{"id":49,"date":"2019-11-21T18:31:50","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T00:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kpdsb-dar.ca\/?p=49"},"modified":"2023-08-31T12:49:39","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T17:49:39","slug":"dryden-alternative-education-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kpdsb-dar.ca\/2019\/blog\/dryden-alternative-education-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Dryden Alternative Education Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

October 2019 marked the exciting opening of Dryden High School’s Off-Site Alternative Education Program. The program opened in the beautiful old Boffo Bag Home and Garden Store building located at 10 King Street. With its old wood floors and large windows, the space offers a one of a kind learning and growing environment that is special to the students who make up our program. Its homey and welcoming environment not only invites students, families and partners but also makes students feel like it is their space.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The program reaches out to students who want to learn but, for various reasons, find the regular school environment does not meet their needs. Although we create plans for each of our students to graduate, we also want to prepare them to be happy and productive. Under the umbrella of graduation, we tailor students\u2019 programming to be unique to their current needs. When mapping out pathways with our students, we rely on the insight of their parents, teachers, special education resource teachers, and other supports. We create focuses or pathways for each of our students like graduation, job skills, co-operative education, post-secondary planning, wellbeing, and independent living. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apart from our regular high school courses, we offer ‘value-added’ programming or experiential learning to enrich our students’ training. Value-added programming includes; job experience, certificates like Safe Food Handling, various workshops, and tailored volunteer opportunities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With our new space, we have the flexibility to create and enhance family and community partnerships. Our goal is to work with the whole family and we welcome parents\/guardians and students who are parents themselves along with their little ones into our learning space. Our unique space allows us to include additional supports and flexibility to meet students’ needs, as we are not bound by the schedule of the regular school. Our beautiful kitchen allows us to cook and share food with our partners and students and their families, which further makes our space an impactful and warm environment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our community partnerships are fundamental to our programming. Although we are always building new partnerships, we currently have strong relations with Northwest Employment Works (N.E.W.), Dryden Native Friendship Centre, Wabigoon Lake Ojibwe Nation and Eagle Lake First Nation, Dryden Attendance Centre, numerous addictions and mental health programs, Youth Justice Ontario and local child and family services. The Dryden Native Friendship Centre is a partner that is with us all day every Tuesday, and N.E.W. is located in the same building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Staffing is vital to the success of this program and we have a champion team of teachers that are involved and committed to the students. We look forward to the unlimited opportunities this program can bring to support our students.\u00a0We will continue working and learning together to help our students succeed and develop a positive vision of their future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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October 2019 marked the exciting opening of Dryden High School’s Off-Site Alternative Education Program. The program opened in the beautiful old Boffo Bag Home and Garden Store building located at 10 King Street. With its old wood floors and large windows, the space offers a one of a kind learning and growing environment that is […]<\/p>\n

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