INTRODUCTION IMMERSION FRANÇAISE COURSE CODES
Administration’s Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Choix de cours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Compulsory Course Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Cours obligatoires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . .Optional C . ourse Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
GENERAL INFORMATION Descriptions de cours obligatoires . . . . . . . . . 15
Advisor Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Assessment & Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 COMPULSORY COURSE SCHOOL SERVICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 DESCRIPTIONS Resource . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
Lates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 English . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Counselling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Use of Unassigned Time 6 Mathematics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 School Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Library Resource Centre 6 Physical Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Post-Secondary Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Cafeteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Classroom Conduct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Social Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Student Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Lockers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 OPTIONAL COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
Emergency Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Advanced Placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 . . . . . . .
Suspensions 7 Business and Technology Education . . . . . . . . 42
Age of Majority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Career Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Academic Integrity 8 Computer Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
English . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
REGISTRATION Human Ecology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Registration Timelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Family Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Registration Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Registration Advice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Mathematics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Course Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Student Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Social Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Social Studies 55
CHOOSING COURSES Technology Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Compulsory Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 The Arts59
Semester System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 University Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Timetable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Winnipeg Technical College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Special Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION
band . We offer opportunities for student involvement in school activities
ADMINISTRATION’S WELCOME
through a strong physical education program and leadership opportunities .
Happy anniversary to Vincent Massey Collegiate! We are very pleased to
By attending Vincent Massey, you will have an opportunity to attend a
celebrate 50 years . . .to acknowledge our past achievements and to plan
school that offers an English Language program, a French Immersion
for a future that is hopeful and relevant . Vincent Massey is a dynamic
program, Honours and Advanced Placement courses, as well as university
and vibrant school, located in Fort Garry, Winnipeg . It boasts rich and
credits . Students are encouraged to avail themselves of the many
innovative learning opportunities for our student population . Learning
opportunities the school affords them . Safety, participation, respectful
happens best with passion, challenge and the requisite support . Attending
behaviour and dignity are emphasized as essential social and communal
Vincent Massey provides students with the opportunity to become valued
expectations at Vincent Massey . Students are encouraged to initiate
members of a school learning community: they will move from setting to
and to assume responsibility for their own program of study . Individual
setting and will encounter new challenges, small and large . By attending
development and group development are integrated so that the value of
Vincent Massey students will discover novelty that will, in the future, take
friendship, trust and action is clear . Students are encouraged to compete
their curiosity into the larger world .
with their own personal best . Parent and community involvement and
feedback is actively pursued and valued by the administration and staff of
The contents of this handbook provides information about the school culture
Vincent Massey . Support and encouragement is provided to all students in
as well as informing you of the range of courses that are available to students
our desire to offer programs that enable success for all students . In 2008,
throughout a number of disciplines . These courses provide students with an
some of the ways Vincent Massey students were acknowledged for being
outstanding background from which to pursue further studies . We are proud
leaders in learning and their commitment to excellence were:
of our course offerings, and are working to build on a tradition of 50 years
• 94 graduating students receiving External Scholarships
of excellence through continued growth . Each department is constantly
• an unprecedented 4 students receiving a Canadian Millennium
expanding the quality relevance and rigour of their course offerings in
Scholarship at the National (2), Provincial (1) and local (1) level
consultation with Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth, the universities
• 1 Leader of Tomorrow recipient
and colleges as well as the community at large .
• 1 recipient of the Toyota Earth Day Scholarship
• VMC Alternative Energy Array team nominated as the only Canadian
Vincent Massey is committed to meeting the needs of the mind, the
finalists in the prestigious, international Volvo Adventure Competition
body and the soul! Both diversity and inclusion increase the richness
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of possibilities: to that end, curricular and extra-curricular programs are
• 1 student accepted to the Schools on Board outreach program
offered that promote a personal and collective identity . Our compulsory
developed to bridge Arctic research with science education in high
and optional courses move students through a process of self-discovery,
schools across Canada .
building each student’s capacity to take risks and meet increasingly difficult
• 1 Galois Mathematics “outstanding achiever”, invited to attend the
challenges . Our arts programs have earned a reputation as an outstanding
University of Waterloo seminar .
vehicle through which to develop one’s artistic, creative, musical and
• Participating in a Battlefields of Europe Tour to study European
dramatic talents . We offer a certificate in the arts which includes credit
battlefields that had a large Canadian presence .
in art, dance, improvisational theatre, drama, choral, musical theatre and • VMC Senior Jazz Band performed at Government House in honour of Government and functional turbines were placed on the school roof in
Prince Edward’s royal visit . June, 2008 . The project will now turn its attention to the further creation of
• Two students were part of the team of juniors who WON Canadian a ‘green space’ on the school roof .
Ultimate nationals .
The advances in technology are readily apparent and integrated within Students from many countries around the world attend our school as
the programs at Vincent Massey Collegiate . Fully networked labs exist part of the Division’s International Student Program . Vincent Massey also
for the purpose of using technology for studies in mathematics, science, pioneered and continues the Sports and Arts Program in partnership with
geography, history, English and Français . Our Library Resource Centre The Canadian Sports Centre . The program was nominated by the Pembina
is fully automated and well equipped to enable students to access the Trails School Division for the honour of the Premier Award for School Board
world of information that they require in their studies . In 2005 Vincent Innovation and is recognized provincially for its innovation and flexibility .
Massey Collegiate was honoured by its acceptance into the UNESCO
Associated Schools Project Network (ASPNet) National level, as one of only Please do not hesitate to contact the school should you have any questions
five schools in Canada . Manitoba is playing a lead role within Canada in a about the programs available at Vincent Massey Collegiate . We are pleased
project that involves a worldwide network of more than 7,000 schools in to assist y