District Programs & Courses

1. District Programs & Courses District Course programs are offered throughout the 5 secondary schools in our district. Please check with the schools detailed course description about time the course will commence, credits, and any additional costs. Additional Information and bussing details are available from your counselor. Some of these programs have limited enrolment and applications must be submitted

2. Apprenticeship • Electrical • Aircraft Maintenance Engineer • Joinery • Computer Numeric Control • Plumbing • Culinary Arts • Residential House Construction • Welding Information available from the Career coordinator in your secondary school Students Must Apply to Program www.sd22.bc.ca/apprenticeship

3. Clarence Fulton • Receive an outdoor education experience • Learn technical skills useful in areas of forestry employment • Develop environmental attitudes useful in managing and protecting all forest resources • Undertake various projects designed to enhance ecosystems • Learn skills and knowledge to enhance wetlands (BA) FORESTRY MANAGEMENT 12A

4. Clarence Fulton ..... Real Life Learning • hands-on activities aimed at making a positive contribution to our community & planet • focus on contributing to our local community • successfully design and implement a two-week international aid project in a developing nation. • Students will be required to apply to the selection committee • course will be offered in second semester. GLOBAL EDUCATION 12 Students Must Apply to Program www.sd22.bc.ca/web/global/

5. Charles Bloom Forestry Career Preparation • The Forestry Program provides students with a broad-based practical and theoretical background in the forestry industry.   This program has been designed to prepare students for pre-trades programs.  • students interested in careers such as welder, heavy duty mechanic, faller, bucker, truck driver, forest manager, or fire fighter may be very interested in this program

6. Kalamalka Visual Arts: Drawing & Painting (Pre - AP and AP) • This course is designed for dedicated art students in grades 10, 11, & 12 who want to take their skills and creative abilities to a high level of achievement • emphasis on quality, breadth and concentration in this course will prepare students for Advanced Placement Studio Art portfolio requirements. • Students will take part in specialized workshops and field trips in addition to regular classes

7. Kalamalka • The focus of the course will be on wide-ranging literary experiences in all disciplines of literature: poetry, prose, drama, and expository • This is an advanced course in English that may be taken in addition to English 12 • In addition to gaining 4 credits for English Literature, students will write the AP exam in May • Successful completion of the exam gives the student university credit or placement in second year university course work. English Literature 12 AP

8. Vernon Secondary • offered outside the timetable at VSS and on-line • learn how our economy works, be able to make sense of what is happening in the news, run your own virtual company and compete provincially and internationally against students from all over the world • run your own virtual company, manage your own stock portfolio, explore topics like consumer decisions, the business firm, the role of government, environmental economics and the global economy • students may write the AP exam for university credit Economics 12 AP

9. Whitecaps FC Youth Soccer Academy • Centre will provide students with the opportunity to benefit from high performance soccer training within the public school environment. • To provide an excellent academic environment to achieve academic goals of the athletes, while fostering a drive for personal excellence. • To provide student-athletes with outstanding instruction in an environment that is committed to long-term athlete development as well as to the Ministry’s Goals of Education. • To provide professional technical soccer instruction to student-athletes committed to excellence under the direction of master coaches from NOYSA the National Coaching Institute of British Columbia and certified teachers. • Tuition $975.00 Students Must Apply to Program www.sd22.bc.ca/soccer

10. Kalamalka Secondary The Students Without Borders Academy is a program of education for global Citizenship. SWB-A uses online learning, webinars, skype, state of the art software, dynamic student travel abroad, camp setting, field study, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institues, language study in Spanish, and indigenous peoples studies exploring Embera and Kuna Culture. SWB-A explores conservation of sea turtles, rees and rain forests. SWB-A students vist the red Cross, the united Nations, The Peace Corps and Internationa Universities in the Ciudad del Saber. SWB-A is a full semester 20 credit program of School District #22 (Vernon) in British Columbia, Canada. Students Without Borders Students Must Apply to Program See www.sd22.bc.ca/~swb/

11. Vernon Secondary • working with the HPP teacher, students set up a schedule of courses that allows them to have a full, traditional high school experience • creates flexibility in their timetables to allow for their training and competition schedules. • program currently has skiers, snow boarders, swimmers, equestrian show jumping/ barrel racing, figure skating, and actors. High Performer’s Program Students Must Apply to Program http://www.sd22.bc.ca/vss/hpp/

12. Vernon Secondary • offered at VSS this September 2008 • program will have on-ice and off-ice components • Skill development – ice hockey • Leadership – coaching (National Coaches Certification Program) • Improving performance (weight training, sport nutrition, mental training and physiology) • Career program focus (sport administration, marketing, media, sport medicine, athletic therapy, personal trainer and professional athlete) • consist of 2 consecutive blocks in the first semester and will be open to Grade 10 – 12 students • Grade 9 students can apply and will be admitted on an individual basis • Under water hockey, Water polo, Yoga, Floor ball Hockey Canada Skills Academy Students Must Apply to Program www.sd22.bc.ca/hockey/

13. VIRTUAL CLASS PROGRAM with www.vLearn.ca • students in all SD#22 high schools the choice of 9 Virtual Class courses. • courses include Chemistry 11 and 12, Physics 11 and 12, Biology 12, Calculus 12, AP Economics 12, AP Literature 12 and History 12.  • students need only have access to an internet enabled computer, a headset and for some courses, a Wacom tablet.  • specialist classroom teachers provide ‘live and interactive’ instruction to students situated in various locations throughout the school district and province. • classroom instruction occurs “live” daily via interactive web based software, teacher websites and learning resources and are also fully recorded and available for study and review 24/7.  • this means that students never miss any instruction, whether they are sick, traveling or away pursuing athletics or other activities, and can review all teaching, lessons, material and resources as often as necessary. 

14. Recruit Firefighter CourseNot being offered in Spring 10 • 42 Hours Instruction 20 hours home study • April through May, Not in school timetable • Grade 11 or 12 • Opportunity to experience hands on challenges • Provides opportunities to work as a team during a controlled training and simulated emergency operations • Direct supervision by qualified firefighter instructors • Course fee $350.00+GST • Application deadline March www.sd22.bc.ca/news.html Students Must Apply to Program

15. RCMP Jean Minguy Memorial Youth Academy • May 2 - 8 • RCMP Academy environment • Successfully complete each phase of the selection process • Experience a variety of activities that a police cadet would in a capsulated format • Tuition cost $500 • Meals, Lodging and stationary supplied Students Must Apply to Program