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SUTHERLAND SECONDARY

Grade 9 & 10
Course Programming
Presentation

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 We would like to start by
acknowledging and thanking the
Coast Salish people whose
traditional territory North
Vancouver School District resides.
We would like to express our
continued gratitude to the
Welcome Squamish Nation and Tsleil
Waututh Nation, and we value the
opportunity to learn, live, and share
educational experiences on
this traditional territory.

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 • Grade 9 & 10 Required Courses
• Electives
• Summer Learning
Agenda • Online Learning
• Opportunities at Sutherland
• Enhanced Programs & Academies
• Helpful Resources

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Administration

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 • Know their classes and timetable
• Contact subject teacher or grade
counsellor with questions
Ways to support your • Establish routines
student.. • Homework vs. Home Study

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 Highschool Graduation
• 80 credits(minimum) Grade
10-12
• Second language is not
Planning for required to graduate
Graduation and • Any Math 11 will fulfil
graduation requirements
Beyond..
Post-Secondary Entrance
• Highschool graduation with institution
specific requirements
• Second language 11 required to enter
UBC and SFU
• Most universities require the
Foundation/Pre-Calculus Math
pathway to at least Grade 11
• Some post-secondary programs accept
Workplace Math 11
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Grade 9

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Grade 10

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 Math
Pathways

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English
Pathways

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 • Drafting 9
• Drama 9
• Electronics & Robotics 9
• Entrepreneurship & Marketing 9 (Business Ed.)
• Food Studies 9
Grade 9 • French 9
Electives • Information & Communications 9
• Metalwork 9
• Spanish 9
• Visual Arts 9
• Woodwork 9

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 • Art Studio 10
• Computer Studies 10
• Drafting 10
• Electronics & Robotics 10
• Entrepreneurship & Marketing 10
Grade 10 • Food Studies 10
Electives • French 10
• Metalwork 10
• Spanish 10
• Theatre Company 10
• Theatre Production 10
• Woodwork 10
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 • Concert Band 9 & 10
X-Block • Concert Choir 9 & 10
Courses • Jazz Band 9 & 10
• Media Design 10 - Yearbook

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 • LAC 9 & 10 (Learning Assistance Center)
• LSC 9 & 10 (Learning Support Center)
Support • Choices
• ELL (English Language Learning)

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 Spanish 9
• Beginner course encompassing listening, speaking, reading and
writing in Spanish
• Basic vocabulary and grammar
• Conversation based learning
• Learning about Spanish culture
• Themes of self, school, family, foods, leisure, etc.
Languages
French 9
• Continuation of French 8
• Focus on listening, speaking, reading, writing in French

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 • Socials Explorer 10 (Grade 10 only)
• Science Co-Op (Grade 10 only)
• Career Education Opportunities (Grade 10-12)
Opportunities • Outdoor School Counsellor (Grades 10-12)
at Sutherland • Volleyball Academy (Grades 8-12)
• Field Hockey Academy (Grades 8-12)

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 • Combines Socials Studies 10 with Outdoor
Education 11
• Outdoor Learning focus
• CLE 10 or PHE 10 taken online
Socials • Afternoon block for two quarters
Explorer • Environmental & Experiential Learning
10 • By application Students who applied last year need not apply again)
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• For details see Mr. Aw-Yong

• Costs approximately $500

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 • Combines Science 10, Career Life
Education 10 & Work Experience
• Enriching opportunity to gain career-
related work experience in a variety of
Science fields
Co-op • Students work 1 day/week for part of
quarter
• 2 blocks in one quarter
• Application

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Academies

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 • The 2021-22 timetable is built on course requests made at
this time.
• Request the elective courses which you feel are most
suitable to your interest and/or ability. (Elective courses may
change based on space and/or availability.) If enrollment
Course numbers are low, courses may not run.
Requests • Consider your course decisions carefully as course changes
may not be possible later.
• Submit by deadline – students who are on time receive
priority.

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Course
Request
Form

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 Talk to the counsellor about options:

• Summer Learning
What happens • Online Learning
if I am
NOT successful • Repeating a course within same school
year
in a course?
• Taking two grade levels in 1 year

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 • Sutherland Website

• NVSD44 Website

• Education Planner (for entrance requirements to BC

Helpful Resources colleges / universities www.educationplanner.ca )

• School Counsellors, Teachers, Staff, &

Grade Administrators

• Parents

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Sutherland
Website

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Sutherland
Website

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Summer
Learning

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Summer
Learning

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Summer
Learning

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 Online
Learning

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 Online
Learning

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 Career Education Opportunities

Work Experience Youth Work in Trades Youth Train in Trades

12A and 12B WRK 11A, 11B, 12A, 12B Apprenticeship
GRADE 10-12
Apprenticeship GRADE 11 AND 12

GRADE 10-12

4 credits/ course 4 credits/ course 4 credits per 120 hours

30 hours of course work
90 hours of work experience
Learning Facilitator:
Work Experience Teacher/Work
Experience Facilitator
MOE course work
Training Plan
120 hours of work-based training
Learning Facilitator:
Work Experience
Teacher/Apprenticeship Sponsor
20% technical training
NVSD pays Level 1 of your technical
trades training.
80% work-based training
Learning Facilitator:
Partner with post-secondary
institution or an ITA-certified
training facility.

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 • Student Presentations are occurring this week in
their Period 1 classes (virtually)

• Course Request Sheets are due:

Questions? Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021

to their Period 1 teacher

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