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 on Zoom with other Grade 7 students for group discussions and activities about social media, managing stress, making friends, resisting peer pressure, standing up to bullying, 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.

Sessions will be conducted live over Zoom by YWCA staff.

Program Days and Times

Mondays at 3:30pm
October 18,25, November 1, 8, 15, 22, 29

Mondays at 4:00pm
October 18,25, November 1, 8, 15, 22, 29

Tuesdays at 3:30pm
October 19, 26, November 2, 9, 16, 23, 30

Tuesdays at 4:00pm
October 19, 26, November 2, 9, 16, 23, 30

Wednesdays at 3:30pm
October 20, 27, November 3, 10, 17, 24, December 1

Wednesdays at 4:00pm
October 20, 27, November 3, 10, 17, 24, December 1

PROGRAM TOPICS

Week 1: Introduction
Week 2: Social Media
Week 3: Healthy Living and Stress
Week 4: Making New Friends
Week 5: Dealing with Conflict and Peer Pressure
Week 6: Power and Identity
Week 7: 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.