Christ The Teacher Catholic Schools

K-8 Programming

All schools in our division offer identical K-8 English programming.  Locally developed options include:

• Religion (all schools)

• French Immersion (grades 1-9 in Melville and grades 1-8 at Saint Michael's)

• Band (starting in grade 5 in Melville and Yorkton)

• Core French (schools in Melville and Yorkton)

• Home Economics (grades 7 & 8 Yorkton and grades 6-8 Saint Theodore)

• Industrial Arts ( grades 7 & 8 in Yorkton and grades 6-8 in Saint Theodore)

K-8 Social Skill Development, Abuse Prevention, and Anti-Bullying Programs

The Christ the Teacher Catholic School Division is concerned about the safety and well-being of our students and has implemented a number of preventative programs at each grade level which provide students with skills and strategies for coping with stressful and potentially threatening situations which may be encountered at school and in everyday life.  These programs include:

• Kindergarten and Grade 1 - The Incredible Years is designed to promote emotional and social competence and to prevent, reduce, and treat behavioural and emotional problems in young children (2 to 8 years old).  Young children with high rates of aggressive behavioural problems have been shown to be at great risk for developing substance abuse problems, becoming involved with deviant peer groups, dropping out of school, and engaging in delinquency and violence. Ultimately the aim of the teacher, parent, and child training programs is to prevent and reduce the occurrence of aggressive and oppositional behaviour, thus reducing the chance of developing later delinquent behaviours.  Incredible Years addresses multiple risk factors known to be related to the development of conduct disorders in children in both school and home.

  
  

• Grade 1 - C.A.R.E. (Challenge Abuse through Respect Education) is a personal safety program with a focus on child sexual abuse prevention. c.a.r.e. focuses on body ownership and these simple personal safety rules:

  • TALK (say "No!")

  • WALK (get away from danger if you can)

  • SQUAWK (tell a helping person what happened)

  
  Lessons and interactive activities deal with appropriate and inappropriate touching and the right to their own body. Concepts like privacy, bribery, and secrecy are explored through games, stories and activities. Studies indicate that at least 25% of Canadian children experience some form of sexual abuse.  For the victims, the impact can be devastating—physical and emotional trauma, loss of self-esteem, destructive behavior and a long-term inability to develop healthy relationships are just some of the consequences of child sexual abuse.  c.a.r.e. aims to help prevent the trauma of abuse by teaching children basic, easily understood skills to help protect themselves, and to get help if they need it.  The program will leave children feeling in charge of their bodies and confident in their ability to stay safe.

  
  

• Grades 2 & 3 - Second Step - Second Step is a classroom-based social skills program. It is designed to reduce impulsive, high-risk, and aggressive behaviours; and increase children's social-emotional competence and other protective factors.  Group discussion, modeling, coaching, and practice are used to increase students' social competence, risk assessment, decision making ability, self-regulation, and positive goal setting. The program’s lesson content varies by grade level and is organized into three skill-building units covering:

  • Empathy: teaches young people to identify and understand their own emotions and those of others

  • Impulse control and problem solving: helps young people choose positive goals; reduce impulsiveness; and evaluate consequences of their behaviour in terms of safety, fairness, and impact on others

  • Anger management: enables young people to manage emotional reactions and engage in decision making when they are highly aroused

• Grades 4-6 - Steps to Respect is a social skills program designed to decrease bullying problems by increasing bullying awareness in both school staff and students.  Students and staff will learn how to be responsive to bullying.  Sessions focuses on the difference between bullying reporting and tattling, joining groups and being a responsible bystander.

• Grade 6 - RespectEd "Beyond the Hurt" - This program addresses bullying and peer harassment, and is delivered by adults and young people working together for maximum impact.

• Grade 7 - RespectEd "It's Not Your Fault" - This program explores all types of abuse and neglect, why it happens and where to go for help.

• Grade 8 - RespectEd "What's Love Got to Do With It?" - This program explores healthy and unhealthy relationships while stressing communication and prevention skills. Legal issues and community resources are also discussed.

Sacred Heart High School Programming (Grades 9-12)

Sacred Heart is a grade 9-12 dual track English and French Immersion high school which offers a broad range of courses.

Sacred Heart High School has long been recognized as a strong academic institution.  The development of the Advanced Placement program is just another example of our commitment to academic excellence at Sacred Heart.  At Sacred Heart our students are well prepared for success for post-secondary education and employment. 

Sacred Heart has gained provincial recognition as a leader in technology among Saskatchewan High Schools.

Our Animation program utilizing Lightwave software (the same animation software utilized by Disney and Pixar) has become the model followed by otehr school divisions in the province.  Other leading technology course offered at Sacred Heart include:

• Communication Production Technology

• Drafting and Computer Aided Design

• Design Studies (vinyl sign making, hard card printing, CNC - 3D routing)

• Digital Publishing

Virtually every academic option is available at Sacred Heart - so many, in fact, that a student would have to spend over 8 years in high school to take them all!  Credit offerings include:

• Accounting 10/20/30

• Animation 10/20

• AP Calculus AB

• AP Literature and Composition

• Band 9/10/20/30

• Biology 20/30

• Calculus 30

• Canadian Studies 30

• Career Work Exploration 30

• Chemistry 20/30

• Christian Ethics 9/10/20/30

• Commercial Cooking 10/20/30

• Communication Production Technology 10/20/30

• Computer Science 20/30

• Construction 10/20/30

• Core French 9/10/20/30

• Cosmetology 10/20/30

• Design Studies 10/20

• Digital Publishing 20/30

• Drafting and Computer Aided Design 10/20/30

• Drama 9/10/20/30

• English 9/A10/B10/20/A30/B30

• English A11/B11/21/A31/B31 (modified)

• Entrepreneurship 30

• French Immersion

  • Education chretienne 9/10/20/30

  • Francais immersion 9/10/20/30

  • Francais immersion integre A20/B20

  • Histoire 10/20

  • Science sociales immersion 9/30

  • Technologies de l'information 10

• Health & Career Guidance 9

• High Performance Athletic Training 9/10/20/30

• History 10/20

• Home Economics 9

• Indstrial Arts 9

• Law 30

• Math 9/10/20/A30/B30/C30

• Native Studies 10/20

• Physical Education 20/30

• Physics 20/30

• Pre-AP English 9/A10/B10/20/A30/B30

• Pre-AP Math 9/10/20/A30/B30/C30/Calculus

• Psychology 30

• Science 9/10

• Science 11/21 (modified)

• Social Studies 9

• Visual Art 9/10/20/30

• Welding 10/20/30

• Wellness 10