Adopt a Country is a school-based program that builds awareness of global citizenship by encouraging students to learn about other countries, and by connecting BC students with their peers around the world. Read the Adopt a Country School Guide for details on how to adopt of one of the participating countries in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and for suggestions on how to integrate this program into existing class work. Schools are encouraged to register to receive updates, including opportunities to connect with schools in their adopted country or chances to meet Olympic and Paralympic athletes.
Click on the map to select a country from within any of the seven continental regions, then click on the country you want to adopt or click 'BACK' to return to the world map. Don’t worry if someone has already adopted your chosen country, each country can be adopted by more than one school or class.
Each country can be adopted by more than one school.
Click Adopt this Country to proceed with the adoption process, or click the BACK button if you'd like to continue your search.
B.C. schools that have adopted United States of America
No schools have adopted this country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Canada
Thunderbird Elementary
2325 Cassiar Street
Vancouver, B.C. V5M 3X3
District #39 - Vancouver School District
Phone: 604 713 4611
B.C. schools that have adopted Bermuda
No schools have adopted this country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Anguilla (U.K.)
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Antigua and Barbuda
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Aruba (Neth.)
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Barbados
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Belize
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted British Virgin Islands (U.K.)
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Cayman Islands
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Costa Rica
Sundance Elementary
1625 Bank Street
Victoria, B.C. V8R 4V5
District #61 – Greater Victoria
Phone: 250-598-5012
Fax: 250-598-5031
B.C. schools that have adopted Cuba
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Dominica
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Dominican Republic
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted El Salvador
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Grenada
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Guadeloupe (France)
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Guatemala
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Haiti
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Honduras
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Jamaica
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Martinique (France)
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Montserrat (U.K.)
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Netherland Antilles (Neth.)
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Nicaragua
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Panama
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Puerto Rico (U.S.)
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted St. Kitts and Nevis
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted St. Lucia
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted St. Vincent and The Grenadines
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted The Bahamas
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Trinidad and Tobago
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Turks and Caicos Islands (U.K.)
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Virgin Islands (U.S.)
No schools have adopted this country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Mexico
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Argentina
Aspenwood Elementary
2001 Panorama Dr.
Port Moody, B.C. V3H 5G8
District #43 - Coquitlam School District
Phone: 604-461-7680
Fax: 604-461-7615
B.C. schools that have adopted Bolivia
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Brazil
Maple Ridge Christian School
12140-203rd Street
Maple Ridge, B.C. V2X 2Z5
District – Independent School
Phone: 604-465-4442
Fax: 604-465-1685
Arbutus Global Middle School
2305 Edgelow
Victoria, B.C. V8N1R5
District #61 – Victoria
2330 Cypress Lane
West Vancouver, B.C. V7S 3H9
District #45 - West Vancouver (Independent School)
Phone: 604-922-3223
Fax: 604-922-3328
Website: www.mulgrave.com
B.C. schools that have adopted Sudan
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Swaziland
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Tanzania
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Togo
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Tunisia
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Uganda
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Western Sahara
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Zambia
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Zimbabwe
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Portugal
Aspenwood Elementary
2001 Panorama Dr.
Port Moody, B.C. V3H 5G8
District #43 - Coquitlam School District
Phone: 604-461-7680
Fax: 604-461-7615
12140 203 St
Maple Ridge, B.C. V2X 2Z5
District #42 – Independent School
Phone: 604 465-4442
Fax: 604 465-1685
Website: www.mrcs.ca
Seycove Secondary
1204 Caledonia Ave
North Vancouver, B.C. V7G 2A6
District #44 – North Vancouver
Phone: 604-903-3666
Fax: 604-903-3667 Website
B.C. schools that have adopted Czech Republic
Mountain View Elementary
PO Bag 7300
Revelstoke, B.C. V0E 2S0
District #19> - Revelstoke School District
B.C. schools that have adopted Germany
West-Mont School
4075 Metchosin Road
Sooke, B.C. V9C 4A4
District Independent School
Phone: 250 474 2626
Fax: 250 478 8944
Website: www.west-mont.ca
Westside Academy
3791 Highway 16 West
Prince George, B.C. V2N 5P8
District Independent
Phone: 250 964 9600
Fax: 250 964 9604
Website: www.westsideacademy.ca
Spectrum Community School
957 Burnside Road West
Victoria, B.C. V8Z 6E9
District #61 - Greater Victoria School District
Phone: 250-479-8271 ext.108
Fax: 250-479-8204
Website: http://spectrum.sd61.bc.ca/
B.C. schools that have adopted Luxembourg
No schools have adopted this country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Denmark
Spring Creek Community School
6401 Balsam
Whistler, B.C. V0N 1B0
District #48 – Sea to Sky
Phone: 604-935-3822
B.C. schools that have adopted Sweden
Highlands Elementary
3150 Colwood Drive
North Vancouver, B.C. V7R 2R6
District #44 - North Vancouver School District
Phone: 604-903-3540
Fax: 604-903-3541
West-Mont School
4075 Metchosin Road
Sooke, B.C. V9C 4A4
District Independent School
Phone: 250 474 2626
Fax: 250 478 8944
Website: www.west-mont.ca
Steeples Elementary School
700 24 Ave. N
Cranbrook, B.C. V1C 5P6
District #5 - South East Kootenay School District
Phone: 250 426 3352
Fax: 250 426 0620
Lord Byng Elementary
3711 Georgia Street
Richmond, B.C. V7E 6M3
District #38 - Richmond School District
Phone: 604 668 6649
Fax: 604 668 6649
B.C. schools that have adopted Finland
West Bay Elementary
3175 Thompson Place
West Vancouver, B.C. V7V 3E3
District #45 - West Vancouver
Phone: 604 - 981-1260
Fax: 604-981-1261
Website: www.sd45.bc.ca
Island Pacific School
671 Carter Road
Bowen Island, B.C. V0N 1G0
District #45 - West Vancouver
Phone: 604-947-9311
B.C. schools that have adopted Estonia
Fort St. James Secondary School
Box 307
Fort St. James, B.C. V0J 1P0
District #91 - Nechako Lakes District
Phone: 250-996-7126
Fax: 250-996-7708
B.C. schools that have adopted Latvia
No schools have adopted this country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Lithuania
No schools have adopted this country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Russia
Rutland Senior Secondary School
705 Rutland Road N
Kelowna, B.C. V1X 3B6
District #23 - Central Okanagan
Phone: 250 765-1407 ext. 7113
Fax: 250 870-5010
Website: www.rss.sd23.bc.ca
B.C. schools that have adopted Poland
No schools have adopted this country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Belarus
Mountain Meadows Elementary School Div. 3
444 Noons Creek Dr
Coquitlam, B.C. V3H 4N3
District #43 - Coquitlam School District
Phone: 604-469-2238
Fax: 604-469-0974
Website: sd43.bc.ca
B.C. schools that have adopted Ukraine
Aspenwood Elementary
2001 Panorama Dr.
Port Moody, B.C. V3H 5G8
District #43 - Coquitlam School District
Phone: 604-461-7680
Fax: 604-461-7615
West-Mont School
4075 Metchosin Road
Sooke, B.C. V9C 4A4
District Independent School
Phone: 250 474 2626
Fax: 250 478 8944
Website: www.west-mont.ca
B.C. schools that have adopted Moldova, Republic of
No schools have adopted this country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Romania
No schools have adopted this country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Slovakia
No schools have adopted this country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Hungary
No schools have adopted this country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Austria
Aspenwood Elementary
2001 Panorama Dr.
Port Moody, B.C. V3H 5G8
District #43 - Coquitlam School District
Phone: 604-461-7680
Fax: 604-461-7615
E-mail: kdeutschmann@sd43.bc.ca
SVYC Day Program
4866 Fraser Street
Vancouver, B.C. V5V 4H5
District #39 - Vancouver
Phone: 604-325-9617
Fax: 604-325-2012
B.C. schools that have adopted Switzerland
Ecole Cedardale
595 Burley Drive
West Vancouver, B.C. V7T 1Z3
District #45 - West Vancouver School District
Phone: 604-981-1390
Fax: 604-981-1391
Website: www.sd45.bc.ca/cedardale/
High Park School
40 Highridge Way
Stony Plain AB T7Z 1R6
District Parkland School Division
Phone: 780 963 2222
Fax: 780 963 9699
Website: www.psd70.ab.ca/highpark
Ecole Pauline Johnson
1150, 22nd Street
West Vancouver, B.C. V7V 4C4
District #45 - West Vancouver School District
Phone: 604-981-1232
Website: www.sd45.bc.ca/pj/
B.C. schools that have adopted Slovenia
No schools have adopted this country.
B.C. schools that have adopted
Pacific Christain School
671 Agnes St
Victoria, B.C. v8z 2e7
District Independent
Phone: 250 479 9365
B.C. schools that have adopted Bosnia and Herzegovina
No schools have adopted this country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Montenegro
No schools have adopted this country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Serbia
Moscrop Secondary
1200-5967 Wilson Ave.
Burnaby, B.C. V5H 4N9
District #41 - Burnaby
B.C. schools that have adopted Albania
No schools have adopted this country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Macedonia
No schools have adopted this country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Greece
Yennadon Elementary
201-801 Gatensbury St
Coquitlam B.C. V3J 5H6
District 42 - Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows
B.C. schools that have adopted Bulgaria
No schools have adopted this country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Turkey
No schools have adopted this country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Georgia
No schools have adopted this country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Armenia
No schools have adopted this country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Azerbaijan
No schools have adopted this country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Cyprus
No schools have adopted this country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Malta
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Monaco
No schools have adopted this country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Liechtenstein
No schools have adopted this country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Greenland
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Faroe Islands
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted San Marino
No schools have adopted this country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Vatican
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Gibraltar
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Guernsey
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Norway
Highlands Elementary
3150 Colwood Drive
North Vancouver, B.C. V7R 2R6
District #44 - North Vancouver School District
Phone: 604-903-3540
Fax: 604-903-3541
Hamilton Elementary School
1822 West 7th St
Port Angeles, WA. 98362
District # - Port Angeles School District
Phone: 360-565-1647
Island Pacific School
Box 128, 671 Carter Rd.
Bowen Island, B.C. V0N 1G0
District #45 – West Vancouver
Phone: 604-947-9311 Website
B.C. schools that have adopted Isle of Man
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Jersey
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Afghanistan
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Bahrain
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Bangladesh
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Bhutan
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Brunei
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Cambodia
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Gaza
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Hong Kong
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted India
Spectrum Community School
957 Burnside Road West
Victoria, B.C. V8Z 6E9
District #61 - Greater Victoria School District
Phone: 250-479-8271 ext.108
Fax: 250-479-8204
Website: http://spectrum.sd61.bc.ca/
B.C. schools that have adopted Indonesia
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.
Please select a different country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Iran
No schools have adopted this country.
B.C. schools that have adopted Iraq
This country is not participating in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games at this time.