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2024-2025 Grade 9 Registration

Parent Information Nights 2023-2024

ST. MARY’S HIGH SCHOOL GRADE 9 REGISTRATION for SEPTEMBER 2024

Welcome to the 2024-2025 Grade 9 Registration portion of our website.  Click on the links below to get more information about Grade 9 Registration and why St. Mary’s is such an excellent school. 

 

If your child attends one of our feeder schools (Notre Dame, St. Joseph’s, St. Peter’s and Paul’s) or Timothy Christian, his or her name will already be on our mailing list.  Otherwise, please contact our guidance office to have your son or daughter’s name added to our mailing list. 

 

Guidance Office Information Contact:

(519)376-4278 ext 117

maryjo.bastien @bgcdsb.org


Grade 9 Parent Student Virtual Presentation from 2022-2023

 
Grade 9 Virtual Tour of School with Maverick
 
 

Notre Dame, St. Joseph’s and St. Peter’s and St. Paul’s Students

Our guidance counsellors have visited your child’s school to do a Grade 9 Presentation and to start to get to know your child. 


Students within our School Board only need to complete their option sheet and to enter it into a program called MyBluePrint.  Our guidance counsellors will be working with your child and his or her teacher to have his or her courses entered into MyBluePrint by February.


How Can You Be Informed and Help Your Child?

- Attend a parent-student information night and take a guided tour following the presentation.

- Review the Grade 9 Option Sheet with your child

- The following items will assist you with course selection:

- A description of all courses and course levels can be found in our Course Calendar

- Watch our staff video about elective classes

- For students who are interested in French Immersion, watch our video about the French Immersion program.

- If you have any questions, please email your child’s guidance counsellor.

 

Timothy Christian Students

Our guidance counsellor and principal will be visiting your child’s school to do a Grade 9 Presentation.  They will continue to connect with the Timothy Christian students to answer any questions about Course Selection and high school in general.


How Can You Be Informed and Help Your Child?

- Attend a parent-student information night and take a guided tour following the presentation.

- Review the Grade 9 Option Sheet with your child

- The following items will assist you with course selection

- A description of all courses can be found in our Course Calendar 

- Watch our staff video about elective classes


Timothy Christian students, who would like to register at St. Mary’s, will also need to complete the following paperwork:


  • St . Mary’s Grade 9 Option Sheet
  • St.  Mary’s Grade 9 Registration Package

Please email Guidance Counsellor, Karen Majury, at [email protected] if you require assistance or if you have any questions.

 

Public School, Private School, Kikendaasogamig, or Homeschooled Students


IMPORTANT: If your child is possibly interested in attending St. Mary’s for grade 9, please ensure that he or she is on our mailing list.  To be added to the mailing list, email Mary-Jo Bastien at [email protected]


How Can You Be Informed and Help Your Child?

- Attend a parent-student information night and take a guided tour following the presentation.

- Review the Grade 9 Option Sheet with your child

- The following items will assist you with course selection:

 

- A description of all courses can be found in our Course Calendar

- Watch our staff video about elective classes

- For students who are interested in French Immersion, watch our video about the French Immersion program


Students, who would like to register at St. Mary’s, will need to complete the following:

  • St . Mary’s Grade 9 Option Sheet
  • St.  Mary’s Grade 9 Registration Package

Please email Guidance Counsellor, Karen Majury, at [email protected] if you require assistance or if you have any questions.

 
   
     
     
     
     
     



Note:  Grade 9 and 10 French Immersion students will take CGC1DF (Grade 9 Geography) in the 2024-2025 school year. Grade 9 and 10 French Immersion students will take CHC2DF (Grade 10 Academic History) in the 2025-2026 school year.
 
 

Co-Curricular Activities

 

Advocate Student Newspaper

Anime

Annual Theatre and Art Trips

Band 

BIPOC and BSA

Ceramics 

Chess

Community Service

DECA Business 

Development and Peace 

Drama Production

Drumming Circle

Dungeons and Dragons

Envirothon

GSA 

Guitar

Improv

International Travel 

Knitting

Mission Trip

Multi-Media (website, recording)

Peer Leadership Program

Peer Ministry (Retreat Leaders, Music  

  Ministry, Lectors)

Ping Pong

Prom and Grad Committee

Public Speaking

Robotics

Science and Math Contests

Science Fair

Student Council

Tech / Skills Canada

Water Festival

Yearbook

Youth Group

Athletics

 

Badminton

Baseball

Basketball

Cross Country Running

Curling

Dodgeball

Downhill Skiing and Snowboarding

Field Lacrosse

Football

Golf

Grappling

Hockey

Intramurals

Martial Arts

Mountain Biking

Nordic Skiing

Pick-up Basketball

Rugby

Soccer

Swimming

Tennis

Track and Field

Volleyball



Late Transportation

For students who live outside the Owen Sound area, late transportation is provided so that all students can participate in the extracurricular activities offered at St. Mary’s High School.  Late transportation is available Monday to Thursday from 5:30-5:45 pm.

 

 
 


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