{"id":344,"date":"2016-05-26T21:07:49","date_gmt":"2016-05-26T21:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/rockridge-secondary\/?page_id=344"},"modified":"2018-12-16T20:43:50","modified_gmt":"2018-12-17T04:43:50","slug":"guidelines-for-course-selection","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/rockridge-secondary\/students\/guidelines-for-course-selection\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduation Requirements and Guidelines for Course Selection"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\" id=\"wpb-content-root\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; background_style=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column]\t<div class=\"aq-block-aq_page_header_block\">\r\n\t\r\n<header class=\"page-header ebor-pad-me\">\r\n\r\n\t<div class=\"background-image-holder parallax-background\">\r\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2411\" height=\"879\" src=\"https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/rockridge-secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/05\/west-vancouver-schools-banner-45.jpg\" class=\"background-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/rockridge-secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/05\/west-vancouver-schools-banner-45.jpg 2411w, https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/rockridge-secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/05\/west-vancouver-schools-banner-45-300x109.jpg 300w, https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/rockridge-secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/05\/west-vancouver-schools-banner-45-1024x373.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2411px) 100vw, 2411px\" \/>\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"text-white alt-font\">Rockridge Secondary School<\/span><h1 class=\"text-white\">Graduation Requirements and Guidelines for Course Selection<\/h1>\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n<\/header>\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; background_style=&#8221;bg-secondary-1&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1464373014689{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column]<span class=\" alt-font  ebor-block\">Students in Grades 8-10 are required to take eight courses. <\/span><div class=\"\"><h1 class=\"\">Grades 8\u201310<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"lead  \"><p><\/p>\n<\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1464626223798{padding-top: 40px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]<div class=\"feature\"><h5>Grade 8 Courses<\/h5><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>English Language Arts 8<\/li>\n<li>Social Studies 8<\/li>\n<li>Mathematics 8<\/li>\n<li>Science 8<\/li>\n<li>Physical Education 8<\/li>\n<li>French 8 or Spanish 8<\/li>\n<li>Fine Arts 8 or Music 8<\/li>\n<li>Applied Skills 8<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]<div class=\"feature\"><h5>Grade 9 Courses<\/h5><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>English Language Arts 9<\/li>\n<li>Social Studies 9<\/li>\n<li>Mathematics 9<\/li>\n<li>Science 9<\/li>\n<li>Physical Education 9<\/li>\n<li>French 9 or Spanish 9<\/li>\n<li>Fine Arts Elective<\/li>\n<li>Applied Skills Elective<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]<div class=\"feature\"><h5>Grade 10 Courses<\/h5><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>English Language Arts 10 (2 of either Creative Writing, Literary Studies or Composition)<\/li>\n<li>Social Studies 10<\/li>\n<li>Mathematics 10<\/li>\n<li>Science 10<\/li>\n<li>Physical Education 10<\/li>\n<li>Career Life Education 10<\/li>\n<li>French 10 or Spanish 10<\/li>\n<li>Personal Project 10<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> <em>Students receive 4 credits upon completion of each of the courses listed above. 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