Academies
ACADEMIES AT DELTA SCHOOL DISTRICT
Each of our unique academy programs engage students through stimulating, relevant, and inspiring real world educational experiences with passionate teachers and outstanding professional coaches.
- Academies run during the school day for 2 blocks out of the regular 8 block schedule
- Include report card marks and graduation credits
- Academy programs: Dance, Film Production, Acting, Performance, Golf, Baseball, Soccer, Softball, Lacrosse
- Elite training facilities, coaches, professional instructors
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Extra fees apply for academy programs
Dance Academy
Foster a love of lifelong expression through dance!
- Offered at Delta Secondary School
- Instruction in Ballet, Jazz, Hip Hop, Contemporary, and other styles
- Emphasis on technique, choreography, and performance
- Includes guest speakers and trips
- Three cohorts: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
- Dance study and career exploration/preparation
- Open to male and female students in grades 8-12
- Taken during the school day for two blocks (receive 8 credits)
- Report card marks and critiques
- Audition tape required
Film Production Academy
- Offered out of South Delta and Delta Secondary Schools
- Learn to take a film from the beginning idea to a final product through script writing, story boarding, filming, sound editing, set lighting, visual effects, editing and film promotion
- Work with professionals in the Vancouver Film Industry
- Includes related field trips and guest speakers
- Cinematic techniques, casting and auditioning, developing budgets, etiquette and logistics for film and TV productions
- Career development and marketing and use of social networking for distribution
- Pitching a script to a producer
- Open to male and female students in grades 8-12
- Taken during the day for two blocks (receive 8 credits)
- Report card marks and critiques
Film Acting Academy
For students who are interested in all forms of acting from voice and musical theatre, to characterization, comedy, and dramatic formats
- Offered at South Delta Secondary and Delta Secondary
- Work with professionals in the Vancouver Film Industry
- Study acting for the camera, voice, movement, and career management (includes scene study, movement, yoga, and voice classes).
- Career management for young professional actors and local/international industry training
- Personal performance evaluations
- Includes related field trips and guest speakers
- Open to male and female students in grades 8-12
- Taken during the day for two blocks (receive 8 credits)
- Report card marks and critiques
Film Acting Academy Application
Baseball Academy
For students who want to improve their personal skills in an intensive baseball program
- Offered at Sands Secondary School
- Includes physical training, nutrition/exercise programming, game strategy, and specific skill development from professional coaches
- Combined academic/athletic environment
- Facilities used include Mackie Diamond, The Ballyard at Sport Central, and Sungod gym facilities
- Enhance opportunity for post secondary athletic scholarships
- Open to male and female students in grades 8-12
- Taken during the day for two blocks (receive 8 credits)
- Report card marks and critiques
Soccer Academy
- Offered at South Delta Secondary School and Sands Secondary School
- Personal skills assessment using video analysis
- Hone individual ability and team dynamics
- Sports science instruction including fitness, nutrition, strength training, sports psychology, and mental training from certified coaches
- Opportunity to develop coaching, officiating, and first aid certification if desired
- Network with university and college players and coaches
- Facilities include Winskill Aquatic/Fitness Centre, Delta Gymnastics and Sportstown, and Winskill field
- Open to male and female students in grades 8-11
- Taken during the day for two blocks (receive 8 credits)
- Report card marks and critiques
South Delta Soccer Academy Application
South Delta Soccer Academy Website
Visual Effects Academy
- Learn to take Film -Visual Effects (VFX) including; photography, modeling, texturing, lighting, rigging, rotoscoping, matte painting, compositing, dynamics and rendering to name a few!
- Work with top Vancouver film industry professionals to learn the basic key components of VFX
- Includes related field trips and guest speakers
- Career development and marketing and use of social networking for distribution
- Open to male and female students in grades 8-12
- Taken during the day for two blocks (receive 8 credits)
- Report card marks and critiques
Film -Visual Effects Academy Application
Basketball Academy
- Offered at Richmond Oval
- Students develop and refine their basketball skills and fitness levels
- Skills development academy
- Open to all students at all Delta high schools in grades 8 – 12
- Taken during the day for two blocks every second day (receive 8 credits)
Golf Academy
For golf students who want a high performance golf program to develop their skills and potential
- Offered at South Delta Secondary School and Seaquam Secondary
- Includes technique, golf course management, competition, physical fitness, strategy and mental conditioning
- Includes junior golf membership at Beach Grove Golf Club, unlimited range balls during driving range practice, lessons with CPGA teaching professional Chris Lutes, golf specific fitness programs
- Open to male and female students in grades 8-12
- Taken during the day for two blocks (receive 8 credits)
- Report card marks and critiques
- Students need their own golf clubs
Golf- Seaquam Secondary (North End) Academy Application
Performance Academy
This exciting program sees students attending the academy every second day on a day two for two blocks. This specialty Fine Arts course is the equivalent to two full time Fine Arts courses and will give students eight credits for each year of participation towards graduation. Highlights of this course would be student access to working professionals within the Opera and performance community. Students will have unprecedented access to behind the scenes experiences as well as exposure in Vancouver’s performance community through yearly opportunities to perform in shows in the VO’s brand new opera festival (at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre and Vancouver Playhouse) starting in May of 2017.
Students will study:
- Classical singing technique (age appropriate)
- Acting and movement
- Score study
- Audition process including mock auditions
- Scene presentations
- Introduction to the opera canon
- Performer health and happiness
- Equity contracts and expectations
Lacrosse Academy
For students who want to develop further skills exciting world of Lacrosse!
- Offered at Delta Secondary School
- Improve specific lacrosse skills, individual and team game strategy, nutritional and fitness training, and mental/psychological training
- Rules, logistics, game tactics
- Facilities at Holly Turf Field, Sportstown Sports Complex, Ladner Leisure Centre
- Join local lacrosse community
- Prepares students for post-secondary lacrosse opportunities
- Open to male and female students in grades 8-12
- Taken during the day for two blocks (receive 8 credits)
- Report card marks and critiques
Softball Academy
For female softball players who want to hone their skills and develop their potential for higher levels of play
- Offered at Seaquam Secondary School and Delta Secondary School
- Develop on-field specialized training and fundamentals
- Maximize athletic performance through fitness training
- Learn about biomechanics and injury prevention
- Nutritional program
- Open to female students in grades 8-12
- Taken during the day for two blocks (receive 8 credits)
- Report card marks and critiques