Weekly Update | September 27, 2025

Greetings parents, and guardians, 

Thank you for a great week of school. 

Our school website houses all of our school information and can be accessed here:https://lordbeaverbrook.cbe.ab.ca/ 

Athletics News 

All fall sports continue and all of our teams are having teriffic season. Game schedules are available for all teams on the school website. Please note that students need to bring student ID with them to attend football games at Shouldice Athletic Park. Students are only permitted to attend games that Lord Beaverbrook is playing in.

Grade 10 Parent Information  Night 

Join us for an engaging evening where you'll get a glimpse into your student's Grade 10 year and beyond! Discover the many extracurricular opportunities and ways your student can connect with our school community—both in and out of the classroom.

https://lordbeaverbrook.cbe.ab.ca/event/grade-10-parent-information-night-20250915211030

Student Services ​​​​​​​

University of Calgary Presentation 

The University of Calgary will be at our school on Wednesday October 1 from 8:45 – 9:30am in the East Courtyard. Come and learn about admissions, scholarships and life at university.  

Post Secondary Open Houses 

Bow Valley College  

Oct 4 from 10am - 2pm   

Register Here 

SAIT  

Oct 17 & 18 from 10am – 3pm  

More Information  

Ambrose University  

Oct 18 from 10am – 2pm   

More Information  

Mount Royal University 

Oct 18 9am – 3pm   

Register Here  

University of Calgary  

Oct 25 9am – 3pm  

Register Here  

Post Secondary Applications 

Beginning October 1, 2025, you can start applying for Post-Secondary institutes in Alberta. An application profile needs to be created on the Apply Alberta website www.applyalberta.ca. Once you application profile has been created you will then select your Post-Secondary institute of choice. For Out of province institutions, please see their websites for application process. 

Schulich Leader Scholarships 

Up to one hundred scholarships are awarded to entrepreneurial-minded high school graduates enrolling in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Math program at 20 partner universities across Canada. Half are valued at $100,000 for engineering scholarships and half are valued at $80,000* for science and math scholarships. Every high school in Canada can nominate one graduating student each year to apply for the scholarship. If you are interested in more information, please see Ms. Mensink in Guidance 

Terry Fox Humanitarian Award – Applications open November 1, 2025 

Terry Fox Humanitarian Awards are open to students of all abilities. To be considered for the Award, applicants must meet be: 

• In good academic standing. 
• Canadian citizens or landed immigrants. 
• Involved in voluntary humanitarian activities (for which they have not been compensated). 
• Planning to or are already studying towards their first university degree or diploma at a Canadian post-secondary institution, or entering their 2nd year of CÉGEP in the upcoming academic year. 

To apply please visit https://terryfoxawards.ca/applicant-information/  

TD Scholarships for Community Leadership 

Have you shown exceptional leadership in helping to make a meaningful and lasting difference in your community? We’d love to hear about your community leadership efforts and what inspired you to get involved. We’re more interested in the mark you’re making in the world than the marks you’re getting in the classroom. The program is open to students with an average of 75% and up who are supporting positive change in their communities. Apply by October 22, 2025 at www.td.com/scholarships 

Loran Scholarship – Deadline October 16, 2025 

Loran looks beyond grades and gets to know each applicant through an in-depth selection process that is a personal growth experience in itself. Just applying for the Loran Award is a chance to reflect on your sense of purpose, your contributions to your community, and your goals for effecting meaningful change in the future. It is also a unique opportunity to meet other changemakers like yourself who see the world through a lens of optimism, courage, curiosity, and creativity.  

Criteria:  

• Be entering university for the first time in September 2026. 
• Present a minimum cumulative average of 85%. 
• Hold Canadian citizenship or permanent resident status. 
• Be born between January 1, 2004 and September 1, 2010. 

Applications are now open. Please visit https://loranscholar.ca/the-program/how-to-apply/  for more information and to apply. 

Language Course Challenges

Course Challenge Guide for Students & Family 

Students registered in a CBE high school challenging a 30- or 35-level language course. If the student intends to challenge a language course at a different level, or a course in an area outside of Languages, then different processes will apply. Students can approach their guidance counsellor for more details. The deadline for fall applications is October 1, 2025 

https://www.cbe.ab.ca/programs/program-options/language-programs/Documents/French-Intl-Languages-Course-Challenge-Guide-Students-Family.pdf  

Unique Pathways  

Unique Pathways information night will be on October 8th from 5pm – 7pm at Career and Technology Center at Lord Shaughnessy Campus.