COUNTDOWN TO GRADUATION
CLASS OF 2015
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Graduation Requirements
54 credits;
20 must come from
Secondary 5 courses.
Compulsory
credits
in
secondary 4 math, science,
history, and arts education,
and secondary 5, English,
French, physical education or
ethics.
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Examinations
• Supplemental exams:
Supplemental exams will be held in early January 2015. Group tutorials will be
organized for students who are registered to write supplementals exams for
History. More information to come later this fall.
• PSATs:
Wednesday, October 15th at Mac. registration forms can be
downloaded from homepage of the Guidance website.
• Pre-admission testing: Police Technology and Pre-Hospital
Emergency Care require students to complete testing BEFORE applying
to the college in March. The November testing dates will be posted on the
college and the Guidance website once they have been set by the
departments.
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Tutoring
Speak Erich or Lana, the
Guidance interns, if you would like
to BE a tutor or if you need to Find
a tutor.
Don't wait until the end of the year
to get help if you are struggling.
• Special tutorial groups for the January
supplemental exams will be organized and
advertised in November.
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Open Houses
• John Abbott
October 18, 12:00-4:00pm
• Dawson
October 26, 1:00-5:00pm
• Vanier
November 1, 12:004:00pm
• Marionapolis
November 2, 12:004:00pm
• Valleyfield
October 9, 6:30-9pm
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LBPSB Vocational Centres
PACC
PEC
WICC
GORDON ROBERTSON
SAAC
Fall 2014 open houses dates will be
announced on
the school board and
Mac Guidance websites
when they be become available
SFAD
Student-for-a-day
opportunities are available in
most
college and vocational
programs
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Application deadlines
• March 1, 2015
Quebec CEGEPs
• February 1, 2015
Ontario Colleges
• On-going registration for Vocational
Centres
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Some help along the
road...
MAC
Post-Secondary information
Meeting for parents
January 13, 2015 (TBC)
www.careercruising.com
Username: macdonald
Password: high
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Scholarships & Financial Aid..
students are encouraged to submit a
short autobiographical essay to
Guidance as soon as possible in order
to be considered for scholarship
opportunities and convocation awards.
Online application for Quebec student
loan &bursaries:
www.afe.gouv.qc.ca
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Come & see us
for tutoring and scholarship information, academic
advising
and career guidance & counselling
www.macguidanceservices.weebly.com
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Andrea Fraser, Guidance Counsellor
Lana Karabachian & Erich Kohler, Guidance Interns
Revised 03/09/14
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