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Calgary District and Curriculum

Students in Calgary are taught following the curriculum designed by Alberta Education. The curriculum is a framework for teaching and learning in all subject areas across the grade span. It describes the learning objectives and measurable goals that students need to achieve in order to become proficient in the subject. In English, the goals of developing critical reading, writing and communication skills is built through reading across genres, writing for different purposes, and analyzing the different elements of text. The schools have a reputation for academic excellence, and back up that reputation with curriculum that is both rigorous and relevant to the demands of living in the 21st century.

We currently cover the following Calgary-area school district: Calgary Board of Education, Calgary Catholic School District.

Schools in Calgary include:

Rideau Park School is located at 829 Rideau Rd SW Calgary, AB, T2S 0S2. Rideau Park School covers Kindergarten through eighth grade. Contact Rideau Park School at (403) 777-7480. At Rideau Park School, they strive to foster lifelong learners and engaged community members. They value open mindedness, empathy, and integrity. At Rideau Park, they hold high expectations of excellence in learning and citizenship for their students. They offer morning kindergarten programs with a strong focus on early literacy, as well as an elementary program designed to foster conceptual understanding. They believe that it is beneficial to students to have daily physical education, and provide opportunities both onsite and offsite for students to be active. The school also offers a newly designed makerspace and learning commons, modern foods and fashion labs, band and music room, exceptional opportunities in technology, robotics, and design, and a STEM learning lab.  To ensure your child is receiving the optimal amount of education, make sure to check out our information on our tutors who offer homework help.

William Aberhart High School is located at 3009 Morley Trail NW Calgary, AB, T2M 4G9, William Aberhart High School covers ninth grade through twelfth grade. Contact William Aberhart High School at (403) 289-2551. William Aberhart High School is a comprehensive high school offering English, Spanish Bilingual, and French Immersion programs, located near the University of Calgary. The school was built in 1957 on a 10.2 acre plot, with 54 classrooms, 2 gymnasiums, a fully equipped fitness centre, a multi-media library resource centre, and specialised areas for music, drama, and art. For arts, William Aberhart High Schools offers a concert choir, a jazz choir, a concert band, a symphonic band, a jazz band, a wind ensemble, a strings assembly, and a musical theater program. William Aberhart High School sees its own role as a provider of an environment which enables students to grow as caring, autonomous, lifelong learners who are willing and able to participate effectively and responsibly in society.

Master’s Academy & College is located at 4414 Crowchild Trail Southwest, Calgary, AB, Master’s Academy & College covers kindergarten through grade 12. Contact Master’s Academy & College at (403) 242-7034. At Master’s, they believe in a holistic approach to improving education. They believe that educators and students alike are tired and frustrated at having to work in an obsolete system that causes high levels of stress and dissatisfaction for all those involved. They see a need to change the education system, and they are transforming the system from a factory model to an individualized one, which prioritizes individual achievement and personalised curriculum. Master’s has pioneered an approach they call “The four pillars”, which are Professional Development, Learning Orchestration, Neuroscience, and Student Development. They believe that their new system will allow students to achieve profound learning, which is based around innovation and creativity. The professional development program includes training, tools, resources, communities of practise, and breakthrough software solutions that allow the student to achieve the desired learning. Learning Orchestration is a powerful, patented system that that supports the design and orchestration of individualized student learning experiences. It supports the design of quality-based, inquiry based learning experiences. The neuroscience pillar represents the understanding of the human brain, and use of this knowledge to build a better learning model. Finally, the student development system enables tracking of essential future ready skills. Their system intentionally incorporates learning experiences that include future ready skills and competencies.

Educating Our Parents: Understanding the Calgary District Curriculum

The curriculum used in Calgary is developed at the provincial level and provides standards for learning for students in the Calgary Public Schools and local Catholic Schools. The curriculum identifies what skill sets and knowledge areas students need to develop within each subject. For instance, in math, students are expected to become knowledgeable in increasingly advanced topics in algebra, geometry, and statistics. Functions are presented to algebra students and students acquire the skills necessary to make connections between and among multiple representations of functions.

The curriculum provide targets that students are expected to learn at each grade level; the provincial wide standardized assessments are aligned to these grade level standards. Alberta Education updates their curriculum yearly to ensure that the standards are preparing students for their futures. These standards describe the general outcomes expected for students in the subject, it also allows teachers creativity in their lesson design while providing oversight on learning standards for all students in the province.

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Keeping Informed: Recent Calgary Educational News

  • My World Conference - Almost 900 middle and high school students from 40 schools participated in the annual My World Conference. The purpose of this conference is to help create local and global civic-mindedness amongst students. The themes that students explored at this year’s conference were engaging students to “think globally,” teach involvement in community causes, and to develop a sense of community locally and more broadly.
  • Student Voices - Recently, the Board organized the Chief Superintendent’s Student Advisory Council for Senior High School Students. This initiative proved highly successful in bringing students thoughts, concerns and daily experiences to this office that the program has been extended to the Junior High School Students. The group will meet a few times throughout the year in a forum that allows students a chance to participate in the decision-making process.
  • Mandarin Bilingual Program - One current community initiative that Alberta Education is working toward is a Mandarin Bilingual Program for students in grades 7-9. The program will be located in Area II and available to students in Areas I and III. As this learning initiative is still being planned, the Department is accepting feedback from the community.

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SchoolTutoring Academy works with young learners and students, all the way up through high school. We offer Pre-K and Kindergarten Tutoring as well as Elementary School Tutoring to build a strong learning foundation early on. We also offer comprehensive tutoring across all school subjects.

About Calgary, Alberta

Calgary, Alberta is located at confluence of the Bow River and the Elbow River, about 80 km East from the Rockies; Calgary is relatively large, covering an area of 825.6 km2 . Calgary has a population of 1,239,220, and is the third most populous city in Canada, and the largest city in Alberta. Calgary is economically active in the areas of energy, film and television, transportation and logistics, manufacturing,  technology, financial services, aerospace, health sciences, retail, and tourism. Calgary is also home to the second largest number of corporate head offices in Canada, as well as the highest number of millionaires per capita in Canada.

The Calgary area was first visited by Europeans in 1787, although there is evidence of Native Americans having lived there for as long as 11,000 years prior. The first settler in Calgary settled in 1875, nearly one hundred years later. Since then, Calgary has become a large and diverse city. In the 2011 Census, the City of Calgary had a population of 1,096,833 living in 423,417 of its 445,848 total dwellings, a change of 10.9% from its 2006 adjusted population of 988,812. With a land area of 825.29 km2 (318.65 sq mi), it had a population density of 1,329.0/km2 (3,442.2/sq mi) in 2011. According to the 2011 Statistics Canada Census, persons aged 14 years and under made up 17.9% of the population, and those aged 65 and older made up 9.95%. The median age was 36.4 years.

Calgary Zoo

The Calgary zoo is a global force for animal care and conservation. They use innovative science based methods to conserve the wildlife, and  participate in 11 conservation research programs in Canada and around the world. The zoo is home to nearly 1000 creatures across 119 species, and is one of the city’s favourite family destinations. More than 97,000 Calgarians have annual memberships to the zoo. The Calgary Zoo is operated by the Calgary Zoological Society, a nonprofit organisation founded in 1929. The Calgary Zoo is one of five in Canada accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Their mission is to become Canada’s leader in wildlife conservation, and their biologists have earned international recognition in the areas of species recovery and reintroduction. The Calgary Zoo is also committed to providing the highest quality of animal care, and they have developed a set of five freedoms that they give to all their animals: the freedom to engage with normal challenges of daily life without undue fear or distress, to express a full range of normal behaviours, to secure sufficient food and water to nourish physical well-being, to avoid pain and injury, and sustain a healthy condition, and finally, to make decisions and exercise reasonable control over their life. For more information, please visit their website located here.

Calgary Tower

With a height of 191 metres above the downtown core of Calgary, the Calgary Tower offers the best view in the city, and qualifies as a must-see on any tourist itinerary. From the top of the tower, you can experience a spectacular view of the bustling city, the majestic Rocky Mountains, the foothills, and the prairies. The tower was originally named the Husky Tower, and was constructed to honour Canada’s centennial and promote the downtown core as  a part of the urban renewal program. Though it has been eclipsed in size, the tower is still a proud city monument. The tower construction began in 1967, and was completed in 1968, and was renamed to the Calgary Tower in 1985. During the Olympics, which were held in Calgary in 1987, a gas-fired cauldron was installed at the top of the tower to serve as an official Olympic Flame. A replica complete with cauldron was carried across Canada during the Torch Relay. 2018 was the 50th anniversary of the tower.  For more information, please visit their website here.

Interesting Facts

  • Calgary is home to the Calgary Stampede, an annual event that features the world’s largest rodeo, concerts, and a parade.
  • More than 120 languages are spoken in the city.
  • Calgary was ranked as the cleanest city in the world by Forbes.
  • Calgary has the first Muslim mayor of any large Canadian city, and he dominated over the competition, clearing second place by 28,000 votes.
  • Calgary also has the highest number of volunteers per capita than any other Canadian City, as well as the highest number of millionaires per capita.
  • Calgary gets 2300 hours a year of sunlight due to its Northern latitude, it is the sunniest major city in Canada!
  • Calgary was ranked 28th in the world on the Mercer Quality of Living Survey in 2010.

Chalk Talk: Expectations of a Fine Arts Curriculum

A visual and performing arts curriculum focuses not just on performance and creation of art, but also on knowing and using appropriate artistic resources and analyzing and critiquing art works. In music, students learn about various instruments that are at their disposal, and learn how to play instruments with proficiency. Learners also become versed in utilizing current technologies to create or change sounds. Students work on reading music as well, with advanced students learning to site read and compose their own music. Critique of musical works is another central component of the arts curriculum. Students identify the strengths and weaknesses of music, including their own work and the work of others. Providing constructive criticism gives learners the opportunity to grow as musicians and also allows them to develop the sensitivity to provide constructive feedback. Their evaluative skills also allow students to identify the manners in which pitch, timbre, and loudness can be altered.