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Guidance

The Guidance Department works to foster the total development of all students in conjunction with parents, staff, administrators, and community agencies.The guidance and career education program is a vital and integral part of a secondary school program. Through the program, students will acquire the knowledge and skills that they need in order to learn effectively, to live and to work co-operatively and productively with a wide range of people, to set and pursue education and career goals, and to carry out their social responsibilities. The program will be delivered through various means, including classroom instruction, orientation and exit programs, career exploration activities, as well as individual assistance and short-term counselling.

It is important for you to become familiar with the role of your guidance counsellor for:

• Academic Counselling - including course selection and planning, post-secondary program requirements, levels of difficulty and their implications, direct work entry and apprenticeship information.
• Career Counselling - providing information on the career development process, career search and course planning.
• Personal Counselling - available to you when you wish to discuss personal and interpersonal problems. Referrals are made to the school Youth Worker, system support staff or community agencies when appropriate.
• Attendance Counselling - provided when referrals are made by teachers, parents and school administration.

Students must give very careful thought to their course selections on their option sheets that they complete in the spring as this information is then used to build the school’s timetable and provide staffing for the following school year. Consequently, once a student’s timetable has been created, requests for changes of any kind will only be considered if extenuating circumstances exist. The following policies will be observed at Nicholson Catholic College regarding academic timetables:

• All students who are enrolled at Nicholson Catholic College will take a credit course in religious education in each of their years in attendance.
• A student in grade 9, 10 or 11 must be scheduled with four courses per semester.
• A student in grade 12 must be scheduled with a minimum of three courses per semester.
• Students must have the required prerequisite(s) for any and all scheduled courses in the current academic year.
• A spare will only be assigned to a student’s timetable once the student has successfully completed 23 credits.
• Students with less than 23 credits may be assigned a spare at the discretion of the principal and/or guidance counsellor.
• Only the principal may grant a student part-time status (less than 3 courses per semester) due to extenuating circumstances. Part-time status may affect a student’s eligibility for scholarship considerations and the honour roll.
• Students who are registered for a course in semester 1 and wish to repeat the same course in semester 2 are required to wait one school week at the beginning of semester 2 before they are scheduled and will be allowed to attend the course. There is no guarantee of seat availability.
• Students who wish to apply for the Cooperative Education program must meet with the co-op teacher prior to being scheduled.
• Students enrolled in grade 11 and grade 12 courses will have 5 (five) school days from the date of mid-term report card distribution to drop a course and not have it appear on their transcript. Courses dropped after this time period are subject to full disclosure and will appear on a student’s transcript.
• Credit substitutions will only be granted at the principal’s discretion.