PARENTS' PAGE

Significant Days
NEWS PAGE (also Daily Announcements MP3 version)

Westmount Collegiate School Policies

Respectful Workplace and Learning Environment brochure

YRDSB Regional 2009-2010 Secondary School Calendars
WCI 2009-2010 Course Selection Guide / Course Calendar

Westmount C.I. Guidance Service

Settlement and Education Partnership in York Region : Serving People from Diverse Cultures (WCI Settlement Worker now available every Thursday in the Guidance Office

Community Service Opportunities (Check the binder in Guidance - For questions, concerns, etc.) re: Community Service Hours email: community_council@hotmail.com

Gift Wrap for Epilespy 2009 Campaign

Westmount C.I. School Council (includes School Council Meetings Minutes)

School Communication with Parents

Board H1N1 Update
Vaughan H1N1 Update
York Region H1N1 updates

WCI Newsletter

Emails to Parents for / re:
School Start Sept H1N1/ Immunization / Anaphalaxis Information Sept 14-18 Sept 21- Oct 10 Sept 28 - Oct 12		Oct 5-23 Oct 12-30 Oct 19 - Nov 6 Oct 26 - Nov 13 Nov 2 - Nov 20 Nov 9-27 Nov 16 - Dec 4
(Parents not receiving the above updates need to email our VP sue.milne@yrdsb.edu.on.ca with their child’s name for inclusion onto our parental email database)

WCI Grade 8 PowerPoint Presentation -- what it means to transfer to Westmount C.I. for grade 9

WCI - Comparison of Grade 9 Compulsory Courses

OSSLT Literacy Test Results for Westmount Students
Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test
EQAO.com
Provincial Grade 9 Assessment of Mathematics 2002-03

	SchoolWAX Homework Helper site
	SchoolWAX TV Educational Videos

Although this site contains many valuable free resources, individuals are responsible to create their own accounts if interested in any of the commercial products. Resources tailored to research and presentation for specific assignments are found on our school's assignment pages. Please ask the Library for help as required.

Forgot to send in your portraits order on Photo Day? Simply add $10 (shipping and handling) to the package price and mail or call in your order. http://www.edgeimaging.ca/ (888) 416-EDGE

Ontario.Exambank.com - Parents may be interested in purchasing their own bank of quizzes to help their son/daughter prepare for exams. All practice exams are randomized and relate directly to the curriculum as outlined by the Ontario Ministry of Education.

PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE

Volunteer Hours – Do you have questions, concerns, etc. then email them to community_council@hotmail.com

Careers
Ontario Apprenticeship Programme (see: Careers)
Post-Secondary Education
Colleges and Universities - Support for Students with Disabilities (see: Special Education)

OSSD - Requirements for the Ontario Secondary School Diploma

How to Study

TWO SCULPTORS

I dreamed I saw a studio
And watched two sculptors there.
The clay they used was a child’s mind.
And they fashioned it with care.

One was a teacher – the tool he used
Were books, music, and art.
The other, a parent, worked with a guiding hand,
And a gentle loving heart.

Day after day, the teacher toiled with a touch
That was careful, deft, and sure,
While the parent labored by his side
And polished and smoothed it o’er.

And when at last, their task was done,
They were proud of what they had wrought.
For the things they molded into the child
Could neither be sold or bought.

And each agreed they would have failed
If either had worked alone.
For behind the parent stood the school
And behind the teacher, the home.

- Anonymous

Videos on Internet Safety

PARENTING LINKS

YRDSB : Drugs and Kids - What Parents Need to Know and Do
ABC's of Parenting
101 Ways Parents can Help Students Achieve
Child & Family Web Guide
Guys Read
Parenting Adolescents
Kids-In-Mind Movie Ratings That Actually Work
Learning Network Parents Channel

Teen Guidance Page

Wellness Page (includes information on physical health issues such as drugs and STD's, emotional health, adolscent decision making and more)

Time Management Tips for Students
Teen Suicide: A Parent's Guide
Parents of Children with Special Health Needs

High School Hub

LIBRARY

The Reference Desk (encyclopedias, etc.)

Magazine and Newspaper Archives and Indexes:
some sources are password protected and require newer browsers 4.0 or higher

NEWSTAND

If former students need transcripts from a YRDSB school they need to do the following:

Order online at www.yrdsb.edu.on.ca
Call (905) 727-3141 ext. 2100 or 2111
Visit CTS at the Aurora Education Centre

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