École Secondaire Argyle Secondary School 2020-2021 Course Planning Guide
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École Secondaire Argyle Secondary School 2020-2021 Course Planning Guide 1131 Frederick Road, North Vancouver, B.C., V7K 1J3 Telephone: 604-903-3300 Website: www.argylesecondary.ca TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 3 Programming Information ................................................................................................. 5 Graduation Requirements .................................................................................................. 6 Program Requirements....................................................................................................... 8 French Immersion Program ............................................................................................... 9 Grade 8 Electives ............................................................................................................. 14 Business Education .......................................................................................................... 16 Career Education, Work Experience................................................................................ 19 Career Life Connections 12 ............................................................................................. 23 Digital Media ................................................................................................................... 24 English ............................................................................................................................. 30 English Language Learners.............................................................................................. 36 Home Economics ............................................................................................................. 37 Leadership ........................................................................................................................ 39 Mathematics ..................................................................................................................... 40 Modern Languages........................................................................................................... 46 Performing Arts - Drama ................................................................................................. 48 Performing Arts - Music .................................................................................................. 52 Physical & Health Education ........................................................................................... 56 Science ............................................................................................................................. 59 Social Studies ................................................................................................................... 65 Support Programs............................................................................................................. 70 Technology Education ..................................................................................................... 71 Visual Arts ....................................................................................................................... 76 Other Ways to Receive Credits ........................................................................................ 79 Post-Secondary Admissions Required ............................................................................. 84 Student Fees ..................................................................................................................... 87 2 January 2020 Dear Students, This Course Programming booklet is designed to provide you and your parents with information to plan your school year, and ultimately, your future. You should read this with your goals and aspirations in mind. Whether your goals include university, college, business or vocational school, or employment, wise planning is of critical importance. Argyle Secondary School has a tradition of high student achievement and is proud to offer a comprehensive and diverse range of educational and learning opportunities. The members of the school community work with you to help you develop the knowledge and skills to be ready to meet the changing expectations of our society. As you design your year, you are encouraged to: 1. Consider ALL the courses and programs that are available to you 2. Be curious about options not previously chosen 3. Ensure you know what is required in order for you to achieve your future goals 4. Make reasoned and responsible choices 5. Discuss your plan and consider suggestions from parents, teachers and counsellors Take the time to plan as the choices you make now can have a significant impact on your future education and career goals. This guide is intended for you and your parents to collaboratively make decisions about program requirements for successive years through to graduation. Grade counselors will be meeting with students in classes to provide general advice about Course Programming. They are available upon request for individual questions. Our timetable is developed based on student course requests. This means that we staff the school and create course sections based on the information we receive from students in late February-early March. This process allows us to create a schedule that suits the needs of the vast majority of our students, but it does not allow for any significant changes once the timetable is set. Please do not expect to be able to make a change to a schedule after the timetable is built in June. We are unable to guarantee that each course described in the booklet will be offered. Offering a course is dependent on enrollment and a student may need to take an alternate course to meet their program requirements. We look forward to working with you to meet your educational goals. The Argyle Administrative Team 3 WELCOME TO ARGYLE SECONDARY School Website: www.argylesecondary.ca 2020-2021 GRADE COUNSELLORS Grade Counsellor Email Grade 08 Ms. V. Dash [email protected] Grade 09 Ms. S. Gordon [email protected] Grade 10 Ms. K. Sigurdsson [email protected] Grade 11 & International Mr. P. Ruben [email protected] Grade 12 Ms. E. Malone [email protected] Course Programming Dates Students should check post-secondary institute entrance requirements and program specific requirements in advance of making their course requests. Parent meetings: Thursday, January 23rd Enhanced Programs Evening at Sutherland Secondary School 7:00pm Wednesday, February 5th Parent Programming evening for students in grades 8 to 11 • Current grade 10 & 11s – 6:30pm, Library • Current grade 8 & 9s – 7:30pm, Cafeteria Monday, February 10th Grade 7 to 8 Argyle Parent Programming Evening • School tours (optional) at 6:30pm - Cafeteria • Course programming information, 7:00 to 8:00pm – Large Gym Counsellor Visits: Mid- February Counsellor visits to classes for student course programming. During these sessions, students will learn about curricular requirements at each grade level and courses offered to meet those requirements. Course requests are due online by Tuesday, March 10th, 2020 4 Programming Information • Argyle Counsellors will be available for individual appointments during February to assist students and families through the course request process. The first point of contact for programming is the student’s Grade Counselor. • Applications for any Academy or Enhanced program are dealt with independently from this Course Programming process. Please check the North Vancouver School District Website under Programs and Services/ Academies for further details. Applications for NVSD Academies for the 2020-2021 school year will be accepted between January 20th and February 24th 2020. No payment is required at the time of application. For more information please see: https://www.sd44.ca/ProgramsServices/Academies/Pages/default.aspx • Grade 7 students who are NOT currently enrolled in an Argyle Feeder school and are hoping to attend Argyle in 2020 must apply at the NVSD Central Registration (2121 Lonsdale Ave). All students and parents are welcome to attend all of the events intended to orient new students to Argyle. • Requests to transfer schools within the North Vancouver School District are due by February 28th, 2020 to Central Registration. Visit the North Vancouver School District Website for more information. https://www.sd44.ca/Schools/StudentRegistration/Pages/2018-2019-K---Gr.- 12.aspx 5 GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS What You Need to Graduate To graduate, students require 80 credits total at the grades 10, 11, 12 level– with a minimum of 16 credits at the grade 12 level, and 28 elective course credits. 52 credits are required from the following: • Two Career Education Courses (8 credits) (replaces Planning 10 & Graduation Transitions 12) o students will take Career Life Education 10 and Career Life Connections 12 o students who have completed Planning 10 do not need to take Career Life Education. • Physical Health and Education 10 (4 credits) • Science 10 (4 credits) • A Science 11 or 12 (4 credits) • Social Studies 10 (4 credits) • A Social Studies 11 or 12 (4 credits) • A Math 10 (4 credits) • A Math 11 or 12 (4 credits) • A Language Arts 10 (4 credits) • A Language Arts 11 (4 credits) • English 12 (4 credits) • An Arts Education 10, 11, or 12 and/or an Applied Design, Skills, and Technologies 10, 11, or 12 (4 credits) Students must also: • Earn a minimum of 16 credits at the grade 12 level • Earn a minimum