What you need to know:

Students will have an opportunity to focus on the four strands of Arts Education 9: Visual Art, Drama, Dance and Music. Students are rotated through specialist instructors in each of these strands.

Visual Art: Students will be taught visual literacy and foundational art skills in focus areas that may include drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramics, and print making, investigating curricular themes of “Personal Identity” and “Taking Action”

Drama: Students will become familiar with theatre as a result of an introduction to characterization, script work, improvisation and movement.

Dance: This is an active and energetic class that uses the theme of social action to introduce foundational dance techniques, choreography, and a variety of dance styles such as hip hop, jazz, lyrical, and cultural dance styles.

Music: Students will work with a wide range of quality repertoire in order to further develop instrumental technique, rhythmic competence, aural skills interpretive concepts, and historical knowledge through the theme of "Taking Action".  A ukulele and guitar will be provided for in-class use; students with motor skill limitations will be accommodated through electronic music creation.

What you need to know:

• Through the rehearsal and performance of a wide variety of quality repertoire, students focus on the fundamentals of choral singing by developing enhanced vocal technique, musical literacy, ear training and listening skills.

• Performances may include evening concerts, music festivals, an optional overnight choir trip, and other community performances. Participation at concerts is expected from the students.

• This class can be taken as an eleventh class and runs outside of the schedule Tuesdays from 7:40 am - 8:40 am and Thursdays at lunch. 

• Opportunity to travel in and out-of-province for festivals and music retreats. 

What you need to know:

• No prior French knowledge required

• Focuses on building practical communication skills - listening, speaking, reading, and writing in French

• Develop strategies to become a more independent language learner

• Explore how culture shapes language

What you need to know:

• concentrates on promoting a healthy, active lifestyle

• students will participate in a variety of acativities that emphasize team play and participation

• In each semester, students will pair PE with Career Education and Health on a Day 1/Day 2 schedule.

  • Career Education helps students build positive self-image and use career information to begin development of a life and work plan that is individualized to their abilities and desires.

  • Health focuses on holistic development and strategies to make healthy decisions related to safety, infection/disease, relationships, food choices, addictions, grief/loss, chronic illness and sexual health.

• Band (PED09-N) students follow a Day 1/Day 2 schedule that alternates Band and PE. Health Education and Career Education are scheduled as a stand-alone class (HEA09B).

• Regular PE is offered as male-only (PHM09), female-only (PHF09) or all-gender (PED09).

What you need to know:

• focus on skills including problem solving, data analysis, graphing and experimentation

• units include: chemistry, biology, electricity, space