This course provides opportunities for students to explore dramatic forms, conventions, and techniques. Students will explore a variety of dramatic sources from various cultures, representing a range of genres. Students will use the elements of drama in creating and communicating through dramatic works. Students will assume responsibility for decisions made in the creative and collaborative processes and will reflect on their experiences.
Elective Course
Prerequisite: None
Create drama using scripted and original material
Observe and note body language in class and in daily life
Grab a scene from Shakespeare and make it yours!
Explore movement and sound in a safe space
This course emphasizes the creation and performance of music at a level consistent with previous experience. Students will develop musical literacy skills by using the creative and critical analysis processes in composition, performance, and a range of reflective and analytical activities. Students will develop their understanding of musical conventions, practices, and terminology and apply the elements of music in a range of activities. They will also explore the function of music in society with reference to self, communities, and cultures.
Elective Course
Prerequisite: None
Develop ensemble skills such as listening, tuning and watching
Discuss current issues in music
Perform at concerts throughout the school year
Develop music literacy skills to a high degree
This course emphasizes the creation and performance of music at a level consistent with previous experience. Students will develop musical literacy skills by using the creative and critical analysis processes in composition, performance, and a range of reflective and analytical activities. Students will develop their understanding of musical conventions, practices, and terminology and apply the elements of music in a range of activities. They will also explore the function of music in society with reference to self, communities, and cultures.
Elective Course
Prerequisite: None
Develop vocal technique
Explore a wide range of choral repertoire
Perform in concerts and chapels throughout the year
Build on ensemble skills and musical literacy
This course enables students to develop their skills in producing and presenting art by introducing them to new ideas, materials, and processes for artistic exploration and experimentation. Students will apply the elements and principles of design when exploring the creative process. Students will use the critical analysis process to reflect on and interpret art within a personal, contemporary, and historical context.
Elective Course
Prerequisite: None
Explore and experiment with drawing, painting, colored pencil and sculpture
Discuss and discern the significance of art history in Canada within a Canadian and global context
Visit art galleries and analyze work
Create meaningful works
This course explores social, economic, and political developments and events and their impact on the lives of different individuals, groups, and communities, including First Nations, Métis, and Inuit individuals and communities, in Canada since 1914. Students will examine the role of conflict and cooperation in Canadian society, Canada’s evolving role within the global community, and the impact of various individuals, organizations, and events on identities, citizenship, and heritage in Canada. Students will develop an understanding of some of the political developments and government policies that have had a lasting impact on First Nations, Métis, and Inuit individuals and communities. They will develop their ability to apply the concepts of historical thinking and the historical inquiry process, including the interpretation and analysis of evidence, when investigating key issues and events in Canadian history since 1914.
Required Course
Prerequisite: None
This course explores rights and responsibilities associated with being an active citizen in a democratic society. Students will explore issues of civic importance and the influence of social media, while developing their understanding of the role of civic engagement and of political processes in the local, national, and/or global community. Students will apply the concepts of political thinking and the political inquiry process to investigate, and express informed opinions about, a range of political issues and developments that are both of significance in today’s world and of personal interest to them. This course also includes learning on digital literacy and critical-thinking skills, the mechanisms of government, Indigenous governance systems and structures, the historical foundations of the rights and freedoms we enjoy in Canada, ways in which government policy affects individuals’ lives and the economy, and ways for students to serve their communities.
Required Course / 0.5 Credit
Prerequisite: None
This course is designed to extend the range of oral communication, reading, writing, and media literacy skills that students need for success in their secondary school academic programs and in their daily lives. Students will analyse literary texts from contemporary and historical periods, interpret and evaluate informational and graphic texts, and create oral, written, and media texts in a variety of forms. An important focus will be on the selective use of strategies that contribute to effective communication. This course is intended to prepare students for the compulsory Grade 11 university or college preparation course.
Required Course
Prerequisite: English, Grade 9, Academic or Applied
This course provides opportunities for students to communicate in French about personally relevant, familiar, and academic topics in real-life situations with increasing independence. Students will exchange information, ideas, and opinions with others in guided and increasingly spontaneous spoken interactions. Students will develop their skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing through the selective use of strategies that contribute to effective communication. They will also increase their understanding and appreciation of diverse French-speaking communities, and will develop skills necessary for lifelong language learning.
Elective Course
Prerequisite: Core French, Grade 9, Academic or Applied
Communicate in French about real-life topics
Increase your spontaneity in your French interactions
Discover new French-speaking communities
This course gives students the opportunity to develop the skills knowledge, and habits that will support them in their education and career/life planning. Students will learn about global work trends, and seek opportunities within the school and community to expand and strengthen their transferable skills and their ability to adapt to the changing world of work. On the basis of exploration, reflective practice, and decision-making processes, students will make connections between their skills, interests, and values and their postsecondary options, whether in apprenticeship training, college, community living, university, or the workplace. They will set goals and create a plan for their first postsecondary year. As part of their preparation for the future, they will learn about personal financial management – including the variety of saving and borrowing tools available to them and how to use them to their advantage – and develop a budget for their first year after secondary school.
Required Course, 0.5 Credit
Prerequisite: None
This course explores, within the context of families, some of the fundamental challenges people face: how to meet basic needs, how to relate to others, how to manage resources, and how to become responsible members of society. Students will explore adolescent development and will have opportunities to develop interpersonal, decision-making, and practical skills related to daily life. They will learn about the diverse ways in which families function in Canada and will use research skills as they explore topics related to individual and family needs and resources.
Elective Course
Prerequisite: None
Discuss current issues related to teens and the impact on the teen brain
Explore healthy and unhealthy relationship dynamics
Learn and demonstrate basic cooking and baking skills
Discuss functions and roles of families, including Indigenous perspectives
Explore personal values and goals
Build communication and listening skills
This is a course in the history of the Christian Church as seen through the lens of the early church vision. This vision focused on particular practices that defined the identity of the church. Students examine these practices, including how the early church used them, as well as how and why they changed through Christian history. Throughout the course, students look for echoes of the early church in current church practice and try to find ways to reinvigorate the early church vision.
Required Course
Prerequisite: None
This course provides opportunities for students to begin to develop and apply fundamental skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in Spanish. Students will communicate and interact in structured activities and practical situations, with a focus on matters of personal interest and familiar topics, and will read and write simple texts in Spanish. Throughout the course, students will acquire a general understanding and appreciation of diverse communities in regions of the world where the language is spoken. They will also develop skills necessary for lifelong language learning.
Elective Course
Prerequisite: None
Grow in cultural learning through experiences related to life in Latin American countries
Appreciate language as a tool for communication and community building
Learn about Latin American historical figures – artists, authors, leaders
Develop a global perspective by engaging with the Spanish language, its history, and its cultural roots
This course enables students to broaden their understanding of relationships and extend their problem-solving and algebraic skills through investigation, the effective use of technology, and abstract reasoning. Students will explore quadratic relations and their applications; solve and apply linear systems; verify properties of geometric figures using analytic geometry; and investigate the trigonometry of right and acute triangles. Students will reason mathematically and communicate their thinking as they solve multi-step problems.
Required Course
Prerequisite Course: Mathematics, Grade 9
This course enables students to further develop the knowledge and skills they need to make healthy choices now and lead healthy, active lives in the future. Through participation in a wide range of physical activities, students develop knowledge and skills related to movement competence and personal fitness that provide a foundation for active living. Students also acquire an understanding of the factors and skills that contribute to healthy development and learn how their own well-being is affected by, and affects, the world around them. Students build their sense of self, learn to interact positively with others, and develop their ability to think critically and creatively.
Elective Course
Prerequisite: None
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This course enables students to enhance their understanding of concepts in biology, chemistry, earth and space science, and physics, and of the interrelationships between science, technology, society, and the environment. Students are also given opportunities to further develop their scientific investigation skills. Students will plan and conduct investigations and develop their understanding of scientific theories related to the connections between cells and systems in animals and plants; chemical reactions, with a particular focus on acid–base reactions; forces that affect climate and climate change; and the interaction of light and matter.
Required Course
Prerequisite: Science, Grade 9, Academic or Applied
This course provides students with opportunities to apply a design process to meet a variety of technological challenges. Students will research projects, create designs, build models and/or prototypes, and assess products and/or processes using appropriate tools, techniques, and strategies. Student projects may include designs for homes, vehicles, bridges, robotic arms, clothing, or other products. Students will develop an awareness of environmental and societal issues related to technological design, and will learn about secondary and postsecondary education and training leading to careers in the field.
Elective Course
Prerequisite: None
Explore drafting and CAD design concepts
Develop independent work skills with drafting tools and CAD software
Develop critical thinking skills in efficient and effective design
Create various type of designs, in particular related to architectural designs (buildings, homes, etc)
Build hands-on skills through building models using tools and materials
This course introduces students to communications technology from a media perspective. Students will work in the areas of TV/video and movie production, radio and audio production, print and graphic communications, photography, and interactive new media and animation. Student projects may include computer-based activities such as creating videos, editing photos, working with audio, cartooning, developing animations, and designing web pages. Students will also develop an awareness of environmental and societal issues related to communications technology, and will explore secondary and postsecondary education and training pathways and career opportunities in the various communications technology fields.
Elective Course
Prerequisite: None
Learn photography basics and how to use a DSLR camera
Direct, film and edit videos with your classmates
Explore Photoshop and graphic design
Explore sound design and recording
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