Sands Secondary School 10840 80 Avenue, Delta, BC V4C 2B3 Phone: 604‐594‐3474 Fax: 604‐594‐1145

COURSE PLANNING GUIDE 2020‐2021

Welcome to Sands Secondary School...

Welcome to Sands Secondary School and our online course‐planning guide. This user‐friendly guide is designed to assist students in making well thought out course selecons for the 2020‐21 school year. Students, with their parents, will select courses online through Student and Parent Connect. Changes to course selecons will be challenging and therefore the school may not be able to accommodate requests made aer the course selecon process has concluded. If you have quesons regarding the course selecon process please see a counsellor or visit the Sands website at sa.deltasd.bc.ca.

At Sands, we take pride in maintaining an inclusive community in which students, parents and Mr. M. Robinson educators work together to support the needs and dreams of learners. Students and staff feed into Principal the caring learning environment that exists at Sands and this contributes to the success students experience during their me at the school. Sands has a reputaon for preparing students well for post‐secondary life. Many graduates pursue their goals of aending college and university, apprencing in the trades and industries, volunteering in the community and travelling the world.

Secondary school is an excing me in a young person’s life. Students connue to build upon their learning in the core areas of study and have the opportunity to choose elecve courses from a broad range of areas, including the Fine and Performing Arts, Technology, Physical Educaon, Home Economics and District Academy Programs. Students are strongly encouraged to engage in the Secondary School life by parcipang in one of Sands numerous extracurricular clubs, acvies and Ms. J. Macintosh teams. Vice‐Principal

This guide will help students and parents familiarize themselves with course offerings, descripons Counsellors: and requirements. Course selecons need to be made thoughully and carefully because they lead Ms. K. McPhedran to successful graduaon and post‐secondary pursuits. It is important to note that the graduaon Mr. A. Randhawa plan and curriculum for students in grade 10‐12 is has undergone revision. Please see the grad Ms. T. Blouin requirements pages and check the Ministry website hps://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/ for the latest updates. We hope that students and parents will read this guide carefully and discuss the important decisions they need to make in order to prepare learners for a successful school year at Sands. Career and Post‐Secondary Advisor:

CONTENTS

School Informaon 2 Fine Arts 12 Student Support Services 3  Music 13 Scholarships and Awards 3  Theatre 13 Grad Requirements 4  Visual Arts 14 Course Selecon by Grade 5  Media Arts 15 Career Transions 7 Languages 15 Courses Mathemacs 16 Applied Design, Skills and Physical Educaon 17 Technologies 10 Science 18  Business Educaon 10 Social Studies 19  Home Economics 10 Inclusive Learning 21  Technology Educaon 10 Other Courses 21 English Language Arts 11 Academy Programs 21

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SCHOOL INFORMATION SCHOOL ROUTINES STUDENT FEES Sands is a Grade 8 – 12 secondary school. The Absences/Aendance: Fees or deposits may be required as follows: school operates on an eight‐block schedule with Regular aendance is stressed in order to provide  Student Acvity Fees four courses per day. We have a four day schedule: the maximum opportunity for learning. Students  Student agendas School Yearbooks are responsible for collecng and compleng the Day 1 – ABCD Day 2 – EFGH work missed during their absence. In some classes,  Grad Acvity Fees Day 3 – BADC Day 4 ‐ FEHG students may have a classmate who can be  Athlec fees for school team members contacted for work or students may be able to  Advanced Placement Exams FLEX check for homework on the Sands website. The  Cerficates for courses such as FoodSafe Built into the mornings, four days a week, is a 40 steps to access homework are the following:  Enhanced materials for courses e.g. for a higher minute FLEX block. FLEX is instruconal me where  Go to hp://sa.deltasd.bc.ca/ students have a choice in direcng their own grade of wood than the basic quality provided  Click on Students/Homework & Teacher’s learning. Students are expected to report to one of by the school Websites/Teachers’ Web Sites their teacher’s learning spaces to work on  Purchase of materials for student‐made If a student is absent from school because of assignments, get assistance or collaborate on group projects sickness or an appointment, we would appreciate a projects. telephone call on the day of the absence.  Work Books for individual use (to be wrien in)

Otherwise, a parent or guardian will be contacted.  Secondary Band – individual choice of STUDENT ACTIVITIES & OPPORTUNITIES Families are encouraged to schedule family instruments other than school‐supplied pieces Students are encouraged to get involved in the vacaons outside of school me. Some types of extra‐curricular acvies offered at Sands: Athlecs,  Individual school supplies class work missed due to these absences cannot be clubs, intramurals, the performing arts, numerous  Oponal Field trips that enhance the learning made up. leadership opportunies, Student Council and program but are not a course requirement and

Graduaon Council. Examples of acvies available where students will not be evaluated for credit Lates: to the students at Sands include the following: Students are expected to be in each class on me.  Transportaon for teams, music events, etc.

when necessary. Athlecs: Check In/Out Procedures: Sands Secondary has an excellent athlec program, Any student who wishes to leave school for reasons Accommodang Hardship: which provides student athletes with the of illness, medical appointment, etc. must report to Where economic hardship is a barrier to opportunity to develop their individual and team the office and sign‐out. If a student does not have a parcipaon, the school will work with parents and skills in a wide variety of sports. Parcipaon on a note for early dismissal, the parents/guardians must students to find alternate means to allow the school team or club involves a commitment of me be contacted before we can permit the student to student to parcipate. Quesons regarding this and energy as well as a responsibility to the team or leave. process should be addressed to the Principal, club and school, but the rewards are great. The counsellor or your child’s teacher. various teams or clubs may include the following: Lockers:

Students will be assigned a locker during the first STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT Fall Winter Spring few days of school. It is their responsibility to keep Formal report cards to parents are currently issued Cross Country Basketball Badminton the locker free of wring or damage. Students are and/or available online in Parent Connect three Soccer (boys) Curling Golf not permied to move, exchange, or share lockers mes a year. The report card indicates an Volleyball Field Lacrosse Ice Hockey with other students. They must secure their locker achievement grade, a work habits mark, aendance Wrestling Track & Field with a combinaon lock. The locker is school and generally, a teacher comment for each course Soccer (girls) property and, as such, may be inspected at any in which the student is enrolled.

me. Locker checks will occur regularly throughout *Athlec fees are aached to all sports teams. the year. Students are expected to keep their G Club: Note: Other teams and clubs will be added to our locker dy. Students who display excellent work habits and athlec program when interest is expressed and atudes toward learning are given special there are available coaches and/or sponsors. Textbooks and Supplies: recognion. Aer each reporng period, a list is

Textbooks are provided at no charge; however, compiled of students who have earned the required Fine and Performing Arts: students must pay for lost or damaged texts. number of “G” work habit indicators with no “N” Sands has a long tradion of providing quality Teachers inform students during the first week of indicators. extracurricular acvies in fine arts. Students have classes of the supplies needed for each course. numerous opportunies to develop and display The Principal’s List: their talents in all facets of the performing arts Lunchme: Special recognion is given to those students who through drama producons, musicals, choir, band Many students go home for lunch. Those who wish achieve an overall 86 percent average in a given concerts and fesvals in the community. Student art to remain at school may purchase food in the term. is displayed throughout the enre school. Canteen or the Hole in the Wall. Students may not

eat food or consume beverages in the Library, Gym, Honour Roll: Student Council: Weight Room or Lo. In all cases, students should The Honour Roll is computer generated at the end The Student Council is responsible for overseeing take responsibility for themselves in keeping the of each reporng period. The Honour Roll is based and coordinang student acvies. The Council school building and grounds free of lier. on student achievement in all subjects and reflects plans school opening acvies, dances, dress‐up Sands’ belief in the importance of a total school days and spirit week. The Student Council provides experience. The criteria for Honour Roll status is an an opportunity for students to gain experience in overall 80 percent grade point average. leadership and responsibility.

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STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES and studying. It serves both the academic and recreaonal reading needs of students. The library is open connuously from 8:10 to 3:15 each day. DOGWOOD‐DISTRICT SCHOLARSHIPS COUNSELLING DEPARTMENT (Provincially funded): Counselling is a support service for students, The library staff is commied to developing parents, teachers, and the community. Services are students' literacy skills by: Recognize excellence for graduates who excel in the areas of Fine Arts, Applied Skills, Physical Acvity or provided in the following areas:  Encouraging students to read for interest and Second Languages. pleasure. Educaonal  $500 district award and $500 voucher for post‐  Assisng students and their teachers to develop secondary aendance  Course planning leading to graduaon, post‐ good research habits such as effecve internet secondary and/or work searching, informaonal reading skills, finding  Number of awards limited to 3000 graduates  Monitoring student progress appropriate books, and creang bibliographies. pro‐rated to districts/authories based on  Arranging assistance for students experiencing enrolment academic difficules The library has a collecon of over 13,000 items Eligibility and Criteria:  Assistance with referrals to Learning Support including books, newspapers, pamphlets, magazines, and encyclopedias. The collecon is  Enrolled in public school or Group 1, 2 or 4  Assistance with registraon in Distance available online both at school and at home with Independent school Educaon or night school courses addional features including the Ebsco Research  Must be a Canadian Cizen or permanent  Providing university and college informaon database, and pre‐selected websites that resident complement text resources for library‐based  Providing scholarship informaon  Must meet graduaon requirements assignments. Computer staons and wireless Personal internet are also available along with word  Must meet criteria determined by the local District Scholarship Commiee  Assist students to set goals, make decisions and processing and prinng. Please note that there is a solve problems small fee for prinng.  May win both the District and Provincial Scholarships  Assist students to accept the idea that they are DELTA ACCESS ONLINE PROGRAM in charge of and responsible for their acons Delta Access is a District program where students  Individual, family or group counselling as can complete a variety of grade 10‐12 courses at related to personal or school maers their own pace, in their home environment using a  Provide a referral service for students for computer and the Internet. The intenon of the specialized resources in the community program is to provide flexibility for students who have the self‐discipline to work through a course When should a parent contact a counsellor? with some limited support from qualified Delta If parents are concerned in any way about the School District teachers. Parents are expected to progress of their son or daughter, please contact a work with the students in order to monitor progress counsellor. Typical parental concerns may involve through the course. Students considering an online aendance, homework or home study, course should discuss their plans with their school achievement, student illness, peer relaonships, and counsellor. Courses offered by Delta Access teacher‐student relaonships, courses and/or post‐ can be found at hps://deltalearns.ca/deltaaccess/ secondary planning. Sands counsellors are available to students on an appointment basis. Parents with concerns or quesons related to their student’s ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) PROGRAM BC ACHIEVEMENT SCHOLARSHIPS educaon may contact a counsellor by phoning the The AP Program provides an opportunity for school at (604) 594‐3474. students to pursue and receive credit for university‐ Recognizes achievement based on Grade 10, 11 and level course work while sll in secondary school. 12 courses sasfying graduaon requirements. CAREER AND POST‐SECONDARY ADVISORS The AP Program, sponsored by the College Board, is based on the premise that college‐level material SCHOOL‐BASED AND COMMUNITY AWARDS Scholarships: Scholarship informaon and can be taught successfully to movated and sincere applicaon forms, monthly scholarship newsleers, secondary school students. We currently offer AP A number of monetary awards are available to assistance with preparing scholarship applicaon Psychology and AP Studio Art. Students are graduang students. These awards are given to forms, website informaon offering current responsible for the cost of the College Board students who have achieved excellence in areas scholarship informaon. Examinaons. Please see a counsellor or the such as LEADERSHIP, COMMUNITY SERVICE, appropriate teacher for more informaon. ATHLETICS, or CITIZENSHIP. To receive one of these Post‐Secondary: Current College and University awards a student must apply and be selected by a Calendars, applicaon forms, internet access to PAS commiee from within the school. BC and OUAC, assistance with making post‐ SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS secondary choices and course registraon, PRIVATE EXTERNAL AWARDS websites: Canadian Colleges and Universies. A scholarship is an award based on academic These scholarships are controlled exclusively by For up to date post‐secondary informaon, visit the excellence, community, school and/or athlec private organizaons and awarded directly to the Sands website under Students , then Career Centre. involvement. The school will aempt to keep individual. They are usually based upon academic students aware of the various types of awards and performance and have specific criteria. These are LIBRARY how to access them. Students, however, have the usually adversed through employees or union The Sands library and staff provide a welcoming final responsibility for the gathering of informaon members. If a student qualifies, the counsellor or environment that is conducive to learning, reading and the submission of applicaons. career advisor can assist in filling out applicaons.

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GRAD REQUIREMENTS

Required Courses (52 Credits)

1. Career Educaon (8 Credits) a. Career and Life Ed. 10 /11 b. Career Exploraons and Capstone 12 2. Physical and Health Educaon (4 Credits) a. Physical and Health Ed. 10 3. Sciences (8 Credits) a. Science 10 b. A Science 11 or 12 4. Social Studies (8 Credits) a. Social Studies 10 b. A Social Studies 12 5. Mathemacs (8 Credits) a. A Math 10 b. A Math 11 or 12 6. English Language Arts (12 Credits) a. An English 10 b. An English 11 c. English Studies 12 7. Arts Educaon or Applied Design Skills and Technology (4 Credits)

Elecve Courses (28 Credits) Any Grade 10, 11 or 12 course that is not a required course is considered an elecve course. A minimum of 16 of these credits must be at the Grade 12 level.

ARTS EDUCATION Any Grade 10, 11 or 12 level Art, Drama or Music course meets the Arts Educaon requirement.

APPLIED DESIGN SKILLS AND TECHONOLOGY Any Grade 10, 11 or 12 Business Educaon, Home Economics or Technology course meets the Applied Skills Design and Technology requirement.

PROVINCIAL ASSESSMENTS All students must write the following assessments:

 Numeracy 10

 Literacy 12 (Grad 2021 onward)

 Literacy 10 (Grad 2022 onward)

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COURSE SELECTION BY GRADE

Grade 8 Course Selecon Grade 9 Course Selecon Grade 10 Course Selecon

REQUIRED COURSES REQUIRED COURSES REQUIRED COURSES  English Language Arts  English Language Arts  English Language Arts (Composion and New  Social Studies  Social Studies Media, Composion and Creave Wring,  Math  Math or Core Math Composion and Literary Studies)  Science  Science  Social Studies  French  PE  Mathemacs (Foundaons of Mathemacs and Pre‐calculus or Workplace Mathemacs)  PE ELECTIVES  Science ELECTIVES  PE (Physical and Health Educaon, Fit For Life (Girls), or PE Leadership)  Arts (Art, Drama, & Music) Applied Skills Design and Technology  Career and Life Educaon  Beginner Band or Band  Computer Studies

 Applied Skills, Design, and Technology (Home  Texles ELECTIVES Ec. and Tech Ed)  Food Studies

 Woodwork and Power Technology Applied Skills Design and Technology  Electronic Technology  Computer Studies  Texles Arts  Food Studies  Concert Band  Mechanics / Power Technology  Jazz Band  Woodwork  Guitar  Draing and Design  Choral Music  Metalwork  Drama

 Visual Arts Arts Educaon

 Concert Band Languages  Jazz Band  French  Choral Music  Spanish  Guitar  Drama Other  Theatre Company  Aboriginal Studies  Visual Art  Community Ambassadors  Media Art

Languages

 Introductory French  French

 Introductory Spanish  Spanish

Other

 Aboriginal Studies  Community Ambassadors

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Grade 11 Course Selecon Grade 12 Course Selecon

REQUIRED COURSES REQUIRED COURSES  At least ONE English 11 (New Media 11,  English Studies Grade 12 Course Selecon, Cont’d. Literary Studies 11, Creave Wring 11)  Career Life Connecons  At least ONE Social Studies 12 (Aboriginal ELECTIVES Studies, Genocide Studies, Geography, Law, ELECTIVES Philosophy, Social Jusce, 20th Century Science World History) Applied Skills Design and Technology  Life Sciences  Mathemacs (Foundaons of Mathemacs,  Computer Studies  Chemistry Pre‐calculus of Mathemacs or Workplace  Texles  Geology Mathemacs)  Food Studies  Physics  Science (Life Sciences, Chemistry, Earth  Woodwork Science, or Physics)  Draing Social Studies  Metalwork  Aboriginal Studies 12 ELECTIVES  Entrepreneurship  Genocide Studies (alternang every 2nd Applied Skills Design and Technology year. Offered 20/21) Arts Educaon  Computer Studies  Physical Geography  Concert Band  Texles  Law  Jazz Band  Food Studies  Philosophy  Guitar  Woodwork  Social Jusce  Choral Music  Draing and Design  20th Century World History  Acng  Metalwork  Comparave Cultures (alternang every 2nd  Theatre Company year. Will be offered 21/22) Arts Educaon  Art Foundaons  AP Studio Art (Drawing, 2D, 3D Design or  Concert Band Other Photography)  Jazz Band  Community Ambassadors  Media Art  Guitar  AP Psychology  Photography  Choral Music  Performance Psychology  Film and Television  Acng  Media Design (Yearbook)  Film and Television

 Theatre Company English  Art Foundaons  Creave Wring  Pre‐AP Studio Art

 Media Art Languages  Photography  French  Media Design (Yearbook)  Spanish

Languages Mathemacs  French  Foundaons of Mathemacs  Spanish  Pre‐Calculus of Mathemacs  Introductory Spanish  Calculus  Introductory French

Physical and Health Educaon Physical and Health Educaon  Physical Educaon  Physical Educaon  Fit For Life (Girls)  Fit For Life (Girls)  Strength and Condioning  Fitness & Condioning (Superfit)

 Strength and Training

Other

 Psychology  Community Ambassadors  Health Sciences

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CAREER TRANSITIONS

respecvely. Graduaon credits can be from the old Career development is one of the three main goals as well as new curriculum to meet the required 8 Youth Train in Trades is an industry training of the educaon system in Brish Columbia. A credits of Career Educaon. program for grade 11 to ‘just graduated’ secondary person’s career is considered their “journey” school students. It is the first year (level 1) of the through life, and the K‐12 Career Educaon classroom /shop training which is 20% of becoming curriculum offers students the opportunity to Career Life Educaon (CE400—CLE) a journeyperson (training on the job is the other pursue this in personally meaningful and goal‐ Career Life Educaon is a new graduaon 80%). Some programs run for a full semester, others oriented ways. Students and parents can embrace requirement for students who have not completed are shorter or every other day at a linear school. the opons & opportunies through administrators, Planning 10. Career Life Educaon begins the Students take dual credit courses that will give teachers, career & post‐secondary advisors, career experience & applicaon journey. Content includes them credit towards both secondary graduaon and facilitators, and counselors, as well as district staff, self‐assessment, goal seng, lifelong learning, grad the first level of apprenceship or industry training. programs, events and our website. Career requirements, financial planning, workplace ‘Train in Trades’ programs are offered as Educaon K‐7, 8 & 9 helps youth begin to explore & equee, local & global labour market trends, partnerships between school districts and training discover who they are and who they want to be. essenal career & employability skills, post‐ providers, as well as our own Designated Trainer This connues through to graduaon and beyond graduaon opportunies, employment standards, facilies. Our partners include BCIT, VCC, KPU, and with 8 credits of Career Educaon through Career workplace safety, and awareness of work FTI. Upon successful compleon they will receive Life Educaon (CLE) as well as Career Life experience opportunies. credit for ‘level one’ of the technical training (in‐ Connecons (CLC) & Capstone. In addion, Delta class) component of an Industry Training Program. School District has a variety of excellent Career That means they will have a significant head start Programs opons including Co‐op and Work Career Life Connecons & Capstone (CE600—CLC) on post‐secondary educaon by the me they Experience programs, Youth apprenceship & Career Life Connecons & the culminaon of a graduate from high school ‐ as well as gaining Trades (‘Train in Trades’ & ‘Work in Trades’), CTC Capstone is a graded graduaon requirement. praccal and in‐demand skills. Work experience CADD, and Farm Roots Mini School as opportunies Content will connue to emphasize the three main placements may be a part of a program and for students to further enhance their career‐life themes of Personal Career‐Life Development, students also receive registraon with the ITA. The transion. Note that the current info, brochures, Connecons with Community, and Career Life District generally pays for the tuion costs with applicaon packages, chart of program offerings, Planning, with the curricular competencies students being responsible for all other costs such and links are on the District Website hps:// supporng these in a variety of ways. See the as materials, personal safety equipment, textbooks, deltalearns.ca/careers/ curriculum for details. Major outcomes are and learning modules. Students must follow an expected to include a 1) personal plan for post‐ applicaon process including a site visit, and have graduaon; 2) a career‐life exploraon of the needed essenal skills to be considered for a experienal learning (30 hours or more) which can District Youth Train in Trades program. Applicaon include service learning, volunteerism, does not guarantee acceptance to a program as employment, fieldwork projects, entrepreneurship, seats are limited and compeve. Applicaons are and passion projects which focus on connecng to a due prior to spring break for the following school plan aer graduaon; 3) and to design, assemble, year. For more informaon on what Youth Train in and present a capstone project to an audience. This Trades programs are currently offered and help culminang project would demonstrate personal with applying, please contact your school career learning and achievement (in and out of school), contacts and visit the District Website under Career growth in the core competencies, and a reflecon Programs. on students’ post‐graduaon plans. Youth Work in Trades (formerly known as SSA) Work Experience 12 (Career Preparaon Program) Youth Work in Trades offers students aged 15 to (WE600—WEX 12A) school age 19 an opportunity to begin their Students gain experience in the career field of their apprenceship while sll in school. It is the choice through a combinaon of employability skills beginning of training on the job which is typically Career Educaon 8 and 9 (CE200‐MCE—08/CE300‐ training and 90 plus hours of work experience. 80% of becoming a journeyperson (classroom MCE‐ ‐09) Starng in grade 11 or 12 they develop their training is the other 20%). Students must be hired (paid) and working under the direcon of a Journey In Career Educaon 8 and 9, students explore employability skills and are then placed with local employers in un‐paid posions that align with their Person. As well, their employer must agree to concepts such as identy, leadership, personal sponsor them with the ITA through Delta District as planning, and transferable skills. Students begin to interests, passions, and future career goals. The community becomes the classroom where students a Youth Apprence. Up to four grade 11/12 courses explore in greater depth their skills and passions, (11a, 11b 12a, 12b) and a $1000 award are possible. and begin to determine possible routes to their gain experience at the workplace and will be beer prepared to embrace or revise their career goals. This is a great start or connuaon to Youth Train in goals. This is done through acvies that develop Trades as well. Work Experience 12 can also be their self‐awareness, working with others Through employer assessment, students receive valuable real world feedback about their used as a starng point. Advantages of Work in (collaboraon and communicaon), career Trades include: four credits for each 120 hours of knowledge and awareness, and career planning. employability skills and technical skills. Registraon is required. Contact your school career program paid employment (up to a maximum of 16 credits The required curriculum may include career focused for 480 hours), registraon with the Industry learning within exisng subjects, unique acvies facilitator or counselor for further details. Addional credit can be earned for Work Training Authority, potenal for $1000 award upon like Take Our Kids to Work Day in Grade 9, compleon, earn hours towards your trade with the assemblies, student conferences, career fairs, Experience 12B by connuing on for a second 90 hours along with the needed curriculum. ITA, and learn in a ‘real world’ situaon. For a subject based career days, or other career acvies. complete list of the 100+ trades and further details, visit www.itabc.ca, especially the ‘Youth’ area. For Planning 10 & Grad Trans are disconnued by the Youth Train in Trades (formerly known as ACE IT) more informaon on how to register as a Youth Ministry of Educaon aer June 30, 2018 and 2019 (WR500/510—WRK 11A/WRK 11B) Work in Trades student, please contact your school

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Spring, Fall, and Summer semester. Three courses career contacts or visit the District Website hps:// are available to accepted senior secondary students deltalearns.ca/careers/ and those with Draing 11 and/or 12 can write an Assessment to achieve credit for a fourth course ‐ sustainable farm. While learning the core CTC ‐ CADD (Computer Aided Draing & Design) CADD 1100. The district will cover the tuion for the first two courses, with the student responsible curriculum, students develop leadership and CTC (Career Technical Consorum) is with Kwantlen for the course tuion in the summer. Books and communicaon skills‐ preparing them for Polytechnic University and offers Grade 11 and 12 transportaon arrangements and costs are the employment in today’s world. Farm Roots students students the opportunity to get a head‐start to their responsibility of the student. Please see the CADD aend the campus in Boundary Beach every second Draing Citaon program. Upon successful brochure for further details and use the District day and their own high schools the other days. compleon of a course, students will receive credit Career Programs applicaon to apply through your Students can earn up to 20 credits in this program towards graduaon as well as the Kwantlen credits school. form the core curriculum like English and Science. towards the diploma. Offered at the Cloverdale They can also earn university credit through the Farm Roots Mini School campus, students apply for acceptance in the CADD dual credit poron of the program through the program. Courses are offered on a part‐me basis, Farm Roots is an innovave mini school program Sustainable Agriculture Faculty of Kwantlen two evenings per week (usually Tues/Thurs) in the where students build and design a working, Polytechnic University. Take your learning outside!

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ADST ENTREPRENEURSHIP 12 (BE620‐ENT) The Applied Design, Skills, and Technologies (ADST) This is a course for students who wish to design and creave risks with recipes and working Department includes a combinaon of Home begin their own business. It teaches students how collaboravely with one another. Some of the Economics, Technology Educaon, Computer to take an idea from the creaon stage and turn it topics that will be covered include: meal Studies and Business Educaon into a successful venture. Students will work preparaon which includes breakfast, lunch (soups collaboravely to develop business plans, will learn and sandwiches), yeast bread theory and dinner

about basic accounng pracces, markeng and projects and assignments. We will also be exploring ADST8 producon, and will carry a business from the set‐ careers in the culinary arts, cross curricular projects APPLIED DESIGN, SKILLS, AND TECHNOLOGIES 8 up phase to the dismantling of the business. to explore local and internaonal food choices and (LS200‐MADGE08) Furthermore, students will learn how to consider cuisine. Students will parcipate in cooking being ethical business owners in the global market. This course is an introductory course that focuses challenges throughout the year. This course is open to students in Grades 11 and 12. on the Industrial Educaon and Home Economics in the school. ADST 8 is designed to give all Grade 8 FOOD STUDIES 11 (HE500‐MFOOD11) students an opportunity to experience wood, metal, While coordinang me, money, cooking skills, and electronics, draing, and sewing and cooking. Aer HOME ECONOMICS supplies, students will apply the principles upon their well‐rounded experience in Grade 8, students which successful food preparaon is based. will be beer prepared to select elecves during APPLIED DESIGN, SKILLS, AND TECHNOLOGIES 9‐12 Students will have the opportunity to prepare their remaining years at Sands. ‐TEXTILE STUDIES(HE310‐MADT‐09/410/510/610— complex entrees and desserts. Students will also TXTF) engage in creave cooking challenges to enhance BUSINESS EDUCATION Texle Studies 9‐12 course intended for students communicaon and culinary skills. Students will who wish to increase their sewing competence and also have the opportunity to demonstrate recipes knowledge of fabrics. Students will study garment to the class. There will be opportunies to make APPLIED DESIGN, SKILLS, AND TECHNOLOGIES 9 – construcon with aenon given to paern fing, connecons with the community with students COMPUTER STUDIES (BE301‐MADIT09) paern and fabric selecon, and the study of fibres designing their own culinary community based project. Depending on student interest, there will This course is designed to give students the and fabrics. Students will demonstrate their knowledge by compleng two sewing projects: a be opportunies for field trips and guest speakers. opportunity to extend some of their basic computer Students will exercise global food equee, meal skills. Students will develop in the areas of: pair of pyjama booms and a hoodie as well as two garments of their own choice. In addion students preparaon and presentaon. Local history of the programming, game design, 2D/3D design, 3D First Peoples cuisine will also be explored and modeling and web publishing. This course is will experiment with conceptualizing an idea, going through the design process and finally pracced within the classroom. Overall, this course geared to introduce students to a variety of is based on praccal culinary skills. programs, applicaons, and web‐based tools, and implemenng their concept. Students will also be provide guided pracce. integrang aspects of cross curricular design and making connecons to texles. FOOD STUDIES 12 (HE600‐MFOOD12)

APPLIED DESIGN, SKILLS, AND TECHNOLOGIES 10 – This course is a connuaon of Foods 11 and will COMPUTER STUDIES (BE401‐MCSTU10) APPLIED DESIGN SKILLS AND TECHONOLOGIES 9 ‐ build upon the skills acquired from Foods 11. FOOD STUDIES (HE300‐MADFS09) Students will connue build on their foundaons of This course is designed to expand upon the coordinang me, money, cooking skills, and foundaons learned in the introductory Computer This course is intended to develop confidence and creavity in the kitchen. Students will be able to supplies. Based on interest, students will prepare Studies course. Students will further develop their complex entrees and desserts. Students will have skills in the areas of programming, 2D/3D design, execute a recipe with success and become comfortable with basic food preparaon the opportunity to bake various products and 3D modelling & prinng, web publishing, coding and pracce cake decorang. Students will also problem solving. Students will ulize more techniques. Students will explore the world of foods and nutrion through a series of demonstraons, collaborate with their peers and develop new advanced programs to create and design their recipes by experimenng and adjusng amounts projects. labs, and presentaons. Students will explore passion culinary projects to enhance creavity. and ingredients. Students will be inving guests in Some of the topics that will be covered include: to review their culinary skills. Based on student’s APPLIED DESIGN, SKILLS, AND TECHNOLOGIES planning a nutrional meal based on Canada’s Food interest, there will be opportunies for field trips 11/12 – COMPUTER STUDIES/ROBOTICS (BE 501‐ Guide, theory and praccal assignments on the and guest speakers. Students will exercise global MCINF11/601‐MCINF12) importance of breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Explore food equee, meal preparaon and presentaon. Local history of the First Peoples cuisine will also be Building on the skills learned in junior Computer Internaonal cuisine, alternave food lifestyle choices and much more. Furthermore, students will explored and pracced within the classroom. The Studies courses, students will have the opportunity goal of this course is to focus on and solidify to demonstrate their programming, design, and parcipate in cooking challenges throughout the year. individual culinary skills so students will be healthy problem solving abilies in various ways. Students and successful aer graduaon. will gain experience using industry level programs

and soware. Opportunies may include Robocs, APPLIED DESIGN SKILLS AND TECHONOLOGIES 10 – 2D and 3D design, and a variety of programming FOOD STUDIES (HE400‐MFOOD10) languages. A goal is for students to progress TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION towards designing their own projects using skills of This course connues to build from the skills developed in Foods 9. Students will connue to their choice in the areas of 3D prinng, wearable APPLIED DESIGN, SKILLS, AND TECHNOLOGIES 9 – and sensor technology, programming, and app and develop confidence and creavity in the kitchen. Students will connue to execute recipes with WOODWORK AND POWER TECHNOLOGY (IE300‐ game development. Several compeon MADW‐09) opportunies are available for students in computer success and connue to build comfort and skill level science fields. Student projects could be designed with food preparaon techniques. Working in This is an introductory combinaon course that to take part in these compeons, or used for groups, student will have the opportunity to take expands on the wood skills learned in ADST 8. In the projects in other courses.

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woodwork component, students may build a wall WOODWORK (IE400‐MWWK‐10) clock allowing them to work on every machine in This course is an introductory course that expands the wood shop. This course is recommended for on the wood skills learned in Lifeskills 8. Students any student considering any of the senior full‐year may build three required projects allowing them to wood courses. Topics covered include: machine work on every machine in the wood shop. This Autodesk (AutoCAD) the industry standard when it safety, rabbet joint, dado joint, mitre joint, wood course is a prerequisite for any student considering comes to draing and design programs. These layout, machine operaons, sanding and finishing, Woodwork 11 and 12: Topics covered are machine programs will be used to create both two and three wood selecon, cosng and lathe operaons. safety, rabbet joint, dado joint, mitre joint, wood dimensional designs as well as solve technical Projects may include a wall clock and pen turning. layout, machine operaons, sanding and finishing, problems. Students who enroll in the course for the The power technology component of the course is wood selecon, cosng and lathe operaons. first me will begin at level 1 and have the designed to introduce students to a variety of topics Projects may include a 1929 wooden car, bedside opportunity to progress through the next 2 levels in related to general mechanics. Students will and end tables. This course is open to students in subsequent years. Projects include: exercises in research, design and build projects related to Grades 10, 11 and 12. orthographic, pictorial, and perspecve drawings, a alternate fuels and power sources. Students will be variety of mechanical and architectural drawings, introduced to several pieces of power equipment designing your own personalized logo, designing a and will be taught how to safely use them in the WOODWORK 11 (IE500‐MCJ—11) house and a 3D creaon. This course is open to construcon of their projects. Topics include: basic This course is an intermediate course that expands students in Grades 10, 11, and 12. wood fabricaon theory and pracce, design and on the wood skills learned in Woodwork 10. draing, introductory applied science (engineering), Students will build two required projects allowing Note: Students who excel at this course may have boat hull construcon and theory, electric energy them to work on every machine in the wood shop. and energy transfer, fricon, fricon coefficients an opportunity to join an CTC (Career Technical The Projects will introduce plywood construcon, Consorum) program, a joint venture between and aerodynamics, plasc thermoforming. Projects spline joints, finger joints, cabinet hardware as well include designing and building a CO‐2cartridge‐ Kwantlen College and the Delta School District that as drawer construcon. Other topics covered allows students to partake in a first year trade powered dragster, a small electric motor‐powered include machine safety, rabbet joint, dado joint, drag boat, a ping pong ball launcher and bridge. program while sll in high school and parally paid mitre joint, wood layout, machine operaons, for by the district. See the career counselor for sanding and finishing, wood selecon, cosng, more info. drawer construcon and lathe operaons. Projects APPLIED DESIGN, SKILLS, AND TECHNOLOGIES 9 ‐ ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY (IE302‐MADER09) may include: a small entertainment cabinet, a coffee table, computer desk and a contract project APPLIED DESIGN, SKILLS, AND TECHNOLOGIES Electronic Technology 9 is a yearlong course. This is (designed by student). Recommended prerequisite: METALWORK 10—12 (IE420/IE520/IE620‐MTMET) an introductory course that expands on the wood & ADST 9: Woodwork and Power Technology or This is a metal fabricaon course designed to teach electronics skills learned in ADST 8. Topics covered Woodwork 10. are: Electronics ‐ Bread boarding, simple circuits, students a variety of processes and techniques used reading schemac drawings, PC board layout, to fabricate metal arfacts using a variety of tools, integrated circuitry, parts theory, soldering Wood ‐ WOODWORK 12 (IE600‐MCJ—12) machines, and processes. Students will be required machine safety, rabbet joint, dado joint, mitre joint, to build a variety of minor projects based on their This course is an advanced course that expands on skill level that will focus on all areas of the metal wood layout, machine operaons, sanding and the wood skills learned in Carpentry and Joinery 11. finishing. Projects may include an electronic light shop. This will lead into the construcon of a major The first major project will allow students to project either chosen from a list of pre‐designed organ, dual strobe lights, digital dice, light organ/ challenge themselves on every machine in the strobe cabinet. projects or individually designed by the student. wood shop. The project will introduce advanced Topics covered include: ARC welding, MIG welding, plywood construcon and other fastening Gas welding (Oxy‐Acetylene), brazing, tool techniques. The second project will be designed by idenficaon, fasteners, machine safety, machine the student and approved by the teacher. This operaons, sheet metal fabricaon, metal cung APPLIED DESIGN, SKILLS, AND TECHNOLOGIES 10— course is a prerequisite for any student considering POWER TECHNOLOGY and bending techniques, hand tools, precision a career in cabinet making. Students enrolling in measurement, and draing and design. Projects (FORMERLY ‐ MECHANICS (IE450‐MTPOW10) this course must be highly movated and able to may include: an aluminum scribe, a brass and steel This course is designed to introduce students to a work well independently. Topics covered: machine drop punch, a hot plate trivet, various welding variety of topics related to general mechanics and is safety, advanced plywood construcon, rabbet samples, a small pewter casng, and a major a great inial stage for students interested in a joints, dado joints, wood layout, machine project (e.g. Mini Chopper, Go‐Kart, Outdoor Fire career or hobby in automove technology. operaons, sanding and finishing, wood selecon, Pit, Coffee Table, individually student designed). Students will research, design and build projects tool care, tool sharpening, cosng, fasteners, This course is open to students in Grades 10, 11 and related to alternate power sources. Students will drawer construcon and lathe operaons. Projects 12. learn basic engine theory while disassembling and may include: a two pedestal computer desk and a contract project (designed by student). rebuilding a small four‐stroke Briggs and Straon ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS engine. Students will also be introduced to several Recommended prerequisite: Woodwork 11 pieces of power equipment and will be taught how to safely use them in the construcon of their APPLIED DESIGN, SKILLS, AND TECHNOLOGIES ‐ With the introducon of the revised curriculum, projects. Topics that will be covered include: basic DRAFTING 10 ‐ 12 (IE440/IE540/IE640‐MTDRF) engine theory, precision measuring (micrometer, English 10 and English 11 have been diversified to vernier calipers), gears/gear rao/pulleys etc., Draing and Design is a praccal course designed to allow for greater student choice and focus. The design and draing, and engineering theory. familiarize students with a variety of draing and English 10 course will now contain two modules Addional projects include building and operang design concepts and their applicaons to the field where all students will focus on composion and model rockets, designing, building, and operang of technology. Along with this, students will develop their choice of literary studies, new media, or scale model trebuchets (catapults). This course is a variety of employable skills. Students interested in creave wring. For English 11, students will open to students in Grades 10, 11 and 12. a career in engineering or any of the manufacturing connue to have the choice to focus on literary industries (trades) will find this course extremely studies, new media, composion and/or creave valuable. Students will learn to use both wring as full year courses. For English 12, English APPLIED DESIGN, SKILLS, AND TECHNOLOGIES 10 ‐ convenonal and computer aided design (CAD) Studies 12 is a new graduaon requirement; techniques using state of the art programs from

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Literary Studies 12 and Creave Wring 12 are (EN430‐MCMPS10/MNMD10) elecve courses. In the composion component of the course, students will study, create, and write original texts communicate effecvely in a variety of contexts, ENGLISH 8 (EN200‐MEN‐‐08) for a variety of purposes. In this area, students will think crically and creavely about the uses of focus primarily on non‐ficon. In the new media English 8 is designed to develop students' abilies language, deepen their understanding of component of the course, students will examine the themselves and others in a changing world, gain to read, write, speak, and listen. English 8 students changing roles and responsibilies in digital and refine their wring with aenon to the combining insight into the diverse factors that shape identy, print media. Students will study and write for a and appreciate the importance of self‐ and construcon of sentences. Paragraph structure variety of purposes, which may include journalism, is introduced leading to the development of the representaon through text. In this course students blogging, and podcasng. Recommended will study a variety of ficon and non‐ficon texts mul paragraph composion. The steps of the Prerequisite: English 9 wring process are used in all composion works that reflect diverse worldviews, and students will with increased emphasis on refining the final write in narrave, descripve, expository, wrien product. Spelling, basic grammar and oral ENGLISH 11 – LITERARY STUDIES (EN510‐MLTST10) persuasive, and literary forms. There is no longer a language receive connual aenon. Literature provincial exam for this course. Recommended English 11 connues to reinforce the development Prerequisite: English 11 studies include short stories and novels, of strong communicaon skills in both wring and emphasizing literary devices, plot, suspense and speaking as well as the development of crical characterizaon. Research skills are developed in thinking skills. In Literary Studies 11, students delve LITERARY STUDIES 12 (EN610‐MLTST12) conjuncon with literature studies and public deeply into literature by exploring literature and speaking. Literary Studies 12 is designed to enable the non‐ ficon through the use of short stories, novels, student to read with knowledge, enjoyment and poetry, essays, media, and Shakespearean drama. crical skills, the major works of English literature ENGLISH 9 (EN300‐MEN‐‐09) Recommended Prerequisite: English 10 from Anglo‐ Saxon period through to the Modern As in grade 8, the communicaon skills of reading, Age. Students will also study history to understand wring, speaking, and listening are emphasized in individual authors and their response to the ENGLISH 11 – CREATIVE WRITING (EN520‐ sociees in which they lived; their role in acng English 9. Literature interpretaon and appreciaon MCTWR11) are developed through exposure to increasingly both as a mirror of those sociees and as a complex stories and novels. Composion is further English 11 connues to reinforce the development commentator on the social and historical events introduced, requiring mulple paragraphs, with of strong communicaon skills in both wring and shaping them. The course will emphasize crical increased aenon to structure and style. Informal speaking as well as the development of crical literary analysis used in higher levels of educaon. and formal public speaking, mythology and media thinking skills. Creave Wring 11 is designed for This course is highly recommended for students studies are also a focus. Throughout, the wring students who are interested in developing who are planning to enroll in English/Liberal Arts/ process, crical thinking and aenon to elements confidence and refining their wring skills through Humanies courses at a college or university. of grammar are emphasized. Research skills are self‐expression for various creave purposes. The Recommended Prerequisite: English 11. developed in conjuncon with literature studies and course provides students with in‐depth opportunies to explore personal and cultural public speaking. Recommended Prerequisite: CREATIVE WRITING 12 (EN620‐MCTWR12) English 8 idenes, memories, and stories in a wide range of genres. Within a supporve community, students Creave Wring 12 is a creave wring elecve will collaborate and strengthen their skills through designed for students who have a flair and passion ENGLISH 10 ‐ COMPOSITION AND LITERARY wring and design processes. Recommended for wring. Students will have opportunies to STUDIES (EN410–MCMPS10/MEFLS10) Prerequisite: English 10 develop wring skills in a variety of genres including In the composion component of the course, short stories, poetry, leers, arcles, reviews, dialogues, plays, children’s stories, scripts, students will study, create, and write original texts ENGLISH 11 – NEW MEDIA (EN530‐MNMD‐11) for a variety of purposes. In this area, students will storyboards and essays. Students will also write focus primarily on non‐ficon. In the literary studies English 11 connues to reinforce the development daily journals to help record their personal ideas component of the course, students will study a of strong communicaon skills in both wring and and insights. The course will develop students’ variety of ficon (novels, short stories, poetry, and speaking as well as the development of crical individual wring styles. To increase students’ drama). Literary studies will also include literary thinking skills. New Media 11 is a program of awareness of the publishing process, informaon analysis and wring. Recommended Prerequisite: studies designed to reflect the changing role of will also be offered on the broader wring English 9 technology in today’s society and the increasing community. Recommended Prerequisite: English importance of digital media in communicang and Language Arts 10 or English Language Arts 11

exchanging ideas. New Media 11 recognizes that ENGLISH 10 ‐ COMPOSITION AND CREATIVE digital literacy is an essenal characterisc of the WRITING (EN420‐MCMPS10/MEFWR10) educated cizen. Coursework is aimed at providing FINE ARTS In the composion component of the course, students with a set of skills vital for success in an increasingly complex digital world by affording students will study, create, and write original texts ARTS 8 (FA200‐MAE‐08) for a variety of purposes. In this area, students will numerous opportunies to demonstrate focus primarily on non‐ficon. In the creave understanding and communicate increasingly Arts 8 is a three component course consisng of wring component of the course, students will sophiscated ideas through a wide variety of digital Visual Art, Drama, and Music. Each component will explore personal and cultural idenes, memories, and print media. Recommended Prerequisite: consist of one school term. and stories in a wide range of genres. Students will English 10 work independently and collaboravely to develop In the Visual Art component, students study a and write a variety of texts. Recommended ENGLISH STUDIES 12 (EN600‐MENST12) variety of art‐making methods, including drawing, Prerequisite: English 9 Graduaon Requirement painng, printmaking, and sculpture. A number of sketchbook assignments enable students to develop English Studies 12 is a required course that provides their skills and explore their creavity. ENGLISH 10 ‐ COMPOSITION AND NEW MEDIA students with opportunies to refine their ability to

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are all welcome to take this course. Beginning In the Drama component, students will create students will learn a band instrument, and be taught basic theory and listening skills. Intermediate INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC 10/11: GUITAR (MU410/ dramac works collaboravely and individually MU510‐MUGT) using ideas inspired by imaginaon, inquiry, students will connue to develop their musical skills experimentaon, and purposeful play. Students will and learn more challenging music. Music students This course is for Grade 10, 11, and 12 students be introduced to the dramac elements of will be evaluated in the areas of performance who want to learn to play the acousc/electric character, me, place, plot, tension, mood, focus, (playing/singing tests, parcipaon in concerts), guitar or bass. A fundamental understanding of contrast, and balance, ulizing a variety of dramac theory (wrien tests, listening skills), and basic reading skills and chord charts will be studied. forms – mime, tableau, improvisaon, story responsibility (regular pracce, aendance at A variety of styles will be explored and performed theatre, monologues, script work and audiovisual. concert band rehearsals, preparaon of music). from blues, rock, pop, Motown, reggae, and country. There will be opportunies for performance. Some instruments will be provided In the Music component, students will explore INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC 10:CONCERT BAND for classroom use however it is recommended that music in a variety of ways and discover what music (MU400‐MUCB10), CONCERT BAND 11 (MU500‐ students have their own instrument for home is about at Sands. Students will develop melodic IMCB11), & CONCERT BAND 12 (MU600—IMCB12) pracce. and performance skills by playing wind instruments The focus at this level is on refining skills learned in and/or string instruments (provided by the school), Concert Band 8 and 9, developing knowledge and rhythm skills in a percussion ensemble, and skills in the areas of musical interpretaons and INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC 12: GUITAR (MU610‐ listening skills focusing on the music they listen to. style, and performance of difficult music. Students MIMG12) in this course must be members of the Sands Wind This course is an extension of Guitar 11 and Ensemble and take acve leadership roles within available to students in Grades 11, and 12 and is MUSIC the ensemble and the department. Music students designed for students who have completed at least will be evaluated in the areas of performance one year of Beginner/ Intermediate guitar or can SANDS MUSIC PROGRAM (playing/singing tests, parcipaon in concerts), show by audion, proficiency on their instrument. “Music washes away from the soul the dust of theory (wrien tests, listening skills), and personal Proper playing techniques and music theory will everyday life.” responsibility (regular pracce, aendance at connue to be studied through a variety of music. rehearsals, preparaon of music). Recommended Further instrucon will be given in band equee, prerequisite: Arts 8: Band or Music 9: Band instrument role, dynamics and showmanship. Students in the Sands Music Department develop Students will be given the opportunity to their skills and appreciaon so that music will play a parcipate in performances throughout the year if part in their lives no maer what their chosen they wish. There will be opportunies for recording. career. Music students of all levels parcipate in MUSIC 9:JAZZ BAND (MU320‐MMU‐‐09), Some instruments will be provided for classroom rehearsals, performances, fesvals and tours INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC 10 – 12 JAZZ BAND use however it is recommended that students have throughout the year. Students improve their (MU420‐MUJB10/MU520‐MUJB11/MU620‐ their own instrument for home pracce. praccal and theorecal musical skills, and gain an MUJB12) appreciaon of music from all ages, cultures and genres, through their performances. In the music This course is for students who wish to play jazz. MUSIC 9: CHOIR (MU330‐MMUC‐09), CHORAL department we encourage a community of This course focuses on the basic jazz styles (swing, MUSIC 10 (MU430), CHORAL MUSIC 11 (MU530), & cooperaon and responsibility, which is a necessary Lan, ballad, funk) and the development of CHORAL MUSIC 12 (MU630‐MUCC) foundaon to a successful and cohesive ensemble. improvisaon. The class is open to all wind instruments and rhythm secon consisng of This course is for all students interested in choral Electric Guitar, Electric Bass, Piano and Drums. It is singing. No musical experience is necessary. “The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the recommended that the equivalent grade of Concert Students will learn choral singing technique–vocal few” Band be taken concurrently or that the student producon, lyric dicon, basic music theory and sight singing, and develop knowledge in musical receive permission of the instructor. interpretaon and style. The group will sing a ARTS 8: BEGINNER CONCERT BAND (MU200‐MMU‐ variety of tradional choral music in a variety of ‐‐08) MUSIC 9: GUITAR (MU310‐MMU‐‐09GUI) languages, but may also include jazz, folk, and pop. This course is open to all students who want to be This is an introductory course for Grade 9 students Music students will be evaluated in the areas of in band. Students will learn basic theory and who want to learn to play the guitar. Guitar performance (playing/singing tests, parcipaon in listening skills.. Music students will be evaluated in Ensemble is a course designed to teach students to concerts), theory (wrien tests, listening skills), and the areas of performance (playing/singing tests, play guitar in a school band seng. Students will personal responsibility (regular pracce, aendance parcipaon in concerts), theory (wrien tests, explore a variety of different guitars from Nylon at rehearsals, preparaon of music). Students with listening skills), and personal responsibility (regular string and Steel stringed acouscs. The students will the ability to play piano are also welcome to receive pracce, aendance at concert band rehearsals, study and perform a literature of all styles – from course credit as accompanist for the ensemble. preparaon of music). Recommended prerequisite: classical, movie, Broadway, to pop scores. All One year of elementary band (min) students are evaluated on their parcipaon in class and preparaon for performance tests. Proper THEATRE playing techniques and the basics of music theory MUSIC 9: BEGINNER AND INTERMEDIATE CONCERT will be studied through a variety of music including BAND (MU300‐MMU‐‐09) reading music basic chord knowledge, and reading SANDS THEATRE PROGRAM This course is open to all students in Grade 9 guitar tablature. Guitars will be provided for Drama offers students a dynamic way of exploring interested in playing in the Concert Band. Students classroom use however it is recommended that one’s identy and sense of belonging. Students will with lile to no experience and those who have students have their own guitar for home pracce. also experience that growth as an arst, is taken band in elementary school or Concert Band 8 dependent on risk taking, perseverance, resilience, and reflecon. By building trust in ensemble acvies we see that individual and collecve

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expression is founded on the history, culture, Students can also parcipate in the company as community, and value system in which that technical theatre support, making costumes, sets, expression exists. Students will recognize how ideas and designing lights and sound. Growth as a both those students who are relavely new to and beliefs conveyed in a drama producon can theatre company requires perseverance, visual art and those who are experienced in this effect change in the actor, audience, and collaboraon and commitment. Students need to area of study. The course provides challenges and environment. In the Sands Theatre department we commit to the aer school class schedule which will rewarding learning experiences for not only those strive to develop creavity, innovaon, and be Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays 3pm‐4:15 students with a strong art background, but also for collaboraon by encouraging original soluons to pm. Some Saturdays will also be required. those who are somewhat new to art but who are challenges. interested in exploring their creave potenal. DRAMA 12 (TH600—MDRM12) Students will advance their technical proficiency, creavity, conceptual and composional skills while ARTS 9: DRAMA (TH300‐MDR‐‐09) Drama 12 focuses on drama as a performance art. exploring personal ideas and imagery through an This is a year‐long course that is a connuaon of By parcipang in formal and informal assortment of materials and processes, including the Arts 8:Drama course, with the goals of performances in a variety of sengs, students gain drawing, painng, printmaking, and ceramics. developing skills of movement, voice, confidence, confidence, self‐esteem, and a sense of Students will also pracce parcular skills and communicaon and cooperaon. Students will be commitment. Theatre Performance is collaborave explore visual concepts through an assortment of introduced to some scripted work, and will have the in nature. Students will learn the skills and atudes teacher‐directed and self‐directed sketchbook opportunity to create their own scripts. Students necessary to work within a performance group, assignments. Recommended prerequisite: Visual will explore a variety of dramac forms – mime, including teamwork, adaptability, support and Art 10 or permission of the instructor. tableau, improvisaon, story theatre, monologues, leadership. As in Drama 11, students will be script work and audiovisual. They will be expected expected to be involved in the extra‐curricular to apply the elements of drama and theatre (focus, producons, either as performer, stage crew, or ART STUDIO 12 (AR600‐MVAST12) tension, contrast and balance) to all their work. promoter. It is expected that students will have a Art Foundaons 12 is a course which provides genuine interest in all aspects of theatre. students the opportunies to build on their Recommended prerequisite: Drama 11 or experiences in Art Foundaons 11 by pursuing DRAMA 10 (TH400‐MDRM10) permission of the instructor. advanced technical proficiency and delving deeper Drama 10 is a transional course that develops into the creave process. This is achieved through creavity and by encouraging innovave soluons working with a variety of two‐dimensional and to challenges. At the grade 10 level students will VISUAL ARTS three‐dimensional materials and processes. In shi the focus from developmental drama to the art developing a body of artwork, students will be of acng. The course is intended to broaden the encouraged to personalize their learning through student’s theatrical experience as performer, ART 9 ‐ VISUAL ARTS (AR300‐MVA‐ ‐09) creang projects which are both themac and spectator, and cric. In this course students will Visual Art 9 is a year‐long course which builds on technical, and which ulize personally relevant communicate ideas, emoons, and perspecves some of the art‐making methods and processes imagery and concepts. Students will also pracce through movement, sound, imagery and language. introduced in Fine Arts 8. This course also gives parcular skills and explore visual concepts through Through acve parcipaon in drama students will students the opportunity to broaden their art‐ an assortment of teacher‐directed and self‐directed create personal and cultural connecons and reveal making experiences by exploring drawing, painng, sketchbook assignments. Recommended insights into the human experience. Parcipaon in printmaking, ceramics, and sculpture more prerequisite: Art Foundaons 11 or permission of producons outside of class me is oponal, thoroughly to create images that are personally the instructor. although encouraged. It is expected that students relevant. Students will deepen their understanding will have a genuine interest in all aspects of theatre. of creave image development and pursue emerging technical proficiency with a variety of PRE‐AP ART DESIGN 11 (AR510‐MVAST11‐AP) DRAMA 11 ‐ (TH500‐MDRM11) materials. Students will also pracce parcular This course is the first half of a two‐year program of skills and explore visual concepts through an studies designed to sasfy the porolio submission This course will help students develop their acng assortment of teacher‐directed and self‐directed requirements of the AP College Board for AP Art skills and will provide opportunies for students to sketchbook assignments. and Design. It is a rigorous course aimed at the present improvised and scripted material to a student who has a parcular interest or passion for variety of audiences. Acng techniques for both the visual arts. Students will have the opportunity Theatre and Film will be explored. Students will be VISUAL ART 10 (AR400‐MVAST10) to visually and conceptually develop a theme or expected to present work using a variety of Visual Art 10 is a course which encourages students topic of their choice (Sustained Invesgaon). dramac forms. Involvement in at least one extra‐ to advance their visual creavity and to further Students will develop and apply a deeper curricular producon, either as performer, stage develop their intermediate technical proficiency. understanding of the elements of art and principles crew, or promoter is encouraged. It is expected that This is achieved through connued pracce and of design. In creang a volume of work which students will have a genuine interest in all aspects experimentaon with a variety of materials and explores their chosen theme or topic, emphasis will of theatre. Recommended prerequisite: Drama 10 processes, including drawing, collage, painng, be placed on students experimenng, revising their or permission of the instructor. printmaking, ceramics, and sculpture. Students will work, engaging with assorted materials and have opportunies to pursue their own areas of processes, and developing their concept. Group THEATRE COMPANY 10/11/12 ( TH430– MDRTC10, strength and to create images that are both criques will be scheduled at regular intervals and TH530– MDRTC11, TH630‐MDRTC12 ) complex and personally relevant. Students will also student parcipaon in these is essenal. Note: pracce parcular skills and explore visual concepts students will be responsible for the cost of their AP This is a performance and producon based aer through an assortment of teacher‐directed and self‐ porolio evaluaon ($130.00 Cdn). Recommended school course which will be offered as a "block X". directed sketchbook assignments. prerequisite: Recommendaon from the instructor. Students will be part of the school theatre producon. All students in the company who want acng roles will be coached in the audion process ART STUDIO 11 (AR500‐MVAST11) and everyone who wants to perform will be cast. Art Studio 11 is a course which is appropriate for ADVANCED PLACEMENT STUDIO ART 12 (AR610‐ASAD‐12/AR611‐A2DP‐12/AR612‐A3DP‐

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12) and analysis of other people’s media is also COMBINED WITH PRE AP 11 involved. This course will be mainly project This course is the connuaon and compleon of a oriented, so students will be expected to work independently, as well as in groups for movies. two‐year program of studies designed to sasfy the important project to the school at stake, and porolio submission requirements of the AP College There is a course fee for prinng costs and a memory card. deadlines with financial penales, students must Board for AP Art and Design. It is a rigorous course have a good work ethic to be considered for the intended for students who have completed Pre‐AP course.) Students must be organized, self‐directed Art and Design 11 and who intend to complete the PHOTOGRAPHY 11 (AR521‐MVAPH11) and possess a strong work ethic to be successful. volume of work (Sustained Invesgaon) required This course will focus on quickly reviewing/building for porolio submission to the AP College Board. the basics of photography composion and eding Students are expected to demonstrate an advanced YEARBOOK DESIGN 12 (AR650‐YCCT 12A) MEDD12 in photoshop, and then work on more creave understanding of the elements of art and principles projects throughout the year. There will also be Students are expected to take a leadership role, of design while exploring their chosen theme or assignments learning how to use various advanced especially in mentoring the new Yearbook topic. Emphasis will be placed experimentaon, equipment. Students will need to be able to work Producon 11 students. They may have revision of work, engagement with assorted well independently, and be able to handle greater opportunies to be a Department Head or Editor. materials and processes, and development of responsibility to complete assignments on their Editors will be involved in planning and running the concept. Group criques will be scheduled at own and explore projects of their choice. Yearbook class. Students will examine other regular intervals and student parcipaon in these yearbooks (including past Sands’ yearbooks) to is essenal. Note: Successful porolio evaluaon suggest improvements and idenfy successful from the AP College Board may provide students PHOTOGRAPHY (ADVANCED) 12 (AR621‐MVAPH) components. They will seek inspiraon and ideas with credit for a 3‐credit first‐year post‐secondary This advanced course will have more difficult for theme and design elements, and guide the course at an instuon which recognizes the AP projects designed to push you to experiment and implementaon to produce an impressive and program. Recommended prerequisite: Pre‐AP Art develop your creavity. We will also study and unified product. Students will extend the and Design 11 or recommendaon from the emulate work by professional photographers. We development of their skills around me instructor. will aim beyond just taking a nice photo, but having management, communicaon, creave problem meaning that you are communicang through and solving, working with others, giving and receiving cricism, reflecon, career exploraon, AP ART AND DESIGN 12: PHOTO about your art. This course, or the Art AP Photo 12, is ideal for students intending to pursue responsibility to a group and contribuons to school (A2DP‐12‐PH) photography as a career or in post‐secondary. society. Prerequisite: Yearbook Producon 11 This course will be taught by Mr. Wood. This course

is a one‐year program of studies designed to sasfy the porolio submission requirements of the AP FILM AND TV 11/12 ‐ PRODUCTION (AR540‐DFT/ LANGUAGES College Board for AP Art and Design. It is a rigorous AR640‐DFT) course aimed at the student who has a parcular Students will learn and pracce all aspects of film interest or passion for photography. Students will producons, including cinematography, lighng, have the opportunity to visually and conceptually direcng, screenwring, sound recording, eding, FRENCH 8 (LA200‐MFR‐‐08) develop a theme or topic of their choice (Sustained effects, and pre‐producon. Students must be Invesgaon). Students will develop and apply a This course will introduce students to the French selfmovated and are expected to write and direct language. Students will learn the basic, praccal deeper understanding of the elements of art and their own films, as well as happily perform a variety principles of design as they relate to photography. vocabulary and language structures needed to of jobs on set on other students' films, including funcon in a variety of real life situaons. Students In creang a volume of work which explores their acng. They must be able to work effecvely with chosen theme or topic, emphasis will be placed on will develop their communicaon skills with the others, to direct their own sets and work under goal of expressing themselves and talking about the students experimenng, revising their work, other directors. Students who have already taken engaging with assorted materials and processes, world around us in French. Students will listen and Film 11 will connue to further develop their skills view with intent, and parcipate acvely in and developing their concept. Group criques will in Film 12 with some higher expectaons, and are be scheduled at regular intervals and student reciprocal interacons. Students will use storytelling expected to take more of a guiding and leadership to meaningfully communicate ideas. Using creave parcipaon in these is essenal. Note: students role to the other students. will be responsible for the cost of their AP porolio works students will experience culture and will

evaluaon ($130.00 Cdn). Note: Successful work to deepen their understanding of French porolio evaluaon from the AP College Board may YEARBOOK PRODUCTION 11 (AR550‐YCCT 11C) Culture as well as our own. provide students with credit for a 3‐credit first‐year MEDD11 post‐secondary course at an instuon which Open to grades 10‐12. The first year a student (any FRENCH 9 (LA300– MFR‐‐09) recognizes the AP program. Recommended grade) is in yearbook they will take Producon 11. The ability to communicate in both of Canada’s prerequisite: Photography 11/12 or Yearbook runs like a company: there are needs for recommendaon from the instructor. official languages can have many benefits. graphic designers, photographers, editors, Acquiring French provides opportunies to explore journalists, marketers, organizers, business people, our own cultural identy from a new perspecve. encouragers, and layout arsts. Most people will do Students will use Francophone creave works to MEDIA ARTS a variety of tasks. Creavity, reliability, and being a explore Francophone culture. Students will self‐starter are highly valued. Students will develop connue to listen and view with intent to skills around me management, communicaon, strengthen their understanding of French, will MEDIA ARTS 10/11 (AR420‐MVAM10/AR520‐ creave problem solving, working with others, MVAMT11) parcipate in meaningful conversaons about taking cricism, responsibility to a group, and things that are important to us in French, and In this course students will learn Photography contribuon to the school. Students will develop students will parcipate in story telling to interpret (composion, basic and advanced modes on a dslr numerous pieces of work, reflect on their work and and share knowledge, thought and feelings. camera), Photoshop (to edit photos, manipulate the work of others in order to offer suggesons, and Ongoing aenon to language structure will enable them, and graphic design), and Film (planning, will work independently, in small teams, and as part students to express themselves and communicate creang, and eding short movies). Response to of the enre group. (Prerequisite: With an with greater confidence. Recommended

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Prerequisite: French 8 and express themselves through various modes of presentaon.

oral and aural work, varied reading comprehension FRENCH 11 (LA500‐MFR‐‐11) SPANISH 9 (LA310‐MSP‐‐09) and grammar as it relates to composion and oral Spanish is one of the most widely spoken languages This course is accepted as a language credit towards expression. Recommended prerequisite: French 11 university entrance. French 11 gives students an in the world, used by approximately 340 million people. It is a valuable skill, useful for travel, opportunity to broaden their knowledge of French SPANISH 12 (LA610‐MSP‐‐12) employment, business and academic opportunies. language and culture. This course builds on the Spanish 9 emphasizes communicaon and offers an communicaon skills (listening, speaking, reading Spanish 12 emphasizes building on the grammacal introducon to the language and cultures of the and wring) from previous years. Course content is structures, vocabulary and verb tenses learned in Spanish‐speaking world. Although oral/aural work is delivered through theme‐based lessons using the Spanish 9‐11. Development of higher levels of an important focus in this course, students must be communicave approach. Cultural aspects of the wrien and oral communicaon is a priority. New willing to do regular wrien homework and review francophone world recur throughout the themes. grammar and vocabulary serve to make frequently. Students will learn the basic, praccal The study of grammacal structures is linked to the communicaon clearer, more detailed, and more vocabulary and language structures needed to various themes. This course will prepare students to interesng. Course work connues to be presented funcon in a variety of real life situaons. Language pursue French 12 the following year. through themac units that further develop skills are learned using themes such as school, Recommended prerequisite: French 10 understanding of the diverse cultures of the Spanish relaonships, pares, sightseeing and family. ‐speaking world. Students can expect to use wrien, oral and aural exercises, short INTRODUCTORY SPANISH 11 (LA520‐MBSP11) composions, projects, films, literature, music and FRENCH 10 (LA400‐MFR‐‐10) This course is for grades 10‐12 students who are other cultural opportunies to master the course French 10 gives students an opportunity to broaden interested in taking a second language but haven’t material. Recommended prerequisite: Spanish 11 had the opportunity to take it in previous years. their knowledge of French language and culture. As in French 9, students will connue to improve their This is a blend of Spanish 9 and 10, so it is an communicaon skills with a goal of engaging in excing and fast paced course. Students who pass short conversaons. Students will express Beginners Spanish 11 can take Spanish 11 the MATHEMATICS themselves with growing fluency orally and in following year, which gives them the opportunity to

wring. An emphasis will be placed on vocabulary meet university language requirements for some acquision as well as using the past, present and university programs. In Introductory Spanish 11 The following diagram is for students beginning a future tenses. As students acquire the French students learn basic communicaon skills, learn to new system of Math pathways. read and write in Spanish and learn about the language, new opportunies to appreciate and different cultures that exist in over 21 Spanish value creave works and cultural diversity arise. Each pathway is designed to provide students with speaking countries of the world. You will learn to Recommended Prerequisite: French 9 the mathemacal understandings, rigour and communicate in Spanish on a variety of themes crical‐thinking skills that have been idenfied for such as shopping, food, travel, and other interesng specific post‐secondary programs of study and for SPANISH 10 (LA410‐MSP‐‐10) themes. Students will listen to Spanish music, direct entry into the work force. When choosing a sample Spanish food and learn basic vocabulary. Spanish 10 builds on the vocabulary, verb forms and pathway, students should consider their interests, language structures learned in Spanish 9. A variety both current and future. Students and parents are of useful verb tenses are introduced and pracced, SPANISH 11 (LA510‐MSP‐‐11) encouraged to research the admission parcularly in the contexts of travel, shopping, requirements for post‐secondary programs of study This course is accepted as a language credit towards sports, restaurants, and the family. Students will as they vary by instuon and by year. Please note: broaden their understanding of the cultures and university entrance. Spanish 11 is based on the In order to maintain all career possibilies, students lifestyles of both Lan America and Spain. skills introduced in Spanish 9 and 10. Students will may choose to select more than one Mathemacs Communicaon connues to be the focus in develop their listening, speaking, reading and course. Spanish 10. Wrien exercises, listening pracce, wring skills to a higher level in preparaon for conversaon and several small projects are used to Spanish 12. New verb tenses, grammar points and vocabulary will be presented through a variety of learn and reinforce new knowledge. Students must Workplace Mathemacs expect to do regular homework and review in order themes that will expand the students’ This pathway is designed to provide students with to be successful in Spanish 10. Recommended communicaon abilies. Students can expect to do the mathemacal understandings and crical‐ prerequisite: Spanish 9 wrien, oral and aural exercises as well as projects and class presentaons. The cultures of the Spanish thinking skills idenfied for entry into the majority ‐speaking world will connue to be explored of trades and for direct entry into the work force. INTRODUCTORY FRENCH 11 (LA505‐MFRI‐11) through readings, films, short stories, and music. Topics include algebra, geometry, measurement, number, stascs and probability. Core French Introductory 11 is an intensive course Students whose first language is Spanish are designed to prepare students for Core French 11. encouraged to challenge this course. Recommended prerequisite: Spanish 10 This course is designed for grades 10‐12 students Foundaons of Mathemacs who are interested in taking a second language but This pathway is designed to provide students with have not had the opportunity in previous years. FRENCH 12 (LA600‐MFR‐‐12) the mathemacal understandings and crical‐ Students who pass Core French Introductory 11 will thinking skills idenfied for post‐secondary studies be able to further their studies with Core French 11 This course emphasizes building on structures and in programs that do not require the field of which gives them the opportunity to meet vocabulary learned in the previous grades. Oral and theorecal calculus. Topics in this pathway include university language requirements for some wrien communicaon is of primary importance. financial mathemacs, geometry, measurement, university programs. In Core French Introductory New vocabulary and grammar serve mainly to make number, logical reasoning, relaons and funcons, 11, students learn communicaon skills, how to communicaon clearer and more interesng. stascs and probability. read and write in French, and learn about the Francophone culture from around the world is various francophone cultures that exist around the examined through literature, music, films, projects, skits, and presentaons. Class acvies include world. Students will use the language skills they Pre‐Calculus learn in class to engage in authenc conversaons ongoing quizzes and tests, short composions, both

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This pathway is designed to provide students with expressions, polynomial factoring, primary the mathemacal understandings and crical‐ trigonometric raos, experimental probability, thinking skills idenfied for entry into post‐ financial literacy: gross and net pay. Recommended theorecal calculus. Topics include secondary programs that require the study of prerequisite: Mathemacs 9 Transformaons of Funcons, Polynomial theorecal calculus. Topics in this pathway include PLEASE NOTE: Funcons, Trigonometric Funcons, Exponenal & algebra and number, measurement, relaons and Logarithmic Funcons, Permutaons and funcons, trigonometry, and permutaons. A MATH 11 COURSE IS REQUIRED FOR Combinaons. Recommended prerequisite: Pre‐ GRADUATION. MANY UNIVERSITIES REQUIRE Calculus 11 FOUNDATIONS OF MATH 12 FOR GENERAL MATHEMATICS 8 (MA200‐MMA‐‐08) ADMISSION, AND PRE‐CALCULUS 12 FOR This course provides students with all the UNIVERSITY SCIENCE & MATH PROGRAMS. CALCULUS 12 (MA610‐MCALC12) Mathemacs skills necessary to fulfill all potenal This course is intended for very capable students post‐secondary pathways; university, college, WORKPLACE MATHEMATICS 11 (MA520‐ who plan to connue mathemacs at the post‐ apprenceship, or work. Topics include: perfect MWPM11) secondary level. It provides a foundaon for squares and square roots, percentages, raos, rate, students planning to take any university or college mulplicaon and division of fracons and integers, This course is designed to provide students with the courses involving calculus. Major topics include graphing and solving linear equaons, the mathemacal understandings and crical‐thinking limits, differenaon, applicaons of derivaves, Pythagorean Theorem, 3‐D objects, surface area, skills idenfied for entry into the majority of trades an‐differenaon and transcendental funcons. volume, financial literacy, logic, data analysis and and for direct entry into the work force. Topics Recommended prerequisite: Pre‐Calculus 11 and probability. include Surface Area, Volume, Scale Diagrams, Pre‐Calculus 12 or Pre‐Calculus 11 and a Personal Budgets, Interest Rates, and Data Analysis. recommendaon of your teacher. Calculus 12 can be taken concurrently with Pre‐Calculus 12 MATHEMATICS 9 (MA300 MMA—09) FOUNDATIONS OF MATHEMATICS 11 (MA500‐ Mathemacs 9 covers topics which allow students MFOM11) to choose Workplace Mathemacs 10 or PHYSICAL EDUCATION This course is designed to provide students with the Foundaons & Pre‐Calculus Mathemacs 10. Topics include: powers, linear relaons, graphing, linear mathemacal understandings and crical‐thinking equaons, polynomial operaons, similar figures, skills idenfied for post‐secondary studies in In Physical Educaon classes, all students are spaal reasoning and logic, order of operaons, programs that do not require the field of theorecal required to wear a T‐shirt/sweat shirt, shorts/sweat financial literacy, stascs and probability. calculus. Topics include Proporonal Reasoning, pants, socks, and running shoes that have laces and Recommended prerequisite: Mathemacs 8 Angle Geometry, Deducve & Inducve Reasoning, provide proper arch and lateral support. Students Quadrac Funcons, Linear Inequalies, and should also have an extra lock to be used to secure Stascs. Recommended prerequisite: Foundaons their belongings in a gym locker while parcipang CORE MATHEMATICS 9 (MA310‐MMA‐‐09) of Mathemacs 10 in P.E. or other athlec acvies. This course is designed for students who found Math 8 extremely challenging and require greater PRE ‐ CALCULUS 11 (MA501‐MPREC11) PHYSICAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION 8 (PE210 emphasis on basic math skills from the Math 8 and boys /PE220 girls– MPHE‐08) 9 curricula. Topics covered include: number This pathway is designed to provide students with operaons, data analysis, geometry, measurement the mathemacal understandings and crical‐ Physical Educaon 8 is an acvity‐oriented course and algebra. This course leads to Workplace Math thinking skills idenfied for entry into post‐ that will expose students to a variety of acvies 10. Placement in this course must be done in secondary programs that require the study of that will stress parcipaon, promote skill conjuncon with a student’s math teacher and a theorecal calculus. Topics include Radicals, development and improve knowledge and fitness. counsellor. Absolute Value, Raonal Expressions, Trigonometry, This required course will include both team and Factoring, Quadrac Funcons, Linear Systems, individual sports. While Badminton, Basketball and Inequalies, Sequences and Series. Recommended Volleyball are the constant units in Grade 8, other WORKPLACE MATHEMATICS 10 (MA420‐WPM‐ ‐ prerequisite: Foundaons of Math 10 units may include Acve Health, Gymnascs, 10) Wrestling, Field Hockey, Floor Hockey, Football, Minor Games, Rugby, Soccer and Soball. This course is designed to provide students with the FOUNDATIONS OF MATHEMATICS 12 (MA600‐ mathemacal understandings and crical‐thinking MFOM12) skills idenfied for entry into the majority of trades This course is designed to provide students with the PHYSICAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION 9 (PE310 and for direct entry into the work force. Topics boys /PE320 girls‐MPHE‐09) include: puzzles and games, Imperial & Metric mathemacal understandings and crical‐thinking measurement, graphing, trigonometry, surface area skills idenfied for post‐secondary studies in Physical Educaon 9 will review acvies taught in and volume, angle geometry, central tendency, programs that do not require the field of theorecal Physical Educaon 8. While parcipaon remains experimental probability, financial literacy. calculus. Topics include Financial Mathemacs, very important, this course will promote greater Logic & Reasoning, Set Theory, Polynomial skill development and improve knowledge and Funcons, Exponenal Funcons, Permutaons & fitness. This required course includes both team FOUNDATIONS OF MATHEMATICS AND PRE‐ Combinaons, Probability, and Stascs. and individual sports. Generally, Badminton, CALCULUS 10 (MA400‐MFMP10) Recommended prerequisite: Foundaons of Basketball and Volleyball are the constant units in This course is designed to provide students with the Mathemacs 11 or Pre‐Calculus 11 Grade 9. Other units may include Acve Health, mathemacal understandings and crical‐thinking Dance (girls), Golf, Gymnascs, Wrestling, Field Hockey, Floor Hockey, Football, Lacrosse, Minor skills idenfied for post‐secondary studies in PRE ‐ CALCULUS 12 (MA601‐MPREC12) programs that do not require the field of theorecal Games, Rugby, Soccer and Soball. This pathway is designed to provide students with calculus. Topics include: operaons on powers with integral exponents, relaonships among data, the mathemacal understandings and crical‐ thinking skills idenfied for entry into post‐ PHYSICAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION 10 (PE400‐ graphs, and situaons, linear relaons, including MPHED10) slope and equaons of lines, solving systems of secondary programs that require the study of linear equaons, mulplicaon of polynomial This course will review acvies taught in Physical

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Educaon 9 while promong parcipaon, Volleyball and Soball. This class may parcipate in developing skills, improving fitness and knowledge some oponal field trips such as rockclimbing, and encouraging physical acvity as a lifelong bowling, curling, golf and iceskang. Students will pursuit. Physical Educaon includes both team and also be involved in some extracurricular school manner. Students will be required to keep a training individual sports. While Basketball and Volleyball leadership programs. log dedicated to their health and fitness goals. are the constant units in Grade 10, other units may Students will be required to learn basic anatomy include Aerobics, Acve Health, Badminton, Dance, PHYSICAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION 11 FITNESS & and physiology theory (for example bones, muscles, Golf, Gymnascs, Tennis, Wrestling, Field Hockey, movement paerns). A variety of training methods Floor Hockey, Football, Lacrosse, Minor Games, CONDITIONING (FORMERLY SUPERFIT) (PE500F‐ YHRA‐1B) will be incorporated. Students will learn how to plan Rugby, Soccer and Soball. and implement their own weight liing program. Superfit is a co‐ed elecve course open to all Students may also parcipate in team and students who are interested in weight, fitness and individual acvies throughout the year. PHYSICAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION 10 core training. Students interested in this course LEADERSHIP (PE400L‐MPHED10) should have demonstrated a keen interest and have This co‐ed Leadership course focuses on teaching demonstrated good work habits in the fitness units students to be leaders in the area of recreaon and of Physical Educaon in Grades 8 – 10. Components SCIENCE requires students to help organize and run the of this course may include: classroom theory on the school’s intramural program and the elementary different forms of fitness training, projects on school tournaments. Since service hours are health and nutrion, fitness programs designed by SCIENCE 8 (SC200‐MSC‐‐08) mandatory, students may also be trained to the student specifying the fitness goals, become minor officials, referees, scorers and maintenance of a fitness journal detailing the daily Science 8 focuses on science to the real world and mekeepers for extra‐curricular acvies. workouts, field trips to local fitness facilies giving students an appreciaon of how it may affect their lives. Students will study how life processes Parcipaon in some school‐wide events is also mandatory. While students will parcipate in some are performed at the cellular level, the behaviour of of the same acvies as the regular Physical ACTIVE LIVING 12 (FORMERLY PE 12) (PE600‐ maer that can be explained by the kinec Educaon 10 classes, other acvies such as MACLV12) molecular theory and atomic theory, energy can be racquetball, squash, rock‐climbing, hiking, bowling, Physical Educaon 12 is a co‐ed class that will transferred as a parcle and as a wave, and the curling, golf and ice‐skang may be available. enable all students to enhance their quality of life theory of plate tectonics is the theory that explains Students are selected on the basis of leadership through a variety of team and individual sports and Earth’s geological processes. Learning is both an skills, atude, parcipaon and skill level. Please recreaonal acvies. Units may include Aerobics, individual and social process. The course includes see a Counsellor for more details. Acve Health, Badminton, Basketball, European acvies such as laboratory experiments, library projects, class presentaons, cooperave learning, Handball, Dance, Golf, Gymnascs, Tennis, Wrestling, Field Hockey, Floor Hockey, Football, and a dissecon. A strong emphasis is placed on PHYSICAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION 10/11/12 Lacrosse, Minor Games, Rugby, Soccer, Volleyball concept development and thinking skills. Students GIRLS FIT FOR LIFE – ENHANCED (PE440‐MPHED10/ and Soball. This class may parcipate in some field learn how to apply scienfic skills such as PE540‐MACLV11/PE640‐MACLV12) trips such as rock‐climbing, bowling, curling, observaon and data collecon, and use analysis to The emphasis of this course is to provide a non‐ snowshoeing, skiing, camping, golf and iceskang. classify and see relaonships in their data. In compeve environment where girls will be excited Students may also be involved in extracurricular addion, students are taught about the importance about being physically acve and pursuing a healthy school leadership programs. of safety in the science lab. lifestyle. Depending on class composion, there could be a hands‐on enhancement area SCIENCE 9 (SC300‐MSC‐‐09) concentrang on healthy eang, which will focus on PHYSICAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION 12 FITNESS & food selecon, preparaon and sports nutrion and CONDITIONING (FORMERLY SUPERFIT) (PE600F‐ Science 9 is designed to give students a connued the importance of rest and balance in one’s life. YHRA‐2BD37) appreciaon for the nature of Science and how it is This course will expose students to a variety of old This course is an extension of Superfit 11 and will relevant to their lives. There is a focus on skill and newer recreaonal acvies that many have connue to develop the knowledge and skills development and thinking abilies. Students study not had a chance to parcipate in before such as: necessary for a student to build his/her own fitness reproducon and genecs in biology, atoms and yoga, pilates, weight training, spinning classes, aqua program. Students interested in this course will elements and characteriscs of electricity in fit, rock climbing, roller‐blading, skang, swimming, have a desire to maintain a high level of fitness and physical science, and the deep connecons biking, maral arts, kickboxing, dance, snowshoeing to improve on other components of fitness. between energy and biomes and nutrient cycles on etc. A course fee will be required to pay for Students will learn how to develop a Sport Specific Earth. This course includes acvies such as acvies that will take place in recreaonal Training Program. Students will again design and laboratory experiments, library projects, poster and establishments throughout the lower mainland and maintain a self‐monitored fitness program that class presentaons. There is a connued emphasis students will be responsible for their own addresses targeted fitness components. This course on the scienfic skills of observaon, data collecon transportaon to and from community facilies. will be primarily based out of the Sands Weight and the subsequent analysis of this data. As in Science 8, there is a further emphasis on safety in Room, but may include field trips to various fitness centers as well as sites where physical acvies may the science lab. Recommended prerequisite: ACTIVE LIVING 11 (FORMERLY PE 11) (PE500‐ occur. Science 8 MACLV11)

Acve Living 11 is a co‐ed class that will promote SCIENCE 10 (SC400‐MSC‐‐10) parcipaon, develop skills, improve fitness and PHYSICAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION 11/12 knowledge and encourage physical acvity as a STRENGTH TRAINING (PE530‐YLRA‐1A/PE630‐YLRA The Science 10 program connues with the lifelong pursuit. This elecve course will include ‐2A) understanding that learners construct their both team and individual sports. Units may include This is an AM Course offered outside the regular scienfic knowledge and ideas as a result of Aerobics, Acve Health, Badminton, Basketball, bell schedule. This course is suited for individuals personal experience and through social European Handball, Dance, Golf, Gymnascs, who are highly movated and able to work interacons. The content of Science 10 is built Tennis, Wrestling, Field Hockey, Floor Hockey, independently. Students will learn how to use around four big ideas in the disciplines of biology Football, Lacrosse, Minor Games, Rugby, Soccer, weight training equipment in a safe and effecve (genes are the foundaon of diversity in living things), chemistry (chemical processes require

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energy change as atoms are rearranged), physics (energy is conserved and its transformaon can ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY 12 (SC600) affect living things and the environment), and earth goes through the life‐span in age ranges, starng science (the formaon of the universe can be (FORMERLY BIOLOGY 12‐MATPH12) with children, working through teenage years, all explained by the big bang theory). There is focus on This course focuses on human biology. Homeostasis the way through to adulthood. Students selecng skill development, crical thinking ability, and is the general theme, in order to understand how this program would benefit from selecng Biology safety in the science lab. Prerequisite: Science 9 the internal balance of the body is maintained. The 12 since topics learned in Biology 12 complement systems of the body are studied in detail, including topics learning in Health and Exercise Science. biochemistry at the cellular level. Some of the Students will further discover how to best aain CHEMISTRY 11 (SC510‐MCH‐‐11) topics covered are DNA, cellular processes, their own fitness goals through nutrion and Chemistry 11 is a challenging introductory course digeson, circulaon, respiraon and reproducon. applicaon, and how to best recover from any that involves the study of the classificaon of Students are required to learn and apply a injuries that occur along the way. Learning will be maer, chemical reacons, the mole concept, considerable amount of course material related to set in a variety of sengs, including the gymnasium, soluon chemistry, atomic theory, and organic biological terms and concepts. Important skills such classroom, and outdoors. Learning will combine chemistry. There is a strong focus on the as reading, note‐taking, memorizing and crical physical movement with theory and may involve understanding of concepts and applying these to thinking are emphasized. A fair amount of me field trips. This course does not sasfy the Science problem solving. Recommended prerequisite: must be devoted to this course in order to master 11/12 graduaon requirement nor does it sasfy Foundaons of Mathemacs 10 and Science 10 . the course material. The course will be composed of Biology 11 or 12 credits for post‐secondary. 70% theory and 30% labs and acvies. Recommended prerequisite: Biology 11 and/or CHEMISTRY 12 (SC610‐MCH‐‐12) Chemistry 11 Chemistry 12 builds on the skills and knowledge SOCIAL STUDIES acquired in Chemistry 11. This specialized course involves understanding the mechanisms of a EARTH SCIENCES 11 (SC520‐MESC‐11) chemical reacon and applying that understanding This is a course that introduces students to the Social Studies courses emphasize the development to problem solving. The areas of study in Chemistry areas of Geology, Astronomy and Meteorology. of six disnct disciplinary skills: significance, 12 are reacon kinecs, dynamic equilibrium, Geology includes the study of Earth materials, plate evidence, connuity and change, cause and solubility equilibrium, acids, bases and salts and tectonic theory, earthquakes, volcanoes and some consequence, perspecve, and ethical judgment. electrochemistry. Recommended prerequisite: meteorology. Astronomy includes the origins of the These skills and processes forms the key pillars of Chemistry 11&Pre‐Calc11 Earth and Solar System and the study of planets, the learning process. In all courses, current events stars and galaxies. Meteorology includes how the may be discussed on a regular basis and student transfer of energy in the atmosphere creates inquiry may play an important role in the learning PHYSICS 11 (SC530‐MPH‐‐11) weather, how this transfer is affected by climate process. This is a high level science course dealing with change, and the distribuon of water can affect moon, force, energy and waves. This course is for weather and climate. Earth Science 11 is accepted those with an established ability to manipulate as an entrance science requirement for college or SOCIAL STUDIES 8 (SS200‐MSS‐‐08) algebraic equaons and who wish to learn the university. Recommended prerequisite: Science 10 The Socials Studies 8 curriculum primarily explores mechanics that make the world work. the historical development of world civilizaons Recommended: Mathemacs 10 and Science 10 from the 7th century to 1750. Course content GEOLOGY 12 (SC640‐MGEOL12) includes social, polical, and economic systems and Geology 12 will take you on a journey of Earth's structures, including those of at least one PHYSICS 12 (SC630‐MPH‐ ‐12) history from its formaon through to billions of indigenous civilizaon; scienfic and technological This is a high level science course connuing on years into the future. We will look at the innovaons; philosophical and cultural shis; from the prerequisite of Physics 11 and dealing with importance of rocks and minerals as resources from interacons and exchanges of resources, ideas, arts, the measures of moon, both linear and circular, a scienfic, economic, and cultural perspecve. and culture between and among different forces and energy interacons within fields, and Students will examine human interacon and civilizaons; exploraon, expansion, and how momentum is conserved within a closed and stewardship of Earth resources in the past, present, colonizaon; and changes in populaon and living isolated system. This course deals with an and future. Watch volcanoes erupt and hear standards. elemental of suspended logic and relies heavily on a earthquakes rumble, all from the comfort of your students’ ability to theorize the analogical system. It classroom as we study plate tectonics. Embark upon is recommended that students have a strong both virtual and real geology field trips. Walk in the SOCIAL STUDIES 9 (SS300‐MSS‐‐09) background with manipulang algebra. footsteps of dinosaurs to see how they lived and The Social Studies 9 curriculum examines the Recommended prerequisite Pre‐Calculus 11 and died. Learn about the processes that create and historical development of primarily North America Physics 11 change the surface of the planet we call home. and Europe from 1750 to the start of the 20th Buckle up; it's going to be a "rocky" ride. century. Course content includes polical, social, Recommended Prerequisite: Earth Science 11 or economic, and technological revoluons; the LIFE SCIENCES 11 (FORMERLY BIOLOGY 11) (SC500‐ Chemistry 11 connuing effects of imperialism and colonialism on MLFSC11) indigenous peoples in Canada and around the This is an intensive course that focuses on life, world; global demographic shis, including paerns introducing the levels of organizaon, and the HEALTH AND EXERCISE SCIENCE PROGRAM 11/12 of migraon and populaon growth; naonalism characteriscs of living organisms. There is an (SC550/SC650—YHRA‐2AD37) and the development of modern naon‐states, emphasis on microbiology, evoluon, plant and Health and Exercise Science is a one block course in including Canada; local, regional, and global animal biology and ecology. This course involves a which students will explore how the human body conflicts; discriminatory policies, atudes, and study of the domains and kingdoms of living things adapts to exercise. While earning an elecve credit, historical wrongs; physiographic features of Canada with special importance given to classificaon and students will study the different systems of the and geological processes. Recommended the applicaon of biological terms and concepts. body that relate to exercise, how they create the prerequisite: Social Studies 8. Recommended prerequisite: Science 10. energy to work, and how they funcon. This course

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Note: Psychology does NOT count towards the grad ABORIGINAL STUDIES 9 (SS370‐XLDCD09) requirement of a Social Studies elecve. This course is of interest to the praccal as well as the Aboriginal Studies 9 is an introductory course for scienfically minded student. Psychology 11 will challenge students to engage in historical thinking Aboriginal Studies 11 and 12. It will provide introduce students to the fundamentals of human through class discussions, assignments, and inquiry students with an introducon to those topics behaviour. Some of the topics are as follows: states projects. covered in grade 11 and 12 and also allow students of consciousness (such as sleep, drugs, and to design some of their own learning as it relates to hypnosis), social psychology, psychological indigenous issues, culture and history. This course is disorders and memory. A wide range of learning GENOCIDE STUDIES 12 (SS600‐MGENO12) open to all students and is not designed solely for acvies is ulized including case studies, This course is offered on a rotang basis with indigenous students. psychoanalysis, cooperave learning, research Comparave Cultures 12. This course will be offered projects, text based theory and crical thinking. during the 2020/21 school year and not during the SOCIAL STUDIES 10 (SS400‐MSS‐‐10) 2021/22 school year. Genocide Studies 12 will explore the condions that created, and outcomes The Social Studies 10 curriculum develops in ABORIGINAL STUDIES 11 (SS570‐YAES‐1A) of acts of genocide (intenonal destrucon of an students a greater appreciaon and understanding Aboriginal Studies 11 will meet the Socials Studies enre people) in modern history. of modern Canada and its complex relaonship to grad requirement. This course, in alternang years, the global community. The course is divided into will cover the curriculum of BC First Naons 12 and three disnct organizers: Canadian government and Contemporary Indigenous Studies 12. The purpose PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY 12 (SS630‐MHGEO12) the legal system, Canadian history from 1914 to of this is to allow students to take Aboriginal Physical Geography 12 is a combinaon of present (World War I, the Interwar, World War II, Studies in both their grade 11 and 12 years. Content environmental studies and physical geography. This post WWII Canada), and an introducon to human will focus on topics such as but not limited to: course aims to broaden students’ understanding of and environmental geography. Course content will colonialism, Truth and Reconciliaon, Indigenous our natural environment and its current state, as be studied through an issues based approach to world views, self‐governance, and cultural identy. well as the influence and impact humans have had learning with specific focus on culture, society, This course is open to all students and is not on the environment over me. The objecve of this identy, economy, environment, autonomy, designed solely for indigenous students. course is to deepen students’ connecon to the polics, law, social jusce and First Peoples. natural world, open their eyes to new perspecves Students will make connecons between the past on how they view the world and to build an and the present and ulmately gain greater insights 20TH CENTURY WORLD HISTORY 12 (SS615‐MWH‐ awareness of the impact and influence they have on into their future. Recommended prerequisite: Social ‐12) the environment. Studies 9. 20th Century World History examines the profound social, economic, and polical changes that LAW 12 (SS650‐MLAW‐12) ABORIGINAL STUDIES 10 (SS470–YMIS‐0AD37) characterized the 20th century. Through an examinaon of major wars, revoluons, and social Law 12 teaches students to understand everyone’s Aboriginal Studies 10 is an introductory course for movements, students will deepen their legal rights and responsibilies, which allows them Aboriginal Studies 11 and 12. It will provide understanding of how our modern world was to reflect crically on the role of law in society. This students with an introducon to those topics shaped by events in the previous century. This course may involve mock trials, debates, and crical covered in grade 11 and 12 and also allow students course will challenge students to engage in thinking, primarily through studying real cases and to design some of their own learning as it relates to historical thinking through class discussion, current events. indigenous issues, culture and history. This course is assignments, and inquiry projects. open to all students and is not designed solely for indigenous students. PHILOSOPHY 12 (SS680‐MPHIL12) ABORIGINAL STUDIES 12 (SS670‐MINST12) Philosophy 12 is an examinaon of the fundamental Note: Students entering Gr. 11 in 2019 must take Aboriginal Studies 12 will meet the Socials Studies nature of knowledge, reality, and existence as well ONE of the following courses in order to graduate: grad requirement. This course, in alternang years, as theories of morality and ethics. (some may not be offered every year) will cover the curriculum of BC First Naons 12 and Contemporary Indigenous Studies 12. The purpose  20th Century World History 12 of this is to allow students to take Aboriginal SOCIAL JUSTICE 12 (SS660‐MSJ‐‐12)  Aboriginal Studies 12 Studies in both their grade 11 and 12 years. Content An examinaon of social jusce issues (ex. Human rights, climate change, and gender inequality), their  Comparave Cultures 12 will focus on topics such as but not limited to: colonialism, Truth and Reconciliaon, Indigenous possible causes, and the lasng impact on  Genocide Studies 12 world views, self‐governance, and cultural identy. individuals, groups, and society. This course  Geography 12 This course is open to all students and is not involves current events, discussion, crical thinking, and the examinaon of real life cases.  Law 12 designed solely for indigenous students.

 Philosophy Studies 12 PERFORMANCE PSYCHOLOGY 12 (SS601)  Social Jusce 12 COMPARATIVE CULTURES 12 (SS625‐MCMCL12) This course is offered on a rotang basis with Do you ever wonder why some people shine in big Genocide Studies 12. This course will not be moments? Or why others 'choke'? Performance The following Social Studies elecves cannot be offered during the 2020/21 school year but will be Psychology provides an examinaon of individual used towards the Social Studies requirement for offered during the 2021/22 school year. and group behaviour in sport and performing arts. graduaon. Comparave Cultures 12 explores diverse cultures Emphasis will be placed on understanding  Psychology 11 and how geographic and environmental factors psychological concepts which are pernent to performance, e.g., movaon, social and  Psychology AP 12 contribute to their development. Through an examinaon of the evoluon of belief systems, personality development, cognion, leadership and  Performance Psychology 12 social organizaon, and structures of power and group dynamics. If you are an athlete, actor, authority, students will enhance their musician, or just strive to reach your full potenal in PSYCHOLOGY 11 (SS510‐YPSYC) understanding of various cultures. This course will whatever you pursue this is the course for you.

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SUPPORTIVE LEARNING PROGRAM ADVANCED PLACEMENT PSYCHOLOGY 12 (SS610‐ The Supporve Learning Program at Sands is a MPSY‐12) district program designed to assist students who have experienced behavioural challenges in the past PEER TUTORING (PT400/PT500‐YIPS11C/PT600‐ This course will provide students with an YIPS12B) introducon to the science of psychology. Course and require individualized support to address these content will build on Psychology 11. Students will difficules. In order to make their experience at Peer tutoring happens in a variety of ways and peer take part in reading assignments, class discussion, Sands a successful one, these students will receive tutors will be expected to work one‐to‐one or with interviews, and acve learning experiments. A good support in both large and small group sengs, small groups of students, assisng with academics, level of reading comprehension is an asset in this individualized aenon and support (behaviourally elecve courses or life skills. To qualify to be a peer course. Although the Advanced Placement and academically). Referral to this program is made tutor, students must be outgoing, friendly and in examinaon is not a requirement, this course will through a District screening commiee or special good standing. Peer tutoring is available for prepare students to write the Advanced Placement consideraon and availability at Sands. students in Grades 10‐12. Peer tutoring blocks are Examinaon in May. Students have the not available through the electronic course opportunity to earn post‐secondary credits based selecon process. Students interested in applying on their examinaon results. Note: Students will OTHER COURSES be responsible for the cost of the AP Examinaon. Recommended prerequisite: Psychology 11 MODIFIED ACADEMIC PROGRAM The Modified Academic program at Sands is a INCLUSIVE LEARNING district program designed to provide an alternave program for students who have moderate intellectual disabilies. The curriculum is totally ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT individualized with support in all academic course This is a mul‐graded course for students who are work. Curriculum goals include a focus on funconal learning English as a second language. Students Lifeskills, consumer skills, social and recreaonal idenfied by their elementary school teacher as skills and work experience. Referral to this program needing language instrucon will connue receiving is made through a District screening commiee. help at Sands. New students to school and those should see their counselor. who arrive from other countries will be assessed to DIVERSIFIED ABILITIES PROGRAM determine the level of assistance needed. Students This program at Sands is a district program designed INDEPENDENT DIRECTED STUDY (OT570‐YIPS11B/ are usually given one block of ESL. ESL classes work OT670‐YIPS12A) on language development, and cultural awareness to provide an alternave educaonal program for through subject area classes. This course is open to students with developmental delays. Emphasis is Students have the opportunity to earn credits students in Grades 10, 11 and 12. placed on the development of independence in towards graduaon for independent work based on community‐based skills, life skills and social skills. a subset of learning outcomes of any Grade 10, 11 Curriculum areas include funconal academics, or 12 Ministry course or Board Authority Authorized STRATEGIES mobility skills, consumer skills, community course. Students may wish to pursue an elecve The goal of this course is to help students with a recreaon skills, shopping and restaurant skills, that is not currently offered at the school with the diagnosed learning disability succeed in their core environmental awareness and work experience understanding that they are able to complete the subject areas by facilitang learning strategies exposure. Referral to this program is made through expected outcomes independent of direct teaching. within the course content. The focus is on learning a District screening commiee. Students may study one or more learning outcomes strategies and skills specific to studying, me in depth, or study more broadly a wide variety of learning outcomes from a single course. The management, organizaonal, reading, wring and COMMUNITY AMBASSADORS 9‐12 math skills with an important emphasis on maximum number of credits for a single IDS course enhancing student awareness of their strengths and (CL310‐XLDCD09/CL410‐YMIS‐0AD37/CL510‐YMIS‐ is four credits. The number of credits a student challenges. This is designed as a five year program 1CD37/CL610‐YIPS‐2AD37) earns for an IDS will be set out in the plan with the objecve to facilitate an independent and Students will parcipate in acvies to improve developed by that student and a teacher, and self‐directed learner. their local and school community. They will work approved by a principal. Grade 12 IDS credits may during class me to develop their projects and may count toward the 16 Grade 12 “elecve” credits required for graduaon. Students may have a LEARNING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM have opportunies to carry out community based projects. Ideas for projects will be developed by maximum of 16 independent directed study credits. Students who have been idenfied as requiring students and may include but are not limited to: Please see a counsellor for further informaon. addional instrucon for academic courses may be volunteering to support local community, seng up eligible for Learning Assistance. Placement in school based social acvies, building a community Learning Assistance is decided by the School Based garden. They will also parcipate in discussions and Team which looks at student work habits, past complete wrien assignments and reflecons. For ACADEMY PROGRAMS performance, educaonal tesng, and teacher the purpose of this course, ambassadors means recommendaon. Students will focus on me having an intenonal posive influence on the lives management, study and organizaonal skills, and Academy programs are District run elective classes and behaviour of others. This course will that may or may not take place at a different high receive subject support where needed. This course accommodate a variety of individual learning styles does NOT replace the requirement for students to school than where the student attends. Programs and levels. It will enable students of all intellectual are credited courses scheduled within the school do regular homework and home study. It is a levels to work together and experience success, support block for students who need extra help. day. These courses fulfill student’s graduation while helping others. This is an inclusive course, requirements. Transportation between Delta Parents need to be acvely involved in monitoring that joins students in grades 9‐12 with students their child’s progress. schools is available for most academies. Students with special needs. from both out‐of‐catchment and out‐of‐district are eligible to participate in an academy program. Out

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‐of‐district students must be registered at a Delta The Studio – Delta Manor Education Centre school. PLEASE NOTE: Delview and North Delta Gr. 8 – 12 All Genders Secondary schools are ineligible to attend most academy programs due to an incompatible Coordinated by SDSS Drama Teacher, Jennifer collaborative process. Teacher Coordinator is Shelly timetable. Please check with your counsellor. Mckee, this academy offers aspiring film and television actors the opportunity to work with local Bojahra (2 block program every other afternoon) Applying is a two‐part process: actors, Cameron Bancroft, Alex Zahara and other 1. Apply through MyEd. (If MyEd is closed please talented guest instructors. Students will take on a GOLF (NORTH END) (AC301) contact your school counsellor.) serious study of on‐camera work including Seaquam Secondary AND auditioning, scene study, and meeting with industry professionals to guide their learning (including Gr. 8 – 12 All Genders 2. Also through online registration on the Delta agents, casting directors, acting coaches, etc.). The Golf Academy is designed to improve individual Academies website Students will work on career development for golf skills, golf IQ and improve student’s golf specific For online application, fees, videos, program success in Vancouver's vibrant film acting industry conditioning within the regular schedule of content and transportation information, visit us at: where we are the third largest film and TV classes. This program is coached by, Teacher deltaacademies.ca or call 604 952‐5374. production center in North America! Students will Coordinator, Bryce Hamade, and PGA of Canada work in collaboration with students in the Film BASEBALL ACADEMY (AC101) Coach, Shingo Akizuki and golf fitness coach Lindsay Production Academy. (2 block program every other Manion. The academy includes a 12 month junior Sands Secondary afternoon) membership at Mayfair Lakes Golf Course plus up Gr. 8 – 12 All Genders to 6,000 range balls. This academy meets the needs The Basketball Academy is coached by, legendary FILM PRODUCTION (AC702) of golfers from beginner to elite. (2 block program former National team coach John Haar. John’s every other afternoon) resume is extensive including, founder of the The Studio ‐ Delta Manor Education Centre

National Baseball Institute, and International Coordinated by SDSS Drama teacher Jennifer Baseball Federation’s top coach in 1992. John is also McKee; this academy is designed for aspiring young DELTA LACROSSE ACADEMY (AC602) a two‐time Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame inductee film, television and documentary makers interested South Delta Secondary as a builder and coach, and a long time coach of the in learning the artistic and technical aspects of Gr. 8 – 12 All Genders PBL’s North Shore Twins. Students will also work storytelling in pre‐production, production and post‐ with several very qualified local coaches as well as production processes from leading industry The Lacrosse Academy is coached by Evan Sands Secondary Teacher Coordinator and former professionals: Garnet Campbell and Sandra Almond. Messenger, a professional NLL box player for the pitcher for the Vancouver Canadians/Toronto Blue This academy is ideal for students wanting to Vancouver Stealth, accomplished guest community Jays organization, Eric Brown. Students in this develop a successful career in Vancouver's coaches including professional NLL box player Logan academy are offered the opportunity to develop burgeoning industry. Students will work in Schuss, and by former New Westminster and refine their baseball skills and fitness levels collaboration with students in the Film Acting Salmonbellies Mann Cup‐winning coach John throughout the entire school year. (2 block Academy. (2 block program every other afternoon) Hannah. Students in this academy will further develop their lacrosse skills and core fitness. College program every other afternoon). recruitment opportunities and support applying for

athletic scholarships is available. The program BASKETBALL ACADEMY (AC201) includes knowledge on sports nutrition, injury Richmond Oval management, stick stringing, athletic psychology and a variety of cross training activities. This Gr. 8 – 12 All Genders program is overseen by Teacher Coordinator Patty The Basketball Academy is run in partnership with Burr who has extensive lacrosse knowledge which Split Second Basketball. Former UBC Thunderbird, includes Minor President Delta Lacrosse, Coaching Eric Butler, founder and Program Director of Split Coordinator, Senior Pioneers Lacrosse Second Basketball, coaches the program along with management, coach for both, boys and girls box other professional coaches from the organization. and field lacrosse, coach/sponsor of the South Delta The Basketball Academy is a skills development Secondary lacrosse program as well as being a academy (not a team) that allows students to come former competitive player herself. (2 block program from different Delta high schools to train at one every other afternoon) location and maintain eligibility at home schools as

per BCSS eligibility regulations. Students in this academy are offered the opportunity to develop FILM VISUAL EFFECTS (VFX) (AC707) STAGE PERFORMANCE ACADEMY and refine their basketball skills and fitness The Studio – Delta Manor Education Centre DMEC levels. (2 block program every other day) Gr. 8 – 12 All Genders Gr. 8 – 12 All Genders

This academy is designed for aspiring young Visual The Stage Performance Academy is designed for DANCE ACADEMY (AC601) Effects Artists (VFX)! Students work with top students who love theatre and music! This Delta Secondary Vancouver Industry professionals to learn the basics academy coaches students towards writing their key components of VFX. Students learn the basics own theatre piece! Student will learn about their Gr. 8 – 12 All Genders of: photography, modeling, texturing, lighting, own creative process and will develop both Coordinated by DSS Teacher, Jessica McMillan, this rigging, rotoscoping, matte painting, compositing, personal and ensemble pieces of theatre. Acting, academy offers students the opportunity to work dynamics, rendering to name a few! This program voice, script writing, score writing and staging will with local professional dance instructors, Melissa is run with the support of CG Masters Professional be developed in collaboration with master teaching Pribula and Tanner Plecas. Students will be exposed Training Centre. This academy is ideal for students artists through our unique partnership with to multiple forms of dance, developing their wanting to develop a successful career in Vancouver Opera‐ Vancouver’s largest theatre! technical skills in both choreography and Vancouver's vibrant film industry where we are the Students will attend local theatre, all of Vancouver performance. Jazz and ballet training is third largest film and TV production center in North Opera mainstage productions and will have full recommended. (2 block program every other America! Students will work in collaboration with backstage access. Opportunities for apprenticeship afternoon) students in the Film Acting Academy and Film programs are available. This program is overseen by FILM ACTING ACADEMY (AC701) Production Academies to experience a real world Teacher Coordinator Jenn McKee. (2 block program

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every other afternoon)

SOCCER ACADEMY (AC102) Sands Secondary Gr. 8 – 12 All Genders This academy is coached by Martin Bittengl, a former professional player from the Czech Republic, as well as professional coaches, Mark Pennington and Ajit Braich. This program offers outstanding skill development opportunities to soccer players with a passion and commitment to improve their skills and abilities. This program is overseen by former UBC assistant coach and Sands Soccer Academy Teacher Coordinator Lucas Serres (2 block program every other afternoon)

SOFTBALL ACADEMY (AC302) Seaquam Secondary Gr. 8 ‐ 12 Females This academy is overseen by Teacher Coordinator, Paige Collings and Head Coach, Ron Clarke. Ron has over 20 years experience as a Naonal Team Coach (Sydney Olympics, Pan‐Am Games, World Championship in Japan). Ron coaches with Susan Desrosiers (20+ years coaching at the elite level), Leah Riske (SFU Player & Coach Alumni) and Larissa Franklin (current member of the Canadian Naonal Team), Kaitlyn Cameron (former SFU Catcher) and Courtney Gill (coached Team BC and the White Rock Renagades). Students develop their soball skills through in‐field fundamentals and sport specific skill development and training. (2 block program every other aernoon)

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