Aspengrove School
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Aspengrove School is a pre-
Nursery school
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and high school
High school
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in Nanaimo, British Columbia
British Columbia
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, Canada
Canada
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. The school is an independent
Independent school
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, non-denominational, co-educational
Coeducation
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, and university-preparatory school
University-preparatory school
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Aspengrove has three houses: Oak, Cedar, and Arbutus.
History
Aspengrove School was founded in 2003 and was originally located at 6553 Portsmouth Road in Nanaimo.There were 42 students and 8 faculty on a 1 acres (4,046.9 m²) lot. Over the summer of 2006 the school relocated and currently operates on a 40 acres (161,874.4 m²) parcel at 7660 Clark Drive in Lantzville. There are approximately 190 enrolled students and 21 faculty offering instruction from Jr. Kindergarten for 3-year-olds to Grade 12. The school is accredited as an International Baccalaureate World School (www.ibo.org) and offers Primary Years and Middle Years programmes. It got a perfect 10 out of 10 by the IB program in 2011.