All courses:

Due to the importance of being and active contributing members of a group for many of the projects marks will be earned based on the days present and working on a project.  For example, if a project takes ten class days to complete and a student only attends five they will receive 50% of the mark that the group received.

 All marks are based on a scale where a “C” indicates that work is sufficient but needs in improvement; a “B” is proficient; and an “A” indicates exceptional work. Students will have many opportunities for feedback and to improve their work before they hand in a final project.

 Supplies: All courses need a USB, headphones, binder, paper, pen and maybe colouring stuff.

 Sciences humaines (Social Studies) FI9 – period 2

This course is designed with the intention exploring all aspects of Canadian identity.  We will cover topics including culture, geography, politics, immigration, world issues, and history.  This course includes many projects and hands-on activities.  Students will not have homework every night, but there will times where they will be working on big projects.  For example, the Heritage Fair will be at the beginning of December and students will do a substantive project on Canada.

 Tentative assignments

World Issues 120 – period 3

This course is designed with the intention exploring world issues that are both relevant to the students and current by studying evolving issues.  Students will read, write, interview and present projects.  The emphasis of this course is on collaborative learning and discussion; therefore, students with irregular attendance are not likely to succeed. 

 Participants in this course must be respectful of the opinions and cultures of others within the class.  This class will not be emotionally comfortable.  The subjects discussed will be controversial and our opinions may be challenged.

 Due to the importance of being and active contributing members of a group for many of the projects marks will be earned based on the days present and working on a project.  For example, if a project takes ten class days to complete and a student only attends five they will receive 50% of the mark that the group received.

 Tentative assignments

Digital Productions 120 – period 4

This course is designed with the intention of learning how to use a wide range of digital media tools to communicate with an audience.  Students will explore editing photos, websites, video, audio, and animations.  The emphasis of this course is on continuous learning as a community of learners.  Students with limited computer skills can do very well in this course; however, students with irregular attendance are not likely to succeed as all the work is done in class using our software.

 Tentative assignments

Histoire Ancienne FI10 – period 5 

This course is designed to explore history including learning how to read documents, reflect on primary documents, and do research projects.  Students will learn about Early Humans, Mesopotamians, Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, and the Middle Ages. This course includes many projects and hands-on activities.  Students will not have homework every night, but there will times where they will be working on big projects. 

 Tentative assignments

The final project is the equivalant of a final exam - you are expected to who what you have learned throughout the last four months.  Therefore you must include:videos or photographs (for stop motion)quality audio including background music and foley soundsgreen screena photoshopped imagestoryboarddaily time management sheet.