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Important Dates:
December 19 = Last Day of Classes before Winter Break
December 20 = Non-Instructional Day = NO SCHOOL
December 21—January 6 = Winter Break
January 6 = Classes resume after Winter Break
February 3 = Semes-ter 2 starts
February 7 = Report Card # 2
February 11 = Stu-dent’s Grad Meeting at lunch
February 13-14 = Teachers’ Conven-tion—NO SCHOOL
February 17—Family Day = NO SCHOOL
February 19—Play @ Theatre Calgary
February 25 = Stu-dent’s Grad Meeting at lunch
February 27 = Jos-ten’s Grad Ring Sales at lunch
Newsletter | December 2019 Principal’s Message
December has come and with it the cold temperatures of an Alberta winter. With the winter break arriving shortly and a new year to follow, December tends to be a month of reflection and anticipation. Success in school for students is supported by a similar cycle of understanding where we are cur-rently and using this understanding to plan next steps. Although there are a limited number of class days remaining in the first semester, it is important that students remain diligent in their studies. Completing work, organizing and preparing for semester exams are all very helpful for promoting the very best outcomes. If students can find sometime over break for these activities, they will find the deadlines of semester end much less stressful. A reminder to students and families that the exam timetable attached to this newsletter has significant tutorial time. These tutorial sessions are mandatory for stu-dents that have not completed all work to the best of their ability as evaluat-ed by the student and teacher. Students and families will know if a young person does not need to attend these days as the students mentor will con-nect with you and indicate this. Without this contact ,all students should be attending these tutorial days.
Contained in this newsletter is the date of our next Parent Association/ School Council Meeting. We have a very active group of parents on the as-sociation/council. They are looking for your input as to how we can continue to support the school community of Alternative High. Please consider at-tending our next Parent Association/School Council Meeting. The Parent Association/School Council plans to send a form home with your student in the near future. This form will allow them to connect with the parent group directly to share information.
I hope that families are able to have some relaxing time together over the holidays. My wish for students is to have fun during their time away from school and that their choices always reflect the importance of their own safety and the safety of others. We have a few events in December that will have students and their families coming into the school. I hope to see many of you at these events. If by chance I do not, I wanted to extend my appreci-ation for your support of our school program, and wish you and your family the best of fortune into the New Year.
Respectfully,
Dr. Don Barbor Principal Alternative High School/AARC
STAFF EMAILS:
As mentorship is an integral part of Alternative H.S., the list below may help you contact your
child’s mentor for questions and/or concerns.
Jen Almond, Science [email protected]
Don Barbor, Principal [email protected]
Kate Bowden, Foods/Biology [email protected]
Flo Delillo, Art teacher [email protected]
Brett Dibble, Social Studies/ASL/Drama [email protected]
Dana Hartery, Yoga/Social Studies [email protected]
Tracey James, Behavior Strategist [email protected]
Tanya McCallum, Science/Math [email protected]
Alana McEvoy, Phys. Ed./Science [email protected]
Ginette Morin, Administrative Assistant [email protected]
Amber Murray, Guidance Counsellor [email protected]
Eric Perrault, Assistant Principal [email protected]
Henna Singh, English/Math [email protected]
Kory Parker, Math [email protected]
Keltie Robinson, English [email protected]
STUDENT DROP OFF AND PICK UP:
As the temperatures of winter get colder, it is important that student safety be considered when dropping students at school and picking students up after school. In the morning, the school is generally available to students after 7:30 am. Please wait and watch your student enter the building to ensure that they can enter. After school, we ask that all students arrange drives be-fore 4:00 pm. If a student must wait past this time, we have arranged with Central Memorial High School and the Career and Technology Centre that our students are able to wait in their lobby areas.
Alternative High School is only staffed until 4:00 pm and therefore we want to make sure students can be warm should they need to wait past the 4:00 pm time.
AHS PARENTS’ SCHOOL COUNCIL:
If you would like to be part of our Parent School Council this year, our meetings are sched-
uled quarterly throughout the year and the time commitment is minimal. Please come out to
our next meeting to acquire additional information.
Our next meeting has been scheduled for January 15, 2020 at 6:00 P.M.
Parents’ attendance, energy and enthusiasm is all we need, however the contribution of this
group have a significant impact on the programming that is offered at Alternative High School.
January 2020 Exams—Schedule
January 13, 2020 Diploma English Language Arts 30-1/30-2 Part A NO REGULAR CLASSES/NO TUTORIALS
9:00 AM-12:00 PM
January 14, 2020 Diploma Social Studies Arts 30-1 Part A Diploma Social Studies Arts 30-2 Part A NO REGULAR CLASSES/NO TUTORIALS
9:00 AM-12:00 PM 9:00 AM-11:30 AM
January 15, 2020 Regular Classes (periods 1, 2, 3, 4) 8:55 AM-3:25 PM
January 16, 2020 Regular Classes (periods 1, 2, 3, 4) 8:55 AM-3:25 PM
January 17, 2020 Regular Classes (periods 1, 2, 3, 4) 8:55 AM-2:00 PM
January 20, 2020 Science 10s and 20s Tutorials:
9:00 AM-11:30 AM 9:30-11:50/12:30-3:00
January 21, 2020 Social 10s and 20s Tutorials
9:00 AM-11:30 AM 9:30-11:50/12:30-3:00
January 22, 2020 Diploma Math 30-1/30-2 Math 10s, 20s and 30-3 Tutorials
9:00 AM-12:00 PM 1:00 PM-3:00 PM 9:30-11:50/12:30-3:00
January 23, 2020 Diploma English Language Arts 30-1/30-2 Part B Tutorials
9:00 AM-12:00 PM 9:30-11:50/12:30-3:00
January 24, 2020 Diploma Social Studies 30-1/30-2 Part B Tutorials
9:00 AM-11:30 AM 9:30-1:00
January 27, 2020 English Language Arts 10s and 20s Tutorials
9:00 AM-11:30 AM 9:30-1:00
January 28, 2020 NO EXAMS OR REGULAR CLASSES – ASSIGNED COURSE TUTORIALs
9:30 AM-1:00 PM
January 29, 2020 NO EXAMS OR REGULAR CLASSES- ASSIGNED COURSE TUTORIALS
9:30 AM-1:00 PM
January 30, 2020 NO EXAMS OR REGULAR CLASSES – ASSIGNED COURSE TUTORIALS
9:30 AM-1:00 PM
January 31, 2020 NON-INSTRUCTIONAL DAY – NO SCHOOL