Hi everyone, we made it to May Long Weekend, I hope you find some ways to enjoy some outside time. We are down to the final 4 full weeks of classes before the June 13 date for course completion this school year. Lots for full time high school students at EBUS to be aware of, please make sure you keep on top of the newsletters and announcements.
IMPORTANT – COURSE SELECTIONS FOR THE 2025-26 SCHOOL YEAR
For students continuing with EBUS for the next school year we have begun our course selection process for September 2025.
Our course selection presentations and further resources are available here
Going into grade 10 video recording is HERE
Going into grade 11 video recording is HERE
Going into grade 12 video recording is HERE
Course selection booklet:
https://ebus.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/CourseDescriptionBooklet_2026-ver-1.pdf
Course planning worksheet: https://ebus.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/COURSE-PLANNING-WORKSHEET-2025-2026.pdf
List of Grade 10 courses with course outlines: https://ebus.ca/online-learning-programs/high-school/grade-10-courses/
List of Grade 11 courses with course outlines: https://ebus.ca/online-learning-programs/high-school/grade-11-courses/
List of Grade 12 courses with course outlines: https://ebus.ca/online-learning-programs/high-school/grade-12-courses/
Returning full time students need to email your academic advisor the 4 courses you would like to start in the fall and the 3-4 planned to start in semester 2 by June 20 2025.
There is a small change to our student list we will each be managing, please see the last name changes below
Last names A-K email Leal at lbaumann@sd91.bc.ca to book a phone appointment with Leal click HERE
Last names L-Z email Chris at cmushumanski@sd91.bc.ca to book a phone appointment with Chris click HERE
For students considering leaving EBUS for the next school year, I recommend you contact the new school you are considering as they do course selections much earlier. If you plan to leave EBUS at the end of June, please be sure to send your advisor a heads up so we can transfer your file. If you are staying with EBUS, all you need to do is course selections by June 20.
Once you email your advisor your courses, we will respond that the email has been received. We expect to have your courses on your EBUS dashboard for the first day of school, Tuesday September 2 2025, and you can begin your studies then!
SUMMER SESSION 2025
EBUS is running summer session in 2025 and courses are beginning to fill up!
Full time students can take 1-2 courses with teacher supports in the summer, with the firm expectation to finish by the end of August, aiming for August 23. Full time EBUS students can email their advisor with the course name to register for a summer session course. It is strongly recommended students take one course only as you will have a very high success rate of completion. Summer session has class size limits and once a course reaches capacity there will be no further seats available so make your request soon!
A few things to be clear about with summer session:
- Summer courses will show up on your dashboard some time the week of May 21st, and only the first unit or few assignments will be available until the last week of June when the entire course will open.
- The course must be finished in the summer, aim for August 23 as a hard deadline.
- If you have not completed 10% of the course by July 15, or 50% by August 4 you may be withdrawn
- This is not a head start for the next school year.
Some students wonder think about taking 2 summer courses. Summer session is significantly more challenging compared to the regular school year and we want to see you successful and not disappointed or frustrated.
Because summer session is only 2.5 months long, compared to 10 months for a regular school year course, you will need to carefully plan your schedule. Also note that students who are not 80% complete by August 23 risk not getting an extension, and those that do must finish the course by the end of September at the absolute latest, or the student will be withdrawn and need to retake the entire course.
We are asking all students who are requesting 2 courses for summer session to email me a detailed plan with the following:
- What other activities, jobs, sports or trips or holidays you have planned for the summer and the dates these are happening
- When you will begin the course and submit the first completed assignment before June 10th
- Which days of the week will you be working on assignments and how many hours each day you will schedule for course work completion
- Confirmation that you have discussed this plan with your parent/guardian
As teachers return to their regular school year job in early September, it is essential students finish their course by the end of August. Note that due to ministry policy, courses students are active in between September and May 5 cannot be moved to summer session.
IMPORTANT –COURSE ACCESS IN JULY & AUGUST 2025
At about this time in the school year families begin to look at time remaining before summer holidays, the amount of work to be completed before then, and ask what happens after the guarantee date of June 13.
We encourage all students to finish their course work by the June 13 deadlines for a variety of reasons, but if necessary, students who are making progress can continue into the fall with no penalty.
In the meantime keep working regularly, consistently and diligently until the end of June but be aware:
- June 13 is the guarantee date
- All work finished by this date will be reflected on student’s EBUS report card and available for ‘home’ schools to see via provincial student information system by end of June.
- From June 27-Sept 2 EBUS is closed for summer break, meaning
- there are no teachers or staff answering emails/phone calls, marking, setting up tests, or providing teacher supports for regular school year courses.
- ‘Regular school year’ computer servers will be down for annual maintenance. This means students who start courses from September until now in the school year, will not have course access for an extended period of time in the summer.
- This will not affect our annual Summer Session as that will be run on a separate server.
Please note that transferring from ‘school year’ or current courses to ‘summer session courses’ is not an option. Please connect with your academic advisor if you have any questions or concerns.
So, follow Dory’s lead from Finding Nemo – just keep working…just keep working.
UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES
- May 19 Victoria Day – EBUS closed, courses open
- June 2-13 grad assessment session registration needed
- June 13 work submission deadline for report cards
- June 20 deadline to submit course selections
- June 27 report cards published
- June 27 EBUS closed for the school year, reopening September 2
You can find the full year school calendar HERE
PARENT ACCESS
Parents, you can access your student’s progress and report cards on the EBUS parent portal: https://my.ebus.ca/parentportal/login.php We recommend parents log in with their student at least once a week to stay actively engaged in their learning and progress. Students, you can access your report cards from your dashboard, look for the A+ icon in the upper right-hand corner. Report cards are published 3 times a year; December, March, June and for summer session courses only, September.
As I get asked this often, students planning to finish by the June 13 deadlines should be 80+% complete.
PHONE APPOINTMENTS
For students and families looking to connect with us by phone we are using an online system this year that is well received by our families.
Leal (for students with last names A-L) can be reached at lbaumann@sd91.bc.ca or book a phone appointment HERE
Chris (for students with last names M-Z) can be reached at cmushumanski@sd91.bc.ca or book a phone appointment HERE
Keep well, the final two newsletters will be emailed June 7th and 21st.