It has been wonderful having students back in the building as we kick off 2025!
Inform| Provincial Achievement Tests – Grade 6 & 9
In May and June of this year, Grade 6 and 9 students across the province will participate in the Provincial Achievement Tests (PATs). Grade 9 students will complete PATs in Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies.
For the 2024/25 school year, the Grade 6 PAT in Science will not be administered. However, the Grade 6 Social Studies PAT will continue to be offered, aligning with the current Grade 6 Social Studies curriculum. The Grade 6 Mathematics and English Language Arts and Literature (ELAL) PATs will be administered, reflecting the new curriculum.
Results from these tests will provide Alberta Education, school administrators, teachers, parents/guardians, students and the public with information about what students know and can do in relation to provincial standards at the end of Grade 6 and 9.
Provincial Achievement Tests are based on what students have been learning throughout the school year, so they will be marked by teachers before they are returned to Alberta Education in June.
School staff share preliminary results with parents after the PAT administration. Individual Student Profiles (ISPs) are available to schools in the fall of the following school year. School staff then share the ISPs with parents or parents can access results directly using myPass. A record of the ISP will be retained electronically in the student record. This profile is prepared by Alberta Education after the marking and scoring of tests has been completed and the final scores are calculated; it will present your child’s performance on each test in relation to provincial standards.
Inform| High School Tours, Presentations and Open Houses
On Monday afternoon, guidance counsellors from Sir Winston Churchill and John G. Diefenbaker High Schools will be at Simon Fraser School to present to grade 9 students about different pathways to High School graduation, extracurricular/athletic offerings, and to answer student questions.
Grade 9 students will be touring their designated High Schools on Thursday.
Parents/guardians are invited to High School Open Houses. See links below for more information:
Inform| Report Cards
Families can view, download or print online report cards for kindergarten to Grade 12 students on Monday, Jan. 27 until May 30 , 2025 through MyCBE.
Dates of Significance
- Tami Heritage Month
- January 13: Lohri-Maghi
- January 14: Mahayana New Year & orthodox New Year
- January 15: Grade 8 ENVOE trip
- January 16: Grade 8 ENVOE trip and Grade 9 High School Tours
- January 20: School Council
- January 21: Lincoln Alexander Day
- January 24: World Day for African and Afrodescendant Culture
- January 27: International Holocaust Remembrance Day
- January 27: Family Literacy Day
- January 27: Report Cards live on PowerSchool and IPPs go home
- January 29: Lunar New Year: Year of The Snake
- January 29: National Day of Remembrance of the Québec City Mosque Attack and Action against Islamophobia