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Welcome to Nelson High School!
GETTING READY FOR GRADE 9
Welcome and Introductions
Introductions:
Principal: Karen Hartman
Vice Principal: Jeffery Carey
Vice Principal: Christy Peterson
➢Welcome to Nelson
➢Setting the Stage
➢Student Voice – Safe Schools & Be Kind Nelson
➢Pathways
➢Role of Student Services
➢Supports available for Student Success
➢School Life – Nelson Beyond the Classroom
➢‘A Day in the Life of a Grade 9 Student’
Our Pledge…
to create a safe and healthy
environment in which each
student is engaged,
supported and challenged
everyday
Getting Ready for High School
• December to January – Course selection sheets
completed with teacher recommendations
• Late January – Course selection process at
feeder schools (www.myblueprint.ca)
• February - Grade 8 to 9 Optional Attendance
Forms due to Home School
• mid-May – Grade 8’s visit Nelson again
Getting Ready for High School
Nelson LINK Crew
• Grade 11 student leaders who act as positive
role models, motivators and mentors for our
Grade 9s
Getting Involved
at Nelson
Nelson United
Link Crew
Athletics
Arts
Tech
Clubs
Something for Everyone!
Making Nelson A Better Place...
SAFE
INCLUSIVE
BELONGING
ENGAGEMENT
COMMUNITY
PROMOTING HEALTH & WELLNESS
BULLYING PREVENTION
POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS
@bekindNHS
Together we can...
Encourage involvement
Support academic achievement
Create and maintain partnerships and communication
Support positive health strategies
Highlight supports available
Increase awareness of mental health
Bullying: Prevention & Responding
Talk!
When you are aware of
important aspects of their life,
you can help them with their
problems.
Stay involved.
Keep Asking!
For more Information…
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Follow @bekindNHS on twitter for positive
quotes and comments and to be aware of
upcoming events at Nelson.
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Positive!
Nelson Guide to Secondary School
*Given to ‘High School 101’ participants already
Nelson “Guide to Secondary School”
Page 2 of
Guide
Ontario Secondary School Diploma
Requirements
1 course = 1 credit
• 18 compulsory credits
• 12 optional credits
• 40 hours of community involvement
• pass the Grade 10 literacy test
Compulsory Credits
(Total 18)
• 4 English credits (1 credit per grade)
• 3 Math credits (at least 1 credit in grade 11 or 12)
• 2 Science credits
• 1 French credit
• 1 Canadian Geography credit
• 1 Canadian History credit
• 1 Arts credit
• 1 Healthy Active Living credit (Phys Ed)
• ½ Civics and ½ Careers credit (taken in Grade 10)
Optional Credits
(Total 12)
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In addition to 18 compulsory credits, students
must earn 12 optional credits
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Optional credits are courses of your choice
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They allow students to build an educational
program based on their individual interests
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They help students meet university, college or
apprenticeship requirements
Grade 9 Course Selection
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English
Mathematics
Science
French
Geography
Healthy Active Living
Business or Technology
Optional
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Visual Arts
Dramatic Arts
Instrumental Music
Select only one of the above
Grade 9 Option Sheet
Academic and Applied
Course Selection
★ Grade 8 teacher recommendation of crucial importance
★ Courses are not taken as a package deal: individual
courses can be taken at the level most appropriate for
the success of the learner
★ The most successful students are engaged, confident
and enjoying the learning process.
★ Subject areas will give further details this evening
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Academic courses
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The Difference Between
Academic and Applied
Applied
Applied courses cover the essential
concepts
of a subject
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Emphasis will be on practical
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application  Ninth Outline Level
Concept development based more on
familiar, real life situations
Academic
concepts of a subject (greater depth)
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Concept development based more on
abstract thinking
*Faster pacing than Applied, so more
material covered
Strengths of the Learner
Academic and Applied
Applied
Academic
Capable Reader
Reads and comprehends well
Reads for a specific purpose
Enjoys and values reading
Benefits from more structure
Benefits from more independence
Completes tasks in directed
environment
Completes tasks independently
environment
Enjoys learning by doing and by
some theoretical work
Enjoys learning by doing and by
extensive theoretical work
Recognizes the need for, and
completes, daily homework
Math
“Keeping the Doors Open”...Really?
❖Many College/University programs have no math
prerequisite. (You can still go to Coll./Univ. without math!)
❖College and University programs that have Gr. 12 math
prerequisites most often require great success in these
courses (i.e. 75 – 80+%)!
❖Struggling in a math course at an inappropriate level
(e.g., with 50-60% or less) may be a source of great
stress and probably won’t “keep the doors open”
❖Choosing pathways now that lead to success and
confidence increase the chances of success later.
Core Course Pathways
★Grade
9 core courses (Science, Geography, French and
especially Math & English) should be chosen at the level
at which the student is most likely to be successful
★The
elementary school teacher’s recommendation is a
strong indicator of the potential for success at a given
level
★Based
on their success, students can move between
levels (may involve summer school)
★College
and University are not mutually exclusive: transfer agreements exist in both directions
Post Secondary Pathways
• Apprenticeship
• College
University
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The Halton District School Board
recognizes all Post Secondary
pathways as valid and equal options
for graduates.
www.myBlueprint.ca/halton/
MYBLUEPRINT COURSE SELECTION GUIDE
Assessment and Evaluation in Grade 9
• 70% Term/ Semester Work
• Final 30%
-Performance Task
-Exam
The Final 30% occurs in the last 4 weeks of each
semester
***EQAO Grade 9 Math Assessment ***
Student Success at
Nelson
Our Student Success
Team:
•Student Success Teachers
•Special Education Resource
Teachers
•Guidance Counsellors
•School Social Worker
•Administration
What happens when I am
not learning?
Student Success Supports:
•Individual Teacher Support
•Subject Specific Clinics
•Student Success Rm. 103
•Tutors (peer or professional)
•Success in H.S. Seminars
•Resource Room @ lunch & after
school
NELSON
Day in the Life of a Gr. 9 Nelson
Student - Tour
Blue Handout - Mr. Messier
Green Handout – Mrs. Peterson / Mrs. Grenier
Grey Handout – Mr. George
Yellow Handout –Ms. Anderson
Purple Handout – Mr. Bird
Salmon Handout - Ms. Dueckman
Beige Handout - Mr. Carey
Pink Handout – Ms. Hayakawa
NELSON HIGH SCHOOL est. 1957
“Over 50 Years of Excellence”