Lighthouse Projects

What is the program?

Losing credits can be a huge deterrent to graduating. Lighthouse projects help students who need extra support and attention stay in school, accumulate needed credits, and take programs linked to colleges, and they encourage youth who have left school to return.

These innovative programs focus on:

1. Credit recovery
2. Alternative education
3. Student success in Grades 9 and 10 (special focus on credit accumulation)
4. Program pathways to apprenticeship and the workplace
5. College connections
6. Success for targeted groups of students (e.g., English as a second language/French as a second language, special needs)

What’s the latest?

In the first year of the initiative, more than 8,000 students earned over 14,000 credits through these innovative local projects.

There will be 159 new or expanded projects in 2006–07 to help students having difficulty in the regular classroom who require extra support, guidance, or a different learning environment.

If you would like to learn more about this program, please contact your school principal or a member of your child's Student Success Team.

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