Options and Opportunities (O2)

Citadel High School O2 Coordinator

Debra Wilson

Debra.Wilson@hrce.ca

2025 Citadel High O2 Applications

Application Deadline:

April 25th, 2025

A completed O2 application package will contain the following:

O2 Application Form - Part 1

O2 Application Form Part 2

O2 Community Reference Form

O2 Teacher Reference Form

O2 Applications need to be completed independently by the student, with all questions answered in their own words and, ideally, in their own handwriting*. We request that students do not use AI in their applications. (*if a student has an adaptation to use a word processor to submit written work, they may submit a typed application).

Please hand in your completed application packages to your school's Guidance Counsellor by April 25th, 2025. If you are having difficulty completing the application package, please reach out to your school's Guidance Counsellor or to me at Debra.Wilson@hrce.ca

Citadel O2 Recruiting Presentation (Developed for 2021 but still good today!)

We are looking for some interesting people to fill our interesting program!!!

If you are interested in learning more about our program after watching the presentation, please email me at debra.wilson@hrce.ca to get information about next steps.

If you are having any trouble getting this done, please contact me by email at Debra.Wilson@hrce.ca and I will work with you to figure out something that works.

All interviews will be conducted in May 2025. Interviews will be conducted in-person.

Class of 2023 - Highlights!

6 students headed to University in Engineering, Health Sciences and Humanities
7 students headed to NSCC in Business, Practical Nursing, Film/TV and Trades
1 student headed to a University Transition Program
1 Student headed to a Career College
1 student headed to the workforce then NSCC
4 students with IB Certificates
4 students with significant Post-Secondary Scholarships, including a $56,000 Mt. A Bell Scholar
1 Valedictorian!

Why settle for schooling when you can get an O2 Education?

Some students learn better by doing, experimenting and practicing. Students enrolled in the Options and Opportunities Program, better known as O2, are able to do this by being engaged through active learning in their school as well as their community.

O2 is a three year program designed to help students work toward a career or occupation in learning contexts that respond to their learning needs, providing linkages to the workplace and other post-secondary destinations. Through a range of authentic learning experiences and an integrated career education approach, students in O2 are able to make connections with career pathways and make more informed decisions about what they want to do after high school.

To visit Options and Opportunities at the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, click here.

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