2025-2026 School Year
Department Staff:
K. Levely – Department Head
A. Dean – Department Assistant Head
N. Fanara
S. Hyde
A. Middlemiss
C. Murphy
C. Piva
B. Sorensen
D. George
Department Message:
“Literacy is about more than reading or writing – it is about how we communicate in society. It is about social practices and relationships, about knowledge, language and culture.
Those who use literacy take it for granted – but those who cannot use it are excluded from much communication in today’s world. Indeed, it is the excluded who can best appreciate the notion of ‘literacy as freedom’.”
-UNESCO, Statement for the United Nations Literacy Decade, 2003–2012
At Orchard Park, we firmly believe that all students have original ideas and distinct opinions that can be nurtured through critical thinking, focused analysis of a variety of culturally relevant and responsive texts, and the study of the nuances of language and culture.
Curriculum Documents:
ENL1W Curriculum Grades 9 and 10 Curriculum Grades 11 and 12 Curriculum Grade 11 NBE Curriculum
Courses:
Junior English
· ENL1W (Grade 9 De-streamed English)
· ENG1L (Grade 9 Locally-Developed English)
· ENG2L (Grade 10 Locally-Developed English)
· ENG2P (Grade 10 Applied English)
· ENG2D (Grade 10 Academic English)
Senior English
· NBE3U/3C (Grade 11 English, College/University: Understanding Contemporary First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Voices)
· ENG3E (Grade 11 Workplace Preparation English)
· ENG3C (Grade 11 College Preparation English)
· ENG3U (Grade 11 University Preparation English)
· ENG4E (Grade 12 Workplace Preparation English)
· ENG4C (Grade 12 College Preparation English)
· ENG4U (Grade 12 University Writer’s Craft)
· EWC4C (Grade 12 College Writer’s Craft)
· EWC4U (Grade 12 University Writer’s Craft)
Updated on Monday, September 22, 2025.