SUTHERLAND Career Center: 2014-05-11

Friday, May 16, 2014

Register now for one week in Ottawa

Encounters with Canada is a once-in-a-lifetime experience for Canadian teens to meet young people from across the country. Spend a week in your nation’s capital. Take part in exciting adventures, explore future career options, learn more about your country, share your hopes and dreams – all through exclusive hands-on workshops, presentations and excursions. EWC has been offering rich and diverse programs for 32 years. Over 96,000 youth have already lived the “EWC Experience.”

Price $675 (includes "everything" for this one-week trip to Ottawa

Special promotion for early fall sessions:

Arts & Culture: Sept. 7-13, 2014

Sports & Fitness: Sept.14-20, 2014

Ecology & Environment: Sept. 21-27, 2014

Students interested in attending one of the three sessions listed above need only pay $575 (instead of the usual $675).Register soon to try to get one of the available spots.

Student criteria:

Between ages 14 and 17 (when they participate)
Canadian citizens or Permanent Residents (Landed Immigrants)
Approved by school

for more information see www.ewc-rdc.ca or to register for other weeks/themes https://www.ewc-rdc.ca/en/our_youth_program/index.html

Calendar for 2014/2015 https://www.ewc-rdc.ca/en/our_youth_program/calendar.html

See Ms. Abad or Ms. Watson for more details

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Camp Ignite Mentorship Program (for Grades 11 - 12 Girls)

The North Vancouver City Fire Dept will be sponsoring one girl from North Vancouver to attend the Camp

Camp Ignite Mentorship Program was designed by Metro Vancouver female fire fighters specifically for girls.

Camp Ignite is a four-day camp that educates and inspires young women through fire fighting activities designed to encourage teamwork, courage commitment, strength of character and health and fitness. It will help girls realize a future of limitless opportunities and that regardless of gender, anything is possible.

Camp will run from August 7-10, 2014 in the Vancouver Area
Students must grades 11-16 (ages 16-18)
Submit Application Forms by June 9, 2014

For any questions contact:
Lieutenant Haida Siegmann
604-904-5209
hsiegmann@cnv.org

Please see Ms. Abad or Ms. Watson to get the Application Forms.

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Work Experience Courses ~ WEX12A & WEX12B

WORK EXPERIENCE provides an opportunity for students, explore career options, build employable skills, possibly land their first job, give back to the community, add to their resume, scholarship, university applications and is a great life experience!!

Work experience takes place in the community providing students with an opportunity to explore a career of interest to them. Typically it is a school-arranged, non-paid placement which may lead to an apprenticeship or employment.

Requirement:

1. Complete WorkSafe BC Program (see Mr. Nevison)
2. Meet with the Work Experience Facilitator (Ms. Nieken-Spence) to determine career focus & arrange a placement
3. Complete 30-100 hours of volunteer or work experience
4. Submit a written report

Students may choose to register in the following Career programs:

1. Grade 10 Science COOP = 100 hours of career exploration (Planning 10 and Science 10 are the courses associated with the program. Incorporates WEX12A by allowing students to attend a work placement every Monday and Thursday afternoons, to complete the required 100 hours.

2. Grade 10 Explorer Program = 30 + hours of career exploration (Social Studies & PE Leadership are the courses associated with the program). Includes an opportunity for students to complete the minimum 30 hour Work experience requirement for graduation. Students attend work placement every Thursday afternoon.

3. Grade 11 and/or 12 Work Experience Program = 100 hours of career exploration (can be completed within the timetable of outside of the timetable including summers and other school break times. Register in WEX 12A/12B.

4. SSA (Secondary School Apprenticeship) = 4 courses for a total of 16 credits (can be started as early as age 15/can be done part time or over summer and other school breaks/ can be scheduled as an entire semester outside of the school classroom).

SSA is a career program that allows students to begin an apprenticeship while still in school and earn high school credits for doing so and be eligible for a $1000 scholarship!!

An apprenticeship is a paid training program for trades and technical careers that involves a combination of on the job training and classroom instruction. Register in SSA11a / SSA11b/ SSA12a/ SSA 12b.

For a list of apprenticeable trades, go to http://www.itabc.ca/

5. ACE IT Training = Foundation Level studies in a variety of trades (Cook Level 1 @ Carson Graham / Carpentry @WVSS / other trades at the Post-Secondary Institute – BCIT, VCC, etc)

Hidden Apprentices -- If you are working, you may already be a Secondary School Apprentice.

New resources to Help Students Find A Career in Skilled Trades: http://www.tradestrainingbc.ca/

For further information, please contact:

James Nevison (Teacher/Career Advisor) jnevison@sd44.ca
Yolanda Nieken-Spence (Work Experience Facilitator) YNieken-Spence@sd44.ca

Friday, May 16, 2014

Register now for one week in Ottawa

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Camp Ignite Mentorship Program (for Grades 11 - 12 Girls)

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