Programs & Services

Youth Education

Guide to High School supports Grade 7 students in their transition to high school with a focus on social and emotional health.

Students connect with peers and mentors for group discussions and activities about managing stress, making friends, peer pressure, social media and other topics related to the high school experience.

Please note that information about specific high schools is not provided. The program instead focuses on the general high school experience and the challenges and opportunities that students may face.

Can't join now? Join the waitlist for our Fall cohorts!

Program Timetable

Guide to High School will be running one-week summer camps from Monday to Friday this July.

Sessions will be conducted live over Zoom by YWCA staff on the dates below, running two hours each day from 1pm to 3pm. This program is free for participants.

Deadline to register is June 25th

Cohort 1

July 5 - July 9, 2021
Monday to Friday, 1-3pm

Cohort 2

July 12 - July 16, 2021
Monday to Friday, 1-3pm

PROGRAM TOPICS

Day 1: Introduction and Social Media
Day 2: Healthy Living, Stress, and Time Management
Day 3: Friendships
Day 4: Identity, Power, and Bullying
Day 5: Celebration!

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This program has been successfully running in Vancouver since 2004 and in Surrey since 2012, and was adapted to an online format for the Fall 2020 school year.

If you have any questions, please contact the YWCA Youth Education Team at youth@ywcavan.org

Parents! Want to know more?

Read our Letter to Parents (English) for more information.

Also available in Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Farsi, Korean, Punjabi, Tagalog and Vietnamese.

Read our Risk Management and Behavioral Expectations (English).

Also available in Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Farsi, Korean, Punjabi, Tagalog and Vietnamese.