About D.O.

Discovering Opportunities (D.O.) students attend the core courses as a cohort in an integrated project-based environment. Students participate in activities to enhance personal growth, academic skills, and personal and career goal setting. It is NOT a program based on marks or behaviour. Students can explore the linkages between their academic studies and the workplace. Students have opportunities to identify their skills and interests, explore careers, and to develop a career and education pathway.

Discovering Opportunities embodies these beliefs:

• Most students have more potential than they use.

• Students succeed if they believe they can succeed.

• Students who fall behind can catch up.

• Personal and academic success begins with hope.

• Expectations need to be clear and realistic.

• Instruction needs to be persistent, personal, and respectful.

• Powerful learning occurs when there are strong relationships with the teacher and with other students.

• The most effective learning occurs in authentic contexts and settings.

• Families and communities must be included in a meaningful way.

• Students need to have ownership of and responsibility for their learning.

• The classroom must provide opportunities for students to develop leadership skills and to practise citizenship.

• The relationship between a student and a teacher is based on trust.