Father Bressani: A School for International Studies and Advanced Placement offers a distinctively Catholic high school education within an International Studies context and Advanced Placement courses. From a Catholic perspective, we promote a high quality educational experience based on the social teachings of Christ, and sustained by the commitment to improving our global community.
As a school community we recognize that our students are a part of a global community, and the need to increase our students’ awareness of current affairs and our social responsibilities in the world. Students at Father Bressani will understand the international forces shaping their lives and acquire the knowledge, skills, and strategies to understand the complexity of international problems and work towards promoting the social teachings of Christ to create a better future for the world. Predicated on the beliefs that :
The present has been ‘created’ by the PAST’
The future is being created as we speak’
Social justice issues are present everywhere’
‘I can make a difference in the world,
The Advanced Placement program is based on the delivery of Pre AP and Advanced Placement courses (AP) in number of subject areas from gr. 9-12. This articulated educational endeavor provides secondary school students who are identified as ‘gifted’ or precocious students with the challenge of studying at a university level compulsory credits towards their Ontario Secondary School Diploma. Secondary school students with this educational opportunity enter university far better prepared, confident and knowledgeable of the university expectations through rigorous preparation. Exposure to university level material through AP courses gives students an ‘edge up’ and a head start in their university studies. By grade 12, students have the opportunity to achieve advanced standing through the successful completion of an AP Exam. Universities are then able to grant credit, placement, or both to these students.
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