As detailed in the communication from the Elk Island Public School division, it is imperative that quality teaching and learning continues to be the focus and sound assessment is a part of quality teaching and learning. Final assessments for students will continue at the end of January. As stated Wednesday, Alberta Education has canceled January diploma examinations. Final assessments for all non-diploma courses will follow regular assessment plans that were in place previous to the announcement of diplomas being cancelled. Ultimately, we will modify these assessments to account for the three lost days of instruction to ensure these are fair to students. For 30 level courses, the final assessment will possibly consist of final unit exams, re-do/re-write of previous assessments, or a cumulative exam that would account for no more than 10 % of the final mark. These assessments are another opportunity for students to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding while providing the teacher another key piece of evidence. As always, evidence based professional judgement is used when determining student final grades.

Please refer to the picture below to access the revised 2022 final assessment schedule.

Monday (Jan. 24, 2022):

• Final Exams Scheduled Today (8:35 a.m): Math 10-C, Math 10-2, Math 10-4, Math 20-1, Math 20-2, Math 30-1, and Math 30-2. Students will be asked by staff to clear calculators before and after the exams

• EIPS High School Information Night: the virtual event showcasing EIPS high schools from 6:30 p.m. on through a virtual format. All Grade 9 parents throughout EIPS will receive email invites to the virtual event.

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Tuesday (Jan. 25, 2022):

• Final Exams Scheduled Today (8:35 a.m): Science 10, Science 14, Science 10-4, Science 20, Science 30, Physics 20, and Physics 30. Students will be asked by staff to clear calculators before and after the exams

Wednesday (Jan. 26, 2022):

• Final Exams Scheduled Today (8:35 a.m): Biology 20, and Biology 30.

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Thursday (Jan. 27 , 2022):

• Final Exams Scheduled Today (8:35 a.m.): Chemistry 20, and Chemistry 30.
• Bev Facey AP Information Night: conducted virtually at 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
• Jr. Boys Basketball travel to St. Albert for a 5:30 p.m. game.
• Sr. Girls and Boys Basketball travel to J. Percy Page for a 5:30 p.m. double header.

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Friday (Jan. 28, 2022):

• Sr. Girls & Boys Basketball travel to Holy Trinity's Invitational Basketball Tournament.

• Jr. Girls & Boys Basketball travel to Salisbury Composite's Invitational Basketball Tournament.

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Saturday (Jan.29, 2022):

• Sr. Girls & Boys Basketball continue playing in Holy Trinity's Invitational Basketball Tournament.

• Jr. Girls & Boys Basketball continue playing in Salisbury Composite's Invitational Basketball Tournament.

Our digital design team from our Bev Facey Digital Media class came in first place in the Grade 10-12 category for the Minecraft: Education Edition Build Challenge Future Frontiers competition this past semester. Our winning submission gets a number of prizes to our talented students as well as a pizza party! An amazing amount of work went into designing their Minecraft world. Check out their video submission below of their project!

Our counselors would like to invite all our Facey Family to take advantage of the resources available from the Strathcona County Family Resource Network. Please look at the poster below for more information.