WESTMOUNT CHARTER SCHOOL
The Centre for Excellence
in Gifted Education
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Publicly Funded
established 1996 • K-grade 12

MID GRADES (grades 6-8) at WESTMOUNT CHARTER SCHOOL

Our middle school/mid grades program places a strong emphasis on enriching and deepening student learning that demonstrates proven performance. We continue to stress the importance of community and citizenship, while celebrating student achievement and success.

Teachers assist students in formulating individual learning profiles and Personalized Educational Plans that guide students towards achieving meaningful educational goals.

Fundamental to our program is the expectation that students direct their learning by organizing Alberta Education curriculum learner outcomes into relevant learning experiences and products that demonstrate their knowledge and understanding.
Our continuously evolving program includes a wide variety of course selections such as:
-Art
-Band
-Choir
-Dance
-Drama
-English
-Environmental/Outdoor Education
-Ethics
-Foods
-French
-Information Processing
-Math
-Physical Education and Athletics
-Project Earth (available in grade 7)
-Renaissance Project (available in grade 8)
-Science
-Social Studies
-Spanish
-World Music
(click on subject names for available links)

Our School Day

Gr 6-12 classes begin at 8:30 AM and end at 3:17 PM
Gr 6-12 lunch (in the cafeteria) is from 11:27 AM -12:20 PM
Students arriving late to classes will need to pick up a late slip from the Office.

Staff are available to supervise students from 8:15 AM-3:30 PM only.
In order to promote student security, all visitors to the school, including Westmount parents, are required to sign in at the office to receive a visitor's badge.

To respect the needs of students with life-threatening food allergies, Westmount students are to refrain from bringing foods containing nuts or nut products to school.

QUICK LINKS:

Westmount's Provincial Achievement Test results

Application procedure for mid-grades; course selection documents for mid-grade students already admitted to Westmount.

As a publicly-funded program for gifted learners, we do not charge tuition. For a schedule of our school fees, click here.