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Academics
Grade 10 Academics
Grade 10 Academics
Grade 10 is the final year in the Middle Years Programme and the leadership opportunities are plentiful, including club leadership and mentorship opportunities for younger students. Students in Grade 10 take a Learning Strategies course, which includes time to work on the MYP Personal Project.
As a new Grade 10 student, there are some course choices to be made. These include selections in your additional Language pathway (Spanish, Latin, Mandarin or French), a Social Science (two Geography options and two History options), and possibly an additional elective depending on your Math pathway.
Please take the time to review all course descriptions and choose the courses which excite you or pique your curiosity. Our Admissions Team is eager to work with you, should you have any questions.
As a new Grade 10 student, there are some course choices to be made. These include selections in your additional Language pathway (Spanish, Latin, Mandarin or French), a Social Science (two Geography options and two History options), and possibly an additional elective depending on your Math pathway.
Please take the time to review all course descriptions and choose the courses which excite you or pique your curiosity. Our Admissions Team is eager to work with you, should you have any questions.
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New Students: Grade 10 MYP Course Offerings
English ENG2D French—CoreFSF2D OrFrench—ExtendedFEF2D OrSpanish (This is an introductory course preparing students for Spanish ab Initio in Grade 11)LWSBD OrLatinLVLBD2 (if taking Latin for the first time)
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LVLCU (if moving into second year of Latin - have completed LVLBD)OrMandarin*LKBBD International Languages**LBA-LDY Regional Geography—Forces of Humanity (Human Geography) CGD3M Or Geography—Forces of Nature (Physical Geography) CGF3M Or American History (English or French) CHA3U or CHA3UF Or History—World to the End of the 15th Century CHW3M And Career Studies + Learning Strategies 1: Skills for Success (Personal Project) (0.5 credit + 0.5 credit) GLC2O + GLS1O And Civics (0.5 credit) CHV2ON Healthy Active Living Education (1.0 credit) PPL3O ScienceSNC2D Math (every day)*** (2.0 credits) MPM2DN + MCR3UN Or Math - Functions (1.0 credit) MCR3U Or Math - Functions Extended (1.0 credit) MCR3UE Technological Design (0.5 credit) TDJ2O2 -
Electives — Choose One Elective if in Math-Functions MCR3U (1 credit)
Visual ArtsAVI2ODanceATC2ODramaADA2OMusic (Band or Strings or Vocal)AMI2O or AMS2O or AMV2OMedia ArtsASM2ODigital Technology and Innovations in the Changing WorldICD2OComputer Engineering Technology****TEJ3MLatinLVLBD (if taking Latin for the first time)orLVLCU (if moving into second year of Latin)SpanishLWSBDGeography—Forces of Humanity (Human Geography)CGD3MGeography—Forces of Nature (Physical Geography)CGF3MAmerican History (English or French)CHA3U or CHA3UFHistory—World to the End of the 15th CenturyCHW3MAccountingBAF3MHealthy Living And Personal Fitness ActivitiesPAF3OPhysics (Please see School Counsellor)orBiology (Please see School Counsellor)SPH3UorSBI3U
*Mandarin is available to students with extensive previous oral and some written Mandarin experience.
**International Languages is for students whose home language is not English. This is offered after school for an additional fee.
***New students in Grade 10 who have not met the requirement for MCR3UN will have math daily and take both MPM2DN and MCR3UN in one year.
****For students who have completed ICD2O. Please see your School Counsellor if interested and you do not have ICD2O.
**International Languages is for students whose home language is not English. This is offered after school for an additional fee.
***New students in Grade 10 who have not met the requirement for MCR3UN will have math daily and take both MPM2DN and MCR3UN in one year.
****For students who have completed ICD2O. Please see your School Counsellor if interested and you do not have ICD2O.
LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
We wish to acknowledge this land on which Branksome operates. For thousands of years, it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and most recently, the Mississaugas of the Credit River. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous peoples from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work and go to school on this land.
Setting the new standard for girls' education everywhere takes collective action. From all of us.
