Thornlea Open House for Grade 8 Students

IB Information Evening

International Baccalaureate Program Information Evening

The International Baccalaureate (IB) program is student-centred with a focus on developing intellectual, personal, emotional and social skills for students who live, learn and work in a rapidly changing world. The program emphasizes critical, compassionate thinking, community involvement and intercultural understanding. It is founded on international standards and assessment. Students who complete the program earn both an Ontario Secondary School Diploma and an IB Diploma.

We are pleased to announce the expansion of York Region District School Board’s IB Program offerings. In addition to Bayview Secondary School’s IB Program, YRDSB has four candidate school sites for the Diploma Program: 

• Alexander Mackenzie High School
• Dr. GW Williams Secondary School 
• Maple High School
• Milliken Mills High School

Current Grade 8 and Grade 9 students and families interested in YRDSB’s IB Program are invited to attend an information session to learn more about the program and application process. No registration is needed.

IB Information Evening – Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Location: Le Parc 

8432 Leslie Street, Thornhill, Ontario L3T 7M6

Hall: to be announced

Times:

Families living EAST of Yonge St.           6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Families living WEST of Yonge St.        8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Students eligible for Grade 9 and Grade 10 in September 2017 may apply.

Assessment Dates – Saturday, November 19 or Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Admission to the York Region District School Board IB programs includes an assessment. At the time of application, students will select to write in either the a.m. or p.m. on Saturday, November 19 or in the evening on Tuesday, November 22.

There is a $35 fee to apply to this program.

For additional information, please visit www.yrdsb.ca/IB.

Visit to Thornlea Secondary School

On Thursday May 5, the grade 6 and 7 students had the opportunity to visit Thornlea Secondary School. The students walked over to the school and had a tour of the building. 

 

Walking to Thornlea Secondary School

Tour of the School

After the tour the students participated in a writers' workshop where they worked with grade 12 students on discussing favourite books and what good writers do.

Writers' Workshop

The students had a great time and these are some of our students' thoughts and reflections after the visit:

• getting to see what a high school really looks like was very helpful
• getting to know some high school students would help us have friends 
• get to really know how to work on cars was very interesting
• working with the professional lighting was helpful for us now as we explore the new green screen our school has purchased for movie making
• music room with all the instruments made us enthusiastic and interested in playing instruments for next year 
• art classes and examples of beautiful artwork and sculptures was something we were very interested in
• gym was huge and the bleachers looked cool
• mixed learning spaces with emphasis on digital literacy was very motivating
• jokes the teachers made, helped us to feel comfortable so high school won't be so scary 
• cosmetology room, looked like a real spa and performed make up artistry for real events
• inciting conversation about possible careers and how to prepare for them 

Thank you to the staff at Thornlea S.S.and Johnsview Village P.S. for organizing this opportunity and we look forward to many more ways to collaborate with our feeder high school.