St. Mary Cooperative Education

“Your talent is God’s gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.” Leo Buscgalia

Planning a pathway toward an educational goal should be focused, yet flexible. It involves the transition from grade-to-grade and to life after high school towards one of the post-secondary destinations of: Apprenticeship, College, Community Living, University or the Workplace.

All students are encouraged to utilize Career Cruising to develop their Individual Pathways Plan. Career Cruising can be used for career exploration, post-secondary research, employment skill guidance (i.e., resume building). Access to Career Cruising is from the St. Mary homepage.

A Cooperative Education program allows students to participate in valuable learning experiences that help prepare them for the next stage of their lives. It further helps students develop a plan that will ultimately assist them in achieving their academic and experiential learning goals and to find and enjoy meaningful work.

Cooperative Education students are engaged through meaningful experiences which allow them to discover who they are, explore opportunities, pursue their passions and design personal pathways to success.

We are extremely appreciative of local employers who are our partners in education. They foster our students in opportunities that provide a rich learning experience that are anchored in the Ontario curriculum. This semester students are engaged in workplace experiential learning at:

Acura Pickering; BDI Canada; Binns Kitchen + Bath Design; Brock Road Animal Clinic; Canadian Tire (Port Union); Children’s Place; Doria’s Garage; EduKids – Glenanna; Father Fenelon C.S; Father Fenelon YMCA Centre; Fresh Co; GoodLife Fitness – Liverpool; Goodlife Fitness - Pickering Ridge; Land Rover Lakeridge; Lone Star Texas Grill; Maritime Travel; Millennium City Veterinary Hospital; Orchard Villa; Pickering Honda; Pickering Toyota; Sage-Femmes Rouge Valley Midwives; Somcan; Shoppers Drug Mart - Steeple Hill; St. Isaac Jogues C.S.; Selco Elevator Ltd; St. Bernadette C.S.; Trade Secrets; Vaughan Willard P.S

Please see the St. Mary Co-op Department website [stmary.dcdsb.ca > Departments > Co-op] or call one of the Cooperative Education Teachers for more information.

Mrs. B. Hunter x.56032
Mrs. M. Wilson-Clark x.56033