Course Planning
In the spring, course planning is conducted through our Counselling Centre. Our Counsellor meets with classes to walk students through the process of selecting courses for the following year and remind students of the courses/credits necessary to meet the BC Ministry of Education requirements for graduation. The course planning booklet and forms are available attached below or stop by the Counselling Centre to pick up a paper version.
MyEducation:
Current students will need to enter their course requests through the MyEducation Portal by March 1, 2024. If you have forgotten your password or need help logging in please email ats@abbyschools.ca or see Mrs. Clarke in the Counselling Office.
Questions?:
For course planning questions, please contact our counsellor, Ms. Shelley Putman.
For student schedule changes - Please speak with a Counsellor.
Academic Study Block
An academic Study Block is a privilege reserved for Gr 12 students who are enrolled in two or more AP courses. If you qualify, you can have only one Study Block within the school year. During a Study Block, students are expected to be in one of the following areas: student lounge or Learning Commons.
All applicants must have:
- Excellent attendance in their previous year
- Good work habits
- 2 AP Classes
- NO disciplinary record/issues.
- Students in Grades 9-11 will not be eligible for a Study.
- Students with a history of poor attendance or academic non-performance will be denied a Study Block.
- Taking an online course does not qualify a student for a study block.
Course Changes
Students have one week to request a course change. For first semester, this is the last week of August. For second semester, this is in January. There will not be course changes made after the first two weeks of the semester. The following reasons are legitimate reasons for requesting a course change:
- First priority: Incomplete timetable – you don’t have all 8 courses
- Second priority: missing graduation or university requirements
- Third priority: one or more course(s) were completed at summer school
Changes are dependent on space availability in classes, prerequisites and on timetable restrictions.
The counsellor has received your summer school course completion and marks and will be making changes to your timetable. We will make every effort to adjust your timetable accordingly. However, if you requested a course and then chose to take it at summer school, please be aware that we may not be able to change your schedule. Your schedule may only be changed for courses that are fully complete such as summer school. AVS or other online courses which are in progress are not considered complete and as such you may need to stay in the course.
IF timetables to 12’s are handed out in June – please aware that if you take a course during the summer that you have requested to take at school, we may not be able to change their schedules. If they requested the course, they should plan on taking the course here at ATS.
Why didn’t I get all the courses I requested? Your timetable was built based on our course selections in March of 2022. Where If one of your selections conflicted with another course, we used your alternates to the best of our ability to provide a replacement course Every effort will be made to honour your request working within class size and composition requirements. An updated timetable will be available in your homeroom on the first day of school. Please look over your timetable to ensure that you have 8 courses plus any outside the timetable classes.
Which priority is your course request?
Counsellors have received your summer school course completion and marks and will be making changes to your timetable on Monday, August 29, 2022. We will make every effort to adjust your timetable accordingly. Only courses that are fully complete will be considered; as summer school. AVS courses which are in progress are not considered complete.
August Course Changes:
If you would like to make a course change request, please read carefully. The course request change form for grades 10-12 will open Friday, August 22nd at 9am and will close end of day Sunday, August 24th. Grade 9s can request a change on the afternoon of Tuesday, Sept 2nd also by filling out a form provided on the first day of school.
VERY IMPORTANT:
1) Only fill the form out one time for one course request change. Counsellors will only be looking at your first response and multiple course request changes will not be looked at.
2) Do not call or come down to counsellors to make course requests. Please fill the form out.
3) Filling out this form does not guarantee that we can accommodate your request. However, counsellors will try their best to honor your request. Please be aware that as counsellors make changes to your timetable, there is a domino effect that could mean losing a preferred elective, etc.
4) Students will not need to come into ATS to make course request changes. Counsellors will contact students at the number or email they provide ONLY if a course change is possible
5) If there is no change to your timetable by 3pm on Friday, August 29th , it means your request was not possible (ie. class was full or conflicts with required course). Please sign into MyEd to see updates to your timetable.
6) Grade 9s can request a change on the afternoon of Tuesday, Sept 2nd also by filling out a form provided on the first day of school.
7) If the counsellor needs to contact you by email or phone, this will between 8am-4pm on Tuesday, August 26th - Friday, August 29th at the phone number or email you provide in this form. Please prompt to answer.