Guidance Services
Academic and Educational Counselling
The goal of this type of counselling is to help the students to become more aware of their abilities, aptitudes and interests so that they can plan the high school and post-secondary school educational program which is the most appropriate for them.
Career Counselling
This provides the students with up-to-date information regarding careers, the workplace and current employment trends. Resources available include, individual testing, a new comprehensive career centre, several computer career programs which detail over 900 careers, and career seminars with guest speakers from the workplace.
Individual Counselling
The aim is to help students to better understand themselves and to develop positive communication and problem solving skills so that their relationships with others can be as successful as possible.
Referrals And Liaison With Support Personnel
Psychologist, social worker, public health nurse, child care worker and outside agencies
Each student has an assigned counsellor and appointments can be made upon request.
Parents are encouraged to contact counsellors with any concerns or questions that they may have. Interviews are available upon request.
Course Load Policy:
Grades 9-11 must have full course loads, 8 credits per year.
Grade 12 – students with 24 credits or more must enroll in a minimum of 6 credits.
Deadline For Timetable Changes
Grades 9 -12 Courses
1) Within the first 5 days of the Semester: a course may be changed providing the student has parental permission, permission from Student Services, and there is room in the course
2) After The First 5 Days: a course may be changed only with an official "delete
course form." This will require involvement from subject teacher, vice-principal, guidance counsellor, parent/guardian and student