VSS ADMIN Laura Leesti Principal Fraser Scott Administrator Kelly McLeod Administrator TRUSTEE Joel Hertz SCHOOL COUNCIL CHAIR Karen Vernon Suzanne Jordan Voice of the Vaughan Voyageurs FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 2014 Message from the Administration Welcome to 2014! At Vaughan Secondary School we are looking forward to an excit- ing new year. Last year certainly ended on a high note for us with a wonderful winter concert, and some exciting spirit events to get the whole school involved. In the New Year, we look forward to guiding students successfully through first se- mester final exams. Please note that final exams will run from Friday, January 24 to Thursday, January 30. Exams are never rescheduled, so students are expected to ensure that they will be available during this time frame. Any student who misses an exam due to illness will require a medical note. If you have any questions about exams please don’t hesitate to contact your child’s teacher or the main office. The New Year also brings the opportunity for students to choose their courses for the 2014-15 school year. Students choose their courses on-line through Career Cruising, accessible through the York Region District School Board website http:// www.yrdsb.edu.on.ca/ . This year, for the first time, all York Region students will also have access to the Individual Pathways Planner, an on-line tool, also available through Career Cruising at the same website. The Individual Pathways Planner is an interactive tool that students and parents can use together. Students will be introduced to the tool at school, but I encourage all parents and students to sit down together and work through the questionnaire to explore Pathways and opportunities. The new year will bring many new activities for students who want to get involved at Vaughan. All students are encouraged to check the student council activity display in the main atrium for activities for the current week as well as clubs open to new mem- bership. Sincerely, Laura Leesti Principal
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V S S A D M I N
Laura
Leesti Principal
Fraser
Scott
Administrator
Kelly
McLeod Administrator
TRUSTEE
Joel Hertz
SCHOOL
COUNCIL
CHAIR
Karen Vernon
Suzanne Jordan
Voice of the Vaughan Voyageurs F R I D A Y , J A N U A R Y 1 0 , 2 0 1 4
Message from the Administration
Welcome to 2014! At Vaughan Secondary School we are looking forward to an excit-
ing new year. Last year certainly ended on a high note for us with a wonderful winter
concert, and some exciting spirit events to get the whole school involved.
In the New Year, we look forward to guiding students successfully through first se-
mester final exams. Please note that final exams will run from Friday, January 24 to
Thursday, January 30. Exams are never rescheduled, so students are expected to ensure
that they will be available during this time frame. Any student who misses an exam
due to illness will require a medical note. If you have any questions about exams
please don’t hesitate to contact your child’s teacher or the main office.
The New Year also brings the opportunity for students to choose their courses for the
2014-15 school year. Students choose their courses on-line through Career Cruising,
accessible through the York Region District School Board website http://
www.yrdsb.edu.on.ca/. This year, for the first time, all York Region students will also
have access to the Individual Pathways Planner, an on-line tool, also available through
Career Cruising at the same website. The Individual Pathways Planner is an interactive
tool that students and parents can use together. Students will be introduced to the tool
at school, but I encourage all parents and students to sit down together and work
through the questionnaire to explore Pathways and opportunities.
The new year will bring many new activities for students who want to get involved at
Vaughan. All students are encouraged to check the student council activity display in
the main atrium for activities for the current week as well as clubs open to new mem-
16 EQAO Gr 9 Math—Make Up Day Grade 8 Family Night 6:30—8:30 pm
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19 20 School Council Mtg 7:00 pm
21 22 23 24 Exams 25
26 27 Exams 28 Exams 29 Exams 30 Exams 31 Lunar New Year Exam Review Day
Vaughan Secondary School
Vaughan Secondary School
Updates From Guidance
Timetable News
Timetable changes for semester 2 will be completed by Thursday, January 23. Guidance has been seeing
students for changes since October, and to facilitate a smooth start up to Semester 2 classes, only stu-
dents with exceptional circumstances will be able to submit a written request for a change between Janu-
ary 24 and February 7. If we are successful in making the change, students will then be called down to
Guidance. We will also be honouring the wait list, and qualified Grade 12 students with 4 courses, will
continue to be able to drop throughout the semester.
College Applications are due February 1, 2014
February is Course Selection Month! Course selection assemblies will take place February 6, 2014. Online course selections are due by Tuesday, February 18, 2014 at which time Career Cruising
will be locked. Please note the courses that students choose now, will determine the courses offered next year, so please
choose carefully!!
Information regarding Night School Credit Courses is available on the York Region District Website
under Continuing Education www.yrdsb.edu.on.ca
Night School e-learning registration opens late January.
The Ministry Developed IPP and it’s Purpose!
The Individual Pathways Planner is an internet based career exploration and education planning tool that
Vaughan S.S. will access through their individual “Career Cruising” accounts. The planner will guide stu-
dents as they assess their interests and skills, explore careers, investigate education options, and continue to
develop a career plan each year. At Vaughan, each student will be given class time prior to course selection, to
complete and track IPP activities. Parents and students are encouraged to investigate careers together and often!
Individual Pathways Plan Framework
The activities within the IPP are based on the four questions below to help your son/daughter plan his/her initial
post-secondary destination.
Interesting Career Information! “The Ontario ministry of colleges and skills training predicts job growth will be strong in health care
(including doctors and nurses), information technology (such as software engineers and information systems
analysts), and other trades and services (including plumbers, electricians, child-care workers and dental hygien-
ists).
Job-seekers with college or apprenticeship training are expected to get 35 per cent of the new jobs, fol-
lowed by university graduates, at 26 per cent. High school dropouts are expected to get just 8 per cent of the
new jobs, the provincial study also showed.”
Read the full article here: http://www.thestar.com/business/article/1114944--health-care-it-and-skilled-trades-