Finish School Your Way
In high school, students explore new ideas, develop additional interests, build relationships, and pursue their goals. CBE high schools work together and with community partners to give students flexibility in accessing a wide variety of programs, courses and learning experiences.
High School Information Guides
Get Ready - Get Set - Go For It
Your introduction to high school. Learn more about high school and plan for your success.
High School GuideDetailed High School Course Guide
Everything students need to know to plan their high school pathway, including courses, credits, and graduation requirements.
Detailed High School GuideEnrichment Programs
Academic
All CBE traditional high schools offer either AP or IB programming. Please check with your designated high school to see if their programming meets your needs.
Advanced Placement (AP)
Students who take AP® can earn advanced credit or advanced standing at thousands of colleges and universities.
International Baccalaureate (IB)
Students in Grade 11 and 12 can engage in intensive university preparation and receive a year’s worth of academic credit upon entry to the University of Calgary (for IB Diploma students).
Athletic Enrichment Program
High Performance Athlete Development Pathway
Students attain, develop, and advance their athletic knowledge and skill development through theory, training, and immersion activities.
Location: Bowness High School
Arts Programs
Performing and Visual Arts Program
Students develop skills, deepen knowledge, and discover their own voice through an enriched experience in one of the following disciplines:
- Dance
- Music | Band, Choral or strings
- Theatre Arts
- Visual Art/Advanced Placement Studio Art
- Fashion Design
- Media Design Arts
Location: Central Memorial High School
Unique Settings
Alternative High School
Provides a highly personalized and democratic learning environment for academically capable students who did not experience success in their designated high school or junior/middle school.
CBe-learn
Offers a full range of online courses.
Louise Dean School
Pregnant and parenting teens receive a specialized Grade 9 - 12 education program that offers a flexible schedule for maternity leaves, counselling or lifestyle challenges.
Discovering Choices
An Outreach Program where students work closely with their teachers, in a setting outside of a traditional high school, to set a flexible time table to achieve their educational goals. Students can also access personal and career counselling, conflict resolution, anger management techniques, time management and study skills, parenting skills and learning strategies. There are four Discovering Choices locations in Calgary.
Jack James High School
A state-of-the-art, personalized learning community that emphasizes engaging, hands-on, and practical opportunities. Provides extensive support for students as they transition to the workplace or post-secondary. Students are provided with a flexible learning environment that includes Knowledge and Employability (K&E) courses integrating essential employability skills while supporting student success and achievement. This is a school of choice for students across the city.
Chinook Learning Services
Chinook Learning Services is the Calgary Board of Education's provider of in-person High School Upgrading and completion. Students of all ages come to Chinook to:
- Complete a high school diploma
- Increase competitive average and / or deepen curricular understanding as a bridge to post-secondary
- Upgrade to a higher academic stream
- Learn in an inclusive, adult environment
Chinook offers morning, afternoon and evening classes, multiple intakes, and programs to allow students flexibility in achieving their goals.
Applications for High School Upgrading are accepted only twice a year, during the fall and winter semesters. We do not process applications at any other times. Students who are still eligible to attend their home high school cannot register with Chinook Learning Services for the fall or winter semesters.
Explore Career Possibilities
Career and Technology Studies
Students develop skills that can be applied in their lives and potentially to a future career. They can also explore and learn about an area of interest. CTS courses are offered at all CBE high schools, but each high school offers a variety of different courses.
CBE students can also take courses at the Career and Technology Centre at Lord Shaughnessy High School.
Unique Pathways & Off-Campus Education
CBE partners with post-secondary institutions, industry partners and community organizations to offer a wide-range of unique opportunities for students. These range from practical, hands-on learning experiences in Exploratory programs to Dual Credit courses and programs that enable students to participate in post-secondary learning with the support of a supervising CBE teacher. These programs allow students to complete high school their own way, and set students up for future success by easing the transition to post-secondary learning and/or the workplace.
Open Houses
Contact
Start by contacting your designated high school. Use the School Directory to find contact information. Reconnect with learning through Encore CBE. Explore options and possibilities for going back to school.
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