We offer a wide breadth of courses in the Arts and many students try to diversity their Arts courses by trying different disciplines throughout their 4 years at Eden.  Have a look below at the various courses students can take.

Grade 9 Drama (ADA1O1)

Are you looking to learn about acting? Are you already an actor but want to start deepening your skills? Do you want to learn about storytelling in groups? Sign up for Grade 9 Drama and explore and create stories through tableaux, improvisation, masks, an anthology on social issues and various spontaneous activities. You will also gain the ability to analyze and review live theatre. On top of this, there is a technical theatre component where you learn to use a digital lighting board and create sound effects.

This course is highly interactive and group oriented. Evaluations are primarily done on an individual basis and include: a reflective journal, a live theatre review, script-writing, peer evaluations, and class performances. This course is a beneficial step to taking grade 10 drama.

Grade Ten Drama (ADA2O1)

Lights! Sound! Showtime! The Grade 10 Drama course is all about production and script writing. If you like collaborating in small groups to improvise, create and direct scripts and design light and sound, this is a great place to be. Explore characters and historical events through masks and docudramas and perform for other Eden classes. Evaluated activities include: Character performances, reflective journals, peer evaluations, a stage manager’s prompt book, and a live theatre review.

Grade Eleven Drama (ADA3M1)

On with the show! Grade Eleven Drama is designed to prepare students for university or college level theatre courses, or just to get up and act in any community or professional production.

Explore improvisation, musical theatre, intense scene studies, and hilarious or terrifying alternate styles of theatre. No formal exam here. The final evaluation is an in-depth scene study with a partner.

Evaluations are based on reflective illustrated journals, live theatre review, performances, stage design and a unique interpretation of a popular children’s story.

Grade Twelve Drama (ADA4M1)

After learning the basics in junior drama and polishing your acting skills in grade 11, it’s time to focus on the total production from page to stage.

Grade Twelve Drama is all about creating, producing, and analyzing live theatre. Everything you need to know for college or university theatre courses, or to bring theatre to the community.

Grade 12 Media Arts - ASM4M1

In this course, students will be doing and creating. Sit down lessons are few and far between in this course! Students will be active makers and creators of short films using a various genres such as action sequences and documentary film-making. Students will develop skills in creative thinking, visual storytelling, filming techniques, video editing using modern software and creating video effects. Students will also develop their independent skills through a choice of options aimed at helping them learn the principles of photography, audio recording and video production. This is a stand alone course - students wishing to complete their Arts credit requirement and haven’t done so in Grade 11 or 12 should consider taking this course.

The Eden Music program offers 7 different courses from which to choose: Grade 9 music, Grade 10-12 Instrumental and Grade 10-12 Vocal Music. On top of that, there are 5 different extra-curricular groups in which you can get involved.

Go ahead and sign up for a course, it will be music to your ears!

In the Grade 9 Music program (AMU1O1), students will form an understand the basic concepts of music (rhythm, melody and harmony). They will be given opportunities to practice, create and perform for their peers. Through a project-based learning approach, students will gain an understanding of how technology is used to create and share music globally and how these technologies have reformed the music industry as a whole.

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC - GRADES 10 - 12

Students will learn to play an instrument in a large group setting. They will use the skills learned in Grade 9 msuic to develop their knowledge of a band instrument.

VOCAL MUSIC - GRADES - 10 - 12

Students will be exploring their voice in a large group setting. They will learn to sing in smaller groups for regular performance tasks in class. Students will also learn to sing in harmony with other voice types.

Grade 9 Visual Arts - AVI1O1

This course is exploratory in nature, offering an overview of visual arts as a foundation for further study. Students will become familiar with the elements and principles of design and the expressive qualities of various materials by using a range of media, processes, techniques, and styles. Students will use the creative and critical analysis processes and will interpret art within a personal, contemporary, and historical context.

Grade 10 Visual Arts - AVI2O1

The Grade 10 course provides opportunity for students to explore and to further develop their artistic and creative skills.  Students will continue to developed art techniques through using new media, techniques and technologies in drawing, painting, design, sculpture and printmaking. Students will produce works designed around specific objectives with an overall unifying theme which demonstrates the ability to take varied and creative approaches to using materials, tools, processes, and technologies in studio activities. Art history topics, as well as career opportunities in art and art related fields are discussed. A collection of artwork portfolio will be produced as well as possible field trips to a gallery and/or art events.

Grade 11 Visual Arts - AVI3M1

This course enables students to further develop their knowledge and skills in visual arts. Students will use the creative process to explore a wide range of themes through studio work that may include drawing, painting, sculpting, and printmaking, as well as the creation of collage, multimedia works, and works using emerging technologies. Students will use the critical analysis process when evaluating their own work and the work of others. The course may be delivered as a comprehensive program or through a program focused on a particular art form (e.g., photography, video, computer graphics, information design).

Grade 12 Visual Arts - AVI4M1

This course focuses on enabling students to refine their use of the creative process when creating and presenting two- and three-dimensional art works using a variety of traditional and emerging media and technologies. Students will use the critical analysis process to deconstruct art works and explore connections between art and society. The studio program enables students to explore a range of materials, processes, and techniques that can be applied in their own art production. Students will also make connections between various works of art in personal, contemporary, historical, and cultural contexts.