apprenticeship , Elementary to Secondary School Transition , Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program
Grade 8 students from schools across the City of Kawartha Lakes participated in the Cardboard Boat Race today at the Lindsay Recreation Complex, which explored many of the skills required to be successful in the skilled trades. Each school sent one team of four students to construct a cardboard boat in two hours with: 2- 4’x8′ sheets […]
apprenticeship , Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program , Secondary to Postsecondary Transitions
Bracebridge, ON – Three students from Bracebridge and Muskoka Lakes Secondary School have been signed as Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP) apprentices. Left to Right: Chuck McNair, Taylor McCoy (new apprentice), Steve McNair (Journeyperson trained by Chuck McNair Electric) Taylor McCoy signed as a registered OYAP apprentice with Chuck McNair Electric Ltd. in Bracebridge on December 5, […]
apprenticeship , Dual Credits , Entrepreneurship , Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program , Postsecondary Education , School news , Specialist High Skills Major
Live Updates [View the story “TLDSB Competes at the 2015 Ontario Technological Skills Competition” on Storify] The Ontario Technological Skills Competition (OTSC) was held at RIM Park in Waterloo on Monday, May 4 (Elementary Technology Activity Day) and Tuesday, May 5. Featuring 67 skilled trades and technologies contests, and 2,000 competitors from high schools and colleges […]
apprenticeship , Co-operative Education , Dual Credits , Elementary to Secondary School Transition , Entrepreneurship , Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program , Postsecondary Education , Secondary to Postsecondary Transitions , Specialist High Skills Major
The Student Success Department was honoured today to have members of the community participate in a Pathways Community Advisory Committee meeting. The session was an excellent opportunity to share important information about the wide range of student opportunities that Trillium Lakelands District School Board offers students and how TLDSB could further enhance this programming through […]
apprenticeship , Elementary to Secondary School Transition , Entrepreneurship , Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program , School news
More than 10,000 high school students from across Ontario attended Future Building 2015 in Toronto on April 14th and 15th to learn about the high-tech construction sector. Over 300 students, from the following schools, attended from Trillium Lakelands District School Board: Bobcaygeon Public School Fenelon Falls Secondary School Fenelon Township Public School JD Hodgson Elementary School Lady MacKenzie […]
apprenticeship , Co-operative Education , Dual Credits , Entrepreneurship , Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program , Secondary to Postsecondary Transitions , Specialist High Skills Major
As a student, you might have a notion about what you would like to do for a career. However, have you thought carefully about how to reach that goal? Lindsay Collegiate and Vocational Institute graduate, Dylan Thomas, shared his personal education journey with about 60 grade 10 to 12 students on Dec. 9, 2014. He […]
apprenticeship , Elementary to Secondary School Transition , Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program , School news , Secondary to Postsecondary Transitions , Specialist High Skills Major
The founder of J♀urneyman, Jamie McMillan, has spoken this fall to elementary and secondary school audiences throughout TLDSB about career opportunities in the trades. J♀urneyman is a national program that promotes, supports and mentors women in the skilled construction trades. Thank You Message to TLDSB from Jamie McMillan For more information on Ms McMillan and her organization, […]
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An energetic group of grade 7 and 8 students is exploring careers in skilled trades and technologies at this week’s “Skills Work!®” Camp. The summer day camp, which includes students from Central Senior School, Dunsford District Elementary School, and Rolling Hills Public School, is located at the McCrae Campus of Fleming College in Peterborough. Throughout […]