Hi everyone,
Tomorrow is our second annual Career Day at Fieldcrest! We are looking forward to hosting a number of professionals from our community, who have generously given up their time to come and visit with our students. Throughout the day, students will have an opportunity to hear our guests speak about their chosen professions, and toward the end of our sessions, they will have a meet and greet with our visitors. Information may come home about colleges and universities - please don't fret! We're not pushing them through THOSE doors yet! Mrs. Reid has been kind enough to coordinate getting some course catalogues from Ontario colleges and universities that students will have a chance to browse through in the afternoon. Please have a discussion with your child about the careers they learned about and what careers might interest them in the future!
Invite your grade 8 student to take you through his or her "my blueprint" page:
myblueprint.ca/simcoe
Enjoy the rest of your evening!
Miss Skelton :)
Showing posts with label pathways. Show all posts
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Monday, February 09, 2015
Monday, January 12, 2015
Course Selection for High School
Hi everyone,
Today, Mr. Shank visited our school to speak to our students about their course selection for Grade 9. During this presentation, our students were given the following information that relates to them graduating from Grade 12 in 2019:
Compulsory Credits to be completed:
- 4 credits in English (1 credit per grade)
- 3 credits in Math (1 in grade 11 or 12)
- 2 credits in Science
- 1 credit in Canadian History
- 1 credit in Canadian Geography
- 1 credit in the Arts
- 1 credit in Health and Phys. Ed.
- 1 credit in French as a Second Language
- 0.5 credits in Career Studies
- 0.5 credits in Civics
Minimum of 40 Hours of Volunteer Hours
- non-profit organizations
- no payment received
- working for a family business for "free" does not count
OSSLT - Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test
- taken in Grade 10
- can be written as many times as necessary in order for student to pass
Mr. Shank also spoke to our students about the pathways that are available to them (Apprenticeship, College, University), and how their marks help determine whether they go into Academic, Applied, or Locally Developed classes in Grade 9. Students are not required to choose only one of these three choices - they can have a mix of various levels.
More information will be available at the Parent Information Night on Thursday, January 15, 2015 at Bradford District High School. All families are strongly encouraged to attend.
We've been reminding students about how important their learning skills with regards to their decisions for Grade 9. Students with a good work ethic and typically good learning skills tend to be more successful in Grade 9. We encourage students who struggle with their learning skills to work on them this year, while they have the support of teachers who know them and can help. Next year, there will be a lot of change, and trying to revamp work ethic at the same time can be very overwhelming. We want to help our students to be fully prepared for what they face in September!
Have a great day,
Miss Skelton :)
Today, Mr. Shank visited our school to speak to our students about their course selection for Grade 9. During this presentation, our students were given the following information that relates to them graduating from Grade 12 in 2019:
Compulsory Credits to be completed:
- 4 credits in English (1 credit per grade)
- 3 credits in Math (1 in grade 11 or 12)
- 2 credits in Science
- 1 credit in Canadian History
- 1 credit in Canadian Geography
- 1 credit in the Arts
- 1 credit in Health and Phys. Ed.
- 1 credit in French as a Second Language
- 0.5 credits in Career Studies
- 0.5 credits in Civics
Minimum of 40 Hours of Volunteer Hours
- non-profit organizations
- no payment received
- working for a family business for "free" does not count
OSSLT - Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test
- taken in Grade 10
- can be written as many times as necessary in order for student to pass
Mr. Shank also spoke to our students about the pathways that are available to them (Apprenticeship, College, University), and how their marks help determine whether they go into Academic, Applied, or Locally Developed classes in Grade 9. Students are not required to choose only one of these three choices - they can have a mix of various levels.
More information will be available at the Parent Information Night on Thursday, January 15, 2015 at Bradford District High School. All families are strongly encouraged to attend.
We've been reminding students about how important their learning skills with regards to their decisions for Grade 9. Students with a good work ethic and typically good learning skills tend to be more successful in Grade 9. We encourage students who struggle with their learning skills to work on them this year, while they have the support of teachers who know them and can help. Next year, there will be a lot of change, and trying to revamp work ethic at the same time can be very overwhelming. We want to help our students to be fully prepared for what they face in September!
Have a great day,
Miss Skelton :)
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