1. Healthy Living
    1. This year, I am playing basketball and bike riding/walking to school to meet DPA requirements (150 mins/week of moderate to vigorous physical activity).
    2. Next year, I will play basketball, ride my bike/walk to school, and work out to meet DPA requirements.
    3. Other than physical activity, I will also need a concrete plan for healthy eating, physical activity, and stress management in order to lead a healthy life after graduation.

 

  1. Course Credits
    1. I need 80 credits to graduate. A typical course is worth 4 credits
      1. 48 of them must be from required courses.
      2. 28 of them must be from electives.
      3. 16 of them must be from Grade 12 courses.
  2. At the end of this year, I will have 36

 

  1. Community Connections
    1. I need 30 hours of work/volunteer experience. To show I completed this, I must show proof in the form of pay stub or reference letter.
    2. I can start accumulating these hours in Grade 10.
    3. My plan to earn work/volunteer hours is through working at costco and volunteering at events with my mom.
    4. I will also need to complete a reflection that includes what employability skills I developed while volunteering or working at this particular job, what I did at this job, and how I benefitted from this job. It will be 200 typed words minimum.

 

  1. Career and Life
    1. In addition to updating my resume, I will also create Post-Secondary Plans and a Financial Plan to show that I have a plan in place after graduation.
    2. When I graduate, my current plan is to take programming at BCIT and create a startup company after graduating.
  2. Interview
    1. To prepare for the interview, I can look at the questions ahead of time. They are found on the GT website
    2. My interview will be with a Riverside staff member.
  3. The 3 people at Riverside who are here to help with this process are: Counsellors, Mr Thomson, Grad Transitions teachers

 

In Grade 12, I will find all the necessary documents AND submit them to the GT website.

I will complete Grad Transitions 12 whenever I have English 12. If I have it in 1st semester, I must complete everything except the interview before Winter Ball. In 2nd semester, everything except the interview must be completed before the end of April.

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