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The Ontario government has ordered that all publicly funded schools in Ontario remain closed from March 14 through to April 5. We are currently working with our school board to plan out how this will affect the Virtual Learning Centre and details will be posted on the website as they come available. Please do not contact the office for details as we will provide details on our website and student guide as they become available.

Happy March Break to all VLC students and families.  We hope the weather is kind and you get to take a break from the computers!

The VLC Office will be closed from March 16th to 20th. 

All Trillium Lakelands DSB secondary schools including VLC are closed today, Thursday , March 5, 2020, due to a legal, one day strike.

OSSTF has announced another round of potential teacher strikes in its labour dispute with the Ministry of Education.  This ONE day strike will impact Trillium Lakelands DSB secondary schools including the Virtual Learning Centre.

If the strike goes ahead, VLC will be closed on Thursday, March 5, 2020.

More information will be posted on the VLC website and in the Student Guide course announcements as it becomes available.

On Wednesday, February 26th, 2020 we encourage everyone to wear something pink to show that we are all working together to prevent bullying in our schools, in our communities and online.

The theme for this year’s Pink Shirt Day is “Lift each other up”; a simple but powerful message encouraging us to look beyond our differences and celebrate the things that make us unique. When we lift each other up, we see past the things that separate us and see instead the things that unite us as people.

All Trillium Lakelands DSB secondary schools including VLC are closed today, February 21, 2020, due to a legal, one day strike.

OSSTF has announced another round of potential teacher strikes in its labour dispute with the Ministry of Education.  This ONE day strike will impact Trillium Lakelands DSB secondary schools including the Virtual Learning Centre.

If the strike goes ahead, VLC will be closed on Friday, February 21, 2020.

More information will be posted on the VLC website and in the Student Guide course announcements as it becomes available.

Report cards will be mailed out Wednesday February 12th to all students who have submitted their proctor forms.  Please allow 10 days for delivery.

Initial information regarding the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test for 2020 has been posted in the Student Guide.  This is important information for all students intending to graduate with an Ontario Secondary School Diploma.

As many of you are aware,  a compulsory graduation requirement for all secondary school students in Ontario is the successful completion of the OSSLT.  Students are to write the test in the spring of their grade 10 year. This year, the test is scheduled for Tuesday, March 31, 2020, from 9 am until approximately 1 pm.

All semester 2 courses are up and running.

Registered semester 2 students received an email to notify them that each course has started up.  Login credentials were also included in these emails.

All students should complete the Student Guide modules and read the important announcements posted in that course.  Important Information about the start of the semester can be found in the announcement: Welcome! From Student Services. 

Students who are on a waitlist will be notified via email by February 7th only if a space becomes available in their requested course.  Please do not contact the office about your waitlisted courses.

Semester 2 begins February 3rd. 

Timetables and teaching assignments will not be available until courses begin throughout the week of February 3, 2020. 

Students will receive emails when courses begin.  Login credentials will be included in these emails.

There will be several meetings held the week of February 3rd by our Student Services teacher, Mrs. Kuypers, welcoming new students and helping them navigate their way through our program.  

Meetings are scheduled on Tuesday, February 4th at 2 pm and Wednesday, February 5th at 12:35 pm. Students only need to attend one meeting if they want - these are optional but recommended.  If they cannot make a meeting they can watch the recording. 

There will be a drop-in session on Friday, February 7th at 11:55 am where students can ask general questions about the program.

Students can find out more details in the Student Guide announcement: Welcome! From Student Services when they are placed into the Student Guide course. 

Reminder: Students will be added throughout the week of February 3rd into their course(s) and they will receive an email letting them know when they have been added.  Be sure to check your junk mail.

Please do not contact the office for details.

VLC welcomes Jeremy Cadeau-Mark as Acting Principal of the VLC in Mr. Roffe’s absence effective immediately. He has worked in education for 14 years and is excited to be joining our VLC team.

We at VLC would like to wish our students well for their exams.  If you have kept up with your coursework and assignments, taken note of feedback from your teachers, and participated in your course review, you should be well prepared.

Best Wishes!

All secondary school teachers in Trillium Lakelands DSB will be holding a legal one-day strike today, Tuesday, January 21st, 2020.  VLC will be closed today.  Classes will resume tomorrow, Wednesday, January 22, 2020.

OSSTF has announced another round of potential teacher strikes in its labour dispute with the Ministry of Education.  This ONE day strike will impact Trillium Lakelands DSB secondary schools including the Virtual Learning Centre.

If the strike goes ahead, VLC will be closed on Tuesday, January 21st, 2020.

More information will be posted on the VLC website and in the Student Guide course announcements as it becomes available.

Important announcements have been posted in the student guide. Students should check these regularly.  Topics include exam proctors, late assignment due dates and OSSLT.