{"id":106,"date":"2016-04-05T22:16:57","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T05:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/franklinschool.ca\/hs\/2016\/04\/05\/brief-introduction-to-our-ielts-courses\/"},"modified":"2021-12-18T07:06:06","modified_gmt":"2021-12-18T15:06:06","slug":"the-b-c-certificate-of-graduation-dogwood-diploma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.franklinschool.ca\/hs\/the-b-c-certificate-of-graduation-dogwood-diploma\/","title":{"rendered":"The B.C. Certificate of Graduation \u2013 Dogwood Diploma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The B.C. Certificate of Graduation or &#8220;Dogwood Diploma&#8221; is awarded to students who successfully complete the provincial graduation requirements for Grades 10 \u2013 12.<\/p>\n<p>Students require a minimum of\u00a0<strong>80 credits<\/strong>\u00a0to graduate.<\/p>\n<p>Of these 80 credits:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At least 16 credits must be at the Grade 12 level, including a required Language Arts 12.<\/li>\n<li>At least 28 credits must be elective course credits.<\/li>\n<li>52 credits are required from the following:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Career-Life Education (4 credits), and Career-Life Connections (4 credits).<\/li>\n<li>Physical and Health Education 10 (4 credits).<\/li>\n<li>Science 10 (4 credits), and a Science 11 or 12 (4 credits).<\/li>\n<li>Social Studies 10 (4 credits), and a Social Studies 11 or 12 (4 credits).<\/li>\n<li>A Math 10 (4 credits), and a Math 11 or 12 (4 credits).<\/li>\n<li>A Language Arts 10, 11 and a required 12 (12 credits total).<\/li>\n<li>An Arts Education 10, 11, or 12 and\/or an Applied Design, Skills, and Technologies 10, 11, or 12 (4 credits total).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition, students must also complete three new graduation assessments:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The new Grade 10 Graduation Numeracy Assessment was introduced in 2018.<\/li>\n<li>The new Grade 10 Graduation Literacy Assessment will be introduced in 2019\/20.<\/li>\n<li>The New Grade 12 Graduation Literacy Assessment will be introduced in 2020\/21.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Note on Career Life Education<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong> For 2019\/20 and beyond, the following career education courses will be used in all BC schools:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Career Life Education.<\/li>\n<li>Career Life Connections.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Franklin School is fully bonded and certified with the B.C. Ministry of Education. Franklin students will receive the B.C. Certificate of Graduation \u2013 Dogwood Diploma \u2013 upon graduation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The B.C. Certificate of Graduation or &#8220;Dogwood Diploma&#8221; is awarded to students who successfully complete the provincial graduation requirements for Grades 10 \u2013 12. Students require a minimum of\u00a080 credits\u00a0to graduate. Of these 80 credits: At least 16 credits must be at the Grade 12 level, including a required Language Arts 12. 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