Welcome to Pinetree Secondary!

Grade 8 Middle School Visits-Getting Ready for Grade 9

“Accepting Challenges Together”

People to Know!

Administration at Pinetree PRINCIPAL: MR. JOHN MCCULLOUGH

VICE PRINCIPALS: MS. CHERYL WOODS MR. MIKE SLINGER

Counsellors at PinetreeO MS. HARDEEP JOHAL A- F, ZO MS. SHARON STARR G- LED, RO MS. LINDA HAMILTON Lee – PO MS. MEENA DHILLON S-Y

Success=Getting Involved(Leadership and Volunteering, Fine & Performing Arts)

O Teams and ClubsO Alpha WolvesO Book Lounge ClubO Drag RacingO Journalism Club (Inbox

Student Newspaper)O Key (Kiawannis) Service

Club O Library VolunteersO Math ClubO Me-to-We ClubO Music Council       O Ski & Snowboarding ClubO Table Tennis O Treehouse Theatre Council

O Sports/AthleticsO Cross CountryO SoccerO Volleyball (Girls)O Basketball (Boys Jr. &

Sr.)O BadmintonO WrestlingO Tennis O Track & Field

Counsellor Role at Pinetree

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O Course planning

O Career planning & Career Center

O Post secondary information, admissions and financial aid

O Help with academic, personal, social and family problems

O Prevention and awareness education

O Crisis intervention and referral to community services

O Support services: career resource facilitator, learning resource center and gifted program

Supporting Pinetree Students

O ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGEO EAL Beginner /Oral CommunicationsO EAL Foundational English/ Oral CommunicationsO EAL Canadian StudiesO EAL English Skills O EAL English Composition

O TEACHER SUPPORTO Teachers provide tutorials outside class time

 O STUDENT SERVICES – LEARNING CENTER

O Academic support for grades 9 – 12O Work with teachers, students & parents to facilitate student success

O LIBRARYO Print materials, audio-visual resources and computer lab – online access for students

 O ADVISORY “PACK”

O Groups of students linked with a teacher advisor-meet once a week on WednesdaysO Sense of belonging and supportO Organized according to grade

 O TUTORING

O Tutoring lists available from your counsellorsO Peer Tutors available in LC

The Transition from Grade 8 to 9

O Our goal is to help grade 8’s make a smooth transition to high school. To help ease the transition we have planned the following events.O Visits to Middle Schools-programmingO Tour of Pinetree- Thursday, February 5th

12:00pm – 2:30pmO Articulation meetings with teachers at the

middle schoolsO Grade 9 Orientation – last week of August.

(Led by our Alphawolves)

Choosing Courses:The Programming Process

O Take time to learn about courses before you choose

O Read the course calendar descriptions carefully

O Don’t worry about what your friends are taking, instead focus on your skills and abilities

O Discuss your choices with your parentsO Contact your counsellor if you have

questions

Course ProgrammingO Grade 9 students are required to

take 8 courses.O English 9 ( or EAL)O Socials 9 ( or EAL)O Science 9O Math 9O PE 9O 3 Electives

Elective ChoicesO ART 9- learn skills in drawing, painting, collage, mixed

media, printmaking, paper mache, and photography.

O BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY 9- learn about the world of business, including advertising, communications, money etc.

O DRAMA 9- learn basic acting skills in areas of mime, voice, movement, stage combat, improvisation and some script work. Work towards building confidence and cooperative teamwork skills.

O FOODS & NUTRITION 9- Explore great food and food culture. A “hands – on course”.

Elective Choices Cont.O INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 9- Explore and

learn technologies in: desktop publishing essentials, HTML web page coding, flash animation, programming basics, photoshop, video editing and presentation software.

O WOOD WORK 9- learn to safely use tools and equipment to design, create and finish your own projects.

O ENGINEERING AND DESIGN 9- get challenged to solved problems and design solutions that you can build or test! In the past students have built C02 dragsters, Rube Goldberg (engineer/inventor) machines, mobiles, balances and more!

Elective Choices cont…O MUSIC PROGRAM:

O Concert Band 9O Jazz Band 9O Concert Choir 9O Vocal Jazz 9

O LANGUAGES:O French 9O Japanese 9O Mandarin 9O Spanish 9

Language Considerations

O Good at French? Keep French 9O Good at Languages – take French 9,

Spanish 9, Mandarin 9 or Japanese 9O Good student but want a change- switch

to a different languageO Not strong in languages- don’t take oneO Want a break? – wait until grade 11 and

take a beginner language in grade 11 (i.e.. Beginner Spanish 11 or Beginner Japanese 11)

Timetable FeaturesO TWO SEMESTERS PER YEAR

O September to January and February to JuneO Semester courses last for 5 months; examples include: Science, Socials, English, Electives

 

O LINEAR COURSES AT THE GRADE 9 LEVELO Math, PE, Band, Choir, Honours English/SSO September to June

 

O STUDENTS IN ALL GRADES ARE EXPECTED TO TAKE 8 COURSES PER YEAR 

O COMMON MEETING TIMES FOR STUDENTSO Nutrition BreakO LunchO PACK

 

O COMMON LUNCH FOR ALL STUDENTSO Activities – great intramural program

 

O AFTERNOON LONG BLOCKSO Extended labsO Field Trips

 

O ROTATING BLOCKS

 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

 

8:00    

  1  

  1 

 8:00* 4

9:00

  1 

  1 

8:00    

9:10    

  2

  3

 9:05* 5

10:10  

  4

  5 

9:10    

10:20 B R E A K 10:20

10:30    

  3

  4

10:20* 2

11:20

  5

  2

10:30     

11:25

11:40    

  4

  5

PACK11:45

 

  2

  3

11:40    

 

11:50* 3

12:55 

12:50  LUNCH

 LUNCH

 LUNCH

 LUNCH

12:50

 

12:55LUNCH

1:30   

   

3:15

 5

 

 2

 

 

 3 

  

 4

1:30    

  

3:15

1:351

 

PINETREE SECONDARY SCHOOL Timetable: Rotation of Blocks Sample

GRADE 9 COURSE PLANNING 2015/2016

Please PRINT clearly in ink. The timetable is based on your requests therefore the choices you make are permanent. Legal Last Name First Name BCeSIS Student Number ____ ____ _________________ Address (Number and street) City Postal Code Middle School ___________________________________ (Parent/ Guardian cell number)

Grade 9 Program Honours, ESL and alternate programs will be assigned based on assessment and teacher recommendations

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Choose 3 elective +2 alternate courses Code

EN 9 ESL 9121

SS 9 ESL 4100

MA 9 7100

SC 9 5001

PE 9 6100

Elective:

Elective:

Elective:

Extra Music Courses:

Jazz Band 9

Concert Choir 9

Vocal Jazz 9

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Alternate #1:

Alternate #2:

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Timeline Grade 8’sO Grade 8 Walkabout – Thursday, February 5, 2015

12:00pm-2:30pm

O Honours Assessment: Thursday, February 5, 2015O Science Honours Exam – 9am before the WalkaboutO Math Honours Exam- 10:15am before the WalkaboutO Humanities Honours Exam  2:30 pm after the Walkabout  

O All course selection sheets must be signed by a parent O Final date for programming sheets to be returned to

your teacher is  O ______________________________

Questions/Cross CatchmentPlease call or email your counsellor if you have questions:  lhamilton@sd43.bc.ca Lee – Phjohal@sd43.bc.ca A-F, Zsstarr@sd43.bc.ca G – Led, Rmdhillon@sd43.bc.ca S-Y

CROSS CATCHMENT PROCESS:O All students complete a programming sheet for the school

they would normally attend (HOME SCHOOL).O February 6th, 2015 on-line Cross Catchment applications

available online at the School District #43 Website O Deadline to complete online forms is February 18, 2015O Have your parents go the school district website

http://www.sd43.bc.ca/Pages/default.aspx