ARTS & Magnet/Special Programs
The Key Date for Applications to all “board designated specialized programs” is
January 12, 2024
Make sure to check the requirements for the different programs (applications, portfolios, etc.)
IAP
The Integrated Arts Program is a Waterloo Region District School Board Magnet Program. It offers challenging enhanced arts programming for students interested in the performing, visual, production and media arts. Students choose to come to the Eastwood IAP for many different reasons: Some want to pursue post-secondary studies or a career in the arts, and others want to enhance their high school experience through the arts while pursuing other career and post-secondary goals. The IAP offers opportunities to explore, experience, or study aspects of arts careers through extra curricular activities, professional mentorship, and field trip.
MLL Program
The MLL (ESL and ELD) magnet program is designed to help English Language Learners develop the skills they need to develop proficiency in everyday English and, most especially, the proficiency in academic English that will allow them to integrate successfully into the mainstream school program.
STUDENTS DO NOT NEED TO APPLY TO EASTWOOD FOR THE MLL PROGRAM. If you need English Language support, and you live in our boundary, then we are your school!
Highlights:
MLL Magnet Site for over 35 years!
360 students in MLL courses and many more that have now moved into non-MLL courses.
More than 70 languages and 40 countries represented at ECI.
A welcoming, supportive, creative learning community!
Courses Offered: Students work on their English skills while earning credits in courses needed to graduate high school.
Our magnet program offers learners a package of courses customized to their language level. Students can earn credits in a variety of language-supportive courses. These include English,Science, Math, Family Studies, Geography,Science, History, Civics, Careers, Art and Drama.
Specialist High Skills Majors
What are they?
Specialist High Skills Majors let students focus on a career path that matches their skills and interests while meeting the requirements of the Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD). Students receive the SHSM seal on their diploma when they:
complete a specific bundle of 8-10 courses in the student's selected field
earn valuable industry certifications including first aid and CPR qualifications
gain important skills on the job through cooperative education placements.
Who are they for?
Grade 11 and 12 students who are:
heading for apprenticeship training, college, university or the workplace
wanting to identify, explore and refine their career goals and make informed choices about their next steps after secondary school.
How can they help?
Students have the opportunity to:
gain important skills on the job with actual employers, at skills training centres and at school
earn valuable industry certifications, including first aid and CPR qualifications.
Transportation
The SHSM–Transportation provides students with a strong foundation for a wide variety of careers in the transportation sector, from those focusing on the service, repair, and modification of vehicles and vehicle systems to those related to the organization and management of transportation services and mass-transit systems. The SHSM–Transportation enables students to build a foundation of sector-focused knowledge and skills before graduating and entering apprenticeship training, college, university, or an entry-level position in the workplace.
Arts & Culture
The SHSM is a testament to the quality of eduction already taking place at Eastwood, as well as to the vibrant world-class arts and cultural scene in our community. At Eastwood we are proud to be able to offer students the option to completely customize their arts education. Building off of the tradition of the Integrated Arts Program established in 1987, with the addition of the Specialist High Skills Major: Arts & Culture in 2007, Eastwood arts has now expanded to offer two distinct, yet mutually beneficial areas of arts specialty.The SHSM emphasizes hands on, practical learning experiences with a focus on the arts in the digital age. Any student currently attending ECI can apply to be part of the SHSM.
Non-Profit
The SHSM–Non-profit enables students to build a foundation of sector-focused knowledge and skills before graduating and entering apprenticeship training, college, university, or a position in the workplace. Students will develop skills in the areas of problem solving, analysis, communication, cooperation, ethical values, consciousness, and citizenship. This SHSM may be designed to have a particular focus – for example, on international development or community action. This focus is achieved through the selection of the four major credits in the bundle.
Sports
The SHSM–Sports enables students to build a foundation of sector-focused knowledge and skills before graduating and entering apprenticeship training, college, university, or an entry-level position in the workplace. Where local circumstances allow, boards may elect to offer one or more variants of the SHSM in a given sector, each with a particular area of focus. This SHSM may be designed to have a particular focus – for example, on competitive and recreational sports, sports management, or sports media and broadcasting. This focus is achieved through the selection of the four major credits in the bundle.
Business & Arts endorsements
To be Eligible to receive the “Business Endorsement Certificate” upon graduation, you must:
Successfully complete ANY five (5) business courses
To be Eligible to receive the “IAP Arts Endorsement Certificate” upon graduation, you must:
Successfully complete eight (8) arts courses, including one grade 12 Arts Major
Remain in the Arts Program in good standing to the end of grade 12 as per the Code of Conduct and Code of Participation
To be Eligible to receive the “IAP Arts and Business Endorsement Certificate” upon graduation, you must:
Be accepted to the IAP
Complete 5 arts courses including one grade 12 Arts Major plus 3 Business Courses
Business courses typically include BBI – Introduction to Business and any two senior Business courses