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This is me in Grade 9 ...
Arts Education
English Language Arts A
English Language Arts B
Mathematics - Part 1
Mathematics - Part 2
Science
Social Studies
Physical Education - paired in 1 semester with Health
Physical Education - paired in 1 semester with Career Education
Elective of choice - Band 9, Choral 9*, French 9, Industrial Arts 9, Practical Living 9, Technology 9, Resource
*Choral 9 is offered at lunch-hour and can be taken in addition to the 10 required classes listed above*
What you need to know:
The grade nine Arts Education Curriculum incorporates all four strands of drama, art, music and movement.
Grade nine students will have the opportunity to explore a number of strands throughout their grade 9 experience.
Students will complete all outcomes of the Grade 9 Arts Education Curriculum through the lens of Band, Drama, Visual Arts, and Dance.
Students wanting to take band, must take Arts Education through the lens of band.
What you need to know:
In this course, students will explore the Arts Education outcomes, focusing on music and band.
This is a non-semester performance-based class taking place every 2nd day all year long. Band Arts Ed. 9 is taught in a traditional band format that includes all the band instruments and expands on the learning concepts brought in by the Arts Education Curriculum.
Home practice is required.
Students in this class will participate in all rehearsals, performances, and special projects of the band.
Fees: $45
What you need to know:
Choral 9 Students registered in choral class should have a keen interest in singing.
Group instruction is given in vocal technique, listening, music theory, solfege, diction, ear training and part singing.
A broad range of popular, folk, and traditional music will be studied along with various languages. Students in this class are members of the Aden Bowman Choir and participate in all rehearsals, sectionals, performances, and special projects of the choir.
Students are required to obtain an Aden Bowman music shirt as part of the uniform.
The choir class operates outside of the regular timetable.
**Students will be required to attend class before school starts from 7:50 -8:40 a.m. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Students may take choir as an eleventh class.
What you need to know:
language-based courses focused on the six strands of ELA: speaking, listening, reading, writing, viewing, and representing
enriched opportunities can be experienced within the context of the regular classroom; teachers will assess students’ needs for adaptation of the course
The A09 themes include The Search for Self, Indigenous and Norse Narratives, and Doing the Right Thing.
The B09 themes include Exploring Love, Loyalty and Relationships, Surviving and Conquering, and Looking Beyond.
What you need to know:
Come join the fun as you develop your French language skills by participating in activities that focus on developing, understanding, and speaking French.
Written activities are integrated to reinforce your communication skills.
Students build and utilize vocabulary through activities that reflect real life experiences.
The units studied in grade nine are Back at It (Getting back into French); The Movies; and World of Work (Part Time Jobs).
Notes: Students with a French immersion background must identify themselves when registering. Recommendations will then be made for an appropriate grade placement in secondary school French. Students who have no previous background in Core French are eligible to register for this course.
What you need to know:
Mathematics 9
Mathematics 09 is divided into four themes: Number; Pattern; Shape & Space and Statistics.
Also Integrated into the math 9 program is a Practical and Applied Arts component which focusses on Information Processing, Design Studies and Entrepreneurship.
Math 9 PLUS
Math 09 Plus is designed to be a skills strengthening class for students who experience difficulty in Math.
It will focus on enhancing math skills, such as operations with integers and fractions, equation solving, as well as the key concepts within the Math 09 curriculum.
Students will be able to move into the appropriate Gr. 10 Math Pathway upon completion.
What you need to know:
This full year, every day course integrates three areas of learning and is an opportunity to engage our grade 9’s in action planning for physical, mental and emotional health and wellbeing. These classes are offered in female, male and gender inclusive sections.
Physical Education is based on the following outcomes and goals.
Students will:
Enjoy and engage in healthy levels of participation in movement activities to support lifelong active living in the context of self, family, and community (Active Living).
Enhance quality of movement by understanding, developing, and transferring movement concepts, skills, tactics, and strategies to a wide variety of movement activities (Skillful Movement)
Balance self through safe and respectful personal, social, cultural, and environmental interactions in a wide variety of movement activities (Relationships)
Health Education, as part of a comprehensive school health program, will support students in developing a solid foundation for attaining and maintaining a balanced life.
Career Education is designed to develop the competencies required by all people to successfully manage their work and life. This renewed curriculum reflects the latest career development research, updated technology, and recent resources. All students will explore the connection between learning and work pathways and their connection to community
What you need to know:
Students have a choice of the following PAA courses:
Industrial Arts 9 (IAS09)
This course focuses on two areas: design and wood fabrication.
Students will gain basic woodworking skills by constructing a series of projects using a variety of hand tools, portable power tools and stationary power tools. These projects will build a foundation of skills that will transfer into the senior level courses and in life.
Some of the projects built in PAA 9 include cutting boards, games, clocks, home and holiday décor, and toy design. Each project will give students the opportunity to add their own ideas and design to their project; imagination and creative skills are encouraged.
The standard course fee of $60.00 covers materials for the projects for the 100-hour course.
Practical Life Skills 9: Cooking, Sewing, and Gardening (IND09)
This course is designed to give students an opportunity to develop skills for independent living.
Students will study three areas of home economics including foods, clothing, and horticulture.
In the foods component, students will focus on food safety, kitchen basics, food and health. Labs are centered around the preparation of breakfast foods. In clothing students will hand sew stuffies and make a pair of boxer shorts using sewing machines and sergers.
Sewing projects are an additional fee and will be collected by classroom teachers.
In the horticulture section, students will learn about herbs as medicine, aeroponic horticulture through work with an indoor tower garden, and grow something of their own in a propagation project.
Fees $72 (class fees of $40: Project $32)
Technology 9 - Practical and Applied Arts Survey Course (TEC09)
This exciting, hands-on course invites you to dive into the world of technology while sparking creativity and fun! You’ll get to:
Explore block-based programming to develop problem-solving skills and computational thinking by designing games and controlling robots.
Learn how to use generative AI tools responsibly and ethically while discovering their real-world applications.
Get familiar with everyday productivity tools that make life and work easier.
Bring your ideas to life with 3D design tools as you create digital models that can be printed on 3D printers.
This course is designed for everyone — no tech experience needed! Along the way, you’ll build confidence and practical skills that open doors to advanced technology courses like Robotics and Automation (10, 20 & 30) and Computer Science (20 & 30). Plus, you’ll gain essential technological literacy for today’s fast-paced world. (AI tools were used to assist in drafting this description).
Course fees $25
What you need to know:
This course uses the scientific process to investigate everyday phenomena.
It is activity centered, focusing on experimental work, problem solving, discussion, projects, and the application of mathematics to science.
Topics include chemistry, electricity, space science and reproduction.
What you need to know:
Grade 9 students will explore worldviews of past societies and connections between the past and the present.
Students will consider how worldviews are shaped and how they are expressed by people living in particular times and places. Students will explore diverse sources of historical information, including oral histories, images, literature, and the arts.
Through this inquiry into past societies, students will reflect upon their own worldviews, assess the influences of the past on the present, and further develop their historical consciousness.
What you need to know:
This program is designed to assist students who have significant learning difficulties and who require support with the regular curriculum.
The resource teacher and classroom teachers will collaborate in developing strategies to assist these students with their academic classes.
Support with curriculum will be provided in conjunction with teaching learning strategies so that students will become independent learners.
For more information we invite you to contact Student Services at Aden Bowman Collegiate, 306-683-7606.