Career and Post-Secondary Advisor: Ms. Fernandes
Email: kfernandes@deltasd.bc.ca
Appointments: Feel free to come in anytime Mon-Thurs (between 830 and 330pm), or email me to make an appointment.
Email List
Students and Parents: To get the latest updates on post secondary admissions, scholarships, post-secondary events, jobs, and volunteering- subscribe below or send me your email address and I will add you to my email list!
This will have important info throughout the year for Grade 12 students and parents, and is also available for students in Grades 10-11 and their parents.
Appointments: Feel free to come in anytime Mon-Thurs (between 830 and 330pm), or email me to make an appointment.
Email List
Students and Parents: To get the latest updates on post secondary admissions, scholarships, post-secondary events, jobs, and volunteering- subscribe below or send me your email address and I will add you to my email list!
This will have important info throughout the year for Grade 12 students and parents, and is also available for students in Grades 10-11 and their parents.
**Ms. Fernandes will be going on maternity leave as of October 11th, 2019. This website will be updated with the contact info of the new Career Advisor shortly.**
Documents:
Grade 12 Parent Night Presentation: 2019_grade_12_parent_night_presentation.pdf
Grade 12 Student handbook: start_up_booklet.doc
Nominated Scholarship Student Profile: nominated_scholarship_student_profile.docx
There are some nominated scholarships that will come up throughout the year for Grade 12 students to be considered for: these are scholarships where a student is nominated by the school for the scholarship before applying. If students want to be considered for any of these nominations throughout the year, they are encouraged to fill out a Nominated Scholarship Student Profile (above) and hand back to the Career Centre. The recommended deadline was Oct. 1st but students can hand in profiles anytime throughout the year.
Nursing Programs in BC: nursing_programs_in_bc.pdf
Updates:
SFU campus tour sign-up:
We are doing a full-day campus tour to SFU on October 30th with Delta Secondary: I have put a sign up sheet on the Career Centre office door for interested students to sign up. The permission forms are outside the door as well-please fill out a permission form and bring the form and $15 (cash or cheque) back to the Career Centre office by Oct. 23rd and the new Career Advisor will collect it at that time.
Scholarships:
Below are some scholarships available for Grade 12's to apply to.
Loran award: deadline is October 24th for non-sponsored student applications. https://loranscholar.ca/becoming-a-scholar/
National Scholarship Program at University of Toronto (deadline October 24th): https://future.utoronto.ca/scholarships/national-scholarship-program/
Horatio Algier scholarship program (deadline October 25th): https://horatioalger.ca/en/scholarships/
TD Scholarships for Community Leadership (deadline November 15th): https://www.td.com/ca/en/personal-banking/solutions/student-banking/community-leadership-scholarship-for-canadians/
Upcoming events at SDSS: (please note room changes)
October 15th: KPU in conference room at Flex time
October 21st: UVic School of Business in the Academy room (126) at Flex time
October 22nd: Western University in Academy room (126) at Flex time
October 23rd: UBC Evening (7pm, theatre)
UBC will be here in the evening of October 23rd to present to students and parents
October 24th: University of Guelph in Academy room (126) at Flex time
Other Events coming up:
Starting in October: Operation This Is You! events in the Lower Mainland:
https://www.achieveanything.ca/thisisyou.html
https://www.girlsfly2.ca/events.html
October 16th: VCC Open House: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/experience-vcc-open-house-registration-62754766195
October 18th: BCIT Marine Campus open house: https://www.bcit.ca/ppl/marineday/
October 19th: Thompson Rivers University open house (in Kamloops): https://www.tru.ca/future/visit/events/openhouse.html
October 19th: Film and Animation Open House at Capilano University: https://www.capilanou.ca/about-capu/get-to-know-us/events/items/film--animation-open-house.php
October 25th: KPU Richmond Open House: https://www.kpu.ca/openhouse
October 25th: BBA in a Day at Langara: https://langara.ca/news-and-events/events-calendar/191025-bba-in-a-day.html
October 25th: DPD Youth in Leadership Conference (poster attached): dpd_teen_leadership_conference_2019.pdf
November 2nd: BCom Fall Preview at UBC: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ubc-sauder-bcom-fall-preview-2019-tickets-72556034051
November 13th: Explore CapU Info Night: https://www.capilanou.ca/programs--courses/get-started/visit-capu/explore-capu-info-night/
November 13th: BCIT Big Info Open House: https://www.bcit.ca/infosessions/register/8224
November 15th: Emily Carr Open House: https://www.ecuad.ca/calendar/ecu-fall-2019-open-house
November 16th: Dream It Be It Girls Conference and Career Fair: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/dream-it-be-it-career-support-for-girls-conference-tickets-29799976532
November 16th: National Portfolio Day at KPU
https://www.kpu.ca/2019NationalPortfolioDay
November 17th: Ryerson Info session in Vancouver: https://www.ryerson.ca/admissions/visits-tours/canadian/
November 23rd: U of A Vancouver advising sessions: https://www.ualberta.ca/admissions/undergraduate/resources/advising
November 27th: SFU Program fair: https://www.sfu.ca/students/events/sfu-program-fair.html
Websites
I want to bring your attention to some websites that might be useful for students: Post Secondary BC is a fairly new website that has been established to help students and parents in BC with getting post-secondary info. https://www.postsecondarybc.ca/
Also here are some websites that students can use to search for general scholarship opportunities:
https://scholartree.ca/
https://www.univcan.ca/
https://www.scholarshipscanada.com/
https://yconic.com/
Documents:
Grade 12 Parent Night Presentation: 2019_grade_12_parent_night_presentation.pdf
Grade 12 Student handbook: start_up_booklet.doc
Nominated Scholarship Student Profile: nominated_scholarship_student_profile.docx
There are some nominated scholarships that will come up throughout the year for Grade 12 students to be considered for: these are scholarships where a student is nominated by the school for the scholarship before applying. If students want to be considered for any of these nominations throughout the year, they are encouraged to fill out a Nominated Scholarship Student Profile (above) and hand back to the Career Centre. The recommended deadline was Oct. 1st but students can hand in profiles anytime throughout the year.
Nursing Programs in BC: nursing_programs_in_bc.pdf
Updates:
SFU campus tour sign-up:
We are doing a full-day campus tour to SFU on October 30th with Delta Secondary: I have put a sign up sheet on the Career Centre office door for interested students to sign up. The permission forms are outside the door as well-please fill out a permission form and bring the form and $15 (cash or cheque) back to the Career Centre office by Oct. 23rd and the new Career Advisor will collect it at that time.
Scholarships:
Below are some scholarships available for Grade 12's to apply to.
Loran award: deadline is October 24th for non-sponsored student applications. https://loranscholar.ca/becoming-a-scholar/
National Scholarship Program at University of Toronto (deadline October 24th): https://future.utoronto.ca/scholarships/national-scholarship-program/
Horatio Algier scholarship program (deadline October 25th): https://horatioalger.ca/en/scholarships/
TD Scholarships for Community Leadership (deadline November 15th): https://www.td.com/ca/en/personal-banking/solutions/student-banking/community-leadership-scholarship-for-canadians/
Upcoming events at SDSS: (please note room changes)
October 15th: KPU in conference room at Flex time
October 21st: UVic School of Business in the Academy room (126) at Flex time
October 22nd: Western University in Academy room (126) at Flex time
October 23rd: UBC Evening (7pm, theatre)
UBC will be here in the evening of October 23rd to present to students and parents
October 24th: University of Guelph in Academy room (126) at Flex time
Other Events coming up:
Starting in October: Operation This Is You! events in the Lower Mainland:
https://www.achieveanything.ca/thisisyou.html
https://www.girlsfly2.ca/events.html
October 16th: VCC Open House: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/experience-vcc-open-house-registration-62754766195
October 18th: BCIT Marine Campus open house: https://www.bcit.ca/ppl/marineday/
October 19th: Thompson Rivers University open house (in Kamloops): https://www.tru.ca/future/visit/events/openhouse.html
October 19th: Film and Animation Open House at Capilano University: https://www.capilanou.ca/about-capu/get-to-know-us/events/items/film--animation-open-house.php
October 25th: KPU Richmond Open House: https://www.kpu.ca/openhouse
October 25th: BBA in a Day at Langara: https://langara.ca/news-and-events/events-calendar/191025-bba-in-a-day.html
October 25th: DPD Youth in Leadership Conference (poster attached): dpd_teen_leadership_conference_2019.pdf
November 2nd: BCom Fall Preview at UBC: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ubc-sauder-bcom-fall-preview-2019-tickets-72556034051
November 13th: Explore CapU Info Night: https://www.capilanou.ca/programs--courses/get-started/visit-capu/explore-capu-info-night/
November 13th: BCIT Big Info Open House: https://www.bcit.ca/infosessions/register/8224
November 15th: Emily Carr Open House: https://www.ecuad.ca/calendar/ecu-fall-2019-open-house
November 16th: Dream It Be It Girls Conference and Career Fair: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/dream-it-be-it-career-support-for-girls-conference-tickets-29799976532
November 16th: National Portfolio Day at KPU
https://www.kpu.ca/2019NationalPortfolioDay
November 17th: Ryerson Info session in Vancouver: https://www.ryerson.ca/admissions/visits-tours/canadian/
November 23rd: U of A Vancouver advising sessions: https://www.ualberta.ca/admissions/undergraduate/resources/advising
November 27th: SFU Program fair: https://www.sfu.ca/students/events/sfu-program-fair.html
Websites
I want to bring your attention to some websites that might be useful for students: Post Secondary BC is a fairly new website that has been established to help students and parents in BC with getting post-secondary info. https://www.postsecondarybc.ca/
Also here are some websites that students can use to search for general scholarship opportunities:
https://scholartree.ca/
https://www.univcan.ca/
https://www.scholarshipscanada.com/
https://yconic.com/
