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Career-Life Connections class and through ongoing individual meetings .
• Grade 12 students work closely with their Post-Secondary Counsellor in both their Career Education class and through ongoing individual meetings .
• Grade 12 students who have not completed the Grade 10 Numeracy or Literacy Assessment , will complete these graduation requirements . Further , any students who wish to rewrite a graduation assessment must register with Student Services .
• All Grade 12 students will complete a Grade 12 Literacy Assessment .
Informed Decision-Making Through the Post-Secondary Process
Crofton House School students aspire to continue their education after graduating and the School has three Post-Secondary Counsellors who assist them on this path . The School is able to advise all students as individuals on their personal plan for post-secondary study . There are two areas that require the attention of all students and parents .
Use of Private Post-Secondary Consultants
The school has benefitted from the experiences of hundreds of graduates as well as direct connections with the majority of institutions attended by Crofton House graduates in Canada , the United States and the United Kingdom . In this way , the School is in an enviable position of tracking current trends , ensuring accurate information and navigating the nuances of the post-secondary landscape . Students are encouraged to rely on the resources they have through the School .
Purposeful and Powerful Applications : Limits on Number of Applications
The current post-secondary application process often involves responses to supplemental questions . These ‘ supplementals ’ vary in length and complexity ; however , all take time and effort on the part of many individuals . Increasingly they require a demonstration of knowledge and genuine interest in the program to which the student is applying . In other words , responses for one school are not transferable to another . As a result , the time and effort students are putting into these supplementals is significant .
Casting the post-secondary net wide without consideration of the time required to complete the full application may have a negative impact on overall student success in this process . Spending time on one supplemental reduces the time available for others and this may impact the overall quality of these important application elements . Further , time spent on post-secondary applications limits the time available to focus on current courses . At some point , student time for learning is reduced and grades are negatively impacted , thereby lessening the student ’ s ability to meet academic grade requirements . Add to this the fact that students who over-invest their time in post-secondary applications have little time for cocurricular interests , leadership obligations , and healthy social interactions . For this reason , the School has set some recommended limits on the number of applications a student should include in her postsecondary plan . These limits are based upon the School ’ s extensive experience in this process , the number of supplementals that are involved in each application , and , increasingly , the unique nature of each supplemental .
Some families choose to employ the use of private post-secondary consultants . The School requests that you share this information with the School in order to ensure alignment in the information the students are receiving from various sources .