South Delta Secondary Gr' 7 Class Visits

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South Delta Secondary Gr. 7 Class Visits
February 2009
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Overview

• Our School
• Services Programs
• School Timetable
• Grade 8 Schedule
• School Clubs
• Athletics
• Important Dates

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Our School
South Delta Secondary School currently enrolls
1259 students, 164 of whom are in the French
Immersion Program. We provide a comprehensive
secondary program offering a wide range of
curricular and extra-curricular opportunities for
students.
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In addition to a full range of academic courses
we offer a variety of elective courses to meet
the needs of all our students. These include
Our School (Cont)

• Fine Arts courses
• Applied Skills courses
• Challenge courses
• Essentials courses
• AP courses (English and Psychology)
• University bridge course (Calculus)
• Second languages (French and Spanish)
• Career Preparation and Co-op Programs

We also offer a range of special education
programs including three alternate programs
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SPORTS ACADEMIES

• The Delta School District offers Sports Academies
  in the following areas
• Hockey Baseball
• Soccer Golf (proposed)
• Softball Equestrian (proposed)
• SDSS presently has a Hockey academy and there is
  a
• Girls Soccer academy proposed for next year.
• Applications and further information available
  at
• web.deltasd.bc.ca/programs/academies

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South Delta Secondary
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Counselling Services
Counsellors are available for students and
parents to discuss concerns related to school,
education and careers, or personal
situations. There are four Counsellors at SDSS -
one for grade 8, 9, 10, and 11. The grade 12s
are split among all four counsellors. The
Counsellors start with the students in Grade 8
and work with them through to graduation in Grade
12.
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Career Center
The Career Center is available to students and
parents for information on career and
post-secondary planning, as well as scholarships.
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Learning Assistance Centre

• The L.A. centre offers a variety of services to
  the students and staff of SDSS
• Students in grades 8 -12 are referred by their
  teacher to the counsellor who, upon assessing the
  need, makes a referral to place the student in an
  L.A. block
• Grade 8 Literacy Program - Students may be
  placed in this program, based on referrals from
  Grade 7 teachers

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South Delta School Timetable
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South Delta School Timetable
Day 1 / Day 2 Timetable
Four classes are held on each day
Day 1 - Blocks A,B,C,D Day 2 - Blocks E,F,G,H
Block X is used for off timetable courses Eg.
Jazz Band
The block rotation changes ½ way through the year.
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South Delta School Timetable
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South Delta School Timetable
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Grade 8 Schedule
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Grade 8 Schedule

• Grade 8 students will be enrolled in a
  combination of the following courses
• 1. English
• 2. Social Studies (Science Humaines) OR
  Humanities - Eng and SS integrated into 2 block
  course
• 3. Math - Principles, Challenge, or
  Essentials
• 4. Science ( Science Naturelle)
• 5. P.E.
• 6. French (Francais Langue)
• 7. Applied Skills
• 8. Elective

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ELECTIVE OPTIONSStudents must choose 1 from this
list

• Concert Band
• for Beginners
• Concert Band
• Choral Music
• Art
• Fine Art 8
• Art
• Drama
• Music

Jazz Band can be taken as a second X block
elective for those students with band experience.
Auditions will be held in Sept.
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Health Career Education 8 9
The aim of Health and Career Education 8 9 is
to provide students with the knowledge, skills
and attitudes that will assist them in making
informed decisions related to health, education
and future careers while providing a foundation
of learning for Planning 10. The 45 hour
curriculum is integrated into the existing
subjects taught in grades 8 9 A mark will be
provided on the final report card
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South Delta Secondary
School Clubs
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South Delta School Clubs

• Student Council
• School Store
• Global Awareness
• Yearbook
• Officials Club
• Drama Club
• Cinema Club
• Travel Club
• School Newspaper
• Art Club
• Students 4 Students

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Killarney Athletics
South Delta Secondary
Athletics
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South Delta Athletics

• Aquatics
• Badminton
• Basketball
• Field Hockey
• Football
• Golf
• Gymnastics
• Lacrosse

Rugby Soccer Curling Tennis Volleyball Cross
Country
Regular Athletic updates regarding schedules and
game times are posted on our Web Site
http//www.deltasd.bc.ca/sd/athletics/index.html
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Important Dates

• February 10 - 26
• Counsellor visits elementary schools to hand out
  course selection sheets
• Monday, March 9
• Course Selection forms due
• May 18 - 22
• SDSS Tours
• June 2
• SDSS Spirit Day

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Limmersion Française

• Grade 8
• Français Langue (French Language)
• Sciences Humaines (Social Studies)
• Sciences Naturelles (Science)
• Grade 9
• Français Langue (French Language)
• Sciences Humaines (Social Studies)
• Sciences Naturelles (Science)

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Limmersion Française

• Grade 10
• Français Langue (French Language)
• Sciences Humaines (Social Studies)
• Planification (Planning)
• Grade 11
• Français Langue (French Language)
• Sciences Humaines (Social Studies)

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Limmersion Française

• Grade 12
• Français Langue (French Language)
• This course includes a Provincial exam consisting
  of both a written and oral component.

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Immersion Enrolment BC Ministry of Ed.