Academic Handbook 2020-2021
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The First Responders (FR) Club designed to create an
environment where students can assist and experience
the field of first aid. The FR student will gain
knowledge of anatomy and physiology, relate injuries
to the demands of sport, assist with immediate care
of injuries once proper skills are obtained, observe
and understand rehabilitation techniques while
assisting athletes with basic rehabilitation exercises,
assist with the application of modalities and
understand the effectiveness of each, and assist with
general athletic training procedures during games
and practices. Additionally, the benefit of the program
is to prepare our FR student aides for future education
and professional responsibility.
All FR members are expected to have completed
certification in first aid and CPR. Additionally, FR
members who wish to receive a Certified Athletic
Therapists (CAT) must complete their certification in
sport first aid, CPRC and athletic taping.
Health & Life Sciences
Duration
Meeting Times
Full Year (Pilot)
TBC
Eligibility Grade 8–12
This club is for students who are interested in the life
sciences and will focus on volunteering, learning and
career planning. Activities in this club may include:
organizing toy drives and card writing for the Canucks
Place Hospice, presentations from professionals in
the health industry and educating the student body
on healthy living.
First responders may volunteer to be athletic therapist
for sports team that travel; this would result in extra
costs to the student.
GSA (Gender and
Sexuality Awareness)
Duration
Meeting Times
Full Year
Thursday, Lunch
Eligibility Grade 8–12
The purpose of GSA club (Gender and Sexuality
Awareness) is to provide a much-needed safe space in
which students can work together to help make their
school welcoming of sexual and gender minority
students. Through participation in this club students
work to inform and educate others of relevant topics
like gender, sexual orientation, and romantic
orientation and issues related to these topics such as
gender neutral bathrooms, pronouns and bullying of
LGBTQIA+ youth. The goal of the GSA is to create an
atmosphere where people’s differences become more
acceptable.
Improv Team
Duration
Meeting Times
Full Year
Monday, After School
Eligibility Grade 8–12
Improv offers an open, inviting forum for anyone of
any experience level to practise the art of
improvisation, build improv skills, and have fun.
Each session includes an assortment of activities and
games. There are opportunities to showcase the club
through events such as the Canadian Improv Games
in February. This is a team the meets one a week and
is student led with the help of an outside coach, as
needed.