***We build the timetable using student requests.***  

If you choose certain courses now and change your mind after the timetable has been created, you may not get into the courses that you want.  It is very important that you put thought into your requests now.  Read about the courses and ask questions BEFORE you complete your course selection for next year.

NEW COURSES FOR 2024-2025

TOURISM 11/12

MOUNTAIN BIKE MAINTENANCE 10/11/12

SENIOR VOLLEYBALL 11/12

VOCAL MUSIC 10/11/12

“Begin with the End in Mind”

"Plan with the end in mind"

Course planning time is an opportunity to think about the path you are taking toward graduation and beyond.  As a secondary student, it is important to research the opportunities that are of interest to you as well as areas that you could grow into or explore.  Also, you need to consider what is required for graduation and possible post-secondary options. 

 Please read about what each department has to offer and base your course planning on your interests, abilities, and potential future careers. Taking a diverse range of courses is a great way to help you to discover interests and strengths. 

It is expected that as a senior student you will also be working with your Career Education teacher, your families, the school counsellors as well as using post-secondary sites and career exploration websites to plan carefully for future options, for example: www.educationplanner.ca  https://www.postsecondarybc.ca/  or https://www.itabc.ca/ 

BC Graduation Requirements

In order to meet graduation requirements and be awarded a British Columbia Certificate of Graduation (Dogwood Diploma), students must earn a minimum of 80 credits and write the Grade 10 Numeracy Assessment and Grades 10 and 12 Literacy Assessments. The 80 credits must include 52 credits for required courses (please see below) and a minimum of 28 elective credits with 16 credits at the grade 12 level. Once you have satisfied the requirements listed below, all additional credits are counted as 'electives'. 

Credits must be earned in the following subject areas or courses for a Dogwood Diploma (see below for French Immersion)

• A Language Arts 10 (4 credits) - at WSS you take Composition 10 (2 credits) and Literacy 10 (2 credits)

• A Language Arts 11 (4 credits) 

• A Language Arts 12 (4 credits) 

• A Social Studies 10 (4 credits) 

• A Social Studies 11 or 12 (4 credits) 

• A Mathematics 10 (4 credits) 

• A Mathematics 11 or 12 (4 credits) 

• A Science 10 (4 credits) 

• A Science 11 or 12 (4 credits)

• Physical and Health Education 10 (4 credits)

• An Arts Education and/or an Applied Design, Skills, and Technologies 10, 11, or 12 (4 credits) 

• Career Life Education (4 credits) This includes 2 credits at grade 10 and 2 credits in grade 11

• Career Life Connections (4 credits) This  includes 2 credits of CLC and 2 credits for Capstone 

• An Indigenous-focused course

Completion of three Provincial Graduation Assessments, two in literacy, one in numeracy 

Dual Dogwood Requirements

French Immersion students can earn both a British Columbia Certificate of Graduation (Dogwood Diploma) and a Diplôme de fin d’études secondaires en Colombie-Britannique.

To graduate with both diplomas, French Immersion students must meet the graduation requirements for the Dogwood Diploma and, of these 80 credits, they must earn:

• At least 16 credits at the Grade 12 level (including a Français langue seconde-immersion course at the Grade 12 level)

• Français langue seconde-immersion 10 (4 credits)

• A Français langue seconde-immersion course at the Grade 11 level (4 credits)

• Français langue seconde-immersion 12 (4 credits)

• At least 12 credits in Grade 10, 11, or 12 courses that are in French with at least 4 of these credits at the Grade 11 or 12 level.  At WSS, the courses we offer that meet this criteria are: Sciences Humaines 10 (which meets the Socials 10 requirement), Sciences Humaines 11 (which also fulfills the socials 11 requirement), and Peer Tutoring (if a suitable placement is possible) or Langue et Culture de la Francophonice (off-timetable).

In addition, French Immersion students must also complete four Provincial Graduation Assessments, three in literacy and one in numeracy.