Health and Wellness - Sports Hospitality and Tourism St. Francis Xavier Secondary School 50 Bristol Road West - Mississauga, Ontario - L5R 3K3 Phone: 905-507-6666 Fax: 905-568-1026 Website: http://w3.dpcdsb.org/STFXS Attention Grade 8 Students and Their Parents! Grade 9 Pre-International Baccalaureate (I.B.) Program Admission Process for the 2015-2016 School Year The Preliminary Application Package for the Grade 9 Pre-I.B. Program at St. Francis Xavier Secondary School will be available online before the Pre-I.B. Information Night where we will explain the program and the application process. http://www.dpcdsb.org/STFXS/GuidanceCourses/IB Program/Gr 9 Pre-IB Preliminary Application Package PRE-I.B. INFORMATION NIGHT Wednesday, OCTOBER 15, 2014, (6:30 PM, school cafeteria) 50 Bristol Road West, Mississauga, ON, L5R 3K3 Eligibility Students from Catholic, public and private schools who reside south of Highway 401 (and the students from St. Marcellinus Secondary School catchment area) are eligible to apply to St. Francis Xavier Secondary School PreInternational Baccalaureate Diploma Program. St. Marcellinus Secondary School boundary map: http://www.dpcdsb.org/DufferinPeelWeb/Boundary%20Maps/MARCLBoundaryMap.pdf Admission to the Pre-International Baccalaureate Diploma Program is based on: Grade 7 Final Grade Report Card (different final percentage is assigned to the core subjects - English, French, Mathematics, and Science, and to the non-core subjects; we also evaluate the teacher's assessment of the applicant's Learning Skills and Work Habits), and 2. SECONDARY SCHOOL ADMISSION TEST (SSAT-Upper Level) 1. The SSAT is a standardized norm-referenced test designed to measure a student's potential performance (it is not an intelligence test). The essay component of the test will not be administered. Please visit the following sites for more information: http://prepskills.com/ssat/ssat-test-information (DO NOT REGISTER FOR HERE FOR THE TEST) http://www.ssat.org/test/about-the-ssat Saturday, NOVEMBER 15, 2014: SSAT will be administered by Prepskills Inc. in our school. Your child will be placed in one of three sessions at the time of application: Session 1: 8:30-11:00; Session 2: 11:30-2:00; Session 3: 2:30-5:00.