Hi everyone, the end of the school year is nearly here! Lots to celebrate with our full-time families for the past year, thank you for choosing EBUS. This is the final newsletter for this school year. For students returning next year, we will have a newsletter going out the week of August 26th for the start of the new school year.
ACCESSING CURRENT COURSES OVER THE SUMMER BREAK
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 June 14 guarantee date for report cards.
If necessary, students can continue into the fall with no penalty. The important aspect is to continue making regular progress.
In the meantime keep working hard, now and until the end of June but be aware:
- June 14 was the guarantee date
- All work finished by this date will be reflected on student’s EBUS report card that will come out by June 28.
- From June 29-Sept 2 EBUS is closed for summer break,
- meaning there is no one answering emails/phone calls, marking, setting up tests, or providing teacher supports for regular school year courses. The best learning happens with assessment and feedback, so we remind all students and families to be mindful of this critical aspect of assignment completion in the summer.
- ‘Regular school year’ computer servers will be down for a period of annual maintenance. This means students who start courses from September until now in the school year, will not have course access for a 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.
COURSE SELECTIONS FOR THE 2024-25 SCHOOL YEAR
Great to see so many students putting in their course selections for next fall. I will be going through them by June 28 approving ones received. If you have not already done
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 planning worksheet: https://ebus.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/course-planning-2024.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 cmushumanski@sd91.bc.ca the 4 courses you would like to start in September by June 24 2024.
For students considering leaving EBUS for the next school year, I recommend you contact the new school you are considering as they will be doing course selections much earlier, often around now. 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 24.
WHAT ABOUT?
As our final installation of the What About? the question for our graduating students is how do I actually graduate?
Once you have finished all of your courses and the required graduation assessments, it will take up to 10 school days to get your marks sent to the Ministry of Education to add to your transcript. It is the student’s responsibility to check their transcripts regularly on the student secure website to ensure there are no mistakes or errors. Instructions on how to check your transcript are in the homeroom and all high school students should do this regularly.
Once eligible to graduate in June, the Ministry will produce your transcript and diploma and mail them to EBUS and we will mail them to you. You can imagine at this time in the school year it is extremely busy there, so expect your official Transcript and Diploma to be mailed to you by mid-November. You will be graduated well before then, but the record will take some time to arrive in your hands.
If you are going to college or university, as soon as your courses show up on your transcript they are available to your chosen schools for your application. More details can be found here as well https://ebus.ca/marks-and-transcripts-faq/
IMPORTANT DATES
- June 14 year end work submission deadline
- June 25 summer session courses fully open
- June 27 report cards available on EBUS dashboards
- June 28 EBUS closed for the school year
- July 2 summer sessions teachers begin
- late July/early August grad assessment results released
- August 23 summer session completion date
- September 3 2024-25 school year begins
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.
PHONE APPOINTMENTS
Currently I am working from home. To book a phone appt with me, use https://tinyurl.com/yyrbnz7p and select the appropriate amount of time you need when you are available for my call. My calls will show up as SD91 for School District 91. EBUS Academy as also set up Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) phone calls so I now have a phone number you can reach me at! I am available at 1-250-567-4413 ext 7409. Booking a phone appt is the easiest was to ensure you will reach me, but I will answer calls during the workday when available.
As I have number of year end projects that must be finished by June 28th when I leave for summer holidays, I recommend booking your appt no later than June 28th to ensure I will be available.
To you all, thank you for choosing EBUS as your high school. To our graduating students, we are very proud of all you have accomplished and wish you every success in the days ahead. Drop us a note to fill us in on your adventures, we always love to hear from our grads. To those leaving EBUS, we wish you well in the next steps and appreciate you choosing EBUS for the time you were with us. And for those returning to continue your educational journey, we look forward to working with you again in the new school year.
Have a wonderful summer everyone!