Please note that the following courses have historically had course fees associated with them. Please contact school administration if you have any questions about course fees.

Physical and Health Education 8

The Physical Health Education 8 course exposes students to a broad range of activities and experiences with emphasis on promoting healthy lifelong living for both physical and mental well-being. Course activities may include football, volleyball, basketball, weight training, square dancing, softball, badminton, wrestling, minor games as well as field games. Students are given the opportunity to explore the short- and long-term impacts of proper nutrition and healthy relationships, enhancing their understanding of a balanced lifestyle.

Physical and Health Education 9

The Physical Health Education 9 course reviews the activities in the PHE 8 course while providing students the opportunity to further develop skills and fitness previously taught.  Activities may include field hockey, rugby, soccer, volleyball, basketball, weight training, wrestling, badminton and softball.

Physical and Health Education 10

This course provides students with a variety of physical activities to further promote life-long fitness.  This course emphasizes game play in team and individual sports.  This course will also cover the aspects of the health and wellness curriculum as well as first aid.  PHE 10 allows the students to experience off campus activities such as gymnastics, skating, martial arts and yoga.

Students must choose from one of the two PHE 10 courses. 

 Physical & Health Education 10 (Fit For Life) 

Fitness for life will give students the opportunity to be active in a noncompetitive environment where they will receive classes to have a healthy lifestyle and mindset.  Focus will be on individual fitness and growth with such activities as yoga, pilates, cycle fit, circuit training, weight training and off campus activities (eg. gymnastics, oxygen yoga, etc). This course will also cover the aspect of the health and wellness curriculum and first aid.

Students must choose from one of the two PHE 10 courses

 STRIVE 10 (Cohort) 

(Four courses – English, Math, PE, and Science – see Miscellaneous Courses for more information.)

 Active Living 11/12 (Physical & Health Education) 

Students are offered a selection of the following activities: team sports; aquatics; racquet sports; outdoor and recreational pursuits; peer teaching, and optional field trips, which may include skating, curling, gymnastics, martial arts, bowling, laser tag, and go-karting.  Students may also attend some full-day field trips such tubing, and biking on Salt Spring Island.  Emphasis is on lifelong pursuits. Students must provide their own transportation to and from off-campus activities.

Fit For Life 11/12 

Fit for Life will provide students with an active, noncompetitive environment where they can provide a healthy lifestyle and mindset. Students will be provided with a variety of recreational and fitness activities.  The focus will be on individual fitness and growth with activities such as yoga, pilates, cycle fit, weight training, swimming, aqua fit, fitness class.  This course will be a mixed grade class designed to encourage students to be encouraged to be excited about physical fitness and help them create healthy living practices that will last a lifetime.

Students completing Fit For Life 11/12 will be given credit for Active Living 11/12.  

 Mental Health and Wellness 11/12

Mental Health and Wellness 11/12 is a course designed for students interested in better understanding the role that mental health plays in our lives. Students will learn about mental health, mental health literacy, mental illness, and mental wellness. Students will develop skills and strategies to increase their knowledge and personal skills in supporting their own mental health and the mental health of loved ones. This course will connect indigenous, western, and eastern ways of knowing and will be anchored in trauma-informed practice. This course will combine classroom learning, inquiry-based learning, guest speakers, and the active and intentional practice of the strategies and skills learned in the classroom.

Strength & Conditioning 11/12 

This course will provided students the opportunity to improve their overall fitness by focusing on personal fitness activities with an emphasis on weight training. The course will be held on campus at SDSS.  Students will gain knowledge in anatomy and physiology and will develop and implement their own personal fitness program goals.  There will be a focus on individual training principles for life-long learning. This course is recommended for students who are highly motivated and work well independently.                                              

 PHE Recreational Leadership

(After school)

Recreational Leadership will provide students the opportunity to explore and develop skills in a leadership setting in the school and community. Leadership will demonstrate various organizational skills while working alone and in small groups. Students will support our Varsity Athletic Program through scorekeeping, organizing and implementing tournaments and facilitating the schools intramural program. This course is not scheduled during the timetable rather students will meet during lunch and outside the timetable as well as time spent with after school activities.

 Fitness & Conditioning 12

Fitness & Conditioning is designed for highly motivated students who wish to pursue functional fitness and enhance sport specific training.  Students will gain knowledge in advanced strength/conditioning techniques to assist in implementation of their individualized program as well as in anatomy and physiology, the principles of training and sports nutrition/sports enhancing supplements.  Fitness & Conditioning will provide additional opportunities for students to experience hiking, bootcamps, cross fit, HIIT, step class, mixed martial arts classes, spin, hot yoga, biking, swimming, skating, squash, bowling, roller hockey and beach volleyball.  Students must provide their own transportation to and from off-campus activities.