Guidance for Graduates

Applying to post-secondary schools can be intimidating for many students. Knowing which schools are going to be a good fit can also be a hard decision to make. Our guidance department is committed to ensuring that our students feel confident in their post-secondary decisions and making the application process as efficient as possible.

Here is how we help our graduates with their post-secondary goals:

• One-on-one guidance and support provided for course selections and post-secondary application and admission procedures in Canada and abroad
• Provide updates on application process to parents and student advisors
• Group and individual information sessions held prior to and throughout application process

Graduates receive resource materials from post-secondary schools and visits from Ontario and Canadian Universities are arranged. The Guidance Department assists graduates with their post-secondary applications and admission procedures as well as scholarship and bursary application support. The Guidance Department communicates with parents and student advisors over the course of the year to provide updates on the student’s post-secondary decisions and application processes.

Guidance for Students

Students are involved with Guidance not only as graduates but throughout their high school career. Guidance offers students direction and assistance with course selection from grades 8 to 12 with their post-secondary goals in mind. In addition to individual guidance counselling, students develop skills to become self-guiding through enrollment in three distinct guidance courses:

Grade 8 Learning Strategies

Students in Grade 8 have the opportunity to take a learning strategies course to prepare them for the rigorous demands of credit courses at the secondary school level. This is a Reach Ahead credit that will be granted upon the student's entry into secondary school.

Grade 10 Career Studies

The academic program includes a course in career studies in which students explore future occupations with the goal of selecting appropriate secondary school courses and post-secondary programs.

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