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Bishop Allen Academy School Prospectus 1 Words of Welcome The Future 2 The Catholic Vision 3 What to Look Forward to Begins Here 4 Grade Nine Program 5 Support for Students Educational Services - Full Inclusion Model Student Services - Support Leading to Success Library and Digital Resource Centre English as a Second Language 7 French Immersion and Extended French Programs 8 Academic Departments Business Cooperative Education English Mathematics Religion and Philosophy Science Social Science Technological Studies 11 The Arts Visual Arts Music Drama 12 Congregated Pre-Advanced Placement and Advanced Placement Program leading to the AP Diploma and University credits 14 SAGE Gifted Program 16 Athletic Program 18 Co-Curricular Program 20 Recent Highlights & Photo Gallery 21 Contact and Trustees “B. A. OPENED SO MANY DOORS IN MY LIFE. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCOVER WHO WE are pleased and HONOured TO welcOme students and their families TO Our DYnamic schOOL COmmunitY. I AM! ” From the day that we first opened our doors in September 1989, we have endeavoured MICHAEL to build our school by grounding ourselves in the core principles of service, leadership and excellence. Since then, we have grown in numbers and developed unique academic and extra-curricular programs which have been acknowledged as exemplary practices. It is with great pride that I say that our 1500 students, 100 teachers and talented support staff wholeheartedly embrace our school’s vision and remain committed to sustaining our growth. As a Catholic community we integrate faith with culture so that every aspect of the curriculum is taught in light of the Gospel. The spiritual, intellectual, physical, emotional and social development of every student informs our daily life. The energy and creativity of our staff and students afford us the privilege to continuously reflect on our practices and regularly celebrate success. Words of Bishop Allen Academy is an excellent educational setting for the highly motivated student who enjoys learning. Our challenging academic curriculum includes a Congregated Welcome Advanced Placement program with pre-advanced placement (enriched) credit courses beginning in grade nine and Advanced Placement courses offered in subsequent years Dear Students and leading to the Advanced Placement Diploma in senior years. Our thriving Gifted Program focuses on academic enrichment, leadership development and community service. Parents Guardians The fact that an impressive number of our graduates are awarded a diverse range of scholarships is a testament to the rigor of our approach. We are also proud to be one of only two secondary schools in the TCDSB to offer an Early Immersion French Program at the secondary level. The Middle Immersion (Extended) French program is also offered. Upon graduation, our students will be eligible for either the Immersion French Certificate or the Extended French Certificate awarded by the Toronto Catholic District School Board. As a Bishop Allen student, your child will quickly appreciate our deliberate approach to creating an inclusive learning environment. There is no doubt that our support mechanisms and genuine investment in student success will nurture the development of leadership skills which have traditionally characterized the Bishop Allen graduate. TCDSB REGIONAL CENTRE FOR THE CONGREGATED ADVANCED PLACEMENT PROGRAM 1 The Catholic Vision The CathOlic visiON at BishOP Allen AcademY is ROOted no hands, no feet on earth but yours.” Chaplaincy helps to animate our students to in the philOSOphY that the glORY OF GOD is humanitY make real the Beatitudes of Jesus. Students are called to be self-reflective through our fullY alive. This visiON NOT OnlY infOrms students about ThE life, death AnD resurrection oF Jesus retreat programs. They are invited to worship through meaningful liturgies. They are Christ in Our religiOus educatiON classes but alsO challenged to embrace the world through awareness experiences and charitable actions. infuses the values OF His GOspel intO all aspects OF The school year is punctuated by a variety of out-reach activities and celebrations that oUr curriculUm. AT BishoP AllEn Academy, oUr call instil in our community an awareness of and responsibility for the world: To knoW AnD To FolloW Jesus is noT just An academic activitY -- it is intrinsic TO Our culture. Christmas Festive Dinner for families new to the country our students are encouraged to use Christian values to guide them on their life’s journey Ride for the Cure and to engage them in a critical quest for truth. As advocated by the ontario Conference Huntington-CNIB Dinner of Bishops in This Moment of Promise, the message presented daily to our students is Christmas Homeroom Basket Drive that each of them should take up the challenge of growing into a sense of who [they] are Lenten Orphanage Commitment to Ethiopia as Christians so that [they] can develop the talents [they] have been given and bring the Spring Wake-athon best of [themselves] to the society in which [they] will be living.” Through the advocacy In 2011-2012 Bishop Allen a group of our senior students and staff will travel to a of intellectual growth and the nurturing of faith, it is our hope to inspire a sense of Guatemala to share in the lives of young people in Central America. service to society. What martin luther king has said about church could also be said of our aspirations In the words of Father Gregory Boyle, our challenge is to create “a community of kinship, for Bishop Allen students: Bishop Allen Academy is not the place you go to, it is the such that God might recognize it.” It is the call to go into the world “to bend the place you come from. It is from Bishop Allen that students are sent to be advocates of world to grace.” compassion and service, addressing those most on the margins of our society. At the heart of Chaplaincy are the words of St. Theresa of Avila, “Christ has no body but yours. 2 BISHOP ALLEN ACADEMY 2012 SCHOOL PROSPECTUS “DO SOMETHING! FOUR YEARS GO BY WAY TOO FAST” ANTHONY What to Look Forward to… BishOP Allen taKes great pride in Offering A prOgram OF events TO assist YOur child TO transitiON TO high schOOL: Grade 8 school visits Grade 8 transitional presentations Special Grade 9 barbeque and school tour in late August beings the process of introduction and integration into the school community Grade 9 orientation Camp at muskoka Woods involves all grade nine students and more than 70 student leaders from grades 10-12 Student leaders spend a year visioning, planning and organizing every aspect of the leadership camp Takes place at Muskoka Woods Sports Resort Supervised by teachers Offers three days of outdoor activities and community building Parents Curriculum Information night in September. TCDSB REGIONAL CENTRE FOR THE CONGREGATED ADVANCED PLACEMENT PROGRAM 3 COurse: Available Levels OF StudY: Grade Nine Religion Open Level English Pre-Advanced Placement, Academic, Applied Program French Academic, Applied Geography Pre-Advanced Placement, Academic, Applied mathematics Pre-Advanced Placement, Academic, Applied Science Pre-Advanced Placement, Academic, Applied Optional Courses Select One: Visual Arts music: Vocal, Instrumental, Strings Dramatic Arts and Select One: Physical and Health Education Information Technology in Business Integrated Technology ALL students are strongly urged to complete the compulsory Physical Education credit in grade 9 or grade 10. FRENCH IMMERSION AND EXTENDED FRENCH COURSES religion Immersion, Extended Français Immersion, Extended (Pre-Advanced Placement) Géographie Immersion, Extended most grade nine courses are semestered. The exceptions are the combination of Instrumental Music and Physical Education which run all year. Physical Education courses which are not combined with Instrumental music are semestered courses. 4 BISHOP ALLEN ACADEMY 2012 SCHOOL PROSPECTUS “BISHOP ALLEN HAS TRULY BEEN A SECOND HOME TO ME THESE PAST 4 YEARS. It HAS MADE ME INTO THE PERSON I AM TODAY. I WILL NEVER FORGET THE MEMORIES EducatiOnal Services - A Full InclusiON MOdel CREATED WITHIN THESE Support for all students is a hallmark of our philosophy at Bishop Allen. Thus, resource Support WALLS” services are provided to students who are formally identified through an IPrC, as well as JULIANNA students who received remedial support in Grade 8 and those students who are enrolled in Grade 9 learning Strategies classes. for The method of service and degree of accommodation to be provided is based on IPrC Students summaries, exchange of information meetings and an IEP created with ongoing parent communication. Each student is supported by a resource teacher, and the dialogue between home and school is paramount. Some students will be supported by an educational assistant in class and support in the resource centre is available before school, during classes and lunches, and after school. The staff in the Educational LibrarY and Digital ResOurce Centre: Services Department is committed to providing the necessary support in a caring and research, reading and outreach in the Digital Age compassionate manner and strives to ensure success for all of their students. The focus of the Bishop Allen library program is to foster the three areas of expertise students require to be successful in the 21St century: Student Services - SuppOrt Leading TO Success Bishop Allen has a very active Student Services Department. There are seven dedicated Research – Bishop Allen students are taught how to access