| The Advanced Placement program gives high school students an opportunity to take university-level courses and exams while they are still in high school. Students may earn credit, advanced placement, or both for college or university. The program helps to prepare students for college and university work, while also challenging them to see what they are capable of achieving. The Advanced Placement Program is available at all high schools in District 8. | |
| School District 8 officially launched the Celebrate program in their district in February, 2008.
We believe that, by recognizing and celebrating what’s right in our schools, homes, businesses and communities, we are better prepared to focus on the positive aspects of daily living, which provides us with the energy to seize opportunities to fix what needs fixing.
"CELEBRATE what's RIGHT with the world" is about our collective ability to celebrate and drive energy in our communities, education systems, and work environments, bringing greater personal success for individuals and a thriving economy in our region.
 Visit their website
| Joan Wilkins
Celebrate What's Right with the World
Coordinator
 506.643.6884
506.643.6087
 joan.wilkins@gnb.ca
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| One of New Brunswick’s greatest strengths is the extent to which our communities are close-knit and co-operative. Community Schools will use and build upon these strengths by creating a new alliance between the school and its community.
Community Schools use community resources – volunteer groups, parents, public services, and recreational and cultural opportunities – to turn a school into a community centre of learning.
The community school uses the community resources and assets available to provide additional opportunities for classroom instruction and after-school programs. Teachers in a community school use those resources to provide more hands-on, interactive learning for children. Also, the school building is often open for students and their families beyond traditional hours, offering community services.
Each community school is unique, which means every community school will have a different mix of services depending on the needs and desires of the school. Since the launch of the community schools initiative, in excess of 620 activities and events have been organized and hosted at the Anglophone sector community schools with support from community groups, individuals, and businesses.
To date, 35 schools from the Anglophone sector have been designated community schools. By 2012, the department aims to have 75 community schools across New Brunswick.
You can make a difference at your local school by: coaching sports; becoming an in-school mentor; being a reading buddy; serving breakfast or lunch to students; offering your own work skills; leading an after-school club; acting as a role model; promoting healthy attitudes and behaviours; sharing your love of computers; tutoring a child in math; and much, much, more!
For more information and to find out how YOU can make a difference at your local school, please contact the community schools district coordinator in your area. | |
| Cooperative Education is a well-established school-to-work course offered throughout the province. It is an elective course in our four area high schools as well as at the Woodlawn Learning Centre. Students (usually Grade 12) apply to take Cooperative Education 120, and, if selected, they will combine studies at school with a work placement in the community. Students learn through participation in the day-to-day operation of an organization. Learning and experience are combined in an educationally beneficial way.
The course is delivered in three components: pre-employment, job-site training and reflective learning. Students participate one semester, during either the morning or afternoon, depending on individual timetables. Students are not paid for hours worked. A training plan is developed jointly by the work site supervisor, the Co-op. teacher and the student. The work site supervisor evaluates the student's progress and, along with teacher-prepared assignments and class work, a mark is derived.
| Joan Wilkins
School to Work Transition Programs
Coordinator
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| The School District 8 Band is led by a teacher/director who oversees three band levels- Beginner, Intermediate and Senior. The Beginner Band is for Grade 5 to Grade 8 students who have never studied a wind or percussion instrument. Intermediate Band is for students who have at least one year of training on their instrument. Senior Band is for secondary school students or advanced players. Information on  District 8 Band activities can be found on their website. | District Band Directors, Mr. Hank Fletcher and Mrs. Cynthia Munn, can be contacted at the District 8 Band Office by phone at 643-2041. Messages can be left at that number.
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| The Early Literacy Program has specially trained teachers who intervene with K- 3 students at risk of failing to learn to read. The goal is to improve a student’s literacy and learning skills so that he or she will continue to learn with classroom instruction following the intervention. Small groups of students work with a specially trained teacher for a short-term, intensive intervention on literacy learning activities. | |
| Newcomers to Canada who require additional English language training in order to be successful in their age-appropriate school curriculum can receive tutor support. An English-as-an Additional-Language (EAL) tutor will assist student development in speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills. An initial assessment is conducted to assist in the design of a program tailored to the student’s specific needs. Topics such as Canadian cultural awareness, school expectations, and Canadian geography and history will also be introduced. Please contact the district office for more information (658-5300). | Juliette Ramzi-Trofimencoff
Learning Specialist
FSL/EAL & International Students
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| Enrichment opportunities are provided for all students including challenges for gifted and talented students. Enrichment is offered on a district wide basis with an emphasis in mathematics and science. The District Coordinator works with School Enrichment Coordinators to support enrichment learning activities and resources. The Coordinator collaborates with the New Brunswick Provincial Enrichment Advisory Committee and promotes the implementation of the School-wide Enrichment Model ( Purcell and Renzulli, 1998) identified by the Department of Education.
Visit website | Jill Jollineau
Learning Specialist
Elementary Education & Enrichment
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| The District 8 certificate program recognizes individual accomplishment in Fine Arts, and the excellence of our communities' young artists as vital contributors to the social and academic life of their own individual schools, as well as to the community of Greater Saint John. | |
| Instruction in French is compulsory until the end of Grade 10. There are three education program options to support students learning French – Grades K-10 (English Prime), Grades 3-10 (French Immersion) and Grades 6-10 (Late French Immersion). Students can continue instruction in French until the end of Grade 12 in the Blended High School program.
For more information | Debbie Thomas
Learning Specialist
High School Education, French Second Language
& International Students
506.658.5373
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| The Healthy Learners Program is a partnership between the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Wellness. Public health nurses have been assigned to the school district to promote wellness initiatives. The nurses also act as a resource to support the delivery of the Health curriculum and as a consultant to wellness related issues:
- In-service education to teachers, i.e. resiliency wellness, etc.
- Promote positive parenting programs (designed for parents)
- Resource for community services (what's available to students and their families)
The Public Health Nurses also liaise with the District Health Advisory Community.
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| The International Baccalaureate Program is available at Saint John High School. The International Baccalaureate Program is a comprehensive and rigorous two-year curriculum, leading to examinations, for student's aged between sixteen and nineteen. The objective of the program is to provide students with a balanced education while promoting international understanding through a shared academic experience. For more information on the IB program, refer to http://www.ibo.org/
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| Junior Achievement was first introduced to Canada in 1955 when Ralph Baker, former President of the Standard Oil Company, recruited Vancouver’s business community to provide programs for 250 students. However, it wasn’t until 1967 that Junior Achievement of Canada was formed to oversee the growth and expansion of JA charters and programs. Since then, more than 1,000,000 Canadian students have gained valuable business and job skills through Junior Achievement programs.
Junior Achievement of Canada remains the nation’s largest developer of business education programs for students aged 10 to 19.
Visit their site at http://new-brunswick.jacan.org/ | Joan Wilkins
School to Work Transition Programs
Coordinator
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| The Middle School Literacy Program provides an intensive literacy intervention to assist middle school students to develop the skills and strategies necessary to become confident, independent readers and writers. Students selected for this intervention have demonstrated limited or ineffective reading and writing strategies and receive instruction from specialist teachers in thoughtful reading, guided reading, word study, writing workshop, and independent reading.
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| PALS is an initiative of School District 8 in partnership with the local business community and service agencies. Companies in the Saint John area are paired with schools and provide support in the way of volunteers or financial assistance. Examples of what P.A.L.S. can do for schools are: opportunities for children to access events, activities or field trip experiences associated with going to school, or assisting School-Parent groups to provide extras to school such as library, team uniforms or playground resources beyond what the school budget accommodates.
| Debbie Fisher
Partners Assisting Local Schools (PALS)
Coordinator
317-319 Union Street
Saint John, New Brunswick
E2L 1B3
506.632.6071
fisher.deborah@jdirving.com |
| Post Secondary Days is an annual career development opportunity where students, their families and the general public will have an opportunity to chat with and gather information from over 50 exhibitors, representing post secondary institutions from around Atlantic Canada and beyond! Specific details such as where it’s taking place and how to register as an exhibitor can be found on the Post Secondary Days website. |
Lori Lofstrom
Guidance Coordinator
District 8
(506) 643-2895 (w)
(506) 977-1658 (c)
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| The Strings Program is open to all District 8 students in Grade 3 and above. Students are taught outside of class time in various schools. Classes are multi-age and range from Beginners to Advanced Beginners through playing levels to Grade 10 as established by the Royal Conservatory of Music. Four orchestral strings are taught: violin, viola, cello and double bass. Students who have participated in Strings classes for at least one year may join the String Orchestra which has junior, intermediate and senior levels. | |
| The Work Rooms are state-of-the-art career resource centers located in four high schools; Kennebecasis Valley High School, Sussex Regional High School, Belleisle Regional High School and Simonds High School in southwest New Brunswick . The centres are made possible through a partnership between the Department of Post-secondary Education, Training and Labour and School Districts 6 and 8.
Visit their site at http://www.careersthatwork.ca/ | Joan Wilkins
School to Work Transition Programs
Coordinator
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| Woodlawn's mission is to rekindle hope and promote attitudes that encourage each High School student to acquire personal, educational, social and life-long learning skills in a nurturing environment. The student's social needs are addressed through small group instruction; individual tutoring and computer assisted learning. Entry to Woodlawn involves both a referral and an interview process.
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| Educational Assistants are paraprofessionals who support the inclusion of children with exceptionalities in the regular classroom. They are assigned to the classroom teacher, not the individual student, and work under the teacher's direction with support from the Resource and Methods Teacher. They can perform all tasks that are normally the responsibility of the teacher with the exception of academic instruction.
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| Guidance Counsellors work in teams and serve one of the District 8 School Communities: East, West and Central. Guidance teams deliver the Comprehensive Guidance Program which focuses on students and their social emotional development including assisting with personal management, goal setting skills, career awareness, self esteem, conflict resolution, problem solving and peer relationships.
Counsellors visit schools on an itinerant basis but are available for crisis intervention, meetings with local school teams, consulting with professionals and paraprofessionals and/or other community agencies to assist students with their personal, social, career and educational development.
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| Students who are unable to attend school for short periods of time due to hospitalization or illness can receive tutoring in their homes or the hospital. This is a short term intervention designed to allow the student academic support in key areas until he or she is able to return to school and resume normal studies. For further information please contact the school principal or guidance counsellor.
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| Resource and Methods teachers are members of the school student services teams and offer consultative services to classroom teachers on the development of Special Education Plans. They offer educational assessment services to the students as well as some direct instruction for short periods of time. Resource and Methods teachers are a resource to the rest of the school staff, providing information on modifications and accommodations that can be made as well as current trends and information on various exceptionalities. Every school in the district has a Resource and Methods teacher in the building.
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| The professional staff at District 8's School Psychology Services helps in the identification, diagnosis and treatment of individual students with learning and adjustment difficulties in the classroom. They provide a range of consultative and intervention services to children from kindergarten to grade 12. Referrals are made by schools with a primary focus on supporting the classroom teacher and helping the student to better perform and function in the classroom setting.
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