Program Highlights and Student Support Programs
Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School takes part in the following programs:
- Communications/Media Arts Program
- Environmental CO-OP Program – award winning
- Personal Support Worker Program
- Technology – Construction, Manufacturing, Transportation 2 credit course packages – OYAP incentives
- Volleyball Focus Programs
- Hockey Focus program
- Alternative Education Program – self-paced program packages in college, applied and essential courses
- Credit Recovery Program for students under age 16 repeating courses in grades 9 and 10 – tied to a learning strategies course credit.
- Teacher-Student one-on-one Mentoring Program
- Literacy Volunteers Program
- After-school literacy/numeracy program
- Churchill ‘Chievers Recognition Luncheon
- Locally developed essential and workplace level programming – Geography, History, and French
- Celebration assembly
- Literacy Computer Lab – for OSSLC and grade 9 essential level courses
- Alternative Education Co-operative Learning Program
- Navigating the Workplace – Co-operative Education
- Change Your Future Program through the Learning Partnership
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