Graduation Requirements Assignment (44 Marks Overal) PART 1: Required vs.

Elective Courses (26 marks in Total) In order to graduate from high school in BC, ou !ill have to com"lete a minimum of 80 credits !hich includes courses that are re#uired $ the Ministr of %ducation and elective courses that ou can choose ourself $ased on our goals, interests, etc& Com"lete the follo!ing ta$le to "lan out the re#uired and elective courses ou !ill $e taking $et!een 'r&() and 'r&(2& *ou ma not kno! e+actl !hat courses ou !ant as an elective $ut it,s a good idea to "lan ahead and make a draft educational "lan& -e are looking for the Ministr of %ducation re#uirements so if our school."rogram has other courses that are considered /0e#uired1 ou can sim"l "ut them under the electives heading for this "articular assignment& NOTE: You are putting the courses under the grade of the courses NOT the grade you are taking them in or took them in. For example if you took Planning 10 in grade 11 it still goes under Grade 10. Minimum Required Courses for ((6 Marks) 'rade () ( 2lanning () 2 %nglish () 'rade (( ( %nglish (( 2 2re4Calculus (( 'rade (2 ( %nglish 3iterature (2 2 2re4Calculus (2 5 8istor (2 4 2h sics (2 9 'eogra"h (2

5 6oundations and 2re4 5 7ocial 7tudies (( Calculus Math () 4 7ocial 7tudies () 9 7cience () 6 2h sical %ducation () *ou also need a 6ine :rts.:""lied 7kills course as a re#uirement& NOT ! You can take it ( 7enior Concert Band in either grade 10" 11 or () 1#. T!is gets "ou to #$ 4 2h sics ((

CRE%&T' on "our (a" to a minimum of 80.

Minimum Elective Courses (4 Marks) 'rade () 'rade (( 'rade (2 Theatre 2roducion (2

7enior Concert Band () Theatre 2roduction ((

7enior Concert Band (( 7enior Concert Band(2 Intermediate ;a<< Band Intermediate ;a<< Band (( (2 7"anish (( 2h sical %ducation (2 7"anish (2

*ou can add more ro!s $ clicking into the last $o+ ($ottom right) and clicking on the Tab ke & )uestion: (6 marks in total) = *ou "ut in our 64 /0e#uired1 course credits so no! add that to our1 %lectives1 total and !hat do ou get as a 'rand Total> (( mark) M grand total is ()4 Course Credits = 3ist the 9 2rovincial %+ams ou M*'T !rite to graduate& (9 marks) Grade 10 Englis! 10 'cience 10 Mat!ematics 10 PART +: ,ocus Areas (() marks in total)) ?o! take all of the courses ou listed in 2art ( and "ut them under the focus areas listed $elo!& Focus Grade 11 'ocial 'tudies 11 Grade 1+ Englis! 1+

Areas (6 Marks) Check out this website for more details: http://w ww.bced. gov.bc.c a/gradua tion/gra duation_ focus.ht m 6ine Business :rts, and @esign :""lied and 7kills Media 6itness 8ealth 7cience 3i$eral and and and :rts.8u 0ecreatio 8uman :""lied manities n 7ervices 7cience Tourism, Trades 8os"itali and t and Technolo 6oods g

6oundati ons and 7enior 2h sical 2re4 Concert %ducatio Calculus Band () n () Math () 2re4 7enior 2h sical Calculus Concert %ducatio Math (( Band (( n (2 2re4 7enior Calculus Concert Math (2 Band (2 Intermed iate ;a<< Band (( Intermed iate ;a<<

Theatre 7"anish 2h sics 7"anish 2roductio (( (( (( n (( Theatre 7"anish 2h sics 7"anish 2roductio (2 (2 (2 n (2 8istor (2 %nglish 3iteratur e (2 7ocial 7tudies 7cience ()

Band (2

() 7ocial 7tudies (( 'eogra" h (2

*ou can add more ro!s $ clicking into the last $o+ ($ottom right) and clicking on the Ta$ ke & )uestions: = Is there one 6ocus :reas that the maAorit of our courses fit under> (( Mark) If es, !hich one> If there is a tie list $oth& If no, state !h and then choose one to continue !orking !ith& The majority of my courses fit under the Focus Area of Liberal Arts/Humanities.

Bsing the 6ocus :rea from #uestion ( com"lete the follo!ing& (5 Mark) = 'o to the follo!ing Ministr of %ducation !e$site to hel" ou out !ith understanding the different 6ocus :reasC htt"C..!!!&$ced&gov&$c&ca.graduation.graduationDfocus&htm 6ind our E( 6ocus :rea = ?o! ans!er the follo!ing 5 #uestionsC = -hich of the sam-le interests. s/ills and com-etencies related to t!is focus area fit ou> Interest in other cultures Interest in second languages Oral questioning s ills !resentation of logical arguments in "ritten and oral form

!resentation # ills A"areness of cross$cultural differences Analy%ing information A&&lying no"ledge of other cultures to current issues

-hich of the sam-le o-tions after Grade 1+ graduation !ould interest ou> 'egree !rogram( )achelor of Art* International +elations

-hich of the sam-le occu-ations interests ou the most and !h > If none do, !hat occu"ation does interest ou and !h >

The occu"ation of a foreign di"lomat interests me $ecause it involves travel and influencing international affairs& PART 0: Graduation Transitions (F marks in total) 1ac/ground: 7tarting in the 7e"tem$er (, 2))G school ear, 'raduation Transitions re"laced the 'raduation 2ortfolio :ssessment found in the original 2))4 graduation "rogram& :ll BC secondar school students !ho are enrolled in 'rade (), (( or (2 as of 7e"tem$er (, 2))G, and $e ond must demonstrate the have met the follo!ing re#uirements forC = = = 2ersonal 8ealth 4 document and re"ort a minimum of (9) minutes "er !eek of "h sical activit at a moderate to vigorous intensit , in addition to 2%()& Communit Connections 4 "artici"ate in at least 5) hours of !ork e+"erience and.or communit service and descri$e !hat !as learned& Career and 3ife 4 com"lete a transition "lan and "resent significant accom"lishments&

*ou are ?OT !orking on these in de"th right no! $ut in order to get ou thinking a head ou,ll need to ans!er the follo!ing #uestionsC 2 Personal 3ealt!: (2 marks) = 8o! !ould ou descri$e our overall health right no!>

I "ould say that I am in good &hysical health

-hat "h sical activities do ou enAo >

I enjoy s iing* sailing* bi e riding and &laying ultimate. 2 Communit" Connections: (2 marks) = @o ou have a "a ing Ao$ right no!> = If ou do, !hat do ou do> -hat are our duties> 8o! man hours a !eek do ou !ork> If ou donHt have a "a ing Ao$, have ou $een thinking a$out getting a Ao$> -hat kind> -h does this interest ou> If not, !h not> I do not ha,e a &aying job right no". I ha,e not been thin ing of getting a job. I am trying to focus on my studies and s&ort for the time being. = 8ave ou ever $een a volunteer> = If es, !here and !hat did ou do> If not, have ou ever thought a$out volunteering> -hat t "e of volunteering !ould interest ou> If not, !h not> I ha,e ,olunteered for the &ast t"o summers teaching sailing lessons at the +oyal -ancou,er .acht /lub. This included teaching basic sailing and not tying technics* as "ell as su&er,ising children.

Career and 4ife: (2 marks) = -hat accom"lishments have ou e+"erienced so far> It could $e in s"orts, music, education, etc& I "as the first /anadian s i&&er e,er to attend the Har en .outh International 0atch +acing /ham&ionshi&s in Auc land* 12. I3m the highest ran ed youth match racing s i&&er in /anada. I also got into the Hamber /hallenge Humanities !rogramme at 4ric Hamber #econdary #chool = -hat are our "lans for after high school> -ill ou go to !ork> 'o to

school> Move out> 7ta at home> After high school I intend to mo,e out and go to school 2 5our 6fficial Transcri-t: Once ou have com"leted all the com"onents of the 'raduation Transition "rogramC (2 marks) = -hat comment (in re"lace of a letter grade) ends u" on our official transcri"t> The comment 5+equirements 0et 6+075 is &ut on your official transcri&t = 8o! man credits is 'raduation Transitions !orth> 8raduation Transitions is "orth 9 course credits