Every student deserves a pathway to financial freedom. At Rooted School Vancouver, we’re building it—right now. This Give More 24!, your gift funds certifications, internships, college support, and emergency aid. Invest in young people. Invest in the future.

Every student deserves a pathway to financial freedom. At Rooted School Vancouver, we’re building it—right now. This Give More 24!, your gift funds certifications, internships, college support, and emergency aid. Invest in young people. Invest in the future.

Building the Roots of Upward Mobility.

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2025-26 SCHOOL YEAR

We exist to provide our students personal pathways to financial freedom.

A motivational graphic with the text "4 year goal" and a message about students leaving college with acceptance and job offers. The background shows a group of students celebrating.

Some will get there with a college next to their name. Others without.

Some will come to our doors already born into it. Others won’t.

Our job is not to decide how they get there. It is to provide them options for how they get there. So we provide options that teach them how to learn in an ever-changing world, develop their skill sets in the most in-demand job sectors, and create technology that transforms communities as we know them.

Many students will graduate with highly sought jobs in tech—paying well above the local median. Many students will go onto college with a refined purpose and context for being there. All will leave with a job offer in one hand and a college acceptance letter in the other.

This is why Rooted School Vancouver exists.

How We’re Different

  • Self-Directed On-Site Learning

    Rooted defines self-directed learners as those who need very little, if any, redirection because they know their goals and are focused on achieving them. This is what the workplace of today requires.

    At Rooted, students are given a playlist of tasks and projects to complete within their courses and create the tempo for their learning—within guardrails that we put in place of course. Once students achieve mastery, they can continue on to new or more challenging problems instead of having to wait on their peers.

  • Industry-based Credentials and Internships

    For about two hours during the school day, students engage in industry-focused project-based learning experiences designed by Rooted’s teachers and industry partners. Projects are designed around specific community problems that students work to solve.

    Students can graduate with an advanced industry credential in one of the numerous technology sectors en route to entry-level employment with one of Rooted’s industry partners. Starting in 9th grade, students can compete for paid internships with local technology partners. These internships are designed around the roles and tasks that industry partners typically hire for in college interns or entry-level hires.

  • Project-based Learning

    To demonstrate mastery learning, Rooted students apply their skills in solving real-world challenges through project-based learning. Students work on projects that are co-designed with our tech industry partners.

    Using this backward-designed approach, students practice industry-specific skills that are required to be competitive for entry-level roles after graduation. Additionally, students learn how to give and receive feedback on the path towards achieving a shared goal.

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Empty classroom with several tables and chairs, a large screen at the front, white and green walls, and educational posters.

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Students studying and socializing in a modern, green-walled educational or community center lounge area with tables, chairs, and a large digital screen on the wall.

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Students sitting and waiting in a college reception area with a reception desk that has the letters 'ROO' on it, a student reading a magazine on a bench, and two students talking at a table. The room has green and white walls and ceiling panels with lighting.

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Classroom with students seated at tables, a teacher standing in front of whiteboard writing, and another staff member near the window. The room has colorful posters on the walls, a large screen displaying class information, and students engaged in learning activities.

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Two women and a young boy sitting in an office room with a dog lying on a blue mat. One woman is talking and smiling, the other is listening. The room is decorated with bookshelves, posters, and a large green bean bag chair.

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