Courses

This course emphasizes the development of basic drawing skills. It also includes an introduction to hand building with clay, art history, and basic design concepts.

This course is designed to help students explore a variety of careers to consider and begin planning a career path. This course is great whether you already know what you want to do, or if you are undecided. This Career Planning elective course is designed to help student become proficient in core areas, such as personal management, learning and planning, job seeking and job maintenance, and the importance of career and community experience. These studies will assist students with achieving success after high school. Also included in this course will be opportunities to learn or improve their typing skills, resume development, interview skills and the opportunity to tour local businesses to see what the opportunities are in our local area for employment. Post-secondary tours are arranged for Grade 11 and 12 years.

This course is an introductory course with practice in speaking, listening, reading and writing.

This auditioned choir serves as an introduction to singing in a smaller ensemble and provides an opportunity for students to use microphones, sing in harmony, and explore a variety of musical styles.

Visual imagery is a powerful means of communication and understanding faith and Christian life. This course aims to teach students how to use the elements and principles of art to analyze, critique, and interpret images and symbols throughout art history and into the present day through examining artwork, film, advertising, etc. Assignments will include creative expressions as well as written formal analysis and aim to develop student’s observational, critical thinking, and reflective skills.

Students will explore different forms and expressions of worship, develop musical leadership and ensemble skills, develop technical musical skills, and understand musical concepts that will help them in creating and leading musical worship.  

This course builds on the skills and concepts learned in Art 10S, with an emphasis on colour theory and basic painting skills. Art history and design studies, as well as clay skills, build on Art 10S content.

This course is designed to help students explore a variety of careers to consider and begin planning a career path. This course is great whether you already know what you want to do, or if you are undecided. This Career Planning elective course is designed to help student become proficient in core areas, such as personal management, learning and planning, job seeking and job maintenance, and the importance of career and community experience. These studies will assist students with achieving success after high school. Also included in this course will be opportunities to learn or improve their typing skills, resume development, interview skills and the opportunity to tour local businesses to see what the opportunities are in our local area for employment. Post-secondary tours are arranged for Grade 11 and 12 years.

This auditioned choir encourages a love of singing, develops musical literacy, and involves performances in a variety of events and venues.

Learn and practice the skills of taking a great photograph by putting into use techniques and rules learned in the classroom. From basic composition rules to more complex artistic elements, students are challenged to create unique photos that communicate purpose with their chosen audiences. Student photography is often showcased in the yearbook and other MCI media. The basics of post-production editing are also introduced in class. A digital camera is recommended for the class. Digital cameras on their devices are acceptable. Students will have the opportunity to use a DSLR camera provided by the school and teacher.

In this course, French-speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills are enhanced and grammatical correctness and fluency are emphasized. Prerequisite: FRE 10F

This auditioned choir serves as an introduction to singing in a smaller ensemble and provides an opportunity for students to use microphones, sing in harmony, and explore a variety of musical styles.

Visual imagery is a powerful means of communication and understanding faith and Christian life. This course aims to teach students how to use the elements and principles of art to analyze, critique, and interpret images and symbols throughout art history and into the present day through examining artwork, film, advertising, etc. Assignments will include creative expressions as well as written formal analysis and aim to develop student’s observational, critical thinking, and reflective skills.

Students will learn the skills of communicating practical news to an intended audience. A variety of writing forms are presented to students to learn to use in media such as article writing, captions for photos, script writing for radio, headlines and interviews. Students will work collaboratively to design and create print media, which could include magazines, newspapers, radio shows, and yearbook spreads, using desktop publishing software.

Students will explore different forms and expressions of worship, develop musical leadership and ensemble skills, develop technical musical skills, and understand musical concepts that will help them in creating and leading musical worship.  

This course assumes students possess basic drawing, painting, and clay skills, as well as a basic understanding of design. It provides students with an increasing amount of freedom of expression while working through problems of increasing complexity.

The intricacies of life are explored through discussion and laboratory work, using humankind and animals as examples of study.

This auditioned choir encourages a love of singing, develops musical literacy, and involves performances in a variety of events and venues.

This course introduces students to the activities of science, the atomic theory, the mole concept, stoichiometry, gas laws, chemical reaction, solution chemistry and organic chemistry.

Learn and practice the skills of taking a great photograph by putting into use techniques and rules learned in the classroom. From basic composition rules to more complex artistic elements, students are challenged to create unique photos that communicate purpose with their chosen audiences. Student photography is often showcased in the yearbook and other MCI media. The basics of post-production editing are also introduced in class. A digital camera is recommended for the class. Digital cameras on their devices are acceptable. Students will have the opportunity to use a DSLR camera provided by the school and teacher.

This course is recommended for students interested in science and mathematics and a must for those wishing to explore careers in engineering. Topics will include waves (focusing on light and sound), mechanics (motion, velocity and acceleration) and fields (gravitational, electrostatic and magnetic)

Students will learn the skills of communicating practical news to an intended audience. A variety of writing forms are presented to students to learn to use in media such as article writing, captions for photos, script writing for radio, headlines and interviews. Students will work collaboratively to design and create print media, which could include magazines, newspapers, radio shows, and yearbook spreads, using desktop publishing software.

Psychology is the study of human behaviour and mental processes. This course aims to introduce students to the major areas of study in psychology, research methods, as well as mental health challenges. This course provides a solid framework for further study in helping professions, as well as helping students gain an understanding of the complexity of human behaviour and interactions in their own life and beyond.

In this auditioned ensemble students will create vocal music at a high level of performance in a variety of styles, as well as developing musical literacy and microphone and leadership skills.

Students will explore different forms and expressions of worship, develop musical leadership and ensemble skills, develop technical musical skills, and understand musical concepts that will help them in creating and leading musical worship.  

This course assumes students have a strong foundation in basic skills. Opportunity will be given for exploration of new ideas, media, and techniques. Work produced can be used for an entrance portfolio for post-secondary study.

For those students interested in developing an understanding of plant and animal life science including the study of genetics and heredity, this course serves as a good introduction. This is a required course for post-secondary programs in medicine and agriculture.

This course is roughly equivalent to a first-semester college calculus course devoted to topics in differential and integral calculus. The AP course covers topics in these areas, including concepts and skills of limits, derivatives, definite integrals, and the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus.

This auditioned choir encourages a love of singing, develops musical literacy, and involves performances in a variety of events and venues.

The aim of this course is to introduce students to the fundamentals of psychology as a social science. The breadth of topics in the course will expose students to possible areas of post-secondary studies: arts, education, social work, and healthcare.

In this auditioned ensemble students will create vocal music at a high level of performance in a variety of styles, as well as developing musical literacy and microphone and leadership skills.