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Title: Notre Dame Secondary School


1
Notre Dame Secondary School
  • Grade 9

2
Timeline
  • December Associate School Information Meeting
  • Option sheets distributed
  • January School visits
  • Evening information meeting for
    parents and students
  • - Option sheet and registration
    fee collected
  • Wed. Feb. 11th Collection of Online Student
    Course
  • Verification forms
  • April - Verification forms to Associate
    Schools
  • At risk student identification
  • June - Course selections finalized
  • August Student Timetables ready for
    distribution
  • - Grade 9 Orientation

3
READY FOR NINE
  • THE TRANSITION FROM GRADE 8 TO 9

4
Notre Dame C. S. S.
  • Semester School - Courses offered on a half-year
    basis
  • Generally, 8 subjects in two blocks
  • - 4 subjects from September to January
    -
    another 4 subjects from February to June
  • The 4 subjects are taken daily for the semester
  • 4 period day, each period length is 75 minutes.

5
Our Daily Schedule
  • Warning Bell 825am
  • Period 1 835- 950am
  • Period 2 955-1110am
  • Period 3a 1115-1155am
  • 3b 1155-1235pm
  • 3c 1235-115pm
  • Period 4 120-235pm

6
Transportation
  • 3.2 km. Radius
  • Schedules are posted

7
  • Ontario Secondary School Program

8
ONTARIO SECONDARY SCHOOL DIPLOMA
  • 30 credits (110 hours each)
  • 18 compulsory credits
  • 12 elective credits
  • (4 Religion courses are compulsory,
  • 1 in each year)
  • - 40 hrs. community service
  • - Ontario Secondary School Literacy
    Test

9
Secondary School Certificates
  • The Ontario Secondary School Certificate
  • for students who leave school before earning the
    O.S.S.D. must earn at least 14 credits
  • The Certificate of Accomplishment
  • for students who leave school before earning
    either the O.S.S.D. or the O.S.S.C.
  • useful means of recognizing achievement for
    students who plan to take certain vocational
    programs or other kinds of further training or
    who plan to find employment after leaving school

10
18 Compulsory Credits
4 credits in English (1 credit per grade) 1
credit in French as a second language 3 credits
in mathematics (at least 1 in Gr. 11 or 12) 2
credits in science 1 credit in Canadian history 1
credit in Canadian geography 1 credit in the arts
(music, visual arts, drama) 1 credit in health
and physical education .5 credit in civics .5
credit in career studies (grade 10) Plus..
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Compulsory Credits (contd.)
Plus 1 additional credit in English or FSL, or
a third language, or a social science, or
Canadian and world studies, or Guidance, or
Co-op 1 additional credit in health and physical
education, or business studies, or the arts
(music, visual arts, or drama), or
Co-op 1 additional credit in science (grades 11
or 12), or technological education (grades 9-12),
or Co-op
12
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
  • Encourages civic responsibility, promotes
    community values
  • Supports students career explorations
    reinforces importance of volunteering
  • Minimum 40 hours in addition to 30 credits,
    completed over 4 years
  • Broad range of unpaid activities
  • Minimal school involvement
  • Provincial policies/guidelines governing
    placements

13
The Literacy Test
  • administered in the Spring of the grade 10 year
  • a test based on language and communication
    (reading
  • and writing) expectations of curricula up to and
    including
  • grade 9
  • accommodations, deferrals and exemptions may be
  • appropriate for some students
  • if a student does not meet the standard in the
    first
  • attempt, schools will provide remedial support
    the test
  • will be re-administered until the student
    successfully
  • completes the test or alternatively successfully
    completes
  • the Grade 12 Literacy Course

14
Pathway Planning
Important to know
  • how you learn best
  • diploma requirements to graduate
  • prerequisites for courses
  • how to plan for experiential learning
    opportunities
  • admission requirements for post-secondary
    opportunities
  • preparing for school-work

15
Course Types
  • Open
  • Music
  • Art
  • Business
  • Technology
  • Health and Physical Education
  • Social Science
  • Guidance and Career Education
  • Academic/Applied/
  • Locally Developed C.C.()
  • English ()
  • Mathematics ()
  • Science ()
  • French
  • History
  • Geography

16
Academic???
  • Academic courses cover essential concepts plus
    additional material.
  • While course work exposes students to both
    theories and practical applications, there is a
    greater emphasis on THEORY and ABSTRACT thinking
    as a basis for future learning and problem
    solving.
  • Student centered learning environment
  • General Rule Minimum 75
  • - Solid Learning Skills

17
Applied???
  • Applied courses focus on the essential concepts.
  • While course work exposes students to both
    theories and practical applications, the emphasis
    is on PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS.
  • Course work relates to familiar real-life
    situations and provides students with the
    opportunity for hands-on application of the
    concepts they learn.
  • Teacher centered learning environment
  • General Rule 5074
  • - Satisfactory Learning Skills

18
Locally Developed Compulsory Credit???L.D.C.C.
  • A L.D.C.C. course is a locally developed course
    that meets educational needs not met by
    provincial curriculum documents
  • ie MAT 1L
  • Provides an opportunity to build skills so that
    the student may be successful in future high
    school programming

19
Open???
  • Open courses have
  • one set of expectations
  • for the subject being taken.

20
Switching Course Types Gr. 9 to 10
  • Transfer Courses
  • students who are successful in any academic or
    applied grade 9 course will have the opportunity
    to enter either the academic or applied course in
    the same subject in grade 10
  • students wishing to change course types from gr.
    9 to gr.10 will complete additional course work
    in order to demonstrate achievement of the
    learning expectations that are included in the
    one course but not the other
  • Students are recommended to attend Summer School
    when moving to a different level.

21
Making the Choice??? LISTEN TO YOUR
TEACHERS !!!
  • parents and students will select courses in
    collaboration with elementary school teachers,
    guidance counselors and administrators
  • grade 8 students and their parents choose grade 9
    courses on the basis of the students needs,
    interests, strengths, and past achievements, and
    may also be influenced by learning opportunities
    available outside the school

22
GRADE 10 COURSES
  • Students will have to consider future goals when
    they make choices for Grade 10
  • Some Grade 10 courses will be prerequisites for
    specific Grade 11 courses

23
Grades 11 and 12 Programs
  • Courses in Grades 11 and 12 will prepare students
    for the following post-secondary destinations
  • Workplace
  • College
  • Apprenticeship
  • University
  • College/University
  • As in Grades 9 and 10 some courses will be Open

24
Course Types
25
The following diagram illustrates a generalized
overview of the destination-based pathways.  
Grade 10
Grade 11
Grade 12
Grade 9
Academic
Academic
University
University
Applied
Applied
College
College
Workplace
Workplace
L.D.C.C
26
  • Notre Dame s Grade 9 Program

27
Grade 9 Compulsory Courses
  • Religion Open
  • Academic, Applied or
  • Locally Developed ()
  • English ()
  • Mathematics ()
  • Science ()
  • French
  • Geography

28
Grade 9 Elective Courses
  • Visual Arts
  • Health Physical Education
  • Introduction to Information Technology in
    Business
  • Exploring Technologies (Auto, Manufacturing,
    Construction, Computer Science)( Hair.
    Hospitality, Green Industries, Communications
    technology)
  • Learning Strategies
  • Music

29
Extra Curricular Activities
  • Fall, Winter, Spring Sports Teams
  • Football, Basketball, Hockey, Volleyball, Soccer,
    Baseball, Tennis, Field Hockey, Rugby many
    others
  • After School Clubs
  • Year Book, School Reach, Photography, Tutoring,
    Chess Club, Dance, Jazz Band, Theatre Productions
    many others

Student Council Executive, Grade rep, Dances,
Fund Raising, Spirit Building Activities
30
Making the Decision
ASK QUESTIONS!
  • honest self-assessment
  • what are you good at?
  • what do you like?
  • talk to parents teachers neighbours
  • consider all post-secondary options
  • research
  • surf the net
  • consider cooperative education

GET ANSWERS!
31
On Behalf of all the Notre Dame Staff
  • Thank you for joining us this evening
  • Have a safe trip home
  • For more information visit
  • http//schools.hcdsb.org/guidance/ or
    www.ntdm.ca/
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