An in-school silk-screening venture is enabling a group of students to master required competencies— and build on GOAL’s twin pillars: self-knowledge and career awareness. The “T-Shirt Factory” at Philemon Wright High School in Gatineau owes its existence to a chance comment made by a student in the Work-Oriented Training Path’s Prework Training program. She told […]
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Students Who Felt Marginalized Come into Their Own
March 1, 2013
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Tags: Diversity, Life Skills, MST, PD, Work Placements, WOTP, WQSB
·Get Ready for the First Annual “Talk with Our Kids about Money Day”
March 1, 2013
April 17, 2013 The Canadian Foundation for Economic Education believes any time is a good time to talk to kids about money. But to get the discussion started, it is designating the third Wednesday in April as “Talk to Our Kids about Money Day.” Its new Web site, http://talkwithourkidsaboutmoney.com, has many ready-to-use resources to support […]
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Tags: Financial Literacy, Life Skills, MST, Social Sciences, Transitions
·Entrepreneurial Students Leave a Legacy to Their School
March 1, 2013
Westmount High School’s bike co-op, student-run fitness centre and other entrepreneurial activities encourage kids to take responsibility and practise life skills. When Andrew Robinson began his career as a history, English and geography teacher a few years ago, he found students had little outlet for what he calls “hands-on, tied-to-the-outside-world learning.” That “huge learning gap” sent […]
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Tags: CD, EMSB, Entrepreneurship, Explo, MST, OSentreprendre
·Kids Retain Learning that has Real-life Relevance
March 1, 2013
I recently met a student in the Work-Oriented Training Path who was questioning the need to learn long division. He planned to become a dairy farmer and saw no connection between the two. My parents are dairy farmers and I was able to explain how they use multiplication and long division when mixing feed for […]
