CAREER ED 9 (1/2 semester)
This 50-day course will give a student the opportunity to explore the world of work and their place in it. Students will learn how to create a resume, cover letter and other items for their career portfolio.
1 Portfolio Development
Students will:
- explore employability skills and tools ie. resume writing
- set goals
- begin planning their future
- focus on skills needed in the work force
- demonstrate and organize their accomplishments
- investigate and explore career options
- develop a 'student managed' portfolio and receive materials for this creation
2 Business Exploration
Students will:
- play the 'Be Real Game'
- experience real life as a community member on a 'life career' path
- learn correct word processing formats for reports and professional resumes
- develop materials for the portfolio.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 9
ELA 9 encourages the integration of reading, writing, speaking and listening skills.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 9A (full semester) - Students will explore a variety of themes such as Love and Loyalty, Surviving and Conquering, and Listen to the Music while reading stories, poetry, and a Shakespearean play.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 9B (full semester) - This program includes genres such as drama, reader’s theatre, poetry, and nonfiction. Students will explore a variety of themes including Indigenous and Norse Narratives, Conflicts, Issues and Choices, and All That I Am – The Search for Self.
HEALTH 9 (1/2 semester)
Health 9 is a 50 hour course that will provide students with an overview of current information and the knowledge to make positive choices about a variety of health issues. Students learn to appreciate and promote good health by studying a variety of different topics, including responsibility, feelings, emotions, dating, family, nutrition, and human sexuality.
MATH 9 (full year)
Math 9 consists of Square Roots, Surface Area, Powers and Exponent Laws, Rational Numbers, Linear Relations, Polynomials, Linear Equations and Inequalities, Similarity and Transformations, Circle Geometry and Probability and Statistics. The course will be divided into two 100 day classes - one each semester.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION 9 (full semester)
The main focus of this class is to help students learn about themselves in a Physical Education setting, thus helping them grow and experience life more fully through the vehicle of human movement in the pursuit of human lifelong activity. This is a segregated compulsory class. This class does not have an off-campus component and will concentrate on developing social skills and an appreciation of exercise through activity. Some possible units may include:
Aerobics |
Yoga |
Developmental Games |
Track |
Pickleball |
Badminton |
Team Handball |
Floor Hockey |
Soccer |
Football |
Softball |
Weight Training |
**All students must purchase an ECS gym uniform (approximate cost $33)
SCIENCE 9 (full semester)
Grade 9 Science concentrates on the development of good laboratory skills, work habits and study skills. Subject areas presented will include Reproduction and Human Development, Atoms and Elements, Characteristics of Electricity and Exploring Our Universe.
SOCIAL STUDIES 9 (full semester)
The Grade 9 Social Studies course explores worldviews of past societies and connections between the past and present. Students will consider how worldviews are shaped and how they are expressed by people living in different times and places. The course will help students examine issues related to contact between societies with differing worldviews. Through this inquiry into past societies, students will assess the influences of the past on the present and further develop their historical consciousness.
DESCRIPTIONS OF ELECTIVE OPTIONS
EXPLORING TECHNOLOGY 9 (full semester)
This course meets the Ministry of Education’s requirements for a “Practical and Applied Arts” (PAA) credit. E/T9 offers 4 blocks of instruction in PAA. Each block is taught by a teacher representing specific areas of instruction in Science and/or Technology.
The objective of E/T is twofold:
- To introduce students to as many of the "instructional possibilities" available at ECS and
- To illustrate in tangible ways how technologies and the various disciplines in Math and Science coincide.
Modules:
1 Manufacturing in the machine shop, autobody shop and electrical shop
- fabrication of metal projects, simple mechanisms and electronic projects
2 Computer Technology in the computer lab.
- This course will help introduce students to several practical applications using a variety of computer software packages, some of which will support Computer-Aided Drafting (CAD), graphics, cards, posters, research on the internet, and keyboarding skills.
3 Design/Communication/Construction in the graphic arts lab and construction shop and the science lab
- electronic communication, photography, woods projects
- build “bottle rockets”, bridges, towers, hot air balloons
4 Energy, Power, Transportation in the construction shop
- build C02 powered cars
FINE ARTS A (full semester) - Arts Education (Visual Art, Dance, Drama and Music)
The program is an introduction to the creative process. The program empowers students to expand their knowledge of many art fields, from dance to drama, visual arts to music. Students will develop skills used in these various fields by exploring the vast cultures which utilize the arts in daily lives. The students will test the limits of their imaginations and explore the world of art through not only others interpretations but also by developing their own styles.
FINE ARTS B (full year) - Band
This course is intended to develop an aesthetic appreciation and enjoyment of the audible arts; namely, music and the derivative forms of musical expression. The course includes instrumental instruction and further development of previous musical skills in the instrumental domain. Evaluation is based mainly on attendance with consideration given to effort, attitude, and participation. (100 hours of instruction).
FRENCH 9 (full semester)
The students will study themes such as movies, employment, family and fashion.
Students should purchase an English/French bilingual dictionary and a Bescherelle (#1 L’art de conjuguer).
FRENCH IMMERSION GRADE 9
Students entering this program have followed the immersion stream from K-8 and this is an opportunity for these students to further their bilingual potential. The program offers 4 credits:
Art Langagiers 9A & 9B
Sciences Humaines 9
Art Dramatique 10 (Drama 10)
Arts pratiques et appliques, cours combine 9 (Practical & Applied Arts 9)
*All of the immersion credits are compulsory.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION 9 (full year) (required for students from the Holy Family Separate School Division)
This is a 100 hour study of a course called Be With Me. This course is designed to help each student become a follower of Jesus by exploring real situations that teenagers face in their daily lives. The program uses the Beatitudes and the Ten Commandments as a basis for examining the attitudes and actions that characterize the Christian life. The units of study include; Be With Me, Alive, Be Faithful, Be Loving, Be Obedient.
NON-CREDIT INSTRUCTION
DRIVER EDUCATION 10
The Driver Education course offers 30 hours of classroom instruction and approximately 6 hours of instruction in the car. The classroom instruction is held daily from 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. for a period of 15 consecutive school days. Department regulations require 30 hours of in-class instruction. Instruction in the car begins after classroom instruction is complete. The success of the Driver Education program partly depends on the students' opportunity to practice. Along with in-car instruction students are expected to drive regularly with a parent or legal guardian.
Driver Education/15th Birthday Correlation Schedule:
*Specific dates may change from year to year
If 15th birthday falls: |
then take Driver Education Section: |
before July 5 of current year |
DRED 1 |
July 6 to September 24 inclusive of current year |
DRED 2 |
September 25 to Nov 15 inclusive of current year |
DRED 3 |
November 16 to January 31 inclusive of current year |
DRED 4 |
February 1 (current year) to April 25 (next year) inclusive |
DRED 5 |
April 26 to September 15 inclusive of next year |
DRED 6 |
*year refers to calendar year
**If the student is older than 15 when entering ECS, the earliest DRED section available should be taken.
Students in DRED 1 should be prepared to start class the first day of the school year. Dates for DRED 2 – DRED 6 will be set near the beginning of the new school year and a letter indicating these dates will be distributed at registration.
Theory Content:
• basic legislation on rules of the road, driver’s licenses and Motor Vehicle Standards
• basic control of vehicle: turns, lanes, backing, parking
* introduction to safe driving techniques
• accident avoidance techniques
• risks of impairment and driving
IN-CAR EXPERIENCE:
• basic control • gravel road techniques
• city driving • night driving (optional)
• highway driving