Lethbridge School Division

Lethbridge School Division

Lethbridge School Division 
Lethbridge School Division 

Lethbridge School Division 

Alberta is a province of Canada, which is covered with boreal forests from one side and the Rocky Mountains from the other. In the biggest city of South Alberta, you may find the Lethbridge School Division. The values of the school division are the following: fostering diversity, praising creativity and confidence in one’s abilities and, of course, establishing the basis for the bringing up wholesome citizens of the world. 

Programs 

Lethbridge School Division always keeps up with time and offers a program for online learning in elementary, middle and high schools. It’s an innovative program that still undergoes changes and is carefully reviewed over and over again, so that the education standards of Lethbridge School Division are kept on the high level, though it’s held in the distant format. 

Another innovative opportunity offered by the Lethbridge School Division is that high school students can earn double the credits by having classes with the teachers of Lethbridge University. That’s very beneficial for the high school students who are planning to go to the Lethbridge University or College after their graduation from Lethbridge School Division as they will be prepared, academically and psychologically, for the next level in their studies. Students may choose whether to include these courses into their curriculum or attend them as one of their extracurricular activities. 

It’s not the only opportunity for the high school students to obtain extra credits studying in the Lethbridge School Division. Another program is dedicated for students to gain as much work experience during their high school as possible. A student can participate in volunteering or working part-time during weekends, holidays and even on the school hours. This doesn’t only add to their resumes, but gives life-experience essential for their inner development as an individual. Working for seventy five hours grants them three credits in school, but in case a student is working in two places simultaneously the number of hours can be added up. Moreover, the facilitators of the program convince that one you’re working part-time or volunteer, the employers will remember you and your hard work, which makes it easier for you to find employment in future and receive good recommendation letters. 

One more program offered by the Lethbridge School Division is one of apprenticeships in the field of trades. Usually studying trades lasts for four years, a student of Lethbridge School Division can start their studies in the high school to shorten the period. Or even if you just want to try your hand at trades, it also can embellish your resume showing you have diverse interests and a number of unique skills, which an apprenticeship in trades provides with. 

Several of the schools of the Lethbridge School Division is Christian. One of them provides education from the level of kindergarten to the eighth grade. It’s one of the alternative schools of the Lethbridge School Division, offering to teach a student according to the Christian traditions and values, together with the normal curriculum of the Lethbridge School Division. The principal of the school assures it meets all the regulations and educational standards, and coming to the school a student will be surrounded by pure Christian love and support. After completing grade eight, a student is offered to attend another Christian school of the Lethbridge School Division, which offers studies in Middle and High schools. 

As was already mentioned, Lethbridge School Division operates in coordination with the university and college of Lethbridge. That’s why there is a program, which allows a high school student to spend a whole day in the college, communicating with the college students, learning how life on campus is arranged and what courses they may take, once they become college students in Lethbridge. One of the activities offered during these day trips to college is participating in a mock court or investigating a crime scene for the high school students who are interested in taking a course in criminal justice. 

The modern world has no limits, so within a second you may reach a relative living far away from you, meet a foreigner in your small city or have a business trip to Spain. So the need for knowing a language is growing year by year. Lethbridge School Division offers the bilingual program in the Spanish language. It begins in kindergarten and lasts till the fourth grade. The program reveals a whole new world for the students of the Lethbridge School Division, who don’t speak Spanish or whose parents are not Spanish speakers. The instruction here is bilingual and divided equally between Spanish and English, unlike the French Immersion Program. During this program in the Lethbridge School Division most of the subjects, at least at the very beginning, are taught in French. Such an approach allows students from non-francophone backgrounds to immerse into the culture and the French language, even though their parents are not speaking French. After graduation, a student has two languages at their disposal, which opens up new horizons for them and allows them to participate in the global society. 

Students of the Lethbridge School Division can achieve an Arts Certificate together with high school diploma, if they take a course in one of the Arts disciplines: music, dance, drama. High school students can play in a jazz band, become a part of a choir or a dance team. All this can help to make up a portfolio, which will serve students as an aid when applying for colleges or universities. Moreover, students who study Arts are developing their cognitive skills, which contributes to their overall academic success. During the classes of acting, a student learns to get into different roles and personalities, becoming more empathetic towards other people. Dancing, playing musical instruments and acting in a drama in a theater helps to relieve stress and comfort yourself, being carried away by the world of arts. 

Another athletics program of the Lethbridge School Division is devised for bringing up talented and skillful hockey players. The program can be attended by both sexes: males and females, where they can acquire all the skills of the successful hockey players instructed by professional coaches. 

Lethbridge college is one of the most popular choices among the students who have graduated from one of the schools of Lethbridge School Division. In the college a student can participate in the cook or baker apprenticeship program. The cook apprenticeship lasts three years. Most of the studies are dedicated to gaining real experience and studying during the practice. After completing the course, you can work in restaurants, clubs and hotels as a cook. 

If you want obtain a diploma, you may apply for the Computer Information Technology program. Students learn all the details and peculiarities about Information Technology to receive a diploma in just two years and work as business analysts, application developers, technicians, software and web developers. 

Another program which can be taken after graduation from one of the schools of Lethbridge School Division is the course in Gerontology, after which a student also receives a diploma. It also lasts for two years, during which a student learns about leisure and recreational activities to maintain the health of the elderly people on the decent level. The program is based on the balance between practice and theoretical studies, which allows a student to work in the sphere right after graduation. After obtaining a diploma in Gerontology, you may work in hospitals, senior centers, take part in mental health and rehabilitation programs and palliative care centers. 

Lethbridge School Division 
Lethbridge School Division 

International Students 

The city of Lethbridge is open to all foreign students who have the desire to study in one of the superb schools in Canada. The truly breathtaking nature of Lethbridge, its Oldman River, parks and proximity to the Rocky Mountains makes the city a perfect place to live during one’s school years. Lethbridge School Division provides international students with the first-class education standards, a variety of extracurricular activities and professional school instructors. If a foreign student doesn’t have a family around, they are to participate in a homestay program. International students often reminisce about the times when they were living with a host family. It’s an extraordinary experience as integrating to a new community, a new family and a new school system is a very rigorous process, but coming through all the initial hardships surely makes a student a better and stronger version of themselves. The host family is not just any Canadian family, but the ones whose members are checked for adequacy and psychological stability in advance. A student living with a host family is guaranteed to be served three meals a day and have access to all the house facilities, together with constant support from the family members. 

Fees

International students need to pay eleven thousand dollars for an academic year in the Lethbridge School Division. The cost of participating in a homestay program is $1500 for a month or approximately $10000 for ten months or an academic year. The health insurance is $500 annually, and, correspondingly, $250 for a semester. If you want a transfer from the airport, you have to pay an additional $420. 

 

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