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

Digital Productions 120 – period 1 - February 2016

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 3 – February 2016

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

Graphic Arts 110 – Period 4 - February 2016  

This course is designed with the intention of learning how to critically appreciate and create graphic designs.  Students will explore taking and editing images.  It can be an introductory for students interested in doing design as a career or for personal use like making cards, posters, brochures and re-touching pictures.  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

Environmental Sciences 120 – Period 5 - February 2016

This course is structured very differently than most courses currently being offered.  It structured around student interests and current environmental issues.  Students will consider the environment from the perspective of their own personal behaviours, government, Indigenous perspectives and sustainable development.   

Most importantly students should realize that this will be a project-based course where they choose their own environmental concerns and implement strategies to improve that problem.  They will need to be active learners. They will work from a scientific perspective to research, experiment and present their findings with respect to a current issue.

Tentative evaluation:

Your final exam, worth 30% of your mark, is an open book (as in you can consult books, the internet, disucss with others...) written final reflection.  Do not just ramble off the top of  your head in a stream of consiousness - take time to plan and organize your thoughts beore you start writing with an introduction, several paragraphs and a conclusion.  Total length 600-1000 word, but don't get hung up on counting words - you want to put in good detail and reflection not try to impress with lots of word or just enough. Discuss what you consider to be the biggest issue(s) in the world today.  What are some possible solutions for our government or international organisation?  What is your role in changing world issues?  How can you effect change?