The school is home to several student-run businesses, including a bakery, hair salon and an eatery known as Restaurant Barden.

The need for a social communal space was met with the construction of The Forum, a meeting place which consists of a dining area, bakery, cantina, bookstore, and a nearby library.

High quality and modern structures were made for specialized teaching branches, particularly for students in the music and athletic programs.

Students are encouraged to become self-reliant by taking responsibility for environmental and enterprise links with the local business community in Sandefjord.

The school's ICT project has been regarded as an important way of encouraging teachers of various subjects to work together to change teaching methods and modify student-teacher relationships.

[10] The South Africa project began in 1999 and offers the opportunity for students at SVGS to travel to Johannesburg to visit schools in Soweto.

[14] Sports offered at the Programme for Athletic Studies also include tennis, orientation, rowing, golf, archery, martial arts, gymnastics, track and field, and underwater rugby.