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867GE - UNIFIED ARTS FIELD EXPERIENCE: 1 Term / 1 Credit, Grades 10-12 [Watch Course Video] 

Explore the opportunity to build connections with your special needs peers through visual and culinary arts projects using creative collaboration.  

Learn through: working directly with students, modifying visual art and culinary lab projects to accommodate each student’s individual needs, completing an online curriculum about careers in special education

Topics/skills: art and culinary lab work, teamwork, problem-solving

Perfect for: Students who want to work with Special Education students in the art and culinary classroom setting.

043GE - UNIFIED PHYSICAL EDUCATION EXPERIENCE: 1 Term / 1 Credit, Grades 10-12  [Watch Course Video] 

This combined General Education and Adapted Physical Education class will allow students to improve performance of self and others in recreational and fitness activities. Students will have the opportunity to participate in and make modifications for themselves and/or others in units of adventure education (ropes course, climbing wall), outdoor recreational activities (cross country skiing, bocce, golf), indoor recreational activities (archery, badminton, table tennis, indoor tennis), movement activities (dance, yoga, drumming), fitness activities (muscular strength/endurance, aerobic capacity, flexibility), and paralympic sports (basketball, goal ball). Students will leave this class with a greater knowledge of how to analyze barriers and modify physical activity habits appropriately.

680GE - UNIFIED MUSICAL THEATRE EXPERIENCE: 1 TERM / 1 CREDIT, Grades 9-12 [Watch Course Video] 

Unified Musical Theatre is a course designed for the inclusion of students in general education and students in special education to work together in a performance-based musical theatre environment. Course objectives include the development of communication skills, foundations of characterization, and introduction to rehearsal and performance techniques. Students will collaborate in active daily work, including theatrical and vocal warm-ups, character exploration and development activities, improvisation, rehearsal strategies, and audience etiquette.

681GE - UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS: 1 TERM / 1 CREDIT, Grades 9-12

Unified Communications is a companion course to Unified Musical Theatre, designed to strengthen foundational interpersonal and communication skills for students with disabilities while partnering with their general education peers. In a supportive, collaborative environment, students engage in activities that promote effective listening, clear expression, teamwork, empathy, and social confidence. Exercises include structured conversation practice, role-playing, group problem-solving, and collaborative projects that reinforce respectful interaction and understanding of diverse perspectives. By focusing on real-world communication skills and peer partnership, this course helps students build the confidence and social competence needed to succeed both in school and in everyday life, while fostering meaningful connections across the student community.