1 / 32

Welcome to the: The Salisbury Composite High School Experience

Welcome to the: The Salisbury Composite High School Experience. Our Programs. International Baccalaureate (IB) Advanced Placement (AP) Honours Senior High Transitions Knowledge & Employability Program (KAE) Steps to Enhance Personal Success (STEPS) Second Languages Fine Arts

merrill-donaldson
Download Presentation

Welcome to the: The Salisbury Composite High School Experience

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Welcome to the: The Salisbury Composite High School Experience

  2. Our Programs • 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

  3. Salisbury Wants You!! • To meet your educational goals • To explore new learning opportunities • To discover the abundance of post-secondary options available • To build your leadership potential as a student at Salisbury through the many clubs, activities, and sports teams.

  4. A typical Sabre Schedule 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.

  5. The goal at the end of high school is to earn either a(n): • Alberta High School Diploma • Certificate of High School Achievement • Certificate of School Completion

  6. Requirements for anAlberta High School Diploma 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.

  7. Requirements for anAlberta Certificate of High School Achievement 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)

  8. Requirements for anAlberta Certificate of High School Completion 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.

  9. What Is A Credit? 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 Physical Education 30 English 20-2 Musical Theatre 15

  10. You can only receive credits for a course once If you chose to repeat a course to upgrade your mark, you will be awarded the higher mark but will not receive any additional credits.

  11. What do Course Numbers Mean? 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 English 20-2 Chemistry 30IB Grade12 Grade 11 Grade 10 Grade 10 Route of Program Route of Program is in the International Baccalaureate stream Route of Program Route of Program is a dash 1 in the Honours stream

  12. Course Sequencing 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.

  13. Prerequisites 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.

  14. Choose Your Courses Carefully! • 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

  15. The Grade 10 Program Grade 10 students must have a FULL time table No spares allowed In 2011, Grade 10 students have 5 mandatory courses and 3Student 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.)

  16. The Grade 10 Program Mandatory Courses 1. English 2. Social Studies 3. Mathematics 4. Science 5. Physical Education

  17. Grade 10 ACADEMIC COURSES are Based on Gr. 9 MARKS and SUCCESS!!!!!!!

  18. Student Choice Courses 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

  19. International Languages • French 10-3Y & 10-9Y • French 20-3Y & 20-9Y • French 30-3Y & 30-9Y • French 31 • German 10 • German 20 • German 30 There are sections of Honours & IB

  20. FINE & PERFORMING ARTS • Art • Drama • Musical Theatre • Instrumental Music • Instrumental Jazz • Choral Music

  21. Communication Technology 10 • Construction 10 Career and Technology Studies (CTS) • Fabrication 10 Mechanics 10

  22. Personal & Commercial Foods Cosmetology Fashion Studies

  23. CAREER & TECHNOLOGY STUDIES Business, Innovation, Technology • Information Processing 10 • Management and Marketing 10 • Computer Science 10 • Financial Management 10 • Business & Finance 10

  24. T.E.A.M. Leadership T.E.A.M. Leadership 10 Application required Together Everyone Achieves More

  25. Science Related Courses Myth busting Science Forensic Science

  26. Athletic Related Courses • Personal Fitness • Yoga

  27. Your Basis for Choice • Achievement • Ability • Aspirations • Aptitudes • Interests

  28. Make Realistic Choices

  29. Choose for Success

  30. Remember... Take advantage of your choices… ... and choose to your advantage!

  31. Salisbury Composite High School

More Related