Collège Notre-Dame kicked off a unique Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM) program on Friday.
SHSMs are programs offered by high schools that allow students to specialize in a topic or area of study of their choice. Not only is this a way of personalizing the secondary school experience, but students also gain knowledge and skills beyond what they would normally acquire in a standard high school curriculum.
This better prepares students to pursue their job of choice by enhancing those skills necessary to chase their dream with specific and knowledge and skills they might not otherwise have attained.
Collège Notre-Dame is the only French-language school in Greater Sudbury to offer this SHSM.
Those students who pursue a sports SHSM will learn — as the name suggests — skills they can apply to sports-related fields.
The program will offer a specialization in the following areas: competitive and recreational sports, sports administration and sports in the media (audio-visual).
“It is important to encourage students to pursue their passion and to build links with economic sectors where they can excel,” said CND principal Johanne Chrétien. “Several important sports-related sectors can benefit from the expertise and passion of qualified professionals.”
Moreover, students that participate in the SHSM program obtain six experiential certifications that provide an advantage when they are ready to enter the workforce.
The Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario currently offers nine Specialist High Skills Major programs:
- Health and Wellness at ÉS du Sacré-Cœur (Sudbury) ÉSC l’Horizon (Val Caron), ÉSC Champlain (Chelmsford), and ÉS Notre-Dame-du-Sault (Sault Ste. Marie);
- Business at Collège Notre-Dame (Sudbury),
- Mining at ÉSC Horizon and ESC Champlain;
- Justice, Community Safety, and Emergency Services at ES du Sacré-Coeur;
- Sports at Collège Notre-Dame.
