Exams and Assessments

 

Our final exam and assessment dates are below. We encourage students to stay focused on their coursework, stay organized, and reach out to teachers with any questions about upcoming assessments and exam dates.

In British Columbia, all students complete provincial literacy and numeracy assessments as part of their graduation requirements. These assessments measure essential skills in reading, writing, and mathematical reasoning that students use across all subjects — not just in English or Math classes.

At the high school level, there are three key assessments:

• Grade 10 Literacy Assessment

• Grade 10 Numeracy Assessment

• Grade 12 Literacy Assessment

These are not tied to specific courses but are important graduation requirements. Results are reported on a four-point scale — Emerging, Developing, Proficient, or Extending — and appear on students’ transcripts.

 

Howe Sound Secondary offers four assessment sittings each year: November, January, April, and June.

January 2026 Graduation Assessment / Final Exam Schedule:

Provincial Assessment Schedule

• Jan. 12 – Grade 12 French Immersion Literacy 12 written portion of assessment.
• Jan. 14 – Grade 12 Literacy - ALL Grade 12s (A-L: 9:00 – 11:30 am, M-Z: 12:30 pm – 3:00 pm)
• Jan. 15 – Grade 10 Literacy for students currently enrolled in English 10
• Jan. 16 – Grace 10 Numeracy – Foundations & Pre-Calculus 10 (Sonnleitner)
• Jan. 19 – Grade 12 French Immersion Literacy oral assessment
• Jan. 22 – Grade 10 Numeracy – Full-Year Math (Yeung-Meadows & Bergsma) and
                  Grade 10 Literacy assessment English First People 10/12 (H. Lafreniere)
• Jan. 27 – Grade 10 Numeracy assessment (Yeung-Meadows Workplace Math)
• Jan. 28 – Grade 10 Numeracy assessment (Epelbaum Full-Year & Beswick Foundations & Pre-
                 Calculus 10)

Final Exam Schedule-double morning blocks

• Jan. 22 AA/CD
• Jan. 26 BB/DC
• Jan. 27 CC/AB
• Jan. 28 DD/BA