Ardrossan Junior Senior High

ACCOUNTABILITY PILLAR SURVEY

Information for parents:

As an annual check-up on the education system, the Accountability Pillar provides an opportunity for Alberta Education and school authorities to ensure that we are equipping students for success.

The Accountability Pillar uses a set of 16 indicators. Data on these indicators consists of surveys of students, parents and teachers on various aspects of education quality, student outcomes such as dropout and high school completion rates, and provincial assessments of student learning.

From January to the end of February, Alberta Education will be conducting the annual Accountability Pillar Survey. 

• In January, parents of students in grades 4, 7 and 10 will receive a survey from Alberta Education. 
• In February, students in grades 4, 7 and 10 and all teachers will be completing their surveys online at school. 

All surveys are anonymous and ask questions about experiences with your school.  In addition to English and French, the parent survey is available in Chinese, Punjabi, Arabic, Blackfoot, Dene, Cree, Korean, Spanish, Tagalog and Urdu.

Your participation in the survey helps provide important information on the quality of education your child is receiving, so we encourage you to return your survey promptly.

Survey results will be available to school authorities in May, and will be reported publicly as part of their 3-Year Education Plans and Annual Education Results Reports.

https://public.education.alberta.ca/apos/

Renseignements à l’intention des parents :

Le pilier de responsabilisation, qui sert de bilan annuel du système d’éducation, offre à Alberta Education et aux autorités scolaires l’occasion de s’assurer que nous préparons les élèves à la réussite.

Le pilier de responsabilisation utilise un ensemble de seize indicateurs. Les données relatives à chaque indicateur consistent en les résultats de sondages menés auprès des élèves, des parents et des enseignants qui portent sur divers aspects de la qualité de l’éducation, du rendement des élèves, y compris les taux de décrochage et d’achèvement au secondaire, et des évaluations provinciales de l’apprentissage des élèves.

De janvier à la fin février, Alberta Education mènera le sondage annuel du pilier de responsabilisation.

• En janvier, les parents d’élèves de la 4^e, 7^e et 10^e année recevront un sondage de la part d’Alberta Education.
• En février, les élèves de la 4^e, 7^e et 10^e année et tous les enseignants rempliront le sondage en ligne à l’école. 

Tous les sondages sont confidentiels et comportent des questions au sujet des expériences de ces groupes de personnes avec votre école. Le sondage pour les parents est offert en français et en anglais, mais aussi en chinois, en punjabi, en arabe, en pied-noir, en déné, en cri, en coréen, en espagnol, en tagalog et en ourdou.

Votre participation au sondage nous permet d’obtenir des renseignements importants sur la qualité de l’enseignement reçu par votre enfant; nous vous invitons donc à nous faire parvenir vos réponses sans tarder.

Les résultats du sondage seront présentés aux autorités scolaires en mai et rendus publics dans le plan d'éducation triennal et le rapport annuel des résultats en éducation de chaque autorité scolaire.

Paul Schwartz

Assistant Principal

Ardrossan Jr/Sr High

(780) 922-2228

Course requests for Semester II

For all students, any course change requests for Semester II, please sign up in the Student Services Room from January 21^st to Friday, January 25.  Decisions based on availability of space will be communicated starting Monday, January 28, 2019.  We are working towards have all students start Semester II together.

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS: STUDENT PARKING

Please do not sit in vehicles during the lunch hour or breaks, as there is not adequate supervision for students to be doing so. If you are going to your car at lunch, it is intended that you are doing so to leave school property. Students can take advantage of seating and healthy lunch options in the school cafeteria or grad hall.  There are also intramurals and clubs running during the lunch hour.

This will be monitored and enforced starting Monday Nov 26^th, 2018.

Thank you for understanding.

Daily Bulletin and Announcements

To see what is happening at school and what announcements are made on a daily basis please click on the Daily Bulletin link in the left hand column of our school website under the heading - Daily Bulletin 2019, "Today's Daily Bulletin".

New Student Parking

Our new student parking lot will be open Monday October 1^st for Grade 10-12 students with parking passes. Please do not access the old parking lot across Range Road 222 as it will no longer be available.

Please be aware of the following: (See map for reference)

• Traffic flow is one way entering and exiting the new student parking lot.
• Grade 12’s can park in any of the parking stalls available
• We have reserved the parking stalls highlighted in Pink as “Grade 12 only”. These include all of the plug in stalls except for the 3 highlighted in blue for staff. This will be enforced.
• Grade 10/11 students may park in any of the areas highlighted in Orange

Please contact Mr. Schwartz (paul.schwartz@eips.ca) if you have any questions.

Please click here to view the new parking map.

School Fees

Families are invoiced for school fees at the beginning of every school year. Fees are due within 30 days of the invoice date. The simplest, and most convenient, way to pay schools fees is by logging in to the PowerSchool Parent Portal and clicking on "Student Fees." If circumstances exist where you are unable to pay your students fees, you can apply to have fees waived by submitting an Application for a Waiver of Fees.

For more information:
EIPS fees and waivers
Ardrossan Junior Senior High fees
Student Transportation fees

Emergency Preparedness

In the event of an emergency, Elk Island Public Schools and Ardrossan Jr. Sr. High School have procedures in place. View a message from EIPS Superintendent and see the Emergency Preparedness & Response Guide for different situations.