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Student Support Centre

Student Support Centre (SSC) is a Online-based universal support provided by an EA in Literacy or Numeracy and is offered to students needing assistance in grades 5-12. It is important to note that you do not need a referral for this, you may access the SSC at any point throughout the year. 

  • academic courses - comprehension, higher level thinking, step by step instruction
  • executive functioning (organization, planning, time management)
  • course pacing and accountability
  • navigating Brightspace, Study Forge and Encom
  • building confidence due to anxiety or insecurity
  • motivation
How to initiate support
There is no referral needed to access the SSC. You can book sessions directly with an EA or you can talk to your teacher or GA to set up a first introductory session to meet and get to know the EA.
Friendly reminder: The student support centre is a universal support and is accessible to all grade 5-12+ students. We ask that you kindly limit weekly bookings to 1-2 sessions and no more than 2 weeks in advance. Should your child need further support, we encourage you to contact the course specialist for booking hours and follow up with your IE case manager, learning support consultant, K-9 teacher or GA.
Support is offered via Zoom and students must schedule a meeting time and attend the service.

SSC Workshops:

Check out the SSC link and the school blog regularly for updates for our free drop-in weekly workshops. Topics change each month, offering students even more learning opportunities to build skills such as proper citation, essay writing foundations, provincial assessment preparation, note taking and more!

SSC Education Assistants:

The current education assistants will be supporting in Literacy/Executive Functioning: Taryn McPherson and Carlee Bouillon and Numeracy/Science: TBDGohar Zakaryan. They are under the supervision of Allison Miles, IE GA and SSC Coordinator: Taryn McPherson.

SSC Bookings:

Literacy/Executive Functioning EAs

 Support in English, science comprehension/questions, Christian studies, social studies/humanities, written assignments in CLE or CLC, physical education courses, and elective courses such as WEX, music or foods. Math can also be support up to grade 11.

Calise Stankoven

(UBCO Education Student May 1-22)

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Calise's strengths: creative writing (poetry, short stories, nonfiction, songwriting), essay writing (structuring, editing, proofreading, citing sources), digital literacy (using Google Suite, Microsoft Office Suite, digital file sharing and communication). Can also support a variety of subjects from 5-7, math 5-10 and life sciences.

  • Booking Calendar for Zoom:  Coming soon
    • Please check calendar for availability at this time
Carlee Bouillon 

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Carlee's strengths: essay writing (planning, structuring, drafting), poetry writing and analysis, story writing and analysis, reading comprehension, citing sources, editing, proofing and polishing, pre-calculus 10 &11.

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Taryn McPherson

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Taryn's strengths include: goal setting, planning and organizing, scheduling (time management), test preparation, research skills, writing skills and proofing, middle school math and science, upper-level science (life science and some chemistry)

Numeracy and Science EAs

Support grade 7-12 math, AP math, physics 11/12, chemistry 11/12, accounting 11

Gohar Zakaryan

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Gohar's Strengths: Coursework support, tech and mathematical device support (eg. graphing calculators), note taking, study skills, test and exam preparation, feedback and score review (how to learn from mistakes and teacher feedback), communication with teachers

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Carlee Bouillon (Math 5-11)

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For more information, please look at: https://grad.onlineschool.ca/resources/student-support-centre 

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