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Student Services
consists of the Resource Department, a Guidance
Counsellor, Social Worker, School Nurse, School
Psychologist, Behaviour Technician, and a Spiritual
Animator.
Guidance Department
The Guidance Office is where students can find
information on their high school courses, CEGEPs, and
where they would come to see a counselor. At one time or
another almost all students see a counselor, whether
it's to discuss something to do with school, family,
friends or themselves. When a student talks with a
counselor the conversation is confidential. Some
concerns the counselor might hear from students include:
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Can I get
into CEGEP with the marks I have? |
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My
teacher and I aren't getting along. |
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Do you
think I'm taking the right courses for what
I want to do? |
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I don't
have any friends. |
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I'm
always fighting with my parents. |
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I don't
know what I want to do after high school. |
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I think I
might be pregnant. |
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I want to
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The Guidance Office
also has the names of tutors for all subjects, at all
levels. We can help students get in touch with one,
whether it is a peer tutor, CEGEP student or teacher.
It's easy to make an appointment; students can go to the
Guidance Office at recess or lunch, and before or after
school, and fill out an appointment slip or see a
counselor to arrange a convenient meeting time. Students
are not to arrange appointments during class time.
If students are interested in
finding out about different careers, and those that
might be suitable for them, Career Cruising may be a
worthwhile experience. Career Cruising is a computer
program that is available on the internet. The website
address is:
www.careercruising.com.
Please
click here for
Guidance links.
Community Office
John Rennie has a proud tradition of community
involvement. Local and global outreach projects include,
anti-bullying programs, Chick Chat, activities with
local senior citizens, activities with local war
veterans, animal rights initiatives, Children’s Care
International, Lakeshore General Hospital, Peaceful
Schools International, World Vision 30 Hour Famine and
Amnesty International, to mention just a few. We also
respond to current events and help when needed. Our
projects are often student initiatives and our goal is
to educate our student population about the needs of the
student, the school, the community and the world at
large.
Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday - 8:30-2:30
Lost and found is located at the Community Office
Any student with a strong desire to start a humanitarian
project is urged to contact the Community Office.
Please click here to see
what's happening in the Community Office.
Resource Department
John Rennie believes in inclusive education. Our
Resource Department consists of teachers, a special
education technician, and integration aides. We also
enlist the assistance of peer tutors when possible. We
all work diligently to try to ensure student success,
both academically and socially. The Resource Department
coordinates the placement, programs, and evaluation of
students who have special needs within the context of
the regular program. We also coordinate work- study
placements for our special needs students.
Support services may be provided both in class and in
small group settings. In addition to academic support
and modified curriculum, we develop life skills and
social skills. Students who receive support could
include those with diagnosed learning, emotional, and/or
behavioural difficulties, as well as those who have
intellectual or physical challenges. Individual
Educational Plans (IEPs) are created in collaboration
with a team of the student’s teachers, parents, student,
and other support professionals as needed. Other
students who are feeling overwhelmed and struggling may
also be referred to resource for assistance.
The Planning Room
The Planning Room is a special area designed to help
students create better communication skills with both
staff and peers. Administrators may decide to send
students to the Planning Room in the following
situations:
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A student is
consistently rude and discourteous to staff or
students in the class.
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A student’s
behaviour is disrupting the learning environment of
the class.
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A student’s
behaviour is affecting his/her own learning
environment in the course of the day or during a
particular class.
The Planning Room is
staffed by a behaviour technician, who will help the
student to evaluate his/her behaviour and develop a
positive plan of action for success in the classroom.
Students who are sent to the Planning Room may be sent
for a particular class, or for a short period of days,
depending on the amount of difficulty the student is
having. Although the Planning Room is not used for
resolving academic difficulties, the student will also
be completing the work from the classes that he/she is
missing during the time spent in the Planning Room.
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