Be family
Community is an integral part of life at Valley International Academy. Our programs are filled with activities and opportunities to help you build lasting relationships with your fellow students and friends.
Select your level of schooling
Arts
Learn to fully express yourself by exploring your creativity, from art and music to dance and theatre.
Arts
Explore a variety of artistic pursuits to see where your talent lies. Extra-curricular activities are not mandatory for middle years students, but are encouraged.
Badminton
Basketball
Tennis
Swimming
Hiking
Volleyball
Arts
Research, create and evaluate art to gain an understanding both as an observer and a performer. Learn to master new techniques and expand your creative abilities.
Arts
Expand your experience and focus on your personal interests with these creative extra-curricular activities, offered three times each week. Private lessons can also be arranged for music and dance.
Dance
Drama
Film-making
Knitting
Marimba Band
Model Building
Pottery
Sewing
Stop-Motion Animation
Visual Art
Yearbook
Athletics
Develop a balanced, healthy lifestyle to achieve peak performance. Compete with peers to challenge your abilities and realize your potential.
Athletics
Participate in your choice of sport and recreation, competitively or just for fun. Assorted extra-curricular activities offered three times each week.
Badminton
Basketball
Canoeing
Cross-Country
Fitness
Hiking
Swimming
Kayaking
Athletics
Learn to balance athletics with academics, and push the boundaries of your perceived limits with competitive training.
Athletics
Join a team to expand your skills, or be active through recreational choices. Extra-curricular activities are offered three times each week.
Badminton
Basketball
Canoeing
Cross-Country
Fencing
Fitness
Geocaching
Golf
Hiking
Ice Hockey
Karate
Kayaking
Rugby
Skateboarding
Soccer
Swimming
Track & Field
Ultimate Frisbee
Volleyball
Yoga
Boarding
Whether near to home or overseas, feel supported in our close-knit boarding community, and forge lifelong friendships from around the globe.
Boarding
Immerse yourself in the boarding experience and grow socially, personally and emotionally.
Activities of all types are planned for your enjoyment. Whether a quiet movie night or a daring game of paintball, there’s something fun for everyone.
Dining
Pull up a chair, and build friendships with students from all grades as we share in a hot meal together.
Dining
Our professional kitchen excels at meals with international flair as well as American comfort food. Experience cuisine from a variety of countries plus a healthy salad bar open daily.
You’ll find a choice of two or three main dishes each day, with ample side dishes of rice, vegetables, soups and salads. Nobody goes hungry at VIA!
Day students receive a hot lunch and snack each day, and boarding students receive three meals and two snacks, with brunch on Sundays.
Dining
Children in Early Years will all eat together in the comfort of their own classroom. Healthy hot meals will be provided for them at lunchtime, with snacks in the morning and afternoon.
Dining
Children in Lower School will all eat together in the comfort of their own classroom. Healthy hot meals will be provided for them at lunchtime, with snacks in the morning and afternoon.
Enrichment
From tutoring to extracurricular programs, find support when you struggle or be challenged in areas you excel.
Enrichment
Expand your academics or contribute to the local community through service-oriented activities.
Book Club
CAS Project
Earth Education
O.U.R. Ecovillage
Grad Council
Peer Tutors
Model United Nations
Service Club
Streamkeepers
Social Dance
Sustainable Farming
U of W Math Competition
Enrichment
From tutoring to extracurricular programs, find support when you struggle or be challenged in areas you excel.
Enrichment
Expand your academics or contribute to the local community through service-oriented activities. With the support of a supervising teacher you are also welcome to start an activity of your own choosing with friends or as a personal project.
Book Club
CAS Project
Earth Education
O.U.R. Ecovillage
Grad Council
Peer Tutors
Model United Nations
Service Club
Streamkeepers
Social Dance
Sustainable Farming
U of W Math Competition
Global Exchanges
Participate in cross-campus (and cross-continental) projects, collaborating with your peers in other countries.
Global Exchanges
As part of a school group with campuses around the world, there are opportunities for you to take part in more than just classroom studies. Conference with a peer class in Cambridge, UK, or share letters with students in Seoul, Korea. Have the resources available to gather opinions from other students at all eight Brookes campuses around the world to make your school projects sparkle!
Global Exchanges
Take the opportunity to study abroad, one term or long-term. Participate in exchange trips, and conference with peer classes in other countries.
Global Exchanges
As part of a school group with campuses around the world, there are opportunities for you to take part in more than just classroom studies. Submit your work to our traveling art show and have it displayed in eight different countries. Join an exchange trip to Moscow that includes the opportunity to perform at the Bolshoi. Travel to Silicon Valley and take a tour of the Google complex. The possibilities are endless.
Health & Safety
Always feel safe in the good hands of our field trip supervisors and on-campus nurse for those occasional cuts and scratches.
Health & Safety
A good quality of life is an important part of a great education. Our campus is designed to take full advantage of the natural surroundings, yet with convenient access to the heart of the community. Walking and cycling trails offer a quiet route to shopping, dining and recreation areas, and the city transit bus stops nearby for easy travel to farther destinations. Let our urban oasis become your haven.
Health & Safety
Always feel safe with your live-in boarding house parent and on-campus nurse here for you when you need it.
Health & Safety
A good quality of life is an important part of a great education. Our campus is designed to take full advantage of the natural surroundings, yet with convenient access to the heart of the community.
Health & Safety
Always feel safe in the good hands of our field trip supervisors and on-campus nurse for those occasional cuts and scratches.
Health & Safety
A good quality of life is an important part of a great education. Our campus is designed to take full advantage of the natural surroundings, yet with convenient access to the heart of the community.
Makerspace
Channel your inner techie, spark your creativity, and witness your ideas come to life as tangible, working prototypes.
Makerspace
From robotics to computer coding, sculpture or fabrication, the Makerspace provides the tools and materials to allow you to bring your ideas to life.
Build a robot from a kit or from scratch and program how it runs. Expand your knowledge of electronics and computers, and learn to build things with your own two hands.
Makerspace
Channel your inner techie, spark your creativity, and witness your ideas come to life as tangible, working prototypes.
Makerspace
From robotics to computer coding, sculpture or fabrication, the Makerspace provides the tools and materials to allow you to bring your ideas to life.
Digitally design an object and use the 3D printer to create it. Use the laser cutter to bring precision to your project. Enjoy access to teachers and tools needed to craft your items, whether practical, technological or mechanical.
Uniforms
Experience the Brookes sense of community: Unite with your peers and friends, and show your school pride on and off campus.
Uniforms
Valley International Academy offers three styles of uniform; formal, casual and athletic. The formal uniform is worn one day each week. Non-formal days are your choice.
Uniforms
Experience the Brookes sense of community: Unite with your peers and friends, and show your school pride on and off campus.
Uniforms
Valley International Academy offers three styles of uniform; formal, casual and athletic. The formal uniform is worn one day each week. Non-formal days are your choice.