Upcoming events
October
30	ELA 30-1/30-2 Part A Fall Diploma
	Girl’s Volleyball vs Crescent (Sr Girls 5pm - 6:30, Jr 6:30 – 8pm @ Western)
November
31	Last day of Term 1
	Social 30-1 and 30-2 Part A Fall Diploma
	Deadline for IB Fees
	Post-Secondary Fair (in province) 9-11am for students only
1	First day of Term 2
2	Math 30-1/30-2 Fall Diploma
	Girl’s Volleyball vs Bishop Caroll (Sr Girls 5pm - 6:30, Jr 6:30 – 8pm @ Western)
	Boy’s Volleyball at Centennial (Sr. 5pm - 6:30, Jr 6:30 – 8pm)
3	ELA 30-1 and 30-2 Part B Fall Diploma/ Faculté St. Jean presentation
4	Grade 11 Band Workshop 8:30am – 5pm
6	Social 30-1/30-2 Part B Fall Diploma – AM
	Chemistry 30 Diploma – PM
7	Physics 30 Fall Diploma – AM / Biology 30 – PM
	Volleyball Playoffs
8	Registration Deadline for May 2024 IB exams
	France Field Experience Interest Form Deadline
	Remembrance Day Ceremony
	Volleyball Playoffs
9 - 14	Non-Instructional Days (Fall Break)
15	Report Cards Available
	Classes resume
	Volleyball Semi-Finals
16	Parent Council AGM – in person
	Jazz Night – 7pm in theatre & Band room
	Volleyball Semi-finals
17	Volleyball finals begin
18	Grade 10 Band Workshop 8:30 – 5pm
	Language Course Challenges Part 2: Exam
	Volleyball Finals
20	Basketball
	Wrestling season begins
21	ICT Careers Internship Fair – cafeteria 4pm – 9 pm
22	Grade 12 Band Camp - November 22 - 24
23	Volleyball Provincials - November 23 - 25
24	Non-Instructional Day – no classes
27	Grade 9 Parent IB Open House 6:30 – 8pm
28	Fall Drama Production
29	Fall Drama Production
30	Fall Drama Production

 

Updates for This Week

This coming week, we will be completing term 1 courses and starting term 2. Report cards will be available for viewing mid-November. We are also starting our fall diploma exams (see schedule above). This past week we had a great turn out for our Out of Province Post-Secondary Fair. This coming Tuesday morning, we will have a similar fair for In-Province Post-Secondary, this time for students only, in the cafeteria starting at 9am.

Congratulations

A big congratulations to both our Junior and Senior Girl’s Volleyball players for their wins against Aberhart, and Robert Thirsk this week. Also, congratulations to the Boy’s teams for their wins against Notre Dame and Ernest Manning. Go Redhawks!

Prestige Grad Photo Booking Site is Now Live!

Hello Western Canada High School, 

We are pleased to announce that the Prestige website is officially LIVE! 

Grads can start booking their appointments and secure a spot by simply clicking on the link below:   

• Just pick Alberta and Calgary on the Province and City drop down and Western Canada HS is on that list. 
• Grad photo sessions are scheduled for November 6-9th, 15th – 17th, and 20th – 24th.
• https://prestigeportraits.ca/

May 2024 IB Exam Registration

• Grade 11 and 12 students finishing a sequence of IB courses this year should sign up for IB exams before November 8th (ASAP is best as there are so many to enter and verify).  Late registrations are charged a $50 late fee by the I.B.O.
• Don’t forget about 2nd semester IB courses!
• You are NOT committing to these exams until you sign off on the verification sheet. (registration can be cancelled with full refund until Jan 12th).
• Exams are $200 per subject, payable to the school by October 31st.
• Questions can go to your IB teacher or to Ms. Rivers in morning tutorial – main office (or serivers@cbe.ab.ca).
• https://forms.gle/UtYyFy13kpCVjkuy5

French Immersion and Second Languages Events and Updates

Extraordinary Assemblies

The Faculté St-Jean, French campus of the University of Alberta, is looking to establish a partnership with the CBE and with our school.  In view of the increased fees for attending university in Quebec as a student from outside that province (from $9,000 to $17,000 per year), this opportunity allows them to take a few classes in French at "home" and gain acceptance to a wide variety of faculties at the U of A.  The advantages are many.

To that end, the dean of the faculty, Jason Carey (PhD, PEng) will be the guest speaker to share his vision and the opportunities available to French Immersion students at two special assemblies to be held in periods 3 and 4 on Friday, November 3rd.

Thank you to Ms. Caitlin Gallichan-Lowe and the students from her drama classes for graciously giving up the theatre for these assemblies.

All French Immersion grade 12s will attend the assembly during period 3

All French Immersion grade 11s will attend the assembly during period 4.

French Immersion Field experience to France

This week, grade 10 and 11 students in French Immersion will be receiving a document entitled “Indication of Interest” for a field experience to France which would take place in October of 2024. 

Priority will be given to current grade 10 students (grade 11 next year), but grade 12 students could be included if there aren’t 36 grade 11 students interested.

Students will be selected on a first come, first served basis.  A record will be kept in terms of the order in which the indication of interest form is turned in.  All interested students who turn in the interest form will be added to the waiting list should the numbers exceed 36.

The deadline for turning in the “Indication of interest” form is November 8th.

French Immersion D2L shell

We have created a new D2L shell called WCHS French Immersion 2023-2024 where information related to announcements and programs being offered will be available for all our French Immersion students from grades 10, 11 and 12.  Students have already been included in the shell.

Information for FRENCH 10-9Y (for students studying FLA10 this semester) and FRENCH 20-9Y (for students currently enrolled in FLA20) will be posted in mid-November.

Information for FR10 and FR20 challenges for students taking FLA in semester 2 will be published in March of 2024.

Spanish Field Experience to Spain

Congratulations to Srta. Silvia Cebrecos-Sebastian and her accompanying teacher Mme Ghira ,and Assistant Principal Mr. Wiebe for a successful Field Experience to Spain.

From October 14th to the 25th, they visited among other things, the Royal Palace, the Prada Museum, Real Madrid’s Santiago Bernabéu stadium.  They visited Toledo on their way to Mérida for the Roman ruins and theatre and bullfighting history and arena in Sevilla.  Flamenco lessons and a show were included in Málaga, an orienteering experience with students in Ronda, paella at the beach city of Nerja on their way to La Alhambra in Granada, an olive oil production site in Jaen, the windmills of La Mancha and back to Madrid.  Those are only some of the highlights.

This field experience has been offered every two years at Western since 2015 (2017 and 2019).  We are pleased to continue the tradition post COVID travel restrictions.

If your child is currently studying Spanish in grade 10, this opportunity may be something to consider in October of their grade 10 year.  Although there were only 26 students who participated this year, previous groups have had between 39 and 41 student participants.