UPDATE: Vancouver Coastal Health has shared information as well, so I've updated that in as well.
I know some families have had questions. The district has shared a briefing that I wanted to pass along. It sounds like this will be shared more generally to families as well. UPDATE: Vancouver Coastal Health has shared information as well, so I've updated that in as well.
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There isn't much information out for summer school yet, but they do have this on http://summer.vsb.bc.ca and I thought it was worth sharing. The signup date is there and it likely opens at 6 AM, like it did last year. Some of the Math and Science courses sell out in an hour or two, so it's good to be on top of things! How to use Summer School to help your University chances: 1. DON'T take a new tough class in summer school because even if you take it in grade 12, post-secondaries will see your final mark and use it. 2. DO take a course a second time as only your best mark will show up on your transcript. Because post-secondaries don't pull information until you apply the information as to how often you took something is hidden. 3. DO take a course that you feel confident you'll do well in to help boost your "Academic five" courses for applications. Marks come out the Thursday before spring break, so it's a great time to start thinking about summer school decisions. Capacity Cafe is an event put on by the School Aged Child & Youth (CYMH) wing of Vancouver Coastal Health. They do a fantastic event where students from other schools act like a panel giving perspectives on issues that relate to your children. All of the parents listen in silence while the facilitators ask the questions and the students respond. This is a fantastic empathy building experience that I did myself a couple years ago. Space will definitely be limited so act fast! One of our best community partners, Frog Hollow, has let me know they're looking for another round of fantastic future leaders. This program has been wonderful with so many of our school's students in the past. Definitely recommend. Great for building a scholarship resume too! Here's what they had to say about it (from my email).
We are currently recruiting Gr. 9 – 11 students for our Youth Skills Program we’ve been running in partnership at Van Tech for more than 10 years. It is a 10 week program where youth learn transferable skills to build their confidence at volunteer / work placements. In past cohorts, we had 15-20 Van Tech students who received their first aid or food safe certification, enjoyed learning more about themselves and each other, and volunteered a minimum of 40+ hours at local organizations. Youth Skills runs after school at the BASE Space on Wednesdays – and there is free food (e.g. pizza, sushi, etc) and bus tickets! We are hoping you might know Grade 11 students who'd be interested to participate in Youth Skills. Our program starts soon, and we’re hoping to reach out to a few more folx. Could you refer students to us and/or send a short blurb through an email list? Interested: Contact Nelli Agbulos at nelli@froghollow.bc.ca One of Van Tech's former superstar grads (Aydin Quach) who now has a really great and active role in Frog Hollow is hosting an event on exploring post-secondary options (from the perspective of all sorts of different options - universities, colleges, trades, gap years, employment, etc.). Time is also spent on resume building, application process, and much more! Here are the details and how you sign up! I definitely recommend Aydin and all the work he does with Frog Hollow. Please note that this is a Saturday, not a school day :) Families are, of course, part of the front line of mental health support for our kids. There are two parent sessions coming up I wanted to share. One in January and one in April. Definitely worth considering the is signup when this group organizes it! Info on signing up is inside the poster! Holiday Hampers are back for the 2019 year. This is the annual collection of items and money so that we can support our own Van Tech families that have it tougher. The last four years we've supported over 100 families and this year's target is 103, just the same as always. So you're asking yourself, how can I help!? Two great ways! 1. We're collecting both food and non-food items (see attached list) in student's 2-2 class. We have a yearly competition for this. If the student doesn't have a 2-2 class then they can bring items to the office. We're collecting from December 2nd until December 16th. We deliver the hampers from the 18th to the 20th. 2. We collect money that we use to make gift cards and buy additional items we need for the hampers. And what's awesome for parents and families is that we can give a tax receipt for any donation $20 or over! I'd love to help and get a tax receipt, how do I do it? 1. Send your student with a cheque to drop off to their 2-2 class or Mr. Van. It needs to have your full address on it. A tax receipt for the 2019 tax year is then mailed out in January of 2020. 2. Go to the VSB Donation page and make your donation online. Link: https://vsb.schoolcashonline.com/Fee/Details/1869/196/false/true Important! You need to choose a "Fund Destination" of "S-Vancouver Technical". And in the "Message: (optional):" you should type "Holiday Hampers". A MASSIVE THANK YOU TO ANYONE WHO CAN HELP :)
The jump from Science 10 to Chemistry & Physics 11 has been a BIG one. I've asked some of the teachers about what availability they have to help and I was really impressed with what Ms Mak, Ms Han, and Ms Yaghmour were offering. I've posted it here and also put it outside my office door. Encourage the kids to go! This is great practice for building relationships with teachers when they get to post-secondary too. I'm directly sharing an email I got from BCIT, as it has great information for students considering programs at BCIT.
We would like to invite your students to join us at Big Info Night on Wednesday, November 13, 2019. Big Info is the largest program expo and information session at BCIT. It's an opportunity for your students to get their questions answered by faculty and current students from over 300 programs – all in one place. To help spread the word, we have prepared a digital slide ready for download, for you to display on your school monitors. Wednesday, November 13, 2019 4:30 - 7:30 pm BCIT Burnaby Campus, 3700 Willingdon Avenue Note: Parking on campus is free after 3:30 pm. Students also have a chance to win one of three prizes of $1000 in tuition. See contest rules for details. We hope to see you there! BCIT The time has come for the annual Parent-Teacher Interviews. I've just this afternoon got the memo about how to sign up and I've attached it here in both photo and downloadable form. Key info: 1. Sessions will happen like last year with one afternoon session and one evening session. 2. Families can sign up for a maximum of 4 teachers at first, and then more will become available as spots permit closer to the date. 3. The event date is Thursday, November 7th and will happen in the cafeteria and auditorium, as per usual.
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