Sainte-Trinité Catholic Secondary School inaugurates its new premises in Windsor

The Providence Catholic School Board school welcomes, among others, adult students.

We offer a lot of courses to be able to meet the needs of people according to their post-secondary destinationexplains the principal of the school, Jeannine Duguay Pellerin.

The students are mostly from French-speaking immigration. They are between 16 and 40 years old.

” Someone who comes to us with a background of experience in work or life, often we can do the recognition of prior learning and grant credits towards the diploma. Often someone who comes to us at 40 […] can graduate from high school in one year. »

Formerly known as the Adult Training Center, Sainte-Trinité secondary school has 20 students enrolled in its daily program with the aim of obtaining their secondary school diploma.

According to the principal of the school, the school is not sufficiently known in the various communities established on the territory of the council.

But a young person from recent immigration and a professor from the University of Ottawa find in this adult school a real opportunity to access post-secondary studies.

The school offers more flexibility

The establishment combines three separate schools into one: the day school, the evening school and the summer school, explains its director, Mrs. Duguay Pellerin.

Learners take courses including English, advanced French, mathematics, humanities and social sciences, according to the needs and availability of each.

She affirms that the establishment adapts its training offer to the needs of the learners.

It is the flexibility that sets us apart from other schools. If someone’s in London, or Owen Sound, or Sarnia, they can take distance learning courses with us to get the degree.explains Ms. Duguay Pellerin.

Wider horizons for winners

Donald Tcheugwe, originally from Cameroon, arrived in Canada in 2021.

At age 21, he enrolled at Sainte-Trinité High School to earn his high school diploma.

” It took a school like this to be able to bring me up to my normal level so that I could finish. I was in my last year of secondary school in Cameroon. »

I plan to start work so that I can accumulate enough experience in certain fields so that I can see what field I will specialize in when I go to collegeexplains Mr. Tcheugwe.

He takes courses in planning, mathematics and advanced French. He dreams of a career in Canadian customs.

The experiences of adults should be capitalized on

According to Stephanie Chitpin, a full professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Ottawa, adult education allows learners – mainly immigrants – to transform their experiences.

If a school gives them the chance to go back to school as adults and see how to explore their interests together […] the world will be bettershe explains.

It is also, she says, a gateway to college or university studies.

I open my arms to ask them to come to college and pursue their interests with us she says.

Sainte-Trinité Catholic High School also offers a virtual learning program to meet the needs of adult learners across the Providence Catholic School Board.

The school has a thousand learners enrolled in various face-to-face and virtual programs.