Grade 8 to 9 Transitions Information Meeting
Thursday, November 7, 2024
6:00 - 7:00 pm
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
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
JANUARY – Grade 8 Course Selection Opens students can submit course selections, including schools applied for through Optional Attendance (see due dates of each school)
FEBRUARY – Deadline to complete all course selections in myBlueprint (see due date of school)
Applying to Queen Alexandra Middles School 2025 - 2026
See Registration Tab.
Begins Monday, January 6, 2025 until Wednesday, January 29, 2025 online.