Booking and Appointment & Hours


Appointments with School Counsellors can be made through our Secretary. Please call 403-243-8880 ext. 2320

Office Hours

• Monday - Thursday: 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM
• Friday: 8:30 AM to 1:30 PM


DROP IN HOURS *this is for quick check in or paperwork drop off only

Monday & Wednesday 8:30am to 9am

Tuesday & Thursday 12:00pm-12:30pm (lunch)


Counsellors

Every student is assigned to a Counsellor by last name.


How Can We Help

We are here to assist you in any of the following areas:

  • Educational Counselling
  • Program planning, course registration, timetable conflicts, information packages, applications to summer school, online, or self-directed learning, study skills
  • Personal / Social Counselling
  • Personal issues, stress management, mental health and wellness advice, life events and transitions, crisis intervention, relationship issues, health concerns, substance abuse, referrals and consultation with outside agencies, advocacy, financial support
  • Post-Secondary Planning
  • Alberta post-secondary fair, post-secondary lunch hour information sessions, scholarship/loan information, post-secondary application information, setting and monitoring progress of personal goals
  • Career Counselling - To assist students in exploring and planning for further education and/or school-to-work transition. Includes: personal goal setting, self-assessment, occupational and post-secondary information.


Course or Timetable Process & Changes


Review of the process

  • Spring of the year before students are given a paper copy of the course selection sheet and asked to discuss with parents and teachers to chose the correct levels of courses and options they are interested in or want to continue.
  • Course selection sheet is signed and handed into the school. School Counsellors then meet with the student to input the requests and ask clarifying questions if incorrect courses are selected OR grades from the pre-requisite course may not be passing.
  • The Master Schedule is then created through May -June and into summer as staffing changes occur.
  • End of August students are able to see their full year schedule of courses. A Newsletter is sent to Parents via the PowerSchool Messenger system with information on how to make schedule/course changes. All Counsellors are working on these requests end of August and the first 3-5 days of semester 1.
  • Changes that are wanted after this time will then require a Request for Course Withdrawl form from their school counsellor.
    • Students are expected to continue attending all courses, (including those they wish to drop), until the course withdrawal process is complete. It is the student’s responsibility to ensure the withdrawal process is complete. Student transcripts will reflect any failing grades unless a student has properly with-drawn from a course and followed the process by the assigned deadline.
    • In very rare occasions administration may deem a student’s situation to warrant an exception and after significant discussion with the student, parents/guardians, teachers, and school counsellor, administration may forgo the course drop process and/or deadline.
  • Course Drop Deadline is typically before the half of each semester


**The beginning of each school year is THE heaviest time for schedule changes. The online form is utilized to give fairness and equity to all students. Counsellors will be addressing requests from top to bottom of this list (regardless of alpha) to get through as many changes as possible as efficiently as possible. Students and Parents are NOT to come in person or via multiple emails, other teachers, etc. to try to subvert the form list as it slows everyone down.

Course selection changes based on “teacher preference” are not considered. We try to ensure students have access to needed courses while keeping class sizes balanced. All our teachers are certified professionals.