Reminder: Acadia University - The harrison McCain Scholar-Bursary

Grade 12 students interested in Acadia University are reminded that the deadline for the Harrison McCain Scholar-Bursary is March 1^st. 

Information may be obtained from the student portal: http://4u.acadiau.ca  

Saint Thomas University - "Admissions on the Spot"

A representative from Saint Thomas University will be at SSHS on Thursday, February 21^st at 2:00 P.M.  to conduct the “Admissions on the Spot” program.  Students interested in applying to STU and meeting with this representative must pre-register in the guidance office.

Experience Acadia Days 2008

With less than one month until the first of three Experience Acadia Days 2008 weekends we would like to invite you to register today and join us on the weekend that works best for you!

This is a great opportunity for you and your family to:
Tour the campus;

Meet with Acadia faculty, staff and students;
Attend classroom presentations of your choice;
Register for your fall courses;
Enjoy meals in Wheelock Dining Hall;
Spend the night in residence!

WHERE:
Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada

DATES:
February 29 & March 1, March 7 & March 8, March 14 & March 15

TIME:
Friday at 9 a.m. until Saturday at 11:30 a.m.

REGISTER:
http://4u.acadiau.ca and select "Register for Upcoming Events"

QUESTIONS:
902.585.1155 or email: acadia.reception@acadiau.ca

We hope to meet you and your family at Acadia in March!

To find out how your visit can earn your one-way fare back to Acadia, go to: www.acadiaboardingpass.ca.


Sincerely,
Shawna GarrettExecutive Director, Enrolment Services

If you have any other questions, please feel free to call us at 902-585-1016 - or log onto Acadia4U (http://4u.acadiau.ca) and submit your questions in the "Request Information" section. We look forward to hearing from you soon!

Dental College Presentation

A representative from the Dental College of Saint John will be at SSHS on Wednesday, February 20^th at 10:00 a.m.

Dental College offers the following programs:        Dental Assistant

                                                                        Dental and Medical Administration

                                                                        Network administrator

                                                                        Addictions Counselling

                                                                        Child & Youth Care

                                                                        Corrections Officer

 

Interested students must pre-register in the guidance office.  The presentation will take place in room 101.

Computer Science - What's it All About

UNB Saint John will be hosting a Computer Science Workshop on March 6th from 9 am to 4 pm for all interested grade 10, 11, and 12 students.

Software Engineering - Try to beat an Al checkers player - meet the students who programmed him

High Performance Computing - 4 brains are better than one! Parallel Processing demo.

Hands-on Hardware - Wire a LAN and then party!

Meet professors and students - Learn about our bleeding edge research.

Lunch will be provided

To register, contact: 506-648-5970 - csas@unbsj.ca

Space is limited!!

March 6, 2008 - 9 am - 4pm
Dept. of Computer Science and Applied Statistics
Hazen Hall
Room 326

www.unbsj.ca/sase/csas

Army Reserves

A representative of the Canadian Forces Reserves Unit will be at SSHS on Wednesday, February 20^th during noon hour.  Interested students over the age of 15 are encouraged to visit with this representative located in the main lobby.

J. D. Irving-Training Incentive Program

J. D. Irving, Limited, has a series of Awards for High School Graduates designed with jobs in mind.  Student funding has been committed over the next few years towards building the skills of people seeking career growth in Atlantic Canada.

To support this initiative, Training Incentive application kits for students planning on attending college or university in September 2008 are now available in the guidance office.  The deadline for applications is March 1, 2008.

FW: Oulton College Dental Education Center Opens

This past summer we finished the construction of our new Dental Education Center.

The Dental Assistant and Dental Hygiene Programs used to be offered in our main building where there were two classrooms and a clinic area with five dental chairs and one x-ray room.

Now, the Dental Assistant and Hygiene Programs are offered in a separate building which has seventeen dental chairs and four x-ray rooms, along with classrooms, student area, offices for instructors, and a reception area.

According to Patterson Dental, the company that builds these clinics, it is one of the most state-of-the-art dental clinics in Atlantic Canada right now having been built this summer using the latest technologies for chairs and equipment.

The class sizes have remained the same at about thirty students for Dental Assistant and twenty four for Dental Hygiene, but offering the students three times the facilities which allows for more hands-on practical learning.

The program is very much build on hands-on learning rather than mostly theory. The Dental Education Center runs as a real dental clinic with a constant in and out of patients. In the very first week, student are experiencing clinical work. They spend about half the day in class and half the day in the clinic reinforcing what they learned in class.

The Dental Assistant Program is a fully nationally accredited program. It has passed the accreditation process each of the last four years since we began the course. The board has now given accreditation to the program for the next four years without having to go through the accreditation process each year. Every year since we have begun the program every student in the program has passed the Canadian Dental Assistant Board Exam and obtained their liscence as a Dental Assistant and their job placement rate has been over 90% since the course began.

As you may or may not know, there are some Dental Assisting Academys that have been in existance for over ten years have not received accreditation. Therefore their students will need to attend additional classes at an accredited school in order to qualify to write their board exams and obtain their license as a Dental Assistant. Their are some programs that have been around for many years and still haven't had a year where the entire class has passed the Canadian Board Exam.

As far as Dental Hygiene is concerned. It is a two step process towards accreditation and we have passed step one and now have to have some graduates to pass step two. Our program started last year so our first graduating class will be this spring. We are hoping to complete the final step later this year. Like Ontario and some other provinces, it will be possible to work as a Dental Hygienist in New Brunswick from our program even though it is not Nationally Accredited. Dentists in the province have helped us build the program and have mentioned that accredited or not they will still hire our graduates. Even though this is the case our objective is to be Nationally Accredited. If someone moves to a province that requires accreditation and doesn't have it, they would need to write a provincial exam or Canadian Board Exam to qualify to work in that province.

These are by far two of our more popular programs and there are only a few seats remaining for this fall. If you have students interested in these programs, they should be applying in the coming weeks to avoid the waiting list. We will be offering our own university level (taught by a prof a Universite de Moncton) first year Biology and Chemistry courses in English this summer during consecutives weekends in May and June if someone does not have all the pre-requisites now.

They can write an aptitude test to see if they would qualify to take the summer courses that lead to acceptance into Dental Hygiene.

Please see attached, I have included a few pictures of the Dental Education Center.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Best regards,

Robert

Robert Dubé
Vice President - Admissions
Oulton College
55 rue Lutz Street
Moncton, NB
E1C 0L2
1-888-757-2020
(506) 858-9696
Fax (506) 858-8490
Cell. (506) 381-2304
rdube@oultoncollege.com
http://www.oultoncollege.com/

Mount Saint Vincent University

Please be informed that MSVU will be holding their annual Explore MSVU on Friday, February 29^th.  Students are invited to participate in the following:

• Same Day Admissions
• Residence, Financial Aid and Student Life Sessions
• Admissions Guide
• Personalized Education Programs

 

Registration is available online:  www.msvu.ca/admissions

 

Note:  MSVU will be in Fredericton on Monday, February 25^th between 7-9 p.m.  Location:  Crowne Plaza 

Lester B. Pearson United World College Scholarship

The Province of New Brunswick, through the Department of Education, selects one grade 11 student annually for a two-year scholarship to study for the International Baccalaureate Diploma at Pearson College.

The application form can be printedfrom the website www.pearsoncollege.ca.

Any interested students should see Mr. Walker or Mrs. Amos in the Guidance Office.

Please note that this year's application deadline is February 15, 2008.

Insurance Brokers Association of New Brunswick

Please be aware that information regarding Insurance Brokers is now available in the guidance office.

Available information:

• Steps required to becoming an insurance broker in New Brunswick
• General information on the industry
• Courses offered through IBANB
• Career opportunities

 

For additional information:  www.nbinsurancebrokers.ca

The University of Western Ontario

Western is visiting the East Coast in February!

Information sessions for prospective students, applicants, and their parents will be held on Monday, February 25^th in Fredericton and February 26^th in Saint John.

Fredericton- 6:30 – 8:30 Crowne Plaza      Saint John – 6:30 -8:30 Delta Brunswick

The following topics will be discussed:

• Life in London, Ontario
• Campus facilities and residence options
• Scholarships and financial aid
• Admission and program information
• Student support services

 

Students may come to the guidance office for additional information.

Oulton College opens Veterinary Hospital

Last summer, Oulton College opened a Veterinary Hospital, fully approved and liscenced by the Province of New Brunswick, named the Oulton College Veterinary Teaching Hospital.

The students in the Veterinary Technician Program now have the opportunity of acquiring their skills while working in a Veterinary Hospital.

The students spend half the day in class and other half is spent in the hospital reinforcing what they covered in theory.

There is a major need for Veterinary Technicians at the moment all across Canada.

We may usually think of Vet Techs working in Veterinarian's Offices, Animal Hospitals, or zoos; however commercial farms, research companies, and universities all use animals for tests and experimentation and require Vet Techs to maintain these animals. So these are the employers driving the need for Veterinary Technicians.

As long as a student has grade 11 or 12 Biology with at least a 60%, they may qualify for admission into the program.

It is one of our more popular programs, so students should be applying in the coming weeks to avoid the waiting list.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Robert Dubé
Vice President - Admissions
Oulton College
55 rue Lutz Street
Moncton, NB
E1C 0L2
1-888-757-2020
(506) 858-9696
Fax (506) 858-8490
Cell. (506) 381-2304
rdube@oultoncollege.com
http://www.oultoncollege.com/