As a student at Carson Graham Secondary School the path to future success relies on your active involvement. The key to success is you! Good planning takes time and thought. Your course selection is an important decision. Discuss your goals with your parents and counsellor.
Many opportunities are available here at Carson Graham Secondary School. Make your high school years challenging as well as enjoyable.
The information that you provide is used to build our master timetable and hire teaching staff. Every effort will be made to provide you with the courses that you have selected.
Due to various timetable constraints, your initial course requests may have to change. Grade 8-12 students are all expected to take a minimum of 8 courses per year.
Students in Grade 8 are required to take a minimum of 8 courses. Please see the Course Request Sheet for more information.
The general courses grade 8 students enroll in are: Language & Literature Year 3
Individual & Societies Year 3
Sciences Year 3
Mathematics Year 3
Physical & Health Education Year 3
*A Language Acquisition Year 3 course
Design Year 3 Rotation
- Computational Thinking Year 3
- Textiles Year 3
- Woodwork Year 3
Fine Arts Year 3 Rotation
- Arts Education Music Year 3
- Arts Education Drama Year 3
- Arts Education Visual Arts Year 3 | Students in Grade 9 are required to take a minimum of 8 courses. Please see the Course Request Sheet for more information. The general courses grade 9 students enroll in are:
Language & Literature Year 4
Individual & Societies Year 4
Sciences Year 4
Mathematics Year 4
Physical & Health Education Year 4
*A Language Acquisition Year 4 course
* Four (4) Electives
| Students in Grade 10 are required to take a minimum of 8 courses. Please see the Course Request Sheet for more information. The general courses grade 10 students enrol in are:
Language & Literature Year 5
Individual & Societies Year 5
Sciences Year 5
Physical & Health Education Year 5
Career Life Education 10
Personal Project 10
*A Mathematics Year 5
*A Language Acquisition Year 5 course
* Four (4) Electives
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Students in Grade 11 are required to take a minimum of 8 courses. Please see the Course Request Sheet for more information. The general courses grade 11 students enroll in are:
English First Peoples 11
A Mathematics 11
A Sciences 11
A Social Studies 11 or 12
* Four (4) Electives
| Students in Grade 12 are required to take a minimum of 8 courses. Please see the Course Request Sheet for more information. The general courses grade 12 Students enroll in are:
English Studies 12
Career Life Connections 12
* Six (6) Electives
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Graduation Requirements
To graduate, students must earn a total of 80 credits at the grade 10, 11 & 12 level, with a minimum of 16 credits at the grade 12 level and 28 elective course credits.
52 credits are required from the following:
- Two Career Education Courses (8 credits)
- students will take Career Life Education 10 and Career Life Connections 12
- Physical Health and Education 10 (4 credits)
- Science 10 (4 credits)
- A Science 11 or 12 (4 credits)
- Social Studies 10 (4 credits)
- A Social Studies 11 or 12 (4 credits)
- A Math 10 (4 credits)
- A Math 11 or 12 (4 credits)
- A Language Arts 10 (4 credits)
- A Language Arts 11 (4 credits)
- English 12 (4 credits) An Arts Education 10, 11, or 12 and/or an Applied Design, Skills, and Technologies 10, 11, or 12 (4 credits)
- Effective July 1, 2023: At least 4 credits must have an Indigenous focus (English First Peoples 11 is mandatory for all Gr. 11 students)
Students must also:
- Earn a minimum of 16 credits at the grade 12 level
- Earn a minimum of 28 elective course credits
Graduation Assessments
In addition, students must also complete three gradation assessments:
- The Grade 10 Numeracy Assessment (introduced in the 2018-2019 school year)
- The Grade 10 Literacy Assessment (introduced in the 2019-2020 school year)
- The Grade 12 Literacy Assessment (introduced in the 2020-2021 school year)
