Electives

Badminton 

NO FEE

This sport enrichment course offers students the opportunity to build and strengthen skills to advance their badminton game to the next level. Students will be assessed on their skill development throughout.

Band 

FEE: $35 per quarter

Explore learning to play a band instrument. Students will learn instrument assembly, tone production, note and rhythm reading, rehearsal skills and will include several performance and festival opportunities.

Board Games

$35

If you like a challenge, spending time with friends, strategizing, and friendly competition, then this is the elective for you. In this option, you will play a variety of board and card games, learn about their design elements, and the strategies employed in games. You will also create your own board or card game.

Choral

Fee: $35

Do you like to sing? Choir is a mixed group for singers of all levels, focusing on individual musical development and development of choral singing while creating a group atmosphere. Specifically, students apply good vocal production through breath support, tone production, intonation and more. Choir members also learn about and apply the elements of music (rhythm, dynamics, tempo, pitch, articulation, etc.) while singing pieces of popular, classical, folk music, and more.

nehiyawatsiwin Cree Language & Culture

FEE: $35

Come and learn more about the Cree language and Culture with Mrs. Bear! Students will have an introduction to the Cree language and apply it to various situations and for different purposes at home, in school and in the community. Students will do crafts, art and explore other ways of expressing their creativity. Students will analyze various ways in which Cree culture can influence themselves and their community. This elective is open to all students!

French - Learn the Basics!

NO FEE

This elective offers students opportunities to communicate in French in a variety of daily life contexts. Students will expand their vocabulary and grammar in a variety of themes related to their daily lives.

Film Studies

NO FEE

Have you ever wondered how movies are made? Film Studies concentrates on the areas of film and media history, theory and technique, and the study of genres. The goal of this course is to help students understand both the history of film as an art form and to enable them to understand how the makers of film structure their work to communicate ideas and feelings to an audience.

Foods (by grade)

FEE: $35

In the Foods elective students will gain knowledge relating to food safety, sanitation, and safe handling of kitchen utensils and equipment. Students must work cooperatively in a group to read, and follow a recipe to create a final product. They will be able to apply the knowledge and skills gained in this course to create and cook a number of healthy snacks and meals, as well as some tasty treats. Students will end the course equipped to cook for themselves.

Graphic Design

NO FEE

The world is filled with so many different forms of art – including digital art. In this course, you’ll explore this special genre of art found in everything from advertising to animation to photography and beyond.
Additionally, you’ll tap into your creative side to create digital art and make it come alive!

Guitar

Fee: $35

Students get a chance to learn how to play the guitar...no previous knowledge necessary!  Students will learn about the different components as well as the language of the guitar, and learn introductions to chord structures, guitar theory, and strumming patterns. In an effort to keep the pace of the course fun and engaging, students will be able to learn a variety of songs fairly quickly, some even at their own request! Guitars are supplied, however you are welcome to bring your own.

Interactive Science

FEE: $35

This elective is based on the scientific principles of research and continued experimentation for improvement. Students will carry out scientific demonstrations, and explain why the amazing things they see, hear and feel happen the way they do. From giant bubbles to water powered rockets, exploding chemicals, and showers of foam, science isn’t just about learning, it’s also about fun.

Outdoor Education

FEE: $35

Do you love the outdoors? Students will get first-hand experience in nature and develop skills in common outdoor pursuits. We will look at our environmental impact and how we can reduce our carbon footprint and become a steward of the earth. Students will focus on skills such as fire building, outdoor cooking, orienteering, wilderness survival skills, emergency shelters, first aid and fitness building activities such as hiking.

Recreation & Sport

Fee: $35

Do you love being active and living a healthy lifestyle? Join us for some outdoor play! This elective will give you a chance for fun and exercise, reinforce community spirit and advance your problem-solving abilities. Learn to play Bocce, Capture the Flag, Kickball, Ultimate Frisbee, Disc Golf, Four Square, Wiffle Ball, Spike Ball and more!

Volleyball 

NO FEE

This sport enrichment course offers students the opportunity to build and strengthen skills to advance their volleyball game to the next level. Students will be assessed on their skill development throughout.

Wood Shop (by grade)

FEE: $35

A skill leveled class where students enrolled will create/design/manufacture and finish wood-based projects. This elective will begin with a strong safety emphasis and tool recognition. Students will be guided in the mastery of basic wood crafting hand tools, along with power tools such as palm and belt sanders, hand and drill press, coping and mitre saws, table and plunge routers and jigsaws.