Turner Fenton Secondary School - Programs

Programs

Turner Fenton Secondary School is known for its exceptionally high academic standards, with consistently high rankings on standardized provincial tests.

Turner, as it is commonly referred to, is a diverse school, even by Greater Toronto Area standards, due to the varied array of programs it offers. At least eleven educational programs are available:

• Special Basic Level Program
• Vocational, Basic Level Program
• Applied and college level course
• Academic, university and university/college-level programs
• International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (consistently one of the best IB schools in the region and country with one student receiving a perfect 45 score in prior examinations)
• IB Middle Years Programme
• English as a Second Language, English Learning Development
• Extended French
• Chef Training Program, dubbed "Recipe for Success", a dedicated hospitality/chef training program
• Store Front, an alternate work-based program
• Grades 11 and 12 Regional Enhanced program

The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect. To this end the organization works with schools, governments and international organizations to develop challenging programmes of international education and rigorous assessment. These programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.

The Middle Year Programme (MYP) at Turner Fenton is for Grade 9 and 10 students and is offered as preparation for the IB Diploma Programme. Based on similar principles, it requires students to engage in the study of languages, sciences, mathematics, and humanities all in an attempt for them to recognize not only the individuality of each of the disciplines but also to understand the co-relation between them.

The Diploma Programme at Turner Fenton is for Grade 11 and 12 students. It is a globally recognized program that better prepares students for university. Not only does the IB Programme promote highly educated students, but it also encourages globally aware and involved individuals.

The admission process at Turner Fenton Secondary School is highly selective. Students hailing from more than 100 elementary schools all over Brampton apply for the rigorous high school program. The admissions office considers 2 application packages consisting a resume, and previous report card grades. Students who have successfully completed Applications A and B, are invited to write the Turner Fenton Admissions Test. The test is skill based, and it involves English comprehension, Mathematics, Science, and Writing (prospective students must write an essay on a topic given the day of).

The school also works with the William Osler Campus, a Peel Board facility for those admitted to hospital for terms longer than 14 days. Turner offers a Learning Strategies Course, and Specific Learning Disabilities services. A Regional Enhanced Program program ran at the school, until the end of the 2004-2005 school year. The school also offers a number of different beneficial programs, including an International Baccalaureate Program. Turner Fenton was the largest high school in Ontario as of 2006.

Turner Fenton graduates have been revered for their academic excellence. Many alumni have sought admission into some of the most prestigious and reputable colleges and universities worldwide, including Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yale University, Princeton University, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, University of Pennsylvania, University of Toronto, McGill University, University of Waterloo and into various competitive national programs such as The Next 36, and other Youth Forums, and programs.