Course Registration Information
Dear CHMS Students and Families,
This page will provide some guiding information regarding the 2025-2026 academic school year registration process. There has been some recently amended timelines, so please review below. At the very bottom of this page are key documents.
TIMELINE
Monday, March 10th – Students currently enrolled in Grade 10 & 11 will be given the course selection sheet. Review with parents and fill in course selection sheet, complete with current marks. Parents please sign course selection sheet.
Thursday, March 13th - Please ensure course selection sheet is submitted to Student Services on or before the end of the school day at 3:30pm.
Monday, March 17-20th - Students will be called down during ELA/Social classes throughout the week.
Thursday, March 20th - In the rare situation where a student does not have either ELA or Social during second semester, during Period 2 students will be called down.
*Students who do not complete the course selection process, will have courses selected by Student Services to the best of their abilities. There will an opportunity for course changes at the start of the new school year for all students.
CHMS REGISTRATION POLICIES
Grade 10 students are expected to register in 8 full courses (no spares).
Grade 11 students are expected to register for a minimum of 7 full courses provided they are on track to graduate on time.
Grade 12 students are expected to register for a minimum of 6 full time courses provided they are on track to graduate on time and fulfill applicable post-secondary requirements (1 spare per semester). Please also keep this in mind when deciding on classes for summer school.
All option/alternative choices should be completed on the registration form. Schedule conflicts may require alternative options. Please remember to indicate “outside the timetable” courses as well (Band, Strings, etc..).
Requests for online courses, summer school, or work experience credit will NOT be considered at the time of registration in terms of the number of courses.
Students who are not above the recommended 65% pre-requisite course mark, will need to complete a Pathway Appeal form in order to continue academic pathways. Pathway Appeal forms are available through the Student Services front desk or through guidance counsellors.
Incoming Grade 10 Students (Current Grade 9’s)
We are excited at the possibility of your enrollment with us at Central Memorial. If you have not received your course selection sheet from your current school, it is available below.
Once completed, it can be emailed to your corresponding guidance counsellor listed below;
A-G last names – Samuel Groves – sagroves@cbe.ab.ca
H-O last names – Shayna Engel – shengel@cbe.ab.ca
P-Z last names – Suzanne Tiemstra – sutiemstra@cbe.ab.ca
TIPS FOR COMPLETING THE FORM
As much as possible, we would like teacher recommendations for core class selections. If not possible, please refer to the guide below (Grade 9 Assessment Translations).
Students will have 4 courses per semester.
o Semester 1 - September – January
o Semester 2 – February – June
Guidance counsellors as much as possible will try to balance core classes so that there are 2 in each semester. If this is not the case, please request a change of timetable through the emailed Google form in August.
Math 15 & 10-3 blend will only be offered in Semester 1. The Math 15 & 10-3 blend will be an 8-credit course (5 credits for Math 10-3 and 3 credits for Math 15). The blended course will cover the entire Math 10-3 course and then selected topics from the LDC Math 15 (3 credits). Topics from Math 15 were selected as they are recommended in order to be successful in Math 10C or Math 20-3.
Math 10C Pre-AP (mostly 4s)
Math 10C (mostly 3-4s)
Math 15 & 10-3 blend (mostly 2-3s)
Math 10-3 (mostly 2 or less)
Timetables will become visible to parents/students mid-August. Student Services will review every timetable to ensure they contain critical components. There will be a Google Form emailed to parents to request desired timetable changes. Student Services will not respond to emails for class change requests. Timetable changes will continue until early September.
FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL
We acknowledge that the first day of high school can create some anxiety for students. On the first day of school September 2nd, your young person will be met at the front door by staff and directed to where they need to go. Students do not need to know their schedule or bring anything other than the typical binder and writing utensil. We will get all students to where they need to be. They will be introduced to key staff, provided a timetable, toured around the building, taken to classes, given a locker, amongst a host of other tasks. We are excited for all of our incoming students!
