A Day in the Life of a Sagonaska Secondary Student
The following is meant to offer
prospective students insight into what a day in the life of a Sagonaska student
is like, as written by our students. We worked on the document together using
Google Docs. Students were all able to add to the document at the same time as we
discussed the pros and cons of life as a Sag student! Once we started, our students found they had so much information to share that we decided to split it up into three installments! The first gives a general overview of life at Sagonaska. Stay tuned for more after the March Break!
J - Being here is like
a roller coaster; it has its ups and definitely has its downs, but in the end
you're happy that you went on the beautiful and terrifying ride. When you
come here, you meet amazing new people - great teachers, counsellors, students,
etc. I've met my some of my closest friends here. But Sagonaska is
only a one-year program and everyone that comes here are from across Ontario.
At the end of the year on recognition day, it will most likely be the
last time you see a majority of the people you’ve been living with for the past
year, and it’s terrifying. But the education you gain is amazing; you
learn so much from being here. The teachers work extremely hard to make
sure the students are learning. I've never seen teachers care about my
education as much as they do here. They really want us to succeed.
The residence counsellors can be very strict and they always follow the
rules, which is good and bad, but they do it because they care.
K - One day at Sag. is not like your normal school
day; everyday something different is going to happen. At Sag., there is
more help than you will get at a normal school (lots of one-on-one support).
The teachers will understand that you have an LD and will consider that when
they are marking your work.
N - Some good things
about this school are the small classes (not too many people) and there are
lots of things to do here. The school program has helped us all quite a
bit and the classes are usually fun, unless we are doing exams, tests, essays,
or quizzes. Some challenges
about this school are that we live in such close quarters with each other, so
it’s difficult to get mad at someone. I think that Sag. is a very unique
school and it is a privilege to be here because not everyone gets to come to
this school. Now, I do think this school has flaws like, the food at the
cafeteria, and sometimes it feels like there is a lack of freedom because you
live and go to school on campus.
