Oasis Arts & Social Change Program

Friday, May 11, 2012

Information Sessions

Thursday May 31^st

Thursday June 21^st, 2012

Thursday June 26^th, 2012

1:00pm to 2:30pm

Are you interested in the Arts? Social Justice?

Are you between the ages of 16 – 18?

The Arts and Social Change Program at Oasis is the only arts alternative school program in the TDSB where students do not require an arts portfolio upon entry. This increases access for marginalized students who may be interested in the arts but have yet to develop their skills in the area. The ASC offers at-risk students a second chance and fresh approach to earn grade 9, 10 and 11 credits. The staff provides an integrated arts approach to learning with an emphasis on equity and social justice. Through the support of teachers, local artists, and on-going community partnerships, students have the opportunity to profile their social justice arts based work outside of the school and in the Toronto arts community.

Course Offerings 2012-2013

SEMESTER 1	SEMESTER 2
Visual Arts (Grades 9-11) Media Arts (Grades 9-10) Careers and Civics (Grade 10) Individual and Family Living (Grades 9-10) Dramatic Arts (Grades 9-10) Science (Grade 10) Canadian History (Grade 10) Math (Grade 9) English (Grade 10)	Visual Arts (Grades 9-10) Digital Media (Grades 10-11) Geography (Grade 9) Health Active Living Education (Grades 9-10) Science (Grade 9) Film (Grades 10-11) English (Grade 9) Co-operative Education

Students must bring a credit counseling summary to the information session. If possible, please fax credit counseling summaries before attending to 416.393.8280 attention; Joe

ASC Staff: A Small but MIghty Team

Anita Court is our fabulolus Office Administrator. She knows a lot about a lot and it's her job to know. Students and staff alike look to Anita as a confidante and problem solver for anything from getting the bathroom key from a locked bathroom to finding a band-aid for a cut to taking care of a busted printer to putting together the Superintentdent's package and tracking attendance. Anita is the glue that binds the three satellite locations of Oasis.
Jane Fonseca is the Guidance/Phys Ed and Science teacher. She has been working at Oasis for the last six years. She went to school at York University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in the Specialized Honours degree in Kinesiology and Health Science. She also received her Massage Therapy Diploma and at one time was a Registered Massage Therapist (no jokes or massages please). She completed her initial teacher education at York University, Parkdale campus with a focus on Equity and Social Justice. She is always up for a friendly challenge…game on!
Joseph Ghassibe is our fearless leader, CL of Oasis. He has worked in mainstream schools in Australia and Canada. He has worked in alternative programs and other alternative schools. Oasis is, by far, his favourite :-) We are a community, a family and a home. He is proud to be here!
Martin Van de Ven - Our Music and Math Guru has a Masters in composition from U of T and took calculus for entertainment during his undergrad. He has spent much of his adult life as a freelance clarinettist, composer and musical director. Working for local theatre companies such as Jumblies Theatre he has created many works for mixed ensembles composed of amateur, professional and untrained musicians. Recent compositions include a 5 part work for the Toronto Children's Chorus. He performs with Toronto based Balkan/Klezmer band “Beyond the Pale”. He loves helping people find their inner musician, as an added bonus, at OASIS he gets to do the same with Math. Before signing up with OASIS Martin was the Jazz teacher at Earl Haig secondary.