B.C.

Graduation Requirements
GRADE 10
COURSES EN 10 or EN(H) 10 Sc 10, SC 10(H) Math 10: PMA, AMA, EMA Socials 10 PE or Dance 10 Required Credit Total Elective: Automotive and Power Mechanics 10 Elective: Foods 10 Elective: Metalwork 10 Elective: Spanish 10 Elective: Computer Animation 10 Grade 10 Total: CREDITS 4 4 4 4 4 24 credits 2 2 2 4 2 32 COURSES EN, EN(H) or Com 11 A Sc 11: Bi(H), Ch(H), Ph(H), Bi, Ch, Ph, Esc or Sct 11 A Math 11: PMA, AMA, or EMA 11 SS, or FNS 12 Planning 11 and ADC Required Credit Total Elective: Spanish 11 Elective: Food Studies 11 Elective: Outdoor Education 11 Elective: Elective: Grade 11 Total: 36

GRADE 11
CREDITS 4 4 4 4 8 16 credits 4 4 4 COURSES

GRADE 12

COURSE SELECTION FOR STUDENTS ENTERING GRADE 10, 11 OR 12

CREDITS 4 4 4 4 16 credits 4 4 4

EN, EN (AP), or Com 12 A Grade 12 Chemistry 12 A Grade 12 History 12 A Grade 12 Foundations of Math 12 Required Credit Total Elective: Spanish 12 Elective: Outdoor Education 12 Elective: Food Studies 12 Elective: Elective: Grade 12 Total: Grade 11 Total: Grade 10 Total: Transitions (credits) Total Grad Credits: ****80 credits needed for graduation

COURSE SELECTION

28 36 30 4 100

*Within electives in grades 10, 11, or 12, 4 credits must be a Fine Art &/OR Applied Skill course.

Other Ways to Get Credits: 1. 2. Independent Directed Studies: This allows you to shape and follow your own course(s) with a teachers approval and supervision. External Credentials: If you excel in some areas outside of school (Cadets, involvement in provincial/national teams, driver education courses, etc.), you might earn credits for it. Distributed Learning: Where you can take a course anywhere, anytime if your school does not offer that course or your schedule is too full.

3.

Dual Credit Programs: The Dual Credit Programs are very advantageous, because it can provide a free semester of classes in a post-secondary school. Or if you go for the trades Dual Credit, you can get hands-on experience of the trade you want to enroll in. Dual Credit programs give grade 12 credits as well as a post-secondary credential. Students who already know what type of career they want to go in would be very suited to applying for the Dual Credit Programs. Task 3: 1. 2. The current graduation requirements are fair, but students dont seem to be trying hard enough. The high-school completion rate for School District 23 is 76 per cent -three percentage points below the provincial average (http://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna/5454/Local-Graduation-Rate-Falls-Short). The benefits are that women get first-hand experience on the trades programs, and get the knowledge they need to decide which trade to pursue. Source: http://www.okanagan.bc.ca/Page19415.aspx