Our student registration process for the fall of 2012 is now complete. We will be trying our best to make sure that all students receive the courses they have selected. However, from time to time students may not get everything that they have selected. This is usually due to the fact that there is a scheduling conflict between courses that are only offered one time during the year. Also, if they were late with returning their registration forms, a particular course may have reached maximum enrollment. I would like to thank Mrs. Enyedy, Mrs. Lovell and Mrs. Shepherd for their time and energy spent on our registration process. Our school truly appreciates all of your efforts, time and
commitment concerning our student registration process.
Continuing in September 2012, Clearview Public School Division will be entering into the sixth year of embedded Professional Development for all of their teaching staff. Embedded Professional Development allows teachers in all Clearview schools the opportunities to work with the same grade and subject colleagues to plan units, lessons and projects together. It also gives teachers an opportunity to share common assessments, evaluations, teaching strategies, best practices and resources within their areas of expertise. Therefore, every second Monday of the month, students will be dismissed to go home at 2:30 P.M. There will be a calendar mailed home in August that will outline all of the Embedded Professional Development days in which the students will be released earlier. Also continuing in September 2012, Clearview School Division will be
moving ahead with their new framework regarding student assessment, evaluation, grading and reporting practices. We will be bringing in assessment expert Mrs. Billie Donnegan to work with our staff for the second time this year on May 10th and 11th. There will more information regarding how these changes are affecting our school and will be communicated in the near future.
Our school will be starting into our fourth and final year of the “High School Flexibility Enhancement Pilot Project” in September of 2012. As a reminder, the objective of this project is to investigate the significance of the “Carnegie” unit, which equates the granting of high school credits based on time students spend with face-to-face instruction with their teachers. As a part of this project, our school will be continuing to investigate how we might be able to redesign our current educational structure to better meet the needs of the 21st century learners in our schools. We have just finished another round of the “Tell Them From Me Surveys” and we will continue to survey our students twice a year next year to find out what they think about our current educational model and to listen to their suggestions to improve our
school and their learning. I will be continuing to host student focus groups, which will be meeting on a regular basis to listen to the student voice and discuss various options as to how we can improve. I am also going to attempt to re-establish our parent / community focus group to hear input from our parents and community regarding High School Redesign.
Wm. E. Hay Graduation is fast approaching on May 26th and students are busy preparing for this very special and memorable day. I would like to congratulate Ms. Emily Chapman on being named this year’s valedictorian. Please remind your students that they will need to be present at all the grad practices for the week of May 22nd to May 25th. There will be busses transporting the students to and from the arena for rehearsal practices during this week and students need to remember that they are not allowed to transport themselves.
As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to call me at 403-742-3466 or e-mail me at
Wm. E. Hay Composite High School Educating individuals for a collective future 5411-50 Ave Stettler, AB, T0C 2L2 P: 403-742-3466 F: 403-742-3260 Attendance Line: 403-742-3476 Email: william@clearview.ab.ca
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