Important Dates |
Grade 12's - Start Your Scholarship Search in September.Email garth.mouland@horizon.ab.ca for a list of likely scholarships. |
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September 28 - University of Saskatchewan Open House (Saskatoon) 29 - University of Calgary Open House 29 - Canadian Forces Open House Lethbridge http://www.army-armee.forces.gc.ca/en/20-independent-field-battery/index.page October 12 & 13 - NAIT (Edmonton) Open House 12 - Olds College Open House 13 - Concordia University in Edmonton Open House 13 - Kings University College in Edmonton Open House 13 - Olds Fashion Program in Calgary 17 - Post-Secondary Fair (college and uni recruiters from across Alberta) 19 & 20 - Lakeland College (Vermilion & Lloydminster) Open House 19 & 20 - SAIT (Calgary) Open House 20 - Bow Valley College (Calgary) Open House 20 - University of Lethbridge Open House 20 - University of Alberta (Edmonton) Open House 20 - Study and Go Abroad Fair - see news and opportunity for link 26 - Kings University College, Kings View Experience 27 - Mount Royal University (Calgary) Open House November 2 - Ambrose University (Calgary) - Open House 3 - MacKewan University (Edmonton) - Open House 3 - Red Deer College - Open House 8 - Lethbridge College Open House 8 - Medicine Hat College - Information Evening 17 - Your Degree at UBC for Alberta students - Calgary Sheraton Suites 24 - Alberta College of Art and Design (really a university in Calgary) OH Click on the News and Opportunities page - you will find links for many of these events. |
Strategies to help you Apply for Awards:
Where to start? 1) Use the button above to look at a few awards available in our own communities. 2) Then email Garth and get your Google Docs list of "Likely Awards" called Money Hunters. 3) Sign up for the three award search engines listed in Money Hunters 4) Search the Government of Alberta Awards search engine and read the information about Student Finance. Click the button below. 5) Check the Awards page at the university or college you plan to attend - here are some common pages:
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How to Use This Site
The HOME PAGE has some key announcements and even a motivating thought at the bottom.
CAREER START page has information on the five common directions students choose at the end of high school, including:
1) Post Secondary
2) Trades and Technology
3) GAP years
4) Armed Forces
5) Work World Options
About Us has information about the career practitioner
Useful Links has,not surprisingly, links to great career and job sites. Often specific industries make efforts to recruit when they recognize they will be facing a shortage of skilled workers.
Graduation and Transition has links to sites that students and parents might use when planning specific transitions. A check list for High School graduation, links to the NCAA for athletes and links to the SAT and ACT sites.
News and Opportunities is an attempt to pass on information to students and their parents. Find:
CAREER START page has information on the five common directions students choose at the end of high school, including:
1) Post Secondary
2) Trades and Technology
3) GAP years
4) Armed Forces
5) Work World Options
About Us has information about the career practitioner
Useful Links has,not surprisingly, links to great career and job sites. Often specific industries make efforts to recruit when they recognize they will be facing a shortage of skilled workers.
Graduation and Transition has links to sites that students and parents might use when planning specific transitions. A check list for High School graduation, links to the NCAA for athletes and links to the SAT and ACT sites.
News and Opportunities is an attempt to pass on information to students and their parents. Find:
- specialty programs
- summer camps
- student internship opportunities
- volunteer and work "help wanted' postings
- open houses and more.
Click on the button below to see a video produced by the Government of Canada regarding the new world of work.
Learning Clicks
Learning Clicks is a Government of Alberta program that helps students understand the benefits of Post Secondary Education and also the options available and how students participate in the various programs.
Just Thinking - These Two Thoughts May Be Related
A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.
Albert Schweitzer, (1875 - 1965) Theologian (Doctorate Degree), Musician, Medical Doctor, Prisoner of War, Writer, Nobel Prize Winner.
Stay hungry, stay foolish and do what you love." - Steve Jobs 1955 - 2011
Albert Schweitzer, (1875 - 1965) Theologian (Doctorate Degree), Musician, Medical Doctor, Prisoner of War, Writer, Nobel Prize Winner.
Stay hungry, stay foolish and do what you love." - Steve Jobs 1955 - 2011
