There are a wide variety of enrichment opportunities available both inside and outside the school. Often extra curricular activities, sports and artistic opportunities are a great way to enhance your learning. Other opportunities are also available outside of the school. See Mrs. Mack in the Special Education Department (room 230) for specific information or explore some of the opportunities listed below through the internet.

WCI Pre AP Program (Grade 9 and 10 Students)

WCI’s Advanced Placement Program (Sr. Students)

Canadian Education Exchange Foundation (CEEF)

The Canadian Education Exchange Foundation (CEEF) student exchange program is designed to enhance language proficiency and awareness of other cultures, foster global awareness and promote personal growth and development. They are school based programs and take place for the most part during the school year. WCI students are matched with a student from another country and they host each other in their homes. Visiting students arrive in August for 3 months and Ontario students leave in February and return 3 months later. The cost for the program is approx. $2000.

A student wishing to participate in the CEEF program must:

  • Be enrolled in a secondary school for the entire school year of the exchange
  • Have an above average academic record
  • Be between 14 and 17 during the entire school year of the exchange
  • Meet the language requirements stipulated for his/her chosen destination
  • Demonstrate an interest in the history and culture of the selected exchange country
  • Have his/her principals signature of approval on the application form

There are two types of Rotary Exhanges:

  1. A long term exchange usually last for an academic year, during which the student lives with more than one family and attends school in the host country.
  2. A short term exchange varies from several days to several weeks. They often take place when school is not in session and usually do not include an academic program. Rotary exchanges are available in 20 different countries to students aged 15-17 years.

Canadian Medical Hall of Fame Youth Symposium

This symposium is sponsored by the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame and the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Western Ontario. Students (2-3 per school) in grade 11-12/OAC are invited to attend. The day is designed to motivate students who are interested in pursuing a career in health sciences and related professions and to foster an appreciation for advances in science and technology that support the health professions. Students have the opportunity to hear one keynote speaker, participate in two hands-on workshops in one of the university hospitals and/or research institute labs and to attend a career panel discussion with doctors and researchers.

DEEP (da Vinci Engineering Enrichment Program)

The da Vinci Engineering Enrichment Program provides gifted and highly motivated high school students the opportunity for advanced study in a variety of engineering disciplines. The DEEP Program offers the most diverse range of pre-university engineering courses in North America. This intense program has been designed exclusively for students who excel in math and science and are looking for a true academic challenge. The program will expose students to concepts and topics beyond the regular secondary curriculum.

At DEEP, you will meet like-minded students from other high schools who are interested in the academic challenge and hands-on design work that DEEP offers. Interact with graduate students and professors at one of Canada’s top engineering schools. Get a head start on exploring your options for a university degree and career. Complement your current academic studies with a true engineering experience. We invite you to come study in this exceptional program.

DEEP RIVER SCIENCE ACADEMY

DRSA is nurturing young talent today to become our scientists and engineers of tomorrow. A six-week summer program that lets high school students test-drive a scientific career in leading Canadian laboratories. and earn academic credits while they do it.

E=MC2

The E=mc2 program at Queen’s University provides gifted and highly motivated secondary school students with the opportunity to study a subject of their choosing at an advanced level for one week. The program provides participants with a challenging alternative learning experience at one of Canada’s leading post-secondary institutions. The E=mc2 program also has an optional residence package allowing students from across Canada and the United States to attend. The combination of academics, residence life, and extra-curricular activities provide students with a true flavour of a university experience.

Encounters with Canada

Encounters with Canada offers eleven different one-week programs of Canadian studies at the Terry Fox Canadian Youth Centre in Ottawa. To participate in the program, students must contact their schools or regional coordinators to obtain a registration form. If they are eligible, they can choose from one of the eleven following theme weeks:

  • Science and Technology
  • Social Sciences
  • Law
  • Arts and Culture
  • Canada Remembers
  • Business and Entrepreneurship
  • Journalism and Communications
  • Sports and Fitness
  • International Affairs
  • Royal Canadian Mounted Police
  • Medicine and Health

Go Eng Girl

http://www.engineering/uwaterloo/ca/wie/goenggirl.html

International Student Exchange Programs (ISE)

The ISE program offer 3 month exchanges during the school year and one month exchanges during the summer. Exchanges are offered in French and other languages. Summer credit courses abroad are also offered in Spain, France, Costa Rica and Germany. For further information contact Outward Bound.

McMaster Engineering & Science Olympics (Gr. 11 & 12)

http://olympics.mcmaster.ca

A day of competitions, open house displays, tours of the University, and Planetarium view of the sky.

  • October
  • 9:00 am – 3:30 pm at McMaster University in Hamilton
  • $18.00 per students for registration, BBQ lunch, t-shirt
  • family to provide transportation

Outward Bound

An outward Bound expedition is more than just canoeing, kayaking and mountaineering. It’s an adventure in the classic sense of the word. It’s about dealing with the unknown. It’s about meeting challenges. And it’s about learning. Learning about yourself, about others, about the environment, and most of all, about your potential.

Since 1969, over 80,000 people have taken part in an Outward Bound experience in Canada. Our courses compel you to dig deep. With encouragement and support, you transcend the illusion of limitations, and find new strength and confidence within yourself. It’s a total workout for the body, mind and spirit.

Perimeter Institute

http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/outreach/general-public/public-lecture-series

Based in Waterloo, the Perimeter Institute is a think tank for Canadian and international theoretical physicists. The Institute holds regular free public forums (you need to reserve tickets) and Black Hole Sessions. These are usually advertised in the paper and posted on the Enrichment Bulletin Door as well. The Institute also sponsors a week long conference in the summer for top physics students across Canada. Your science teachers will have more information.

International Summer School for Young Physicists / Perimeter Institute

As part of its mandate to develop a rich and dynamic physics outreach program, in August 2003 Perimeter Institute launched Young Physicist of Canada, a national two-week summer school designed to capture the scientific imagination of grade 11 students and nurture their passion for physics through and exploration of the fascinating mysteries of our universe. Highlights of the experience included highly inspirational small-group mentoring sessions led by Perimeter Institute researchers and the forging of new friendships with like-minded young people from across Canada. This program has now become an international program with students from around the world attending. Students interested must apply for the program. See the website for details.

Shad Valley

Since 1981, the Shad Valley program has been helping top students in senior high school find an edge in the competitive, knowledge-based world of tomorrow. It’s an experience unlike anything else you’ve seen; it combines entrepreneurship with science and technology, and offers academic and often paid work experience to its students.

Our candidates tend to be creative and talented individuals musicians, inventors, and young business people with strong leadership skills, the ability to work in a team, and solid academic records, particularly in math and science. Participants spend the month of July at one of twelve excellent universities across Canada, where they attend lectures and workshops, and get involved in group projects. Some go on to five weeks of paid work with Shad partner companies, combining their own talents with the skills honed at Shad to tackle real-world challenges.

Waterloo Math Circles (gr. 6-12)

http://cemc.math.uwaterloo.ca/events/mathcircles.html

Sessions will be devoted to solving problems and to learning techniques that can be useful for mathematics competitions like the COMC (Canadian Open Mathematics Challenge), or similar competitions for high school students (Euclid, Pascal, Fryer, etc.)

  • 6:30 – 8:30 pm Wednesday evenings (October to December and February to April)
  • Organized by University of Waterloo Faculty of Mathematics
  • Held in the Math & Computer and Davis Centre Buildings
  • No registration required and no cost to participate
  • Visit website for more information

Waterloo Unlimited  (gr. 10-12)

http://www.unlimited.uwaterloo.ca/programs

The University of Waterloo is creating a unique enrichment experience for high school students of exceptional potential. Waterloo Unlimited will be a trans-disciplinary, residential enrichment experience, bringing together students of exceptional promise from across the country.

  • November and March (3 days); 8:30 am – 9:00 pm
  • Applications obtained on the website