Departments

Arts

Experiences in the arts – dance, drama, media arts, music, and the visual arts – play a valuable role in the education of all students. Through participation in the arts, students can develop their creativity, learn about their own identity, and develop self-awareness, self-confidence, and a sense of well-being. Since artistic activities involve intense engagement, students experience a sense of wonder and joy when learning through the arts, which can motivate them to participate more fully in cultural life and in other educational opportunities.

Teaching Staff

  • Mrs. T. Sauve (Dramatic Arts)
  • Mr. P. Posocco (Music)
  • Mrs. Chliszczyk (Art)

Business Studies & Economics

The Business Department at Loyola offers a wide variety of business courses that challenge and excite students. Courses include topics on Entrepreneurship, Marketing, the Impact of Information Technology, International Business, Management Fundamentals, Accounting, and Economics.

Classes provide a variety of hands-on practical projects, collaborative presentations, guest speakers, field trips, theoretical knowledge, and other technological media to instill the business concepts. Coupled with relevant learning resources and passionate teachers, students find out where Business plays a part in their future!

Teaching Staff

  • Ms. Balaz
  • Mr. De Stefano
  • Ms. Fu
  • Mrs. MacMillan
  • Mr. Page

Courses

GRADE 9

  • BTT 1O – Information & Communication Technology in Business

GRADE 10

  • BBI 2O – Introduction to Business Studies

GRADE 11

  • BAF 3M – Accounting Fundamentals
  • CIE 3M – Economics
  • BMI 3C – Marketing
  • BDI 3C – Entrepreneurship
  • BTA 3O – ICT Digital Environment

GRADE 12

  • BAT 4M – Accounting Principles
  • CIA 4U – University Economics
  • IDC 4UB – Personal Finance
  • BBB 4M – International Business
  • BOH 4M – Business Leadership/Management

Business Certificate

Can be earned by Grade 12 students who have successfully completed 5 or more Business Studies (including Economics) courses. Graduates can include this on their resume applications to post-secondary schools.

Business Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM)

Contact Mr. De Stefano – Office Workroom 222 – DeStefanoN@staff.hcdsb.org

  • Business SHSM Information:

Canadian and World Studies

MRS. L. CHEAL, DEPARTMENT HEAD

  • Mr. DiNardo
  • Mr. Hassan
  • Mrs. Mousseau
  • Mr. Page
  • Mr. Rachner
  • Ms. Ventresca

The Canadian and World Studies program encompasses five subjects: geographyhistory, law, politics and civics. In studying these subjects, students learn how people interact with and within their social and physical environments today, and how they did so in the past.

Course Subjects:

Grade 9

  • CGC 1D/1P- Canadian Geography (compulsory)

Grade 10

  • CHC 2D/2P- Canadian History (compulsory)
  • CHV 2O- Civics (compulsory)

Grade 11

  • CGF 3M – Physical Geography: Patterns, Processes and Interactions
  • CGG 3O – Travel and Tourism: A Regional Geographic Perspective
  • CHA 3U- American History
  • CLU 3M- Understanding Canadian Law

Grade 12

  • CGW 4U- Canadian and World Issues
  • CGU 4U- World Geography: Human Patterns and Interactions
  • CHY 4U- World History: The West and the World
  • CLN 4U – Canadian and International Law
  • CPW 4U- Canadian and World Politics

The CWS Department provides opportunities to experience the real world situations as a compliment to classroom instruction.

Opportunities outside the classroom have included the following:

  • Mock Trial Competition
  • SOMA Model United Nations
  • Cultural and Urban Walking Tours of Downtown Toronto
  • Welland Canal and Adam Beck Hydro Station Tours in Niagara Falls
  • Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
  • Ontario Court of Justice and the Ontario Superior Court
  • McMaster University GIS Day
  • Senior CWS student overnight bus trip tours to Washington and Boston
  • Guest speakers have included police officers, judges, corrections workers, politicians,
  • War Veterans and Holocaust presenters.

Cooperative Education

Today it’s all about skills…Workplace Skills.

The new differentiator.  Employers seek these skills among prospects.  Universities and Colleges have incorporated experiential learning through Cooperative Education and Internship Programs across many of their faculty programs.  It has become increasingly important for students in high school to look to Cooperative Education to be fully prepared for post-secondary studies and eventual integration into the workforce.

The shift toward experiential learning is not so much in regard to what you learn, but rather how the learning occurs.  The ability to learn from everything and everyone around you in any environment and to adapt to solve critical problems.  This is exactly what post-secondary institutions look for among student applicants and what employers demand from employee prospects.

the community is your classroom

The development of these workplace skills is the focus of the Loyola Co-Op Program.  The key leadership skills that are critical to building problem solving in a dynamic workplace setting:

  • Initiative
  • Communication – written / oral / online media
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Intrapersonal skills / Self-awareness
  • Autonomy / Independence
  • Adaptability
  • Reliability / Dependability

All of these skills exhibited in the workplace form the foundation for the development of a high level of leadership capacity above and beyond the academic skills developed in the traditional classroom.  In today’s setting of limiting the spread of viral contagion, experiential learning can take various forms:

  • Physically working on-site at an employer workplace following all safety and health protocols
  • Virtually performing work for the employer remotely at a site that differs from the employer’s physical workplace
  • Employer mentorship which occurs at regular intervals between employer and student remotely or with both employer and student at the employer workplace

The value of experiential learning regarding the workplace is immense in any of the above cooperative learning modes and will lend a strategic enhancement to traditional academic learning.

Welcome to the Loyola Co-Op Program.

Welcome to a key step in developing your leadership profile today!

Contact Mr. Sebben sebbenr@hcdsb.org for more info.


English

The English Department strives to provide students with literacy skills to communicate effectively, which is not only needed for success in school and their daily lives, but is critical to responsible and productive citizenship.  Students are provided with knowledge of literacy strategies and opportunities to develop skills in the areas of listening and speaking, reading, writing, viewing and representing through a wide variety of texts, activities and tasks.  In grades 11 & 12, students may select courses at the Workplace, College or University levels, as well as the elective courses:  Writer’s Craft and Studies in Literature.  Texts are selected to engage students as well as challenge their views of themselves and their world, to make meaningful connections between themselves, what they encounter in texts, and the world around them and to think critically.

English as a Second Language

  • The ESL teachers strive to provide students with the knowledge and skills they need to be successful in both their social and academic lives, to become responsible and productive citizens.  Students are provided with opportunities to develop the skills necessary to communicate in a variety of social settings. To integrate confidently into mainstream courses, achieve academically and take charge of their learning.  Students are offered courses at five levels, depending on their language proficiency as well as support through monitoring by the ESL teachers.

Teaching Staff

  • Mr. Rivard (Acting Department Head)
  • Ms. Ambroskiewicz (MLL)
  • Ms. Castronovo
  • Mr. Costa
  • Mr. Esposito
  • Ms. Infanti
  • Ms. Malandruccolo
  • Mr. Mojica (MLL)
  • Ms. Osorio Gomez
  • Mr. Rupcic
  • Ms. Santarossa
  • Ms. Ventresca

Courses Offered

  • ENG1D1, Grade 9 English
  • ENG2D1, Grade 10 Academic English
  • ENG2P1, Grade 9 Applied English
  • ENG3U1, Grade 11 University English
  • ENG3C, Grade 11 College English
  • NBE3U1, Grade 11 Native Language Studies University English (ENG3U1 equivalent)
  • ENG4U1, Grade 11 University English
  • ENG4C Grade 12 College English
  • EWC4U1, Grade 12 Writer’s Craft
  • ESL A/B/C/D/E
  • OLC4O1, Ontario Literacy Course

French / Modern Languages

The Modern Language teachers strive to provide students with the skills they need to communicate in Canada’s second language, focusing on developing oral communication, reading and writing skills. Loyola also proudly offers the French Immersion program, with courses in grades 9 to 12. In the French Immersion program, students accumulate ten credits in French: four are for FSL courses; six are for other subjects in which French is the language of instruction.

Teachers strive to select texts, activities and tasks that are relevant to the students’ lives and appropriate for their communication development.  Students may select French as Second Language  (FSL) courses at the Applied or Academic level, or the Extended French program (FEF) which also includes courses in Geography, History, and World Religions in French.  To further enhance the students’ knowledge of international languages, courses in Italian are also offered in grades 10 & 11.

STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE EXTENDED FRENCH PROGRAMME MUST COMPLETE SIX EXTENDED FRENCH COURSES (FEF1D1, CGC1DF, FEF2D1, CHC2DF, FEF3U1, HRT3MF) IN ORDER TO TAKE FEF4U1 IN GRADE 12.  STUDENTS WHO COMPLETE THE EXTENDED FRENCH PROGRAMME AT THE END OF GRADE 12 WILL RECEIVE THE EXTENDED FRENCH CERTIFICATE AT GRADUATION.

Teaching Staff

  • Ms. V. Coutu
  • Ms. E. Estrela
  • Mr. D. Faiazza
  • Mrs. J. Mousseau
  • Ms. A. Walker

Courses Offered

  • Grade 9 Core French: FSF1D1 (French Language/Culture)
  • Grade 9 Extended French: FEF1D1 (Extended Academic French Language/Culture), CGC1DF (Géographie du Canada)
  • Grade 9 French Immersion (FIF1D)
  • Grade 10 Core French: FSF2D1 (Academic French Language/Culture)
  • Grade 10 Extended French: FEF2D1 (Extended Academic French Language/Culture), CHC2DF (Histoire du Canada)
  • Grade 10 Academic French Immersion (FIF2D)
  • Grade 10 University Preparation French Immersion (FIF3U)
  • Grade 11 Core French: FSF3U1 (University French Language/Culture)
  • Grade 11 Extended French: FEF3U1 (Extended University French Language/Culture), HRT3MF (Les Grandes Religions)
  • Grade 12 Core French: FSF4U1 (University French Language/Culture)
  • Grade 12 Extended French: FEF4U1 (Extended University French Language/Culture)
  • Grade 12 University Preparation French Immersion (FIF4U)

Guidance

Guidance Counsellors

CounsellorContact InformationAlpha
Mrs. Luisluisn@hcdsb.orgA – E
Mrs. Orlandoorlandod@hcdsb.orgF – H
Mrs. Sotiropoulossotiropoulosk@hcdsb.orgI – Pe
Mrs. Regobelbeck-regom@hcdsb.orgPh – Z

Students are encouraged to visit our Student Services D2L page to find important information to help support pathway planning. Students can also book a time to meet with a counsellor through the D2L page.


Health and Physical Education

Promoting the healthy development of all students and helping all students to reach their full potential.

The health and physical education curriculum is based on the vision that the knowledge and skills students acquire in the program will benefit them throughout their lives and enable them to thrive in an ever-changing world by helping them develop physical and health literacy as well as the comprehension, capacity , and commitment they will need to lead healthy, active lives.

Participating in a wide range of physical activities helps students develop knowledge and skills related to movement competence and personal fitness that provide a foundation for active living. Students will learn life skills in a creative, and fun environment, they will interact positively with others, and develop their ability to think critically and creatively while developing their physical literacy.

physical literacy graphic

Course Options

Healthy Active Living Education (Traditional)  (PPL)  Grade 9-12

Large Group Activities (PAL)

  • Basketball Focus Grade 10
  • Soccer Focus Grade 10

Individual and Small Group Activities (PAI)

  • Super Fit Grade 11/12
  • Net/Wall Focus Grade 11

Healthy Living Personal Fitness Activities (PAF)

  • Weight Training Grade 11/12

Introductory to Kinesiology (PSK 4U)  Grade 12

Sports Leadership (IDC 4U)  Grade 12

LOYOLA HPE DEPARTMENT

  • Mr. Costa
  • Ms. Humby
  • Ms. Orlando – Department Head
  • Mr. O’Hara
  • Mr. Pauletto
  • Mr. Schoutsen
  • Ms. Woolvett

Library

Staff

  • Mr. C. Hodges, Librarian
  • Ms. C. Szasz, Library Clerk

Resources


Mathematics

MRS. L. SMITH, DEPARTMENT HEAD

Teaching Staff

  • Mrs. A. Alfano (Computers & Math)
  • Mr. D. Bumbacco
  • Mr. T. Cap
  • Mr. R. Cenedese
  • Mrs. R. Commisso
  • Ms. M. Disabatino
  • Mr. J. Mahler
  • Mrs. D. Mraz
  • Mrs. S. Papuga
  • Mr. V. Riviglia
  • Mrs. G. Starcevic
  • Mr. M. Zoratti

Courses Offered

  • Calculus and Vectors – MCV 4U1
  • Advanced Function – MHF 4U1
  • Data Management – MDM 4U1
  • Mathematics for Work and Everyday Life MEL 4E1
  • Functions (University) – MCR 3U1
  • Functions and Applications (University/College) – MCF 3M1
  • Foundations for College – MBF 3C1
  • Mathematics for Work and Everyday Life MEL 3E1
  • Principles of Mathematics – MPM 2D1
  • Foundations of Mathematics – MFM 2P1
  • Mathematics Locally Developed – MAT 2L1
  • Principles of Mathematics – MPM 1D1
  • Foundations of Mathematics – MFM 1P1
  • Mathematics Locally Developed – MAT 1L1

Grade 9 Mathematics EQAO information and extra practice: website

Partnering with your child in mathematics resource: here

University of Waterloo Mathematics Contest

  • To register please see your Math Teacher
  • Practice Contests: here

Religion

MR. E. PAROYAN, DEPARTMENT HEAD

“Preach the Gospel at all times; when necessary, use words”

St. Francis of Assisi

Loyola is a faith based learning environment.  The transforming message of truth and hope which is shared with humanity through the Gospels permeates throughout the school and represents the strength and vitality of the Loyola community and culture.

The goal of all courses within the Religion, Humanities and Social Science Department is to help students recognize that life is at its core is a relationship with God.  Students are encouraged to develop sacramental awareness and to recognize God at work both in their own lives and in the life of our world.  In light of the saving message of the Good News, students explore their responsibility as members of the Church.  As servant leaders, students are encouraged to work for positive change in a world that requires their critical participation, building the Kingdom of God through their thoughts, words and actions.  Students are also encouraged to ask important questions to help them develop a deeper understanding and appreciation of the Church and its teachings.

A variety of activities embedded both in and outside of the classroom and organized, coordinated and/or supported by members of the Religion Department help to reinforce our mission as a faith based learning environment.  Students are encouraged to join a number of clubs that promote human dignity, equity and respect.  These include the Social Justice Club and the Pro-Life Club.  In conjunction with the Chaplaincy Office, both Grade 9 and 10 students are given an opportunity to go on retreat.  In the Grade 11 World Religions program, students are offered an exciting opportunity to visit different places of worship from the many faith denominations represented within the Halton community.  The school also offers an opportunity for students to embark on a humanitarian mission to the Dominican Republic as a member of the school’s H.O.P.E. Team (Homes, Opportunity, Prosperity and Education).  The program’s goal is to build a house for a needy family.  Furthermore, students perform volunteer services in and around the school in order to raise funds to purchase the necessary building supplies for construction.


Science

MR. T. MCCARTHY, DEPARTMENT HEAD

The overall aim of the secondary science program is to ensure scientific literacy for every secondary school graduate. To better achieve this aim, all courses in the program are designed to focus on science not only as an intellectual pursuit but also as an activity-based enterprise within a social context.


Social Sciences and Humanities

MR. E. PAROYAN, DEPARTMENT HEAD

“Preach the Gospel at all times; when necessary, use words”

St. Francis of Assisi

Loyola is a faith based learning environment.  The transforming message of truth and hope which is shared with humanity through the Gospels permeates throughout the school and represents the strength and vitality of the Loyola community and culture.

The goal of all courses within the Religion, Humanities and Social Science Department is to help students recognize that life is at its core is a relationship with God.  Students are encouraged to develop sacramental awareness and to recognize God at work both in their own lives and in the life of our world.  In light of the saving message of the Good News, students explore their responsibility as members of the Church.  As servant leaders, students are encouraged to work for positive change in a world that requires their critical participation, building the Kingdom of God through their thoughts, words and actions.  Students are also encouraged to ask important question to help them develop a deeper understanding and appreciation of the Church and its teachings.

A variety of activities embedded both in and outside of the classroom and organized, coordinated and/or supported by members of the Religion Department help to reinforce our mission as a faith based learning environment.  Students are encouraged to join a number of clubs that promote human dignity, equity and respect.  These include the Social Justice Club and the Pro-Life Club.  In conjunction with the Chaplaincy Office, both Grade 9 and 10 students are given an opportunity to go on retreat.  In the Grade 11 World Religions program, students are offered an exciting opportunity to visit different places of worship from the many faith denominations represented within the Halton community.  The school also offers an opportunity for students to embark on a humanitarian mission to the Dominican Republic as a member of the school’s H.O.P.E. Team (Homes, Opportunity, Prosperity and Education).  The program’s goal is to build a house for a needy family.  Furthermore, students perform volunteer services in and around the school in order to raise funds to purchase the necessary building supplies for construction.


Special Education

Information:

Gifted and Enrichment Opportunities

Simona Horvat – Department Head of Special Education/Gifted Contact

horvatsi@hcdsb.org or call at (905) 847-0595 ext. 1026

In addition to a student’s involvement in the life of the school, participating in enrichment opportunities is a way to support our Gifted and high-achieving students academically. These opportunities allow our students to gather experiences to include in their resumes and portfolios for applications to post-secondary and future jobs.

There are curricular and extra-curricular enrichment opportunities available to students over the course of the school year at St. Ignatius of Loyola Catholic Secondary School. Some of the many opportunities students regularly access include:

  1. Math Contests – Cayley, Euclid, Pascal
  2. Duke of Edinburgh Award
  3. SOMA (Model UN)
  4. Schulich Award nominees for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) – Loyola was the only Oakville School nominated
  5. Loran Scholarship
  6. Prefects – Student Leaders
  7. Mentors – Student Leaders
  8. SHSM (Specialist High Skills Major) – Health and Wellness
  9. Discovery Days – Western and McMaster Health Science, Waterloo Engineering
  10.   Mock Trial
  11.  Student Newspaper
  12.  School Reach Team
  13.  Book Club
  14.  Chess Club
  15.   Debate Team
  16.  Best Buddies
  17.  Social Justice League
  18.  Ontario Junior Citizen Awards

Events are often announced during morning exercises, and are posted on the T.V.’s located at the front of the school, in the cafeteria and on our school website. Students are welcome to contact Mrs. Horvat, Department Head of Special Education, or their guidance counselor for more information as well.

There are even more out-of-class enrichment opportunities for secondary school students. These include project-based learning, independent studies, mentorships, and career exploration. Students are encouraged to review these opportunities to see where their particular interests match. Many of these opportunities are specifically designed for gifted and/or high achieving students, and they offer students a means of enriching levels of learning, leadership potential, and personal confidence. Anyone can apply to participate in these activities. Please note that all activities listed are voluntary, and are predominantly student-initiated.

These enrichment opportunities are listed below. To get more, simply click onto the blue underlined name.

McMaster University:

CLAY (Creating Leadership Amongst Youth) – This is a 3 day/2 night leadership conference which allows students to develop and share their knowledge of leadership. Online registration is now available.

L.E.A.P. (Learning Enrichment Advancement Program) – Leap is a summer enrichment program offered at McMaster University. Students can choose to stay in one of McMaster’s student residences for the duration of their 2 or 4 week program.  LEAP offers students a chance to explore new ideas in one of 4 areas:  Introduction to Engineering, Engineering Design,Engineering Technology, and Bioengineering. Programs are available to students from grades 9 to 12 in selected areas.

SYNERGY (DeGroote School of Business) – Synergy is a week long business camp designed to explore business in a creative and challenging way. The camp is designed for high school students, programs run from June – August.

University of Waterloo:

Waterloo Unlimited  High School Enrichment at the University of Waterloo: Waterloo Unlimited is a unique enrichment opportunity for high school students in grades 10 through 12. Offered during the school year, Unlimited brings together curious, motivated, well-rounded teens from across the country.

CATALYST – The program empowers high school youth to be the agents of change in our community and our world by creating opportunities for them to increase awareness, confidence and leadership abilities in engineering, science and technology.  Programs include a Grade 11 Girls Conference in April – applications are due in December/January.

Engineering Science Quest Program (ESQ) – A year round program which offers Classroom Workshops, Summer Day Camp, and Weekend Workshops. Helps develop an appreciation for science and engineering in elementary school children, and to encourage them to pursue these areas in high school and possibly beyond.

Western University:

W.I.S.E. program  Students can take a university course while still in high school. WISE will allow you to take one university course, tuition free, concurrently with your high school studies. Student can try out a first-year course in Anthropology, Business Administration, Dimensions of Leadership, English, Family Studies, Foods & Nutrition, French, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Religious Studies, Sociology or Women’s Studies at Brescia. If students pass the university course, they can apply this course to their university career at Brescia.

Western Engineering Summer Academy –  For grades 9 – 12.  The Western Engineering Summer Academy is designed specifically for enriched Grades 9 to 12 high school students looking for a challenge this summer.  The Academy offers students the opportunity to explore these areas of engineering with labs, lectures and hands on projects. The courses are taught by our very own professors and graduate students.  Registration occurs in January.   The four courses that will be offered are:  Mechanical Engineering, Civil EngineeringMechatronics Engineering and Biomedical Engineering.

University of Toronto:

D.E.E.P. – University of Toronto’s daVinci Engineering Enrichment Program is is part of the University of Toronto’s Engineering Outreach Programs .  DEEP is for gifted and highly motivated high school students who wish to advance their study in a variety of areas of engineering. DEEP is a week long program (there is a choice of weeks) and it is held at the St. George campus (downtown Toronto). There is also a residence option available.

Youth Summer Programs at University of Toronto –These programs are offered during July and August for high school students who are interested in a career in either medical sciences or the legal field. The Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Law will provide academic programs for students with their faculty at the university facilities. The program runs a variety of modules from July to August.

Queen’s University:

ESU – Enrichment Studies Unit – Queen’s University offers a week long program Enrichment Mini Courses (EMC) to gifted and highly motivated students. It can include staying in Queen’s University residence and students can select course programs from business, creative arts, cultural studies, law, medicine, natural and physical sciences, physical education, psychology and sociology, and pure and applied science. This program runs in May, but registration is due in February.

Other Programs:

Heritage Canada’s Encounters with Canada – A unique opportunity for Canadian teens to meet other young people from across the country. Spend an adventure-filled week in your nation’s capital. Opportunities to check out future career options, discover your country, share your hopes and dreams. For 35 years, EWC has delivered a rich and varied, bilingual program. To date, more than 108,000 youth have lived the EWC experience.

SHAD –  Shad is a 4 week summer enrichment program for students who are high academic achievers, leaders, and innovators. SHAD programs are focused on STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts & math).  Students may apply for one of several Canadian university sites for their studies. Students in grades 10, 11, or 12 are invited to apply. The application deadline is late November.  Why SHAD? – find out here.

The International Summer School for Young Physicists –The Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, Ontario. This program is for students who have completed their senior level high school courses specifically in mathematics and physics and plan to study physics at university. Students must be 17 – 18 years of age. This program is free to those selected to attend. The program runs July but applications are due in December.

Boyd Archaeological Field School at TRCA –  Earn a credit (IDC4U1) while doing real archaeological field work.  This 17 day course will run during July.  This program is open to students who have completed their grade 10 year.  Applications are due May 1.

re:action 4 inclusion – This is a 3 day leadership conference in March at YMCA Geneva Park Conference Centre, Orillia.  The focus of this conference is to promote inclusion and building a sense of community to ensure that those who have an intellectual disability don’t get left behind.  To register or for details got to www.communitylivingontario.ca  or contact Linda White at 1-800-278-8025 ext 239

House of Commons Page Program – Students who plan to attend university in the National Capital Region may apply to this program. Pages are a key element in the communications network on Parliament Hill and students who participate will have a unique opportunity to meet and work with our federal politicians. Students in this program will work a minimum of 15 hours per week (coordinated with their academic schedule). Students applying for this program must be Canadian citizens, beginning a university program, have an overall academic average of at least 80%, and have a superior knowledge of both official languages. The application is available in October and is due by early December for positions in the following year.

Explore Without Limits  French Language Bursary Program: Discover another region of Canada and use this opportunity to improve your knowledge of French. Explore offers you five weeks full of opportunities to make discoveries, meet new people, and exchange ideas in a stimulating setting for learning your second language. Participants in Explore receive a $2,000 bursary covering tuition fees for the course, instructional materials, meals, and accommodation. Choose either a spring session (May – June ) or a summer session (June – August).

Katimavik – The Katimavik program has been re-started in a limited format.  The Eco-Internship is currently running for 3 months in Quebec.  New opportunities may emerge, please continue to check this website for information.

Boyd Archaeological Field School at TRCA  The 38th season of Boyd Archaeological Field School takes place from August August 7th – 23rd, 2015 at the Claremont Field Centre in Pickering, Ontario, Canada.  Students complete a Grade 12 Interdisciplinary Studies Credit (IDC4U) while participating in all aspects of an actual excavation.  Students MUST have completed grade 10 by the time the course starts.

Vancouver Film School – Summer Intensives – VSF has one week programs in a variety of areas including Acting, Animation, Art and Design, Film Production, Game Design, Make-up, Sound, and Writing.

Cornell University Summer College Program –Cornell University is an IVY League school offering summer programs for talented high school students.  Students can select either a 3 week or a 6 week program.  Application deadlines begin in March (depending on the program of choice) and applications are extensive, so make sure to start your application early.

Oxford Study Courses for IB and pre-IB Diploma Programme Students University of St. Andrews – Creative Writing and Scottish Studies Summer Program –This is a 4 week residential program offered to students who have completed their grade 10 (or higher) studies. Students will have opportunities to go on excursions and visit important sites, have a full recreation and social program provided, and learn from professors, graduate students and guest speakers.

Yale Young Global Scholars Program – In 2018, the Yale Young Global Scholars Program (YYGS) will offer seven unique interdisciplinary sessions over the course of the summer. Bringing together extraordinary students from around the world, each session is designed to hone students’ abilities to understand and think critically about contemporary global issues. Students will have the opportunity to learn from distinguished Yale faculty members, participate in seminars designed and led by current Yale students, and engage with practitioners who are renowned leaders in their field — all while experiencing the world-class facilities and resources that Yale University has to offer. Admission to the program is very selective. We offer need-based financial aid and encourage students from all countries to apply. The deadline for applications is Feb 6, 2018.

Deep River Science Academy (DRSA) – A six-week summer program for talented high school students. Science and engineering research experience in labs of industrial Research Partners

DiscoverTeenergy.com – Featured topic: “Activities Database” has over 500 listings of events especially for gifted students. Database includes: conferences, leadership training, student travel, international exchanges and learning opportunities, unusual places to visit, something for many interests and hobbies.

Science School

  • Are you a grade 11 student looking for a challenge?  Become a part of the Science Centre for a semester of Grade 12!  Earn SCIENCE and MATH credits.  Explore new science and technology.  Be inspired for life.  Spend an enriching semester at the Ontario Science Centre Science School and earn Grade 12 University Preparation science and mathematics credits!

Study Abroad Programs:


Technology

MR. A. MIKITZEL, DEPARTMENT HEAD

Greetings from the Loyola Technological Studies Department

Why should I consider Technology programs?

The future is not written, but why not prepare yourself? Technology courses offer hands on skills in a variety of areas under the guidance of teachers who have invaluable industry experience. Technology courses provide PATHWAYS to many post secondary programs (at both college and university) as well as apprenticeship and workplace and will give you an advantage as you continue on your journey. Safety is always a priority within all our courses.

Technology programs offered at St. Ignatius of Loyola include:

Take some time and stop by any of our classrooms to see all the exciting things that are happening. Ask the teacher and they will be happy to provide information of the individual programs.

Here are the teachers in our department and where you can find them.

  • Mr. A. Mikitzel Rm. 167 Construction Technology & Computer Engineering – DEPARTMENT HEAD
  • Mrs. A. Alfano Rm. 285 Computer Science
  • Mr. B. Chambers Rm. 173 Yearbook, Communication Technology + TV, Video Movie Production
  • Ms. A. Davidson Rm. 167 Communication Technology + Fashion Design
  • Ms. B. March  Rm. 181 Cosmetology and Hospitality
  • Ms. McGovern Rm. 181 Cosmetology and Hospitality
  • Ms. M. McMurrich- Photography
  • Mr. O’Neill Rm. 161/167Tech Design and Construction
  • Mr. R. Pender Rm. 165 Transportation Technology, Communication Technology Integrated Technology
  • Mr. J. White Rm. 179  Food and Nutrition
  • Mr. M. Zoratti Rm. 285 Computer Studies

Technology Fair

  • Every February the Technology Department has a Technology Fair in the School atrium. Come down and check it out!

Halton Skills Competition

Computer Programming Competitions

De Franco, RobDepartments