Miscellaneous

This course equips students with the knowledge and skills they need to make healthy

choices now and lead healthy, active lives in the future. Through participation in a wide

range of physical activities, students develop knowledge and skills related to movement

competence and personal fitness that provide a foundation for active living. Students also

acquire an understanding of the factors and skills that contribute to healthy development

and learn how their own well-being is affected by, and affects, the world around them.

Students build their sense of self, learn to interact positively with others, and develop

their ability to think critically and creatively.

Prerequisite: None

Our Junior Debating Program (Grades 7–9) is designed to help students develop the skills of critical thinking, persuasive speaking, and confident self-expression. Through interactive lessons and practice debates, students will learn how to analyze topics, build strong arguments, and respond respectfully to opposing viewpoints.

What Students Will Learn:

• The structure of debates and the roles of speakers.

• How to research, organize, and present ideas clearly.

• Techniques for rebuttals and cross-examination.

• The importance of listening, teamwork, and collaboration.

• Public speaking skills that build confidence inside and outside the classroom.

Why Join?

Debating helps students:

• Strengthen their communication skills.

• Become more confident and persuasive speakers.

• Develop the ability to think critically about current issues.

• Gain valuable preparation for future academic success.

By the end of the program, students will have participated in several structured debates and will showcase their skills in a final debate challenge. This is a fun, engaging, and empowering opportunity to grow as a thinker, speaker, and leader!

Our Senior Debating Program (Grades 9–11) is designed to challenge students to think critically, speak persuasively, and engage confidently with complex issues. This program goes beyond basic debate skills and equips students with advanced techniques in argumentation, rebuttal, and strategic teamwork.

What Students Will Learn:

• Mastering debate structures and speaker roles.

• Building evidence-based arguments with credible research.

• Developing persuasive style and confident delivery.

• Practicing rebuttals, cross-examination, and strategy.

• Exploring topics across economics, politics, society, and global affairs.

Why Join?

Debating at this level helps students:

• Sharpen their critical thinking and academic writing skills.

• Gain confidence in public speaking and leadership.

• Strengthen their preparation for future academic courses and university applications.

• Build teamwork, collaboration, and respectful communication.

By the end of the program, students will have participated in multiple debates, culminating in a final debate showcase where they demonstrate their growth as skilled, articulate speakers and thinkers.

The Wharton Global High School Investment Competition is a free, experiential investment challenge for high school students (9th to 12th grade) and teachers. Students work in teams of four to six, guided by a teacher as their advisor, and have access to an online stock market simulator. Together, they learn about strategy-building, teamwork, communication, risk, diversification, company and industry analysis, and many other aspects of investing.

A C++ class is a fundamental concept in object-oriented programming (OOP). It serves as a blueprint for creating objects, which are instances of the class. Classes encapsulate data (member variables) and functions (member functions) that operate on that data, promoting modularity and reusability in code.