EXTRA CURRICULAR SPORTS OFFERED (dependent on coaching availability):
Cross Country (fall)
Field Hockey (fall) – off campus community opportunities
Volleyball (fall)
Basketball (winter)
Ice Hockey (winter)
Lacrosse (spring)
Soccer (Boys in Fall / Girls in spring)
Rugby (spring)
Track and Field (late spring)
Wrestling (fall) – off campus community opportunities
Rowing – off campus community opportunities with Maple Bay Rowing Club
Badminton – club drop in
Times Colonist 10K – one time event in spring
FKSS Outdoor Education –
Open to students in grades 10-12, Frances Kelsey’s Outdoor Education Program provides students with a unique
opportunity to gain a possible “9” course credits through active experiences in and out of the classroom environment.
Running in the second semester (Feb – Jun), students will work in the classroom setting two days per week earning
4-credits in one of three Social Studies electives, and three days per week hands on participating in various outdoor
activities, including trail building, orienteering, disc golf and hiking.
The trail building component of the course will introduce students to trail planning, design, mapping, maintenance,
building techniques as well as rural and urban management, ecosystems, and many other areas of study.
Disc golf and orienteering are two sports which fit in perfectly with our program, offering students the opportunity to
combine fun activities with real-world mapping and navigation skills. For these activities, students will travel
throughout lower Vancouver Island visiting various courses and places.
The course will also be linked to the 1-credit Discovering Self in Nature course providing students with experience
to wilderness environments through a series of visits to local community parks, trails and sites. Through their
exploration of these sites, students will become connected to the living environment that makes up many of the
culturally significant places within the Cowichan Valley and beyond.
The 4-credit outdoor component of the course will count as the students Physical and Health Education credit for
their given grade year. Each grade will progressively build on the skills learned in the year before. There is no
requirement to have taken the course in the previous years to take it again. Students can and are encouraged to
take the course in all three years to maintain and build on their outdoor skills.
Grade 10 = Physical Education 10 & BC First Peoples 12
Grade 11 = Outdoor Education 11 (PE) & Geography 12
Grade 12 = Outdoor Education 12 (PE) & Urban Studies 12
FKSS Soccer Academy – see more info on our dedicated page
FKSS Equine Academy – see more info on our dedicated page
FKSS Outdoor Adventure Academy – see more info on our dedicated page
FKSS Hockey Program – see more info on our dedicated page