Grade 8: Beyond 8 Information

Elementary Schools do not have a Guidance Teacher this year. Please connect with your grade 8 homeroom teacher for assistance. 

Grade 8 - Transition to Secondary Schools

All Grade 8 families received a School Messenger email on Wednesday, November 4 with a comprehensive overview of the process for the transition to high school. An additional system communication will ensure that all staff, students (virtual and bricks and mortar) and their families will receive this consistent and timely information about our TDSB process. Secondary schools have been preparing for virtual Open Houses with pre-recorded and live sessions. Elementary and secondary schools are being supported to ready their schools for the variety of questions that are raised at such a pivotal time in a student’s educational pathway. 

Please see link below for each school's information night:

•    Beyond 8: Grade 8 to 9 Transition Website

•    Virtual Open Houses and Information Sessions

•    Optional Attendance

•    TDSB Grade 8 Course Selection with myBlueprint site

Please find some useful information below:

Free Tutoring resources:

https://tvo.org/education

https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/teens/learning.jsp

Tutoring will continue and be expanded in January at Queen A

Starting the first week of January 2023, the tutoring options are below:

-Math (grade 7) on Monday afternoons from 3:15pm to 4:15pm with Ms. Porteous 

-Math (grade 6, 7, & 8) on Tuesday mornings from 7:45am to 8:45am with Mr. Maleganovski

-Literacy and Numeracy (grades 7 & 8) on Tuesday afternoons from 3:15pm to 4:15pm with Ms Domenico 

-Numeracy (6,  7 & 8) on Tuesday afternoons from 3:15pm to 4:15pm with Ms Lombardi

-Math (grade 7) on Wednesday mornings from 7:45am to 8:45am with Ms. Porteous

-Math (grade 6, 7, & 8) on Thursday mornings from 7:45am to 8:45am with Mr. Maleganovski

-Math (grade 6, 7, & 8) on Thursday afternoons from 3:15pm to 4:15pm with Madelle Munk

-Literacy and Numeracy (grades 7 & 8) on Thursday afternoons from 3:15pm to 4:15pm with Ms Domenico 

-Math (grade 6, 7, & 8) on Friday mornings from 7:45am to 8:45am with Ms. Lombardi

Grade 8 families:  Please note that the updated information nights for all high schools is on the TDSB website, but is “still under construction” so some changes may be made. 

http://www.tdsb.on.ca/High-School/Going-to-High-School/Open-Houses-and-Information-Nights

As well the TDSB offers an updated Parent site with some good resources around schools and mental health:

http://www.tdsb.on.ca/About-Us/Innovation/ForParents

Mental Health: http://kidshealth.org/en/teens/anxiety-tips.html

Homework Help and Online Tutoring: https://tvo.org/mathify-reg

Applications

Students moving to grade 9 need to set up their courses in MyBlueprint (MBP):

Students can activate their MBP accounts by going to: www.myblueprint.ca/tdsb

FEBRUARY – Deadline to complete all course selections in myBlueprint (see due date of school)

Applying to Queen Alexandra Middles School 2022 -  2023

See Registration Tab.

Begins January 2023 until February 2023

Open House January TBA 2023