2023-2024 School Year Registration Process
- Click the Register button and complete the Academy Registration form.
- Students that are not currently registered with WECDSB must also complete a school registration package.
- WECDSB students not currently registered with one of the sports academy schools listed below must also complete a school registration package.
- Go to the School Cash website to set up your School Cash Online Account in order to make future payments.
Available at the following schools:
- Cardinal Carter Catholic Middle School
- Corpus Christi Catholic Middle School (We are pleased to say the Dance program is currently full for 2023-24. Students are welcome to still register, but will be placed on a WAITLIST at this time.)
- Cardinal Carter Catholic Secondary School (We are pleased to say the ALL YEAR Dance program is currently full for 2023-24. Students are welcome to still register and will be placed on a WAITLIST at this time.) NOTE: There are still spots available for Semester 1 Dance ONLY.
School Cash Online
To make paying school fees easier, the Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board is now accepting online payments. School Cash Online allows parents and community members to pay school-related fees online safely, quickly, and easily. Click here to connect to School Cash Online
Why consider the Dance Academy?
Open to students in Grades 7-12, the Dance Academy will help student athletes learn and improve on advanced individual skills and tactics, while developing a lifestyle on and off the floor that emphasizes building character through achieving both athletic and scholastic success. Purposeful practices led by highly trained staff, strength and conditioning designed to maximize physical attributes, and a focus on leadership will all position the student athlete to achieve their individual goals.
Technical development focuses on formal dance training in various styles of dance:
- Jazz
- Ballet
- Contemporary/Modern
- Lyrical
- Cultural
- Hip Hop
Students will also learn the foundations of dance, the creative process, nutrition for dancers, dance injury awareness and prevention, as well as special training in the areas of:
- Flexibility
- Strengthening
- Balance
- Stretching
- Alignment
- Elements of space, shape, time and energy
- Elements of dance performance and choreography
2023-2024 Fee Structure Dance Skills Academy
Registration fees partially offset the operational costs to successfully run the academies (ie. facilities, skills expert wages, National or Provincial sports organization fees, transportation and equipment). Given the sport itself and the facilities used, the registration fees vary between the sports academies that are offered.
| Elementary |
September through June |
$415 |
- 75 hours of sport specific training
- 75 hours of off-court/off-field training (fitness, theory, health curriculum)
- Dri-FIT
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| Secondary |
Semestered |
$305 for Semester 1 OR Semester 2
OR
$440 for participation in both semesters |
- 50 hours of sport specific training
- 60 hours of off-court/off-field training (fitness, theory, health curriculum)
- Dri-FIT
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** NOTE: REGISTRATION FEES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE **
Typical day for a WECDSB Student
| 7-8 |
Sport Specific Class |
Subject based Curriculum |
One way transportation provided by WECDSB |
Subject based Curriculum |
Subject based Curriculum |
| 9-12 |
Sport Specific Class |
Subject based Curriculum |
One way transportation provided by WECDSB
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Subject based Curriculum
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Subject based Curriculum
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Typical day for a WECDSB Shared Student
| 9-12 |
Sport Specific Class |
Subject based Curriculum |
Student is responsible for transportation back to their HOME SCHOOL
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Subject based Curriculum at HOME SCHOOL
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Subject based Curriculum at HOME SCHOOL
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