Register Now Exhibitors Schedule Map
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Friday
12:30 Check in for pre registered and new registrations (PIC Building, Atrium)
1:00 First session begins - Socratic discussion event
2:30 Break (coffee/muffins)
4:00 Depart for supper (on your own)
5:00 Alumni Banquet (PIC Building, Conference Hall)
6:30 Doors open for Social & Dance (PIC Building, Atrium)
7:00 Social & Dance
Saturday - NAIT
8:30-9:15 Check in for pre-registered and new registrations, Coffee, tea and icebreakers (South Learning Centre Building, Shaw Theatre)
9:25 Door Prize
9:30 Welcome and Announcements
9:45 “Make It Count”: The How to of High School
10:30 Practical “How To, With or Without Credits”
10:45 “Making Every Opportunity Count”
11:30 Post-Secondary - ONE Minute “How can homeschoolers enter your institution?”
Noon Lunch - Common Market
12:30 Exhibit Hall opens - Gymnasium
3:00 Coffee and Muffins - Shaw
3:25 Door Prize
3:30 Grad Panel - How did they make it count? What would they do the same, or differently?
4:30 Closing remarks
Friday
12:30 Park for a $14.50 flat rate. Check in (for pre registered and new registrations) at the PIC Building, Atrium. Register and grab a coffee or tea before the session starts.
1:00 First session begins - Icebreakers and Socratic Discussion
The Socratic Discussion event is an opportunity to spend time thinking about and discussing meaningful ideas with other conference participants. Participants will read a short story of enjoyable fiction and enter into a purposeful conversation to gain a deeper understanding of its content, guided by one of WISDOM's Socratic Dialogue Online Program tutors. This event is a great opportunity for the High School Conference attendees to meet each other, for WISDOM's Online Program students to connect and enjoy discussion in person, and for those who are new to the idea of socratic discussion to get a taste of what the experience can offer. Parents and students alike are welcome to participate.
The WISDOM Socratic Dialogue Online Program has offered courses in the classical tradition to home educated students for over 20 years. Covering a subject span of excellent literature, history, philosophy, theology, politics, logic, language, and writing, the Online Program aims to introduce and immerse students in the ideas of the great thinkers of the Western tradition and to help them understand these ideas as aimed at knowing the True, the Good, and the Beautiful.
The short reading will be sent to participants ahead of time.
4:00 Depart for supper (on your own)
6:30 Doors open for Social & Dance (PIC Building, Atrium) Registration available for those who were unable to attend the earlier session.
7:00 Social & Dance, led by our experienced ballroom dance instructors. You will learn a few basic ballroom steps and dance some fun group dances as well. We invite you to dress up for the dance into semi-formal attire. (Modest choices, please.) Refreshments will be served.
Saturday - NAIT
8:30-9:15 Park for a $6 flat rate. Check in for pre-registered and new registrations, Coffee, tea and icebreakers (South Learning Centre Building, SHAW Theatre)
9:25 Door Prize! You need to be in your seat in the theatre to win.
9:30 Welcome and Announcements
9:45 “Make It Count”: The How to of High School
Listen to two very different stories of making the most of High School.
10:30 “How To, With or Without Credits”
A quick look at approaches to home schooling through High School.
“Making Every Opportunity Count”
Listen to a story about academics and interests so that interests could potentially fuel a career.
11:30 Post-Secondary - ONE Minute “How can homeschoolers enter your institution?”
Colleges and universities will have just one minute to give you their elevator pitch! This exciting session keeps representatives on their toes as they deliver only the most important information on the stage. After lunch, you have the opportunity to talk to them at their booths for more information.
Noon Lunch - Common Market
12:30 Exhibit Hall opens - Gymnasium
Visit each booth and collect information on post secondary options, career opportunities, and more. Life skills booths including how to prepare for a job interview, how to write a resume, and more. Talk to high school subject specialists, WISDOM facilitators, the Mediated Learning team, find out more about the Socratic Dialogue Online Program, and get inspired for the journey through high school and beyond!
3:00 Coffee and Muffins - Shaw
3:30 Grad Panel - How did they make it count? What would they do the same, or differently?
Our panel of WISDOM graduates recount their journey through high school and reflect on it and their time in the years since. This session always highlights the amazing diversity of experience that home education offers each unique student!