The Island Oak Board has approved a full-tuition entrance scholarship.
Applicants should be students who are fully engaged in and passionate about learning, have the capacity to be successful in their studies at Island Oak and who will contribute to and benefit from the social and learning environment at Island Oak.
The deadline for the scholarship application is March 31st.
Contact Island Oak at mail@islandoak.org or 250-701-0400 for more information or for an application form.
IOHS Student Amber-Lee Barlett’s art was selected from an “overwhelming” quantity of submissions, to decorate the Queen Alexandra Foundation for Children’s Jeneece Place, a residence for children and their families while children are undergoing treatment in Victoria. President and CEO of the Foundation, Ron Hewitt, welcomed and congratulated Amber-Lee personally when Amber-Lee and art teacher Simone Luckham delivered the painting. Amber-Lee has been invited to attend the Grand Opening of Jeneece Place on January 20, 2012. Our proudest congratulations to Amber-Lee.
Classes 11 & 12 are studying Parsifal and Medieval History with senior Faculty member Richard Tibbets this block.
In a fast-changing world, it’s important for students to be aware of new career opportunities. Yesterday we had a visit from Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) from Georgia, USA, a school preparing talented individuals for creative careers.
We learned about exciting new careers;for example, a brand-new degree in “Service Design”; the profession of designing customer experiences. The curriculum for the program is broad, encompassing such classes as psychology, anthropology, interior design and graphic design.
The school offers 41 programs; majors and minors can be mixed and matched for broader marketable skill sets. Students can travel between SCAD’s campuses at Atlanta, Savannah, Hong Kong and the south of France.
The representative was very interested in our Grade 12 project format because it encompasses many of the writing and presentation skills they foster at SCAD. She said students might consider using their Grade 12 projects as part of an application portfolio. As well, students are invited to get a head start with college credits by taking a SCAD course or two online while they are completing high school (time permitting of course!), or coming for 5-week summer school at SCAD to earn college credits in advance.
There is more information available at Island Oak, or go to SCAD’s website athttp://www.scad.edu/
