OTHER ELECTIVES
2026/2027 Course Selection is open from February 3rd - 13th, 2026
OTHER ELECTIVES
In this course there are two strands: reading and writing. Throughout the course literacy support is offered to enhance essential skills needed for graduation. Students will read informational, graphic, and literary texts, with a focus on locating information, identifying main ideas and supporting details, building vocabulary, and consolidating skills in the application of key comprehension strategies. As well, students will explore a variety of genres of writing in order to practice skills necessary for senior level English classes.
Leadership 30L supports students in addressing mutual concerns for well-being and applying decisions for individual, family, community, and environmental leadership. Based upon the K-12 aims of health education and career education, the aim of Leadership 30L is to develop confident and competent students who understand and appreciate and apply leadership knowledge, skills and strategies throughout life.
Mental Wellness 30L engages students in developing a deeper understanding of self, relationships, personal agency and informed decision making. Learning to make sense of the world around them, nurturing a healthy self-concept and developing a strong sense of mental wellness are important for all students.
Students will learn the importance of mental wellness with the goals of:
creating balance socially, mentally, physically, spiritually, and emotionally
improving resiliency
increasing awareness of strategies and resources for positive mental health
reducing the stigma associated with mental illness.
Students will develop an understanding and connection between mental wellness and available supports. They will demonstrate an understanding of targeted mental health disorders and their psycho-anatomical structures, social responses, effective interventions, cultural implications for interventions, community resources, and a personal management plan.