a delight watching students share and learn from one another with cultural hands-on activities. Students are placed with PCS families for the duration of their stay.

Grad Program

International students participating in our 10-12 program also paticipate in grad activities throughout the year.

Short-Term

Elementary students sharing in a cultural immersion experience with groups from Sendai, Tokyo, and Hyogo, Japan

Summer

Students learning about the history of BC at the Royal BC Museum

New student Orientation Program

We continue to offer an orientation program for new students studying in Canada. The program runs between 1-3 weeks depending on the depth of program required. We provide some guidance with regards to classroom and school expectations, community navigation, and educational institutions, and tourist attractions. We also prepare students for in-session learning for Sept start. Offered August 2025.

Sister School -Miyagi Gakuin and Hyogo International

Pacific Christian has been working with our sister schools in Sendai and Hyogo, Japan for over 30 years. In fact, it is one of the longest sister-school relationships in the province! Students from Miyagi Gakuin Secondary School and Hyogo International and Pacific Christian school take turns visiting Sendai, Hyogo, and Victoria.