English Honours Program

In English, there are additional opportunities available to challenge grade 10, 11 and 12 students who have an excellent scholastic background and a strong work ethic. These students may apply for and work to achieve HONOURS standing in particular courses.

Please note the following:

• Honours designation is by subject. Students might have such a designation in only one, several or all of their core courses;

• “Additional challenging opportunities” does not necessarily mean extra activities. Honours courses are characterized by alternative enriching activities considered to be suited to the learning style typical of highly scholastic students. This should avoid concerns about the simple “piling on of more work.” Work done at a higher level supplements, or more likely, substitutes for activities more suited to regular program students;

• In all cases, the curriculum competencies are the same for Honours and Regular programs; and

• Assessment practices (evaluation and testing) will be identical in Honours and Regular programs. In particular, the same tests and the same grading standards will be applied. No student should fear a lower grade because they have accepted the challenge of a higher scholastic goal. There will be a maximum of two Honours sections per grade level, per subject.