Student Services
Guidance is part of your child’s school day.
Course selection, university applications, accommodations, and personal support, all handled by the teachers who already know your child. There is no separate office to book.
How Guidance Works Here
The teachers who teach your child also guide them.
Guidance at most secondary schools is a separate office down a separate hallway, booked by appointment, staffed by counselors who’ve never met your child in a classroom. At Vaughan College, with classes of eight to ten students, the people guiding your child through course selection, university applications, and learning accommodations are the same teachers they sit with every day.
That changes the conversations. Course selection becomes an ongoing discussion that picks up where last week’s essay left off, rather than a fifteen-minute checklist. University planning comes from a Grade 11 calculus teacher who knows your child is strong in math but anxious about deadlines, and who paces the OUAC (the Ontario Universities’ Application Centre) timeline around that.
That same closeness shapes everything else guidance carries, from application support to the accommodations a learning plan calls for. The four areas below are what the work looks like day to day.
What Guidance Covers
Where guidance shows up.
Your child’s teachers and our guidance lead handle each of these areas together, so the people helping are people your child already knows.
Course selection and academic planning
Timetabling, prerequisite tracking, OSSD progress, and which courses now will support the program your child wants in two years. We map the path together and revise it each semester, not once at the start of Grade 11.University and college applications
OUAC, OCAS, UCAS, and Common App support, plus transcript delivery, reference letters, personal statement review, and timeline management. See the dedicated applications page for the full process.Personal and wellness support
Social-emotional well-being, exam stress, and the practical side of being a teenager during a demanding year. Conversations stay informal and confidential, and when your child needs more, we connect families to outside professionals.IEPs and learning accommodations
We build Individualized Education Plans and professional assessments into course planning from day one. We arrange exam accommodations and learning strategies together with your family and revisit them each term, keeping what helps and adjusting what doesn’t.
Day to Day
Most of it happens in passing.
Most guidance conversations start in the hallway, at the end of a class, or over a half-finished problem set. We hold formal meetings whenever families want them, for course-selection sit-downs, OUAC walkthroughs, or IEP reviews. The rest of the support happens through the school day itself.
That’s the difference small classes make. Your child’s teacher already knows what they’re working on, where the gaps are, and what they’re aiming for.
Vaughan College is a school all about academics. I go to classes each day, looking forward to learning.
Gurnoor Jaggi — Grade 10
Begin the Conversation
Talk with us about your child’s path.
Whether you’re weighing a course change, preparing for a first round of university applications, or thinking through accommodations, we’re here to help. A short call is usually the best way to start.