Dispensation is a replacement of period 9 classes for an external activity, and can be awarded for any or all days of the week. Dispensations allow for students who are pursuing a more specialized sport, specialized activity or musical instrument to miss the final period of the day’s classes, Monday through Friday (2:55-3:50).
We believe in offering programs at Whitby that provide an enriching and balanced education but also realize that the opportunities for strong and meaningful activities that you and your child wish to pursue and excel outside of School, can further enrich and broaden their educational and learning experience. This dispensation therefore allows for that opportunity.
Knowing how to work as a team member, to be open-minded and a risk-taker, while developing social problem solving skills and demonstrating perseverance and commitment are learned skills vital to our student’s future success. These lifelong skills transfer back into the classroom and we believe that they are often most developed through our co-curricular program. In supporting external activities while balancing out team sports and group activities the School has an expectation for its Upper School students that they will participate in each year of co-curricular activities that we believe encapsulate the concept of team and group collaborative work.
