Welcome to
Westmount Charter School!
Westmount Charter School is a publicly funded K-12 school for gifted students in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, operating on two campuses. Our sixteenth instructional year began on September 6, 2011. Our school opened in 1996 with 116 students in grades 1-3; and we have now grown to a K-12 student population of well over 1,100!
Our Mission is to meet the learning needs of gifted students and promote their social-emotional development in a congregated setting.
Our Purpose is to provide qualitatively differentiated educational programming for students who are gifted. (The Charter, revised 2010)
Our Definition of Giftedness:
"Students are gifted when they perform, or show potential for performing, remarkably high levels of accomplishment in learning rate, depth of knowledge, and reasoning and problem-solving abilities when compared to others of their age, experience, and environment."
Download our information pamphlets:
High School (grades 9-12)
Mid Grades (grades 5-8)
Elementary (grades 1-4)
Kindergarten
Our Program provides:
- an established program, in its 16th year of educating gifted learners
- a multi-faceted understanding of giftedness
- small class sizes and a caring learning environment that honours differences
- differentiated programming where teachers and students make modifications to process, product and /or pace within the Alberta Education curriculum to best reflect the student’s learning needs
- an emphasis on developing the whole child
- an emphasis on teaching students how to learn
- an emphasis on understanding concepts, and on developing a variety of creative ways for students to "show what they know"
- a qualified and dedicated staff
- school bussing and good access via Calgary Transit
- opportunities for volunteerism and humanitarian involvement in the world
- the opportunity to be in gifted programming from kindergarten to high school graduation.
As a Charter School, it is our desire to develop and share innovative practices in education, and our History and Innovations web page outlines some of our contributions to the education of gifted learners.
Our Admin Team
Dr Shelley Robinson, Principal (and lead, gr 12)
Hal Curties, Assistant Principal (lead, K-3)
Marylyn Waters, Assistant Principal (lead, gr 4-5)
Chris Hooper, Assistant Principal (lead, gr 6-8)
Dani Sever, Assistant Principal (lead, gr 9-11)
Diana Kidd, Acting Assistant Principal
Joe Frank, Superintendent
Megan O'Hara, Secretary-Treasurer.
For a diagram outlining of the roles and locations of our Admin team members, click here.
Our Locations
Elementary grades (Kindergarten to grade 4) are at 728-32 St NW (the former Parkdale elementary school building), phone 403.217.0426.
Mid-High grades (grades 5-12) are at 2215 Uxbridge Dr NW (the former Sir William Van Horne school building), phone 403.217.9427.
For a brief overview of these locations,
click here!
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Current and Coming Events
May 31: Grade 12 graduation ceremony, 10 AM, Red & White Club (McMahon Stadium)
June 1: Mid-High Awards ceremonies, 9 AM at the midhigh gym and the Volunteer Appreciation Tea, 1:45 PM at the elementary gym.
June 7: last day of High School classes, followed by exams as posted on calendar
Now open: Course Selections. This year's mid-high course selections will done online, through HomeLogic. Click here for a tutorial video regrading course selections.
Click here to sign up for HomeLogic, or for a tutorial video on signing up, click here.
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For more information about Westmount events, check the calendar or the Online Newsletter!
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Click the button for donation options!
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When your child is going to be late or absent:
• For elementary grades call 403.217.0426 and pick option 1.
• For mid-high call 403.217.9427 and pick option 1.
If for any reason you cannot get through to one of these attendance lines, try the other!
Please spell your child's last name and identify the reason for absence. If your child is ill, please inform us of the main symptoms of the illness.
Attendance information, report cards, course selection, student timetables are best accessed through HomeLogic: click here to sign up, or for a tutorial video on signing up, click here.
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Check Westmount Charter School's exceptionally strong 2010-11 "Accountability Pillar" report card from Alberta Education!
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At all times, remember to dress your children for the elements - PLEASE ensure that your child is wearing appropriate outdoor clothing, as dictated by anticipated weather conditions. At this time of year, it's good to have the sunglasses, sunscreen and sun hats handy! We do monitor the weather conditions for extreme cold and storms, but on most days, Physical Education students of all ages, as well as elementary-grade children with recess and lunch times, can expect to be outside. To check Calgary weather conditions and forecast, click here. |
WESTMOUNT CHARTER SCHOOL