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Course Selection Considerations for SHSM students:
Course Selection Considerations for SHSM students:
If you are in or intend to enter a SHSM program, please make sure you have planned in advance which courses you will take to satisfy the requirements (4 Major, 3 Other, 2 Co-op) and when you will take them. Plan backwards from grade 12 to make sure you are taking the proper prerequisites. See information below to inform your selections.
General Advice:
consider taking summer school, but note that some courses are not typically offered in summer school
some grade 11 courses can be taken in grade 10. These will count toward your SHSM requirements if they are on the SHSM course list.
Specific Advice:
contact your guidance counselor or one of the SHSM leads for assistance
Specialist High Skills Majors
Specialist High Skills Majors
Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM) is a Ministry-approved and funded program for Grade 11 and 12 students. Students get the opportunity to focus on a career path to match their skills and interests in Health and Wellness. Students will build an enhanced resume of experiences and become better prepared for post-secondary studies and future careers.
Students can apply for a SHSM at any time beginning in January of grade 10. It is not permitted to be registered in more than one SHSM at a time. It is not recommended that students attempt to pursue both a SHSM and the IB Diploma at the same time.
YCDSB SHSM Program Information
YCDSB SHSM Program Information
Pre-SHSM Program for Students in Grade 9 and 10
Pre-SHSM Program for Students in Grade 9 and 10
For the two St. Robert-based SHSM programs, there is a Pre-SHSM program. Students may join the Pre-SHSM program for their chosen SHSM anytime after they enter grade 9.
Health and Wellness Pre-SHSM, send to rosina.coda@ycdsbk12.ca
Aviation and Aerospace Pre-SHSM, send to jeanne.buckley@ycdsbk12.ca
Application for SHSM Programs
Application for SHSM Programs
Please have a parent or guardian submit your application to srh.guidance@ycdsb.ca . You must be in grade 10 or higher to be accepted into the full SHSM (as it is a two year grade 11 and 12 program). If you are in grade 9, see information about the Pre-SHSM (above).
Health & Wellness
Health & Wellness
Flyer has two pages.
Aviation & Aerospace
Aviation & Aerospace
Flyer has two pages.
Health & Wellness SHSM Leads:
Christopher Sun
Rosina Coda
Aviation & Aerospace SHSM Leads:
Jeanne Buckley
Previous Activities for our SHSMs
Previous Activities for our SHSMs
Field Trip - Health & Wellness
Field Trip - Health & Wellness
E2 Adventures. Critical Cure. This interactive field trip explored the research, testing, manufacturing, and delivery of COVID-19 vaccines during the pandemic with a Live look at the Medicago vaccine manufacturing plant in Quebec.
Field Trip - Aviation and Aerospace
Field Trip - Aviation and Aerospace
E2 Adventures. Clearing the Air. This interactive field trip explored how satellites track methane emissions with a live look at a dairy farm in Quebec's eastern townships, GHGSat in Montreal, and inside the clean room of a Canadian engineering company that makes cameras for NASA and other outer space applications.
Centennial College Helicopter Rotor Track and Balancing
Centennial College Helicopter Rotor Track and Balancing
A virtual reach-ahead activity in which students got to see the process to balance helicopter rotors and learn about programs available at Centennial College.
Centennial College Helicopter Rotor Track and Balancing
Centennial College Helicopter Rotor Track and Balancing
A virtual reach-ahead activity in which students got to see the process of maintaining landing gear on small airplanes and learn about programs available at Centennial College.
WHMIS Certification
WHMIS Certification
Students were able to select from two different online WHMIS Certification providers including the Canadian Council for Aviation and Aerospace, an industry-standard provider of Aviation and Aerospace certifications in Canada.
Virtual Fireside Chat with NASA Astronaut Sunita Williams
Virtual Fireside Chat with NASA Astronaut Sunita Williams
In this Reach-Ahead activity, students from the SHSM watched a live-stream virtual chat for high school students with a NASA astronaut. We also invited several grade 9 science classes to join us.
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