Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School Phone

7055 Heather Street 604-713-8189

Vancouver, B.C.
Canada Fax
V6P 3P7 604-713-8188

Our Mission
Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School contributes to the intellectual, physical, aesthetic,
creative, moral, and social development of its students by providing challenges and opportunities
for them to gain the necessary knowledge, skills, and attitudes to enrich their lives and society.

Teacher: Mr.Watchorn
New Media 10-12 twatchorn@vsb.bc.ca
thomhorns@gmail.com

Equipment and Materials Course Content

• USB Data Stick • Working with the Adobe Suite (Photoshop,
• SD card Illustrator, Premiere, InDesign.)
• Elements and Principles of Art and Design
Course Fees: • Vocabulary to describe and critique projects
20$ • Students explore the possibilities of using
technology in a contemporary art and design field
and learn to enhance and manipulate photographs.
• Students will receive training in software and
peripherals with which professional digital artists and
Marks for Each Report % of Term designers must be familiar: Adobe Photoshop,
Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe InDesign.
• Term Projects 80% • Students will learn the design process, which can be
• Participation 20% applied in any field of post-secondary study. Any
Total 100 student considering an art and design career will find
this course extremely valuable.
• Students will create online portfolios to showcase
their designs. These online portfolios can be used
Final Report % of Year for post-secondary applications or potential jobs.
• Report 1 32%
• Report 2 35%
• Report 3 33%

Total 100 Goals

Students will be able to…
• Use basic commands in the Adobe Suite.
• Apply elements and principles of art and design to
projects.
• Understand how to present and critique student’s
work and work of others.
• Use basic web design software in order to create an
online portfolio.
• Respect for others viewpoints and appreciate
alternate solutions to problems.

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Policies and Procedures

Attendance
Attendance is recorded and reported for each class. Repeated
absences may make promotion impossible.
Students returning to school after an absence are
expected to bring a note from their parent or guardian.
This note must be shown to all subject teachers whose classes
were missed, and should include the student’s name, student
number, dates and times when absent. The note should then
be turned into the office, once attached to the attendance slip.
This policy is in place to comply with Vancouver School Board
Regulations regarding attendance.
Students wishing an early dismissal from school must bring a
note signed by their parent/guardian. The student should show
the subject teacher the note and then report to the office to
sign out.
Students who take extended vacations do so without the
endorsement of the school. Teachers are not obligated to
provide homework during these absences. Exams or
assignments missed may count as zero.
Students going on field trips must have signed permission from
their parent/guardian. Teachers whose classes are being
missed should sign the form also.
Tardiness
Students must be in their classroom before the beginning of
each period or they will be marked “late”. Students who are
frequently late may be required to make up the time at the
teacher’s discretion.
Assessment and Evaluation
Churchill Secondary’s Assessment and Evaluation Guiding
Principles and Policies are printed on Pages 14 and 16 in the
Student Agenda.
Projects will be marked in accordance to the plans,
quality of work, finishing and completion.
Participation in this course is required. Students must
arrive to class ready to work, use the tools and
equipment correctly and at the end of class to clean up.
Assignments
All assignments have rubrics, which clearly describe how
students will be assessed on the project.
All Projects will be submitted through student’s website.
Assignments should be clearly labeled.
Projects are the student’s property once they are completed.
It is the student’s responsibility to have assignments completed
on time. If absent, find out what the assignment was and hand
it in the following class. Marks may be deducted for late and/or
incomplete work.
Extra Help
Available by appointment.

Academic Integrity Policy CELLPHONES

On First Offence • Students are not to have their phones out during class
• The student will receive “0” for that particular work. time. They will be asked to turn them over and will be kept
• The incident will be recorded on the student’s in my office until the end of class. Students who cannot
discipline file. stay off their devices will not be permitted to have them in
• The parents/guardians may be informed. class.
• The student will not be eligible for Honour Roll • Cellphones should only be used when teacher has given
recognition for that particular term. permission to do so.
On Second Offence
In addition to all first offence consequences:
• The student will not be eligible for Passport to
Education for that academic year.
• The student will not be eligible for school-based
scholarships.
• The student may be suspended or transferred.

Churchill Secondary’s entire Academic Integrity Policy is

printed on Pages 18 and 20 in the Student Agenda.

Please sign and return the following form to the subject teacher.

SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL SECONDARY SCHOOL

I, _____________________________________ , have read and understand the above course expectations.

(Print full name of student)

Signature of Student: __________________________________ Course: _________________________

Signature of Parent/Guardian: ___________________________ Teacher: ________________________

Date: ______________________________________________ Block: __________________________