WELCOME TO
GRADE 9
PARENT’S
NIGHT
SCHOOL COUNCIL
SPECIAL EVENTS
PARENT ENGAGEMENT
ADVISE ON OPERATIONS
HOLLY
MANNING
PATTI
MANDALFINO
SCHOOL COUNCIL
ALL are welcome. NO fundraising.
Second Wednesday of each month. The
specific dates are in your student’s
planner.
More information on our Website:
wci.wrdsb.ca under the “ABOUT” tab.
WHAT MAKES WCI GREAT?
JENNIFER SHORTREED – PRINCIPAL
 Strong Traditions – the THREE ‘A’s
 Talented staff
 Community Partnerships
 Supports – Special Education, VP’s, Guidance,
Student Success, Activities
 Supportive Parents – School Council
VICE PRINCIPALS
 TIM GILMORE (A-K)
 JIM SHANTZ (L-O)
When do I call?
Attendance information or concerns
Informing the school changes at home or
social well-being
Trouble connecting with a teacher
GUIDANCE COUNSELORS
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Lynda Callaghan – Head of Guidance
Craig Nickel (AP Coordinator)
Doug Ranton
Yvonne Hornick
Michael Rouse
WHAT TO EXPECT FROM GUIDANCE
 Monitor Student Progress
Student success
Course appropriateness
Planning a pathway to graduation
 Course Selection
 Liaison for other issues; social
emotional, peer group, family change.
SPECIAL EDUCATION: REC ROOM
 Teresa Dunat-Banks – Department Head Special
Education
 For students with an Individual Education Plan (IEP)
 Support Staff will contact you throughout the year
 Personalized support in the Resource Enrichment
Centre, ‘REC’ Room, room 230
ABCD: STUDENT LEADERSHIP
 Staff Teacher/Sponsor: Craig Nickel
 Thomas Rowlands and Rishika Geda
CLASSROOM TEACHER
Your first call should always be to the
classroom teacher
 We are a team with the same end goal,
student success
CLASSROOM TEACHER
How to reach your child’s teacher:
Voice mail, call the school and dial “0” or the
teacher’s mailbox number (519-884-9590)
Board email, same general format: first
name_last name@wrdsb.on.ca . For example:
jennifer_shortreed@wrdsb.on.ca
Send in a note with your son or daughter
Leave a message with a Vice Principal to
arrange a call back or a meeting if other
methods have not worked.
READING THE WCI TIMETABLE
Period Block
1
2
A
B
3
E
4
F
Time
Subject
8:19 –
9:20
ENG 1DI-05
Atwood, M
9:24 –
10:25
312
MFM 1PI-02
Descartes, R
10:29 –
11:30
11:34 –
12:35
406
Lunch/VIP
English Course Code and
Section
Students take 8 courses
(credits) in Grade 9
Teacher’s Name
Lunch or VIP (one half of
Period C on Day 2)
AVI 1OI-04
DaVinci, L.
104
Room Number
VIP
VIKING INTEGRATION PROGRAM
Period
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
OE
8:14-1:15
Term 1
Sem 1
_1B
Damian, I.
P8
_1B
Damian, I.
P8
_1B
Damian, I.
P8
_1B
Damian, I.
P8
_1B
Damian, I.
P8
Period 1
08:15-09:15
Term 1
Sem 1
LUNVIP-01
Ranton, D.
Aud
GENERAL TIPS TO HELP YOUR CHILD
ADJUST TO HIGH SCHOOL
 Seek parenting resources.
 Ex: Parent Tool Kit(Ontario Directors of Education, online
version available)
 Look through the WCI planner. Have them explain
and record their long and short range plans for
school work.
 Pay attention to homework: help them learn problem
solving and understand their thinking with probing
questions.
 Keep them healthy, good food and sleep are
essential.
 Pay attention to their stress level. Listen to them
and involve others if safety is a concern.
 Communicate with their teachers.
SEMESTER SCHEDULE
WCI IS CHANGING TO A
SEMESTER SCHEDULE IN
SEPTEMBER 2015
PERIOD
BELL TIME
DAY 1
DAY 2
1
8:09
9:25
A
A
2
9:30
10:45
B
B
THE BASICS
 Most Common; 2 day
rotation, 74 min. periods,
60 min common lunch
COMMON LUNCH (Block C) 10:45 – 11:45
 SameCourse selection
 Computer will schedule 4
classes in Semester 1 and 4
classes Semester 2
3
11:45
1:00
D
E
4
1:05
2:20
E
D
EXPECTED BENEFITS
 Student Workload
 Guided Practice
 Effective Use of TIME
(Common lunch, e-learning,
collaborative learning)
 Pathway Flexibility
(Failures, reach ahead, ESL)
 Mid-year Registration
 Fewer Transitions
 Enrollment – 4, 4.5, 5 years
 Classroom Materials
MOST COMMON QUESTIONS
QUESTION
Gaps in Learning?
ANSWER
Spiral curriculum, teacher
adjustment, special case
exceptions.
Homework?
Less subjects, faster pace, in -class
time, reasonable timelines still
needed.
Programs: AP,
Magnets, Special
Education, VIP?
Proper Implementation! Full year
options, either scheduled or co curricular.
SEMESTER INFORMATION
 IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE
 TIMETABLE by END of OCTOBER
 Program Planning
 WEBSITE – Principal Updates
 NEWSLETTERS, PARENT LETTER
 COURSE SELECTION INFORMATION
 ASSEMBLIES and CLASS VISITS
 INDIVIDUAL Pathway Counselling
 INFORMATION NIGHTS
 Sept. 25
 TBD-Close to Course Selection Time
 EMAIL QUESTIONS TO
 jennifer_shortreed@wrdsb.on.ca
 james_shortreed@wrdsb.on.ca
HAVE A GREAT EVENING
If you chose to do so, you may….
1. Do a ‘timetable tour’ visiting your son
or daughter’s classrooms.
2. Have a general WCI tour. Student
volunteers are willing to show you
around.