PRO-D DAY THIS FRIDAY (NOVEMBER 27):  Classes are not in session this Friday.  Have a great long weekend, students!

QUARTER TURNAROUND AND START-UP

Please remember that Monday and Tuesday (November 16 and 17) are quarter turnaround days.  Students with outstanding work may make appointments to meet with teachers on these days.  Quarter 2 begins Wednesday, November 18.  An informational letter with important details has been distributed to parents.  Please check your email.

BIG Congratulations to Alpha Runners who ran in yesterday’s Cross Country District Finals! All our runners CRUSHED it! Katrina earned first place in Junior Girls where Alpha Runners also took 2nd and 3rd place. Eamon won Junior Boys and Alpha Junior Boys took 2nd for the team event. Henry led took first place in Senior Boys. Congratulations to all runners!

This is a gentle reminder of the Grade 12 presentation that will take place at 2:30 on Wednesday, October 28, on Teams…all Grade 12 students have received a Teams meeting invitation on their O365 email accounts, which they will need in order to access the presentation. The presentation will be hosted by Mr. Paré and the chat will be moderated by Ms. Lim.  A recording of the presentation will be uploaded to the website later that evening for parents to access.  The topics to be covered are:

• Graduation Requirements
• Post-Secondary Requirements
• CLC and Capstone
• Scholarships and Bursaries
• Graduation Activities

“See” you all there!

As we have moved to a Quarter System for this school-year, we have updated our Honour Roll and Principal’s Honour Roll process. Students will achieve Honour Roll or Principal’s Honour Roll status based on their final marks for courses in Q1 and Q2. At the end of Q2, we will publish a list of students who have met the Honour Roll or Principal’s Honour Roll Criteria for the first 2 quarters (see below for criteria). Students may then sign up in the office for a printed certificate recognizing their achievement. We will do this again at the end of the school-year for Q3 and Q4.

Gold Cord
Gold Cords will be awarded to students at the School Leaving Ceremony (tbd for 2021) at the end of Grade 12. To receive a Gold Cord you must achieve honour roll standing for each term in Grade 10, 11, and, this year, for Quarter 1 and Quarter 2 in Grade 12.

Criteria
To qualify for the Honour Roll, students must achieve a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or above and have no mark below a “C”.

To qualify for the Principal’s Honour Roll, students must achieve a GPA of 4.0

To calculate your GPA, each letter grade is worth the following:

A = 4.0, B = 3.0, C+ = 2.5, C = 2.0, C- = 1.0, I or F = 0

COVID-19 Exposure (October 2020)
Posted by alphaadmin 1 week ago
A member of the École Alpha Secondary school community has tested positive for COVID-19. They are self-isolating at home with support from public health. For more information, please click the links below to view the letters that were emailed to families and staff last night.

Letter from Mr. Tim Wozney, Principal, École Alpha Secondary
Letter from Fraser Healtlh