Guidance News for December 11, 2014

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Higher Ed Points is a new Canadian company that allows students, parents, grandparents and any "nice people" to convert Aeroplan® Miles into funds to pay for college or university.

For information on how it works and to see a list of Participating Institutions, visit :

www.higheredpoints.com

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Congratulations to all those who had a great midterm report. For those who need to improve, keep working. Be sure to use the supports available such as Homework Club. Remember your job is school and your credits the pay!

College and university applications are now available to graduating students. Ms. Slivocka explained the process to grade 12 students planning on university and distributed the PIN access codes. The deadline to apply for university is January 14, 2015.

Mr. McEachern explained the application process to those interested in college. The deadline for college application is February 1, 2015

Brennan acted as host to 21 Ontario Universities on October 29. Students and parents from all Boards experienced a warm Caritas welcome as they learned more about their post secondary choices.

We are also encouraging students interested in course changes for semester 2 to make a guidance appointment long before semester 2 starts. There will be very little opportunity to change once the semester begins.

Brennan has visited all our feeder schools. We will host a Grade 8 Day on December 3 and expect a fun filled day with lots of Brennan pride. It has been a pleasure talking to the grade 8 students from Corpus Christi, St. Bernard, St. John Vianney and W.J.Langlois and  hope that all our grade 8's are excited about becoming Cardinals in their grade 9 year!

Grade 8 parents and students are invited and encouraged to attend our Open House on December 4 at 6:30. This will give you an opportunity to speak with our staff, tour our school and see the vibrancy of Brennan.  

House of Commons Page Program- Deadline December 8, 2014

Each year, 40 students are selected from high schools and CEGEPs across Canada to come to Ottawa to work as paid Pages in the House of Commons. Pages have the opportunity to learn about the House of Commons while witnessing the legislative process first hand.

Those hired as Pages work on a part-time basis during their first year of study at one of the universities in the National Capital Region.

More information available at :  http://www.parl.gc.ca/hocpage.

Basic Requirements

To qualify, you must:

• be a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident;
• be graduating from a secondary school or a CEGEP (with no academic interruptions) and be commencing full-time studies at one of the four universities in the National Capital Region in September of the year of employment as a Page;
• have an overall academic average of at least 80% in the transcript of your final marks from last year (Grade 11 or secondary IV or your first year of CEGEP (Québec)), and maintain this average in subsequent transcripts of your marks;
• be able to communicate fluently in both official languages as evaluated by the House of Commons; and
• be accepted at one of the following universities in the National Capital Region: Carleton University, University of Ottawa, Saint Paul University or Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO).
  

Please note that due to the heavy study demands and inflexibility of their academic timetables, students enrolled in certain faculties and courses of study, such as science and engineering, are unfortunately ineligible. This restriction also applies to law students at the University of Ottawa. Students who wish to pursue these disciplines may apply to be Pages if they agree to change their program of study while employed as a Page.

If you have additional questions, Please see Ms. Slivocka in the Guidance Office.