A team of 5 Vanier Catholic Secondary students are representing Yukon at the Global Finals of Destination Imagination in Knoxville, TN - c'mon out this Friday night to support their trip!

We wish all our students and staff a restful and relaxing spring break.  The office will be open during both weeks of the break.  See you on the 30th!

Mr. Sikkes and Ms. Gallant

Interim Reports were mailed to all households this week.

Parent-Teacher Interviews are scheduled from 4 until 8 pm on Thursday, March 12 and are targeted at students in Grades 10-12 who started new courses at the end of January.  

Parents/Guardians can book appointments by calling the school (667-5901, please have the teachers' names you wish to meet handy) or by using our on-line system:
http://vanier.schoolappointments.com

Instructions for using the online system can be found in the March newsletter that was mailed with the interim reports or by clicking HERE.


NOTE: Our cafeteria will be serving dinner that evening and we invite all families to dine with us!  The menu is pasta with either tomato or cream sauce and garlic bread for $8 or pepperoni or vegetarian pizza for $3/slice.  Please RSVP if you are planning on staying for dinner - 667-5901

The following notice was sent home with the interim reports to all students who are enrolled in

• English 10
• Science 10
• Foundations of Math and Pre-Calculus 10
• Apprenticeship and Workplace Math 10
• Social Studies 11
• English 12

this semester.  The exam period for these provincial exams falls outside the school calendar.  The letter provides details of the exact dates of the exams and options for students who are unable to write the exams during the June period.

Congratulations to the FH Collins graduates for winning this year's Rendezvous Grad Challenge!  The three secondary principals had a small wager on which school would win with the two losing principals wearing the winning school's gear for the day.  

Here's Mr. Sikkes (who can be a bit of a sore loser) wearing the FH Collins gear while taking inventory of VCSS's impressive collection of championship banners (to which we added Boys Super Hoops last night - go Crusaders!)

We wish all Yukon Graduates of 2015 the very best as we head towards the end of the school year!

Course selection season is upon us!  The school administration are meeting with all students entering grades 9 through 12 next year to distribute the course selection sheets and provide information about the graduation program.

There are three concepts that we hope all students and families can come to understand to make this process as productive and positive as possible:

1. Nothing is written in stone.  That is, this process indicates students' preferences for courses next year.  We use this information to construct a timetable that will work for the entire school.  A student's timetable is not confirmed until the first 10 days of the semester, so there is lots of time to change one's mind and reconfigure a timetable!  We do appreciate, however, knowing students' preferences as accurately as possible for next year.
2. Secondary school graduation does not equal post-secondary entrance.  Meeting our graduation requirements will not necessary allow students to pursue their post-secondary desires.  Students should look at entrance requirements for the programs they think they may be interested in pursuing and use that as a starting place for course selection.  Try to choose courses that will keep as many doors open as possible.
3. You can mix and match your classes in Grades 10-12.  Are you going into Grade 10, but passionate about psychology?  Then take Psychology 12 in Grade 10!  Do you want to get your math out of the way?  Then take Math 10 and 11 in your Grade 10 year!  We can develop timetables that will suit students interests, even if that means they don't take all their Grade 10 classes in their 10th year, Grade 11 classes in their 11th year, etc.

Please don't hesitate to contact the school if you have any questions or concerns or would like to make an appointment to discuss course options for next year.

To assist students and families, we have update our Course Handbook for this year:

Paper copies of all our course selection forms are available in the office.  Here are the electronic versions: