Programs Offered
- Adaptive Program
- Advanced Culinary Education (ACE) Specialist High Skills Major
- Cooperative Education
- Non-Composite High School
- Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program
- Special Education Learning Centre
- Special Support Unit
- Vocational Program
All meals at Sir Guy are created under the supervision of the Red Seal chefs at the school. In the morning, free breakfasts are provided to all who want one. At lunch time, lunches are sold or students may work 20 minutes to earn their lunch.
The Drop Everything and Read (DEAR) program is one of the school initiatives to improve reading by providing the an opportunity for all students to read. Once a week the whole school drops whatever they are doing and students read for 20 uninterrupted minutes material about the subject they are in. For example, if a student is in Auto Mechanics they read about cars, if they are in the Hospital Care class they read about medicine.
The SAGE Youth Program gives students an opportunity to develop and improve their basic literacy skills by working one-on-one with trained and devoted volunteers once a week. The volunteers are from Sage Youth, a volunteer organization based in Ottawa whose purpose is helping high-need children to improve their reading. Sir Guy Carleton hosts these volunteers and pairs them students who want extra help.
At lunch time the Homework Program provides students with the opportunity to receive extra help from school staff with their organizational skills and with the completion of homework/projects.
There are two computer Literacy Lab dedicated to reading improvement for use by students who work best with computer aided learning tools. These labs use the Academy of Reading, a computer based reading program by AutoSkill International, an Ottawa company. The school has seen students advance as many as five grade level in a single year with this program. Also, all students in Grade 9 preparatory English are scheduled to regularly use the Academy of Reading in the Literacy Labs as part of an effort to improve their reading skills.
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