Centre Hastings Secondary School

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Locker Clean Out

We also ask that you drop off any school materials that you are no longer using for remote learning, like library books or textbooks. Consult your teacher before returning any textbooks to find out whether you will still need them.

CHSS Grad Oct 9, 2020

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In light of the Minister of Education’s announcement regarding school closures yesterday, we want to inform everyone that the CHSS grad is tentatively scheduled for Friday, October 9, 2020. This is contingent on the Public Health’s recommendations at the time.

To see Director of Education Sean Monteith's letter to graduates and families from April 20th, 2020, click here.

CHSS Newsletter June 4, 2020

Click the image to see the CHSS Newsletter for June 4, 2020.

Renovation and addition update

Read the letter (Pdf) to Centre Hastings Secondary School and Madoc Public School families about the renovation and addition at Centre Hastings Secondary School.

Update From Sean Monteith 5/19/20

May 19th, 2020

Click on the image above to be redirected to Mr. Monteith's announcement on the board website.
Click here for a .pdf version of the letter.

Subcategories

Canadian/World Studies

Canadian and World Studies (including Native Studies)

The Canadian and World Studies Department encompasses a variety of subjects: Geography, History, Law and Politics. In studying these subjects, students learn how people interact with and within their social and physical environments today, and how they did so in the past. Skills developed in the CWS courses include: graphing, reading comprehension, sequencing, presentations, discussions, identifying cause and effect relationships, analyzing sources, and predicting possible solutions to world events/problems. All in all, the goal of the CWS department is to encourages students to take ownership of the world around them; directing them to study past events that have been successful and detrimental to world development, as well as their environment, in order to make better sense of the needs of the future.

Geography:

The Geography program at CHSS begins with the compulsory grade 9 credit in Canadian Geography, offered at 2 different levels of difficulty; academic and applied. There is also an excursion to Toronto attached to the course to provide students with a hands on opportunity to study urban geography. Physical Geography and Travel and Tourism courses are offered in alternate years at the grade 11 grade level.

History:

The History program at CHSS begins with the compulsory grade 10 credit in Canadian History, offered at 3 different levels of difficulty; academic, applied and locally developed. As well as the compulsory junior credit, CHSS also offers Ancient History and Modern World History at the grade 11 level and World History at the grade 12 level; for both university and college bound pathways.

Law:

The Law program at CHSS consists of 3 unique courses: Understanding Canadian Law at the grade 11 level, Understanding Canadian Law at the grade 11 Workplace level, and Canadian and International Law, a the grade 12 University level. Within these courses, students use critical thinking skills, inquiry, and communication skills to develop informed opinions on legal issues.

Civics:

Civics is a compulsory grade 10 open level course that introduces students to the way in which government works, and how to be an informed, purposeful and active citizen. Students learn about the elements of democracy in local, national and global contexts, about political reactions to social change, and about political decision-making processes in Canada.

All CWS courses offer various excursions to places such as Ottawa, Toronto, Kingston and local destinations. This is planned so that students have the chance to see things first hand and experience different environments. As well, guest speakers are brought in to share their knowledge on aspects related to first hand accounts of events and employment opportunities associated with CWS subjects.

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