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發表於 11-12-19 14:33 |只看該作者 |正序瀏覽 |打印

hi! my daughter is a canadian and she is planning to study in markham for grade 12 in the coming sept, she is going to stay at her aunt's house
what are the necessary procedures for applying for high schools there?
i heard we have to apply through the york district school board's reception centre. i called them and they said to go to canada in july for placement test and they will assign a school for us
but is it really that simple? i want to ensure my daughter that she will have a place to study

1. can i choose which school to study? or maybe even directly apply to the school but not through the reception centre?
2. if i really apply through the reception centre, can i go earlier like maybe in february instead of july as i dont want my daughter to be distributed to schools faraway for her place
2. any recommendation for good high schools? my address is rennie avenue in markham
3. is it too late for my daughter to study in canada? she has quite good results, will it be hard for her to catch up with the courses?
4. what are the requirements for high school graduation? can my daughter choose the subjects she likes to study and transfer her credits?

sorry for asking lots of questions, your help is very much appreciated! thanks in advance (:

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發表於 11-12-22 11:47 |只看該作者

thanks so much everybody! its really helpful!!

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發表於 11-12-22 01:26 |只看該作者

go to the link and select markham and seach the location near to your house, as that will be the priority where they sent your girl to...

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發表於 11-12-22 01:26 |只看該作者

In my opinion, don't think too much, just step out and come here first, do it step by step, everything will be solve. You need to think about that your daughter has to take some time to get use of the life and people in here, so give her as much time as possible. Once she is in the school, she can talk to the school consellor, he will give you suggest and information about how to gain credit, etc and also the school friends will help you. I don't know the system in Toronto, I am in Vancover, as I know if you are already student in school you can apply the summer course in April/May (you can ask the consellor what courses you should take, as I remembered my daught once took a social study course for $90 but after she finished the course they returned the check to me, that meant it's free to take the summer academic courses.

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發表於 11-12-22 01:14 |只看該作者

IB = International Baccalaureate , now offered by the international school in Hk to ease the student to merge into the overseas studeis.

since some of the canaidan school does have the IB program, so those credit/result they gained in HK will be able to converted and get some credit as their grade 11/12

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發表於 11-12-22 00:38 |只看該作者

sorry, typo! i meant the MARKHAM DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL! thats the school most likely my daughter will get into!

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發表於 11-12-22 00:32 |只看該作者

they have both, depends on which one you are going. check the York region school board to locate which school close to your home..

http://www.yrdsb.edu.on.ca/page.cfm?id=SR0000014

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發表於 11-12-21 23:38 |只看該作者

do you know if the markham district school board is an academic year school or a semester school? (:

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發表於 11-12-21 23:10 |只看該作者

semester school = finish the subject course within the semester , so only 3 - 4 subjects for that school term

an academic year school -= like HK, taking 8-9 course throughtout the year,

so if you come in Feb, but pick up academic year school, then you will be missing some of the course and need catch up

but if you are in semester school, then that's fine, as new course will start in the new school term.

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發表於 11-12-21 11:17 |只看該作者

what will be the difference between a semester school or an academic year school?

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3kids媽咪 semester係分上下學期,每個學期選四科; academic 係全年讀8科,好似hk中學o甘發表於 11-12-23 01:19

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發表於 11-12-21 11:00 |只看該作者

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gps002 發表於 11-12-21 08:39
What I know is that the school board won't count your grade (exam result) in HK, any one will go to ...

Yes, school board allocate your kid's grade according to her birth year. Language test is mandatory. But I am not sure how many credits your daughter will able to transfer. In addition, you may need to check your catchment school whether is a semester school or academic year school. That will make a big difference.

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3kids媽咪據我所知,學校只會比transfer 最多10 credits給學生發表於 11-12-23 01:16

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發表於 11-12-21 08:39 |只看該作者

What I know is that the school board won't count your grade (exam result) in HK, any one will go to the appropriate grade (according to your year of birth) in your catchment school (according to the place where you live). You better bring along the immunization record with your daughter, I am not sure whether it's necessary for high school student.

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發表於 11-12-21 01:57 |只看該作者

sorry, but what is the IB program? my daughter is studying in a local school in hk..

we're planning to let her go to canada this feb, so i think its more likely for her to be in grade 11

so when will she need to take the tofel test? during grade 12?

also, she's going to have her f5 mid year exam in early jan, do you think that its better for her to complete it? would credits for this exam be counted? i heard that the school may not count it as she hasn't complete the whole f5....

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發表於 11-12-20 22:20 |只看該作者

i talked to my friend who have kids.. they said if the kid studies in IB program, then they might be able to convert some of the scores she got from HK to gain a credit.

agreed with gps002, if possible come early to start from grade 11 to make sure she got enough credit to go to university or else, will have to repeat one more year to gain enough credit

alternative, come earlier and take the summer course, or take more subject in grade 12... it is up to your choice.

but still since your girl only come 1-2 years before University, she still need to take the ELS class and sit for the TOFEL...

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發表於 11-12-20 15:19 |只看該作者

also, do you guys have any idea when the student orientation program starts? it says in jan according to the web, but is its early, mid or late jan? thanks!

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發表於 11-12-20 14:53 |只看該作者

will it be possible for her to gain enough credits if she come here in feb instead of coming sept? if she goes to canada in feb, she will have a year n a half to study...

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發表於 11-12-20 06:06 |只看該作者

If you really want to study in Canada and go to university later on, you should come here as soon as possible, even you can start Grade 11 in January. My friend's son started to study grade 11 in Vancouver, but he needed to have ELS and cannot gain enough credit to have high school graduate in grade 12, he needs to spend one more year in order to gain enough credit and go to the university.

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發表於 11-12-20 05:07 |只看該作者

i don't have kid, but if you girl just come to study grade 12, she will have to sit for the TOFEL and to gain certain score before she could apply to university, you might need to check the university admission requirement so as to prepare....

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發表於 11-12-20 00:06 |只看該作者

so it is guaranteed that my daughter can get into a school near her place after she took the placement test in july?
anything i should be doing now to prepare for her application? or just wait till july to book an appointment with the reception center? thanks!

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