N.B. Comp programs prepare students for the real world
North Battleford Comprehensive offers students more than the average educational experience, with classes that help them prepare for life after high school.
In grades seven to nine, students do a rotation of different courses over those three years, including woods, electrical, mechanics, welding, cooking, drafting, sewing, and machining.
According to Principal Bruce Friesen, the courses help students gain practical skills and prepare them for further classes.
“It gives students some skills for themselves at a young age and it also gives those students a chance to experience some of those life and trade type skills to make some better decisions so when they go into high school they know a little bit of what they’ll do in cosmetology or construction class or welding class,” Friesen said. “They have a better opportunity to make decisions that will be a little bit more meaningful to them when they hit grades 10, 11 or 12.”