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STUDENT SERVICES

Welcome to Student Services.   We are here to help students acquire some of the knowledge and skills necessary for their academic, interpersonal, and career development.  Our counsellors provide:

• Individual and/or small group counselling;
• Year-round group counselling programs;
• Class presentations;
• Student services assemblies;
• Orientation sessions;
• Parent information evenings;
• Conferences and workshops; and
• A variety of post-secondary planning resources.

Students are always welcome to visit Student Services for academic or personal support.

Our qualified staff includes:

The purpose of the TDSB Guidance Program and Services is to:

• Promote success for all learners;
• Foster and support the emotional, social and academic well being of students;
• Promote all pathways and honour all destinations;
• Help students make connections with self and other, in school, within the TDSB, and I the broader community.

Please visit the TDSB Guidance and Career Education website for more detailed and up-to-date information about our programs.

Course Selection

Laurier CI held assembles for Grades 9 to 12 students regarding their course selection for next year.  To see the PowerPoint presentations, please click on the grade appropriate presentation:

• Grade 9 going into Grade 10
• Grade 10 going into Grade 11
• Grade 11 going into Grade 12
• Grade 12 students

For a list of available courses at Sir Wilfrid Laurier CI, click here. Students who are interested in making a timetable change must fill out a Course Change Form.  To download a copy of the Course Change Form, click here.  (Please remember to print on blue paper)

Please note that the Full Disclosure Dates for this year are:

• November 24, 2011 - Semester 1
• May 4, 2012 - Semester 2

Night School and Summer School

Toronto District School Baord Continuing Education programs offer a blend of traditional subjects and innovative courses in locations across the city. Laurier CI students can register for Night School or Summer School by picking up the registration packages in Student Services.

For more information about Continuing Education programs, click here.

Post-Secondary Planning

Student Services has hosted a series of workshops to help students plan for university and college.  Please click any of the following PowerPoint presentations to review the information:

• University College Assembly 2011
• U.S. University Applications Workshop
• U.S. Athletic Scholarships Workshop
• UK University Workshop

Important Dates

The university and college application process has many important dates.  The Ontario College Application Services (OCAS) and the Ontario Universities’ Application Centre (OUAC) have some key dates that you should know:

Important Links

For your convenience, here is a list of websites that are important to post-secondary choices.

Girl’Space

Girl’Space is an all-girls group program that is aimed at developing self-esteem, empowering female students and advocating for girls in the school and community.  Specifically, the purpose of this program is:

• To build self-esteem and self efficacy
• To discuss pertinent issues facing female high school students
• To provide emotional and social support to female students
• To provide a forum for female students to discuss issues in a safe environment
• To help build strengths among female students
• To help build respectful bonds among female students
• To advocate for girls in the school and community

Girl’Space takes place on Monday afternoons and runs for the entire school year.  Students who participate in this program are excused from one class a week to attend the group.  This group is facilitated by a Guidance Counsellor, Ms. Rawlins (M.Ed. C.Psych.), and the School Social Worker, Ms. Berry (M.S.W.).  The TDSB recently launched its Young Women on the Move initiative that is geared towards mentoring for girls in the board and Girl’Space has been used as a benchmark in this program.

It is hoped that by participating in the Girl’Space program, girls will build their self-esteem and help to empower others in the group, school and community.

Boys2Men

Boys2Men is a mentoring program for boys that was started in 1993 by TDSB Director Chris Spence and his colleagues.  Under the program, boys work with mentors who work with them throughout the year to discuss homework, assignments and test preparation. Mentors also provide guidance, helping boys work out their personal and school related challenges so they can build a strong character and a sense of pride in themselves.
At Laurier CI, this initiative is led by a Guidance Counsellor/Student Success Teacher, Mr. Marshall, who is supported by a team of male teachers who volunteer to be mentors to the at-risk boys in this program.

Peer Mediation

Peer mediation is a process led by a neutral third person, a student, with two (or more) Peer mediation is when student mediators help two (or more) people resolve a conflict.  It is done in an environment where individuals can safely and voluntarily work towards positive resolutions to their conflicts.  The mediators’ job is to assist disputing individuals in talking about the conflict they are facing and to get to the bottom of the problem, with the hopes of reaching an agreement that everyone can live with. 

The types of problems that peer mediators may be involved in include conflicts caused by rumours and gossip, verbal and/or physical harassment, bullying, and any interpersonal conflicts.  Students in the school are encouraged to access peer mediation as a way to resolve a conflict before it turns into a crisis. 

Student can be nominated to join the Peer Mediation team.  Peer Mediators receive training in mediation, problem solving, and conflict resolution.

Friendly Ambassadors

The Friendly Ambassador program was designed to pair new or marginalized students at Laurier C.I. with outgoing, sociable, and friendly students who could show them around the school, introduce them to new people, and expose them to various clubs or teams that may be of interest to them.  As a Friendly Ambassador, students contribute to the overall positive school culture and improve many students’ high school experience.  This student group has been a great opportunity for both the students who are Friendly Ambassadors and new students who come to Laurier CI.

Events

Each year Student Services hosts a number of events to help students.  These events include:

• Girls' Conference – November 3, 2011
• Boys' Conference – November 3, 2011
• Applying to International Universities Workshop - October 13, 2011
• University/College Assembly – October 17, 2011
• Post-secondary Pathway Fair (University, College, Apprenticeships)– October 26, 2011
• GTA Campus Tours – November 8, 2011
• Grade 8 Night – December 1, 2011
• Course Selection Assembly - February 13-16, 2012
• myBlueprint Workshops
• Post-secondary Planning Workshops
  

Homework Policy

On April 16, 2008, the TDSB adopted a new homework policy. For full details click here.

This policy outlines the responsibilities of students, their families, the school and teachers with respect to assignments and completion of homework.

Assessment / Evaluation

Assessment and evaluation measure student progress towards the curriculum expectations at the classroom, school and system level. Teachers will distribute assessment/evaluation guidelines at the beginning of the course. Students should be certain that they understand these guidelines. The pass mark for all subjects is 50%.

Mandatory Evaluations

Students who do not participate in the mandatory evaluation at the end of each course shall receive a mark of zero on the eveluation. The only exceptions to this are students:

• whose medical doctor indicates in writing that the student is too ill to take part in the evaluations
• who are directed to appear in court
• who have experienced a death in the immediate family at the time of the evaluation

Legal documentation must be provided for any of these exceptions.

Promotion Policy

Promotions are awarded on the basis of “total assessment”. This means that research, seminar participation, daily assignments, essays, tests, and other areas of performance as well as examinations will be used to evaluate the student’s achievement.

Ontario Student Transcript – Full Disclosure

Senior students have up to five days following the first Provincial report card to drop a course without having the attempt appear on their OST. The course and mark will appear on the report card if the course is not dropped before the report, but will not be carried over to the OST. Courses dropped any time following the five days after the report date will be entered on the OST with a “W” in the credit column, indicating “withdrawn without credit earned”. The mark that the student was earning at the time of the drop – passing or failing – will be entered on the OST.

Full disclosure begins five days after the first report card is issued each semester.

Reporting Student Progress

Interim Reports:  Reports are sent home early each semester indicating the student’s adjustment to the new subjects. Early diagnosis of a concern enhances the chance of a student’s success.

Report Cards: Individual results are issued to each student twice a semester indicating the mark achieved

Parents' Night: Frequent communication between home and school is helpful to a student’s success. There will be a formal Parents’ Night each semester.

• Semester 1 - October 13, 2011
• Semester 2 - March 22, 2012