Your Courses Explained

Religion HRE 101

Discover what God is like through the person of Jesus. Develop a better understanding of the attitudes of being a Christian by looking at Scripture, and in particular, Jesus' Sermon on the Mount where he gives the Beatitudes. These understanding will be reflected in all of your relationships with God, with yourself, with your family and friends, with your community, and with all of the created world!

Applied English ENG 1P1

Read, write and hear about today's world! You will review the rules of language learned in elementary school, and you will also learn new things like report writing, the tricks advertisers use and how to persuade others with your writing. Helpful strategies like skimming and scanning, and reading charts and graphs are also included.

Academic English ENG 1D1

Read modern stories and stories from long ago! Discuss ideas, such as values and relationships, and discover the conflicts the characters experience. Relate these ideas to your own life and share them with others in an essay. Research advertising techniques to creat media projects.

Learning Skills GLS 101

Become an effective independent learner! Develop and apply literacy and numeracy skills in a small group setting.Improve your skills in teamwork, time management and oral presentations, and identify your preferred learning and study techniques.

Business Technology BTT 101

Learn how to make your school assignments come alive! This course will help you develop word processing, spreadsheet, database, desktop publishing, presentation software and website design skills. These essential skills will help you in your everyday life as well as in other school subjects.

Integrated Technology TTI 101

Sample a variety of aeras in technology, including construction, manufacturing, electrical and computer! This hands-on course provides a practical approach to learning basic skills in these areas. Learn about designing, developing and building projects in different technology areas.

Music AMU 101

Blow your own horn...or choose to learn another band instrument in the brass, woodwind or percussion family. Learn basic music theory, and perform solo and in groups. You will also step back in time to learn about music history. No experience is required.

Healthy Active Living PPL 101

Experience fun and fitness in a variety of ways! You will take part in team and individual games, activities and sports, and study health-related issues. You don't have to be an athlete to do well as long as you cooperate and participate with enthusiasm. Class visits from guest instructors as well as field trips round off this inspirational course!

French Academic FSF 1D1

You will build on and apply your knowledge of French through speaking, reading and writing. You will explore personality and pastimes, cinema, the enviroment and technology. You will read short stories, which you will use in oral and written activities. The year ends with a creative competition involving student inventions.

French Applied FSF 1P1

You will expand your ability to understand and speak French through conversations, discussions and presentations. You will also read exciting short stories and articles, and invitations. Build your confidence in speaking French!

Drama ADA 101

Don't be shy - raise your voice! Learn about various dramatic forms and acting techniques. You will work creatively to discuss, perform and analyze drama while connecting it to the world around you.

Visual Arts AVI 101

Share your true colours! You can be creative as you learn and develop drawing and painting skills. Shading, making objects look 3-dimensional, creating masks and doing portraits are some of the projects you will do in Grade 9 art.

Math Academic MPM 1D1

Explore mathematical concepts using hands-on materials, graphing calculators and other technologies. You will develop equations of straight lines in analytic geometry and explore relationships between volume and surface area of objects in measurement. Algebraic and reasoning skills will be applied to solve realistic problems.

Math Applied MPM 1P1

Use technology and hands-on materials to help you investiage eqyatuibs if straight lines, and explore relationships in volume and area. You will use your math skills in small group cooperative learning to solve real-life problems and communicate effectively.

Geography Applied CGC 1P1

Discover and use your geograpgic knowledge in real life applications and experiences by analyzing familiar and everyday situations. You will learn how to keep Canada healthy for future generations. Make personal connections to discover our country's regional characteristics and global influences.

Geography Academic CGC 1D1

Together with you classmates, you will discuss how human and natural systems work and how they work together. Keeping these systems healthy for future generations, and how people perceive Canada's geographic issues will be explored. You will think critically, and apply your skills through research and investigation.

Science Academic SNC 1D1

Step into the lab, and learn how to safely complete hand-on experiments. You will learn about topics such as how chemicals are formed and react to one another, how organisms reproduce, how electrical circuits are put together and how the universe is structured.

Science Applied SNC 1P1

Exciting experiments await you! In the science lab, you will complete numerous hands-on activities. This course will teach you about electrical circuits, how chemicals interact with one another, how organisms reproduce and how space exploration helps us understand the universe.

 

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