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Welcome to
Carson Graham
Virtual Graduation Information
Evening
October 1, 2020 7:00 pm
Acknowledgement
We acknowledge and thank the Coast Salish people on whose unceded
traditional territory Carson Graham Secondary School resides.
We express our gratitude to the Squamish Nation
and Tsleil-Waututh Nation and we value the opportunity
to learn, live and share educational experiences on this traditional
territory.
The Grade 12 Team Grade 12 Administrator: Suzette Dohm Grade 12 Counsellors: Gayle Weyell (A-W); Kat Robb (X-Z); & Karen Marshall (international students) IB Coordinators: Liz Thornhill & Jennifer Tieche Career-Life Connections Teachers: Danielle Hornstein and Marisa Chiesa Grad Council Sponsors: Gayle Weyell, Kat Robb, Suzette Dohm, Justin Wong Family & Friends
Grad Council Events – School Sanctioned
± Theme Days
± Grad Portraits
° Book now for January 18 - 21, 2021
° Location: 353 West 7th Avenue
± Graduation Ceremony
° Orpheum Theatre…or virtual with Grads BC
± Graduation Banquet
° June 2020 Specifics TBA
± Outside Organizations
± Gotcha!
± Car Rally
Unsanctioned
Events ± Spring Break Trips
± After Grad Events
± When in doubt, please contact the
school!
Key Information for 2020-2021
Gr. 12 Student Communication Microsoft TEAMS ± EPIC 12 2020-21 ± General ± Counsellor Corner ± Grad 2021 ± Post Secondary Info ± Scholarships
Part Two Graduation and beyond
52 credits of required courses composed of the following
DOGWOOD GRADUATION Literary Studies
10
Literary Studies
11
English Studies
12 Social Studies 10
REQUIREMENTS:
Socials
80 credits Exploration 11 or
Science 10
A Science 11 or A Mathematics
a Social Studies 12 10
12
Physical & A Fine Arts or
A Mathematics Career Life
Health Education Applied Skills 10,
11 Education 10
10 11 or 12
Career Life
Connections 12
28 CREDITS* OF 10/11/12 ELECTIVE COURSES
*16 credits must be grade 12 level (4 courses)
Diploma Verification Report (DVR) Students were given their DVR in class this week and asked to go over it with their parent, sign it, and return it to their counsellor.
Check to ensure you have all courses and credits
required for graduation as mentionedTranscript Verification
Report (TVR)
Go to www.bceid.ca to register for a basic account
Purpose of TVR:
° verify information sent to the Ministry
° double check you meet all graduation requirements
° you are responsible for ensuring information is accurate
° see your counsellor to fix any errors
Grads must download their official final graduation
transcripts from the Ministry website via Student
Transcript Services. These official transcripts will
NOT be automatically sent to grads!!
Record of successfully completed Gr. 10, 11 & 12
coursesStudent Transcript Services ±www.StudentTranscripts.gov.bc.ca ±Students will learn how to request transcripts in their Career Life Connections 12 course
Grad Updates
± Important need-to-know information
for parents will be sent home
electronically
± For students, updated grad
information will be sent via Teams.
° EPIC 12 TEAM
± Other information can be found at
www.carsongraham.caProvincial Exams
± NO Grade 12 Graduation Literacy Assessment
this year.
± Numeracy Exam was written in Grade 10.
ALL students must write the numeracy exam.
If your grad has not written the numeracy
exam, they must sign up with their counsellor
to write it.Many post-secondary pathways after graduation
CERTIFICATE DIPLOMA UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE GRADUATE
TRANSFER DEGREE DEGREE
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM
1-2 YEARS 4-5 YEARS
1-4 YEARS 1-2 YEARSUniversity Degree Programs
Start here To finish here
(Undergraduate) (Post-Graduate)
± Dentistry
± Applied Sciences
± Education
± Arts (Humanities, Social Sciences)
± Law
± Commerce (Business)
± Medicine
± Fine Arts
± Masters Degrees (including Masters
± Sciences of Business Administration)± Education Planner
° http://www.educationplannerbc.ca/
àCreate your own profile
Beginning the ° search by area of study/program/length of
program, etc.
search ° Links to school websites/aptitude tests, etc.
± Work BC
° http://www.workbc.ca
° Career information by region, career, training
± Career Life Connections 12 also has
excellent resources!Research...Research...Research! Take advantage of… 1. The Canadian Universities Event (CUE): Mon, Sept 28th – Thurs, Oct 8th. 2. Post-Secondary Institution (PSI) Virtual Event/North Shore October 28th or 29th 3. Advising Sessions —make an appointment with an admissions advisor at the institution 4. Institution virtual open houses/orientation sessions. Check individual institution websites for events. For specific dates and times and links, please refer to the parent newsletter sent September 23rd.
Shop from Home! ± All Post Secondary Institutions (PSI) offer virtual student orientations/information sessions this year. ± UBC ± SFU ± BCIT ± Capilano U For all PSI sessions, check out individual websites.
± Program availability
± Entrance grades
Still not sure ± Location
where to go to
school? ± Size of institution (small/med/large)
± Tuition cost
Consider...
± What else the institution has to offer
± Family historyCheck with Institution for:
± General Requirements
± Courses (grade 11 & 12)
± Second Language requirements
Admission ± Math requirements
± English Language requirements
Requirements... ± Faculty/Program Requirements
Each institution is unique. There are
many changes this year. Be sure to
double check.
± Admissions averagesCareer & Technical
Programs
± BCIT
± Capilano University
± Douglas
± Justice Institute
± Langara
± Vancouver Community
College
± Check websites !!There's more to post-secondary
than university
• Many program choices
• Entrance requirements vary
• Check application dates
• Waitlist possibilities, so check now.Important!
Canadian University Event Post Secondary BC Education Planner BC
(CUE) (PSBC)
All of the 7 CUE Live Events Students on the North Shore Plan, Search and Apply within
will feature representatives Wednesday, October 28th 2:00-6:00 pm BC
from participating Thursday, October 29th 3:00 – 7:00 pm
This website is THE go to
universities ready to answer Parents –Information Session (Community website for Post Secondary
questions, provide Fair)
investigation in BC!
information and get Wednesday, October 21st 3:00 – 7:00 pm
educationplanner.bc.ca
connected https://cuebc.org/ Saturday, November 14th 12:00 – 4:00 pm
eventsEVENT DATES
Sept 28, 29, 30: 4pm - 8pm PST
Oct 3: 10am - 2pm PST
Oct 1, 6, 8: 4pm - 8pm PST
HTTPS://CUEBC.ORG/Part Three The decision has been made
± BC – Education Planner BC – Common Application
± Alberta – Apply Alberta - Common Application
± Prairies – Apply directly via school website
Application ± Ontario – OUAC – Common Application
Process... ± Quebec – Apply directly via school website
± Maritimes – Apply directly via school website
± KNOW YOUR Personal Education Number (PEN)
(9 – digits)!!Institution Application Deadlines
UBC Early: December 1
General: January 15
Admissions SFU Entrance Scholarship: December 15
General: January 31
Deadlines
UVic January 31
Verify all dates via U of T U of T is unique in that they do ongoing
each institution's applications (first come, first served). BC students
are OUAC 105
website.
McGill January 15th
U Calgary Entrance Scholarship: December
General: MarchHow to apply for
Admissions
± Apply on line
± Need PEN, desired Faculty (1st, 2nd choice)
± Pay Fee (Credit card)
± Self-Reporting – use Transcript
Verification & update quarterly
± Check status ongoing± Admission Averages
° Based on Gr 12 and sometimes Gr 11 courses
° 4 to 6 courses specific to faculty– each school has its
own list
± Self-reporting grades (if required)
° Use Quarter Grades each quarter
What about ± Electronic transmission of grades
my grades? °
Student Transcript Service
Indicates which schools to send your grades to
° Filled out in CLC 12 (Career Life Connections)
° Marks made available automatically to those
schools selected
° Final Grades – sent in the summerAcceptance
First Round Offers General Admission Offers
± Rare and highly competitive – top 1% ± Grades sufficient for admission
± Limited number ± Courses meet the program requirements
± Learn that you may earn a spot earlier - as
early as late January ± Conditional offer!
± Entrance Award $ opportunities ± You must maintain your grades through
± Conditional offer! to graduation to maintain your offer.
± You must maintain your grades through to
graduation to maintain your offer.± Other things matter. For many institutions and scholarship
applications, GPA is only one piece of the puzzle.
± Personal Profile
Applying to ± Who else are you other than an...
UBC - What if
my marks aren't ± Academic student?
sky high? ± Athlete?
± Musician?
± Volunteer?Alternate Pathways to a
University Degree
± Missing Prerequisites?
± Low grades?
± There are many ways to end up with a university degree
other than direct entry from high school to a major
university
± Many smaller college/universities have lower
admissions averages, smaller class sizes, and direct
transfer opportunities to university
± Some colleges and universities offer ways to upgrade
and/or take pre-requisite courses± Keep track of all applications – Excel
spreadsheet / in the cloud / on phone
Will receive student # & info on how
Once you apply…
±
to access your student site
± Look for contact info in confirmation
email/letter
Stay organized to ± Check if additional/supplemental
applications are needed
stay on top of it! ± Continue to monitor account for any
additional paperwork/deadlines etc.
° Making a master to-do list with
deadlines helps!Accepting an Offer
± Many schools extend offers throughout the Spring in multiple
rounds and well into the summer
± Different programs offer at different times, so don’t worry if
you friends have heard and you haven’t
± Each offer will come with an acceptance deadline – you need
to officially accept the offer before this date
± You will likely need to pay a deposit when you accept the
offer – you can accept offers at more than one institution
(except in Ontario) but it will cost you
± All offers are conditional – read conditions of each offer
carefully
± All offers are confirmed in July once final grades have been
released by Ministry to institutionsPart Four Now you are committed…
Financing your future ± Scholarships ± Loans ± Bursaries ± Parental contributions ± Savings
Definitions
Scholarships
Awards BursariesUNIVERSITY
CARSON GRAHAM SCHOLARSHIPS
SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE Particular to
each university
SOME
SOME EXTERNAL
SCHOLARSHIP
COMMUNITY
NOMINATIONS
MOST
SCHOLARSHIPS
EXTERNAL
SCHOOL & PAC
SCHOLARSHIPS
SCHOLARSHIPS
One application Applied for
individually and
Decided on by a decided on by a
BC MINISTRY
committee of SCHOLARSHIPS committee related
Carson staff to that particular
scholarshipUNIVERSITY
SCHOLARSHIPS
Particular to
each university
Post-Secondary Institution Scholarships
❑ Entrance Scholarships for very high achievers
❑Schools award these to the top 1%
❑ Often there are other sources of Financial Aid
❑ Do your research
❑ Check university websites
❑ Financial Aid and Awards offices
❑ APPLY! (what’s the worst that could happen?)External Community Scholarships
❑Many community organizations offer scholarships
❑Think about any organizations that you are connected to
❑Sports, Clubs, CUPE, workplace etc.
❑The smaller the pool, the better your chances
❑Info and application deadlines are ongoing MOST
❑Do your research EXTERNAL
SCHOLARSHIPS
❑Organization websites
❑Scholarship websites Applied for
❑scholarshipscanada.com, scholartree.ca, studentaidbc.ca, individually and
scholarships.gc.ca, studentsscholarships.org
decided on by a
❑Check into parent/grandparent employers committee related
INFORMATION REGARDING THESE SCHOLARSHIPS to that particular
POSTED ON EPIC 12 TEAM IF SENT TO THE SCHOOL scholarship❑ Pool of Scholarships and
CARSON GRAHAM Bursaries provided by school
and community members
SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE
❑ Decided at the School Level
❑Carson Graham Scholarship
SOME Committee
EXTERNAL
SOME SCHOLARSHIP
COMMUNITY NOMINATIONS
❑ General criteria includes:
SCHOLARSHIPS
- academic standing
SCHOOL & PAC
SCHOLARSHIPS
- school/community service &
citizenship
One application - extracurricular involvement
❑ Specific Criteria – depends on
Decided on by a Scholarship or Bursary
BC MINISTRY
committee of SCHOLARSHIPS - can include leadership, financial
Carson staff need, etc
Carson Scholarship application will be
available online in DecemberProvincial ± BC Excellence Scholarships (55 awards of $5000)
° 1 student nominated per school
Government ° Winners demonstrate community service and aptitude/
commitment to chosen career path.
Scholarships & ± BC Achievement Scholarships
Awards ° BC Achievement Scholarships recognize the top 8000
graduates in the province. $1250
° Ministry determines recipients based on achievement in
Gr 10, 11, & 12 courses including electives.
± Path to Teacher Education Scholarship
° 20 scholarships for $5000 for students who have shown
aptitude/commitment for a career path in teachingProvincial District/Authority Scholarships
± excellence in non-academic ($1250)
Government ± rewards graduating students for superior achievement in
their chosen non-academic
Scholarships & ± students must excel in one of the following areas:
° Fine Arts
Awards ° Second Languages
° Applied Skills
° Community Service
° Physical Activity
° Technical and Trades Training
± Awarded by the Carson Graham Scholarship Committee
at Graduation CeremonyLoans and Bursaries
Bursaries – for financial need
± Require Income Statement/ Budget/
Family contribution
± Non-Repayable
Loans
± Canadian Government program
° www.canlearn.ca
± BC Program
° www.Studentaidbc.ca
± RepayableReference Letters
± Students often require letters of reference for
scholarships & bursaries
± Students should think about which teacher
knows them best and can best speak to the
specific strengths and experiences.
° Remember, teachers write reference letters on a
voluntary basis
± Students should ask teachers well in advance
to give them time to write a thoughtful letter.
± Students should be prepared to provide a
resume or other information to support the
letter.Looking forward to a great year!
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