Pembina Trails School Division
Pembina Trails School Division
Manitoba is a Canadian province which borders Ontario on the east and the famous Hudson Bay on the North. The capital of the province of Manitoba is Winnipeg, which is also its biggest city. Winnipeg is called after the lake of the same name, third largest in Canada. Winnipeg is also a house to thirty five schools of Pembina Trails School Division.
Programs
Pembina Trails School Division serves a large community of Winnipeg citizens, satisfying diverse and unique needs of their children. In order that the education in the schools of Pembina Trails School Division be effective and advantageous for everyone, the administration worked out a large variety of programs aimed at different purposes. The core principle of Pembina Trails School Division is providing such education that a student becomes a wholesome citizen of the twenty first century, ready to become an important person in the modern society, moving it forward. Some of the programs offered are enlisted below.
Knowing the French language is not only beneficial for Canadian citizens, but for every person who wants to raise their chances in making it in the world. Pembina Trails School Division offers a French Immersion Program for students from the very beginning of their educational journey, so that the students were surrounded by the French language and started getting used to bilingual instruction. The main advantage of the program is that it allows a student to become bilingual even though their parents are not, which substantially contributes to their success in future employment. If a student struggles with acquiring the language, the bilingual teachers will be always there to help them and explain confusing things in English. Math and Science are both taught in French during the French Immersion Program of Pembina Trails School Division which also allows students to be highly competent in French even in these subjects.
There is also another course in French in Pembina Trails School Division, but the aim of it is developing communicative and oral skills in the French language. Having the basic level of French is also beneficial for every person, even when traveling to French speaking countries, for example. The program introduces a student to the francophone world and explains some cultural peculiarities.
Pembina Trails School Division also offers courses of the Spanish and Japanese languages for high school students. Japanese can be studied in Vincent Massey school of Pembina Trails Schools Division. This school also provides three and four year programs of studying Spanish. Sometimes high school students are even offered language exchange programs in the countries of the language they learn.
Pembina Trails School Division believes that even during the summer period students need revision of their knowledge to stimulate their learning process. So in summer students brush up on their academic skills and enjoy different outdoor activities, exploring parks and farms together.
Different schools of Pembina Trails School Division have different clubs and sport activities offered for their students. For instance, one can find a video club, a UNESCO club, Math and Physics club in Vincent Massey Collegiate. In École Viscount Alexander school of Pembina Trails School Division a student can develop their skills in playing musical instruments, computer programming and designing. There is a social justice club in École Viscount Alexander, together with programs for sexual and gender diversity for five to eight graders. For the ones who like running, there is a running club. The members of the Running club meet two times a week and run up to five kilometers at once, which is a great chance to improve your health and respiratory system. The schools of Pembina Trails School Division, specifically École Viscount Alexander, has a program aimed at enhancing leadership qualities. Students can help administration with a number of things such as organizing events, sports activities, and facilitating change by suggesting improvements to the school system. The members of the leadership program meet once in a month to discuss the topical problems and suggestions. Pembina Trails School Division also encompasses an Alternative school. It’s a high school where an individual study plan is devised for every single student to be convenient for them and serve for the goals they have in mind. Students study in mini-groups at their own pace.
As for sports activities, Laidlaw School offers volleyball, basketball, track and field and cross country. The last one is a kind of running activity, but the participants ran over grass or dirt in a natural environment.
After graduating from one of the high schools of Pembina Trails School Division, a student may not leave their home province and try to achieve a diploma or a certificate in Red River College. For example, a student may apply to the program in Video and Motion Graphics. After one year, they earn a diploma to become a specialist in animation, narrative design and editing. What’s more, at the end of the program the Red River College offers a job placement for students to implement their knowledge and try the skills learned in the desired sphere.
If you’re interested in health science, there is a Nursing Baccalaureate Program in Red River College. It lasts for thirty two months after which a student is awarded with a degree. The hours are not only dedicated to studying the theory, but also practice, which is a key component in studying nursing. In Red River colleges the hours of clinical practice is more than four hundred. After successfully accomplishing the program and obtaining a Bachelor’s in Nursing, one can pass a special test for nurses to get a license and work in their degree field.
To earn a certificate of a healthcare assistant, who works under the supervision of doctors and nurses, you may study on the program of Health Care Aide which one needs to finish within thirty six months including the clinic practice.
As for international students, they may study on the intensive English program before starting the main course in the college if their international English language assessment results are insufficient. An international student will pay around CAD 17000 for a diploma in Digital Media Design and approximately CAD 9000 for a diploma in Business Administration.
There is also the University of Winnipeg where a student may study after obtaining a high school diploma in Pembina Trails Schools Division. There are many degree programs such as: Anthropology, Criminal Justice, Studies of Conflict Resolution, Human Rights, Neuroscience and many more. On the Criminal Justice program, a student studies Canadian legal and justice systems, together with its history and most peculiar court cases. After graduation, a student is allowed to work in the fields pertinent to justice, law enforcement, penitentiary and policing agencies.
International students who want to study in the University of Winnipeg will pay around $15000 for an undergraduate program, and a thousand dollars less for the graduate ones.
International students
International students can be enrolled in one of the schools of Pembina Trails School Board.
International students, who were successfully enrolled to one of the schools of Pembina Trails School Division live with a homestay family. The homestay program is the most memorable experience a student can go through in their lives. The essence of the homestay program is that an international student moves in with a Canadian family, and they in turn teach them not only the language, but also culture, mentality and other unique features of Canada and Canadians a foreigner needs to know. It's especially important if a student is about to start their studies in Pembina Trails School Board, because it means that they will communicate with their peers and to do that, it’s important for a foreign student to have at least a general understanding of what Canada is about. Step by step an international student undergoes a process of socialization and adaptation to the new environment and the supporting host family has a great impact on the success of the processes. It’s important to mention that only the students from the age thirteen to the age seventeen are eligible for the homestay programs, the younger students should be living with their parents. One month before the arrival to Winnipeg, students receive the information about their future host family. For the ones who worry about the safety of host families: all of them undertake careful assessment procedures for the eligibility to become a host family. All of them are psychologically prepared to encounter different problems with a foreign student with decency and resolve them peacefully. International students and their host families can always contact their adviser in case of any misunderstandings.
Extracurricular activities can be taken by an International student beginning from the grade seven. Hockey games, traveling to Asessippi - which is the biggest resort of Manitoba dedicated to skiing - and many more are open to international students to participate in.
Fees
International students pay $800 for a month of living with a host family, and a hundred dollars more if they need a special diet plan. The tuition fee is $12000 for a year and compulsory medical insurance is $500 for a whole year, while the cost for one semester is $300.
In case, if you need assistance with Custodianship and Homestay in Manitoba in order to study in Pembina Trails School Division or other schools, please fill in application or contact us directly.
