Crawford Bay Elementary-Secondary School is a small, rural, K-12 school on Kootenay Lake, British Columbia, with approximately 70-80 students.

Our school was the first LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold Standard school in BC, and it is truly gorgeous.  Our learning spaces are comfortable, calm, flexible, with lots of natural light, wood and equipped for any kind of learning we can imagine.   Our classes are all multi-age, creating opportunities for deep connections, student leadership and creative groupings. Our secondary elective offerings change from year to year, depending on what our students hope to take and what our staff expertise is.  They can include Spanish, Philosophy, Woodwork, Film Production, Culinary Arts and more.  Given our unique immediate natural surroundings, we have a strong focus on nature-based, and placed-based learning. We strive to have student learning embedded in the community, using local expertise to enrich our classroom learning. We are famous for our abundant school garden and delicious PAC run hot lunch program, neither of which would be possible without the dedicated volunteers who come year-round. 

Our staff are dedicated, deeply creative and flexible in their work.  They draw on a wide range of skills and passions to create a meaningful, enriching, and safe learning environment for all learners.  They are responsive to student voice and strive to create bridges with families and the wider community.  We are fortunate to build upon a strong foundation made over the decades by many dedicated staff and families.  This history is rightly important to this community. 

Our learners come from all over the East Shore, including the communities of Riondel, Kootenay Bay, Crawford Bay, Gray Creek, and Boswell. 

We have a StrongStart facility on the premises, as well as a community fitness centre.

There are after-school clubs and activities most days, run by the school and the super active local youth groups.