Transcript The Grade 10 Program - Salisbury Composite High

International Baccalaureate (IB)
Advanced Placement (AP)
Honours
Senior High Transitions
Knowledge & Employability Program (KAE)
Steps to Enhance Personal Success (STEPS)
Second Languages
Fine Arts
Career & Technology Studies (CTS)
T.E.A.M. Leadership
Off Campus Education
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To meet your educational goals
To explore new learning opportunities
To discover the abundance of postsecondary options available
To build your leadership potential as a
student at Salisbury through the many clubs,
activities, and sports teams.
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Salisbury has a 2 day cycle. The numbers in parentheses indicate
whether the course is Day (1) or Day (2) or both days (1-2).
Salisbury features an extended timetable. In addition to blocks one
through four found in the traditional school day. Salisbury has an
additional block offered after school to accommodate certain
specialty classes.
Blocks one through four are 86 minutes long
There are two terms: September through January is term one and
February through June is term two
We also have a number of classes which run for a full year and these
are indicated by FY.
Alberta High School Diploma
Certificate of High School
Achievement
Certificate of School Completion
A minimum of 100 credits including:
English 30-1 or 30-1
Social Studies 30-1 0r 30-2
Physical Education 10
Math course to the 20 level
Science course to the 20 level
Career and Life Management (CALM)
At least 10 credits in Career and Technology Studies, Fine Arts,
Second Languages, Phys. Ed 20 or 30, Knowledge and
Employability Occupational Courses, Registered Apprenticeship
Program (RAP); and
At least 10 credits at the 30 level other than English and Social.
A minimum of 80 credits including:
English 20-2 or 30-4
Social Studies 10-2 or 20-4
Physical Education 10
Math 10-3, 14 or 20-4
Science course 14 or 20-4
Career and Life Management (CALM)
At least 5 credits in Career and Technology
Studies (CTS) or Knowledge and Employability
Occupational course; and
At least 5 credits at the 30 level like: Knowledge
and Employability Workplace Practicum course,
Work Experience course, or Registered
Apprenticeship Program (RAP)
To receive a certificate of high school completion, a student must have been
involved special education programming and be nominated by the principal.
Requirements include:
The nominee has been a student for at least 12 years (and be 17
years of age by March 1st of the current year.
The school year in which the nomination is being submitted is the
student’s last year of school programming.
The student has worked towards goals and programming in an
I.P.P., demonstrating special education coding and a significant
cognitive delay.
The student did not typically achieve credits in any English,
Mathematics, Social Studies or Science courses.
Each course in High School is given a credit
value.
A credit is a unit of learning time based on
hours of instruction.
1 credit is achieved with access to 25 hours
of instruction.
You must achieve at least 50% in each
course to earn the credit(s).
Credits can be achieved in singular units in a CTS course.
For example: Food studies 10 has a 1 credit course called
Basic Baking.
Examples of 5 credit courses of 125 available instructional hours:
Science 10
English 20-2
Physical Education 30
Musical Theatre 15
Most course have 3 digits.
The first 2 digits generally refers to the year of high
school: 10 refers to grade 10, 20 refers to grade 11,
or 30 refers to grade 12.
The hyphenated number refers to the route of the
program.
Social 10-1H
English 10-2
Route of Program
is a dash 1 in the
Honours stream
Route of
Program
Chemistry 30IB
Grade12
Grade 11
Grade 10
Grade 10
English 20-2
Route of
Program
Route of Program is in
the International
Baccalaureate stream
You usually must complete the 10 level courses in a
sequence before you go on to the 20 level course.
When you complete the 10 and 20 level courses, you
can then go on to the 30 level course.
10-2
20-2
30-2
15
25
35
Each course sequence has its own highly recommended
minimum mark to continue in that particular course
sequence.
The course needed to qualify for participation in a
particular course is called a prerequisite
For example:
To qualify for placement in English 20-1, you
must successfully complete English 10-1. That
means 10-1 is the prerequisite for English 20-1.
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Passing these courses is usually required to
continue on to Grade 11 and 12 courses in that
subject
Some of these courses run all year
At least 10 credits in these courses are required for
an Alberta High School Diploma
Once requested, and time tabled, it may not be
possible to change these requests (staffing is done
based on requests)
For many students, these courses provide the
backbone of their program in Grades 11 and 12
Grade 10 students must have a
FULL time table
No spares allowed
In 2011, Grade 10 students have 5
mandatory courses and 3 Student
Choice Courses. These choices vary
if students are enrolled in the
Honours program.
(Please check with the requirements
for Honours or IB in the Handbook.)
Mandatory Courses
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English
Social Studies
Mathematics
Science
Physical Education
Students will choose these courses
from one or more of the following
areas:
International Languages
Fine & Performing Arts
Communication Studies
Salisbury Leadership Programs
Athletic Related Programs
Science Related Programs
CTS Business, Innovation,
Technology
CTS Technical & Trades
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French
French
French
French
10-3Y & 10-9Y
20-3Y & 20-9Y
30-3Y & 30-9Y
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German 10
German 20
German 30
There are
sections
of
Honours
& IB
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Art
Drama
Musical Theatre
Instrumental Music
Instrumental Jazz
Choral Music
Communication Technology 10
Construction 10
Career and
Technology
Studies
(CTS)
Fabrication 10
Mechanics 10
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Information Processing 10
Management and Marketing 10
Computer Science 10
Financial Management 10
Business & Finance 10
T.E.A.M. Leadership 10
Application required
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Myth busting
Science
Forensic Science
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Personal Fitness
Yoga
Achievement
 Ability
 Aspirations
 Aptitudes
 Interests
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Take advantage of your
choices…
... and choose to
your advantage!