GUIDANCE Newsletter-Welcoming students to the 2024-25 New School Year

Dear Students/Parents/Guardians

The Guidance Department at Northview Heights Secondary School welcomes you back for the 2024-2025 school year.This year’s guidance team is:

Ms. Allison & Ms. Karas	A, N – R, & APGA, MID/ASD
Mr. Brewda & Ms. Martinez	B – C & H – M
Ms. Pavlic-Trias (ACL) & Mr. Gecolea	D – G & S –Z

As the year begins, we have some important information to share with you.

Timetables: Timetables will be emailed to students on Fri Aug 30th.Students can access their timetable electronically via TDSB CONNECTS APP.Paper copies are not available.

Stay Connected! Join the guidance google classroom for your grade.

Grade 9: ckfc36hGrade 10: frtvksxGrade 11: swev7eeGrade 12: nwle7md

Volunteer Forms/Non-TDSB course report cards: Students who have volunteer forms or report cards to submit from Non-TDSB schools can submit them to the guidance drop box in the guidance office.

Grade 9: All grade 9 students have complete timetables.Every effort was made to give students their first choice of course, therefore if an alternative appeared on your student’s timetable, their first choice was not available. NO CHANGES will be made to grade 9 timetables.

Grade 10:

• If a blank appears on the student's timetable, they should report to the library during this “spare” period.They will receive further instructions upon their arrival.
• Changes to grade 10 Semester 1 timetables will only be made in cases where the student has failed a prerequisite or has passed summer school for a course currently on their timetable.

Grade 11 and 12:

• If a blank appears on the student's timetable and a spare was not requested(Gr 12 only), the student should report to the library during this “spare” period.They will receive further instructions upon their arrival.
• Students wishing to change a class can fill in the Course Request Change Google Form available AFTER SEPT 4th.Changes can only be made if space exists in the requested class(es)
• Students must follow their timetable as is until they are seen by their counsellor.They should not be in the halls or attending the class they hope to switch into.Failure to do so will delay your timetable change request.

Finally,September is an extremely busy month in guidance and as such we respectfully request that students not come to guidance to request timetable changes but instead follow the procedures outlined above.

Looking forward to working with you in the upcoming school year.

The Northview Heights Secondary School Guidance Team

Guidance counsellors continue to support :

*our grade 11 students to ensure that they are researching pathway opportunities available to them.  The detailed research students are conducting in their grade 11 year will give them the confidence they need when it comes time to apply to post-secondary programs in their graduating year. 

*our grade 10 Careers teachers are providing our students with important information regarding self-assessment, career exploration and educational planning throughmyBlueprint- Individual Pathways Planner (IPP).

*our grade 9 student transitions and bolster the skills they need to achieve success in high school

*our ESL/ELL and ELD students and welcome and support all newly registered students to our school.

Our goal is to give our students the necessary tools to make informed decisions to ensure success in secondary school. Counsellors are always available to assist students.  The Guidance Appointment Book is available for students to book appointments with their counsellors.