WECCP and Cocurricular Program Overview
Whitby is an extraordinary school with a tradition of teaching students, both inside and outside the classroom. The goal of these programs is the same as during the academic day—to meet the spectrum of whole child development—cognitively, socially, emotionally and physically, focusing on the traits identified in the learner profile. As a student-centered school, Whitby encourages students to join and participate in a variety of school activities where children can learn, explore new interests, and make friends beyond the school day. Our activities are aimed at providing enriching experiences that build on individual interests and extend learning beyond the classroom, while supporting families who want an extension to the academic day.
To ensure that all children are properly supervised at dismissal time and in fairness to our faculty and staff, parents and caregivers are asked to be prompt in picking up children from activities. To this end, for students that are picked up consistently late we have implemented late fees, as noted in each school level page.
On the Veracross online catalog pages, you will find information about offerings for each day and for each grade level. As with each session, for WECCP activities please pay online via the Whitby Parent Portal for fee-based classes.
The Program is broken down into the following components:
- Athletics/Team Sports: Grades 5 and 6 will play games and practice on Monday and Wednesday and Grades 7 and 8 will play games and practices on Tuesday and Thursday. For MSFAA games parents are encouraged to regularly view their parent portal and the athletic calendar periodically. Parent and student support is highly encouraged as a part of building community and promoting a balanced education.
- Dispensation Policy for Upper School students. Please see handbook
- WECCP: Primary 2 – Grade 4, Monday through Friday. Please see the At-A-Glance Program for specific grade level offerings.
- Music: This part of the program consists of individual lessons, ensembles, band, chorus and glee club. Please see the At-A-Glance Program for specific grade level offerings.
- Upper School Electives: Grades 5-8, Monday through Friday. There will be a separate registration only set-up for parents of Upper School students. Some elective classes are not open to students (they show as FULL) as teachers have indicated additional academic support is given during this time. Students will be pre-registered to classes and these include; Math Lab, Reading/Writing Lab and SAIL individual support. Presently for the Fall students will not be assigned as this will be done by teachers at the beginning of September. Parents should therefore choose an elective but their child could be moved into one of the support classes if it is deemed beneficial and a Whitby staff member will be in touch to communicate this.
Please note these programs are on a FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED BASIS and once we reach the class maximum for enrollment that class will be closed and a waitlist created through contacting Mr. Putnam directly since registration will be closed. It is possible that an extension may happen to try to fill out classes but history suggests that many classes fill up quick and there is often little scope to increase class sizes.
REGISTRATION TERMS, CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES– PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE COMPLETING ONLINE REGISTRATION.