Yukon high schools are required to provide your parents/guardians with two informal reports on your progress per semester. Informal reports include: emails, phone calls, written reports and parent-teacher meetings. As well, one face-to-face conference is scheduled each semester for you, your parents/guardians and each of your teachers. This scheduled conference is meant to be a dialogue where all participants get to share and ask questions. If you and/or your parents/guardians feel the need for additional support at these conferences, you may bring along a friend, an additional family member or your ESW/ESC/CELC or YFNED Advocate.
Parents/guardians receive two written reports each semester. Progress Reports are issued at the mid-point of each semester and Final Summative Reports are issued at the end of each semester. These reports contain information about your level of performance in relation to standard learning outcomes for each subject. The four levels of performance are: extending, proficient, developing and emerging. In addition, these reports may include letter grades, percentages, and comments on behaviours for success.
Note: For further information, refer to Yukon Education’s digital book, Communicating Student Learning.
If you or your parents/guardians have questions concerning the grades you received in a given course, you should seek clarification from your teacher. Also, if you need a specific grade for an entrance requirement or scholarship, a teacher may allow you to do some additional work to raise your mark one or two percent.
If you fail a course with a mark between 40%-50%, you can ask your teacher about credit recovery. You may be able to complete missing assignments/tests or do additional assignments to earn a passing grade without repeating the entire course. The Yukon Department of Education also offers summer school for credit recovery in the month of July.
Transcripts show a student’s academic record of all completed courses, graduation assessments, and external and dual credits.
In Progress/Incomplete (I), Withdrawn (W), and Failed (F): These courses are not seen on the transcript. As well, when you choose to repeat a course for a higher mark, only the highest mark received in a course shows on the transcript.
Standing Granted (SG): May be awarded by a teacher to recognize that although you have not completed the normal requirements of a course, you have demonstrated a sufficient level of performance to be granted credit for the course. SGs may be used in extenuating circumstances such as serious illness, and late entry or early leaving of a course.
Aegrotat Standing (AEG): Is granted if you have been exempted from writing provincial exams. AEG should only be used when unpredictable circumstances prevent you from writing. These circumstances may include sudden serious illness, injury, or another critical situation that would negatively impact your ability to write an exam. AEG should only be considered if adaptations or a deferral of an exam are not appropriate.
Requirement Met (RM): Is recorded on your transcript shows the completion of a MInistry Assessment.
Transfer Standing (TS): Recognizes that you achieved a credential from an institution/organization other than a school. You must provide proof/copy of your qualifying credentials.
Equivalency (EQ): Courses taken in jurisdictions outside BC/Yukon may be granted Equivalency (EQ) for BC Ministry or BAA courses if there is sufficient similarity in subject matter covered, learning outcomes and assessment standards.
Your transcript is only updated when the school reports the successful compzletion of courses to the B.C. Ministry. While you are continuing to acquire the required credits for graduation, your transcript is considered unofficial. Your final official transcript is issued and sent to your high school at the end of July, after you have completed the requirements for graduation.
You may request an official transcript from your school for personal reasons or to be mailed directly to a third party such as a post-secondary institution. This service is free of charge for former students.
This report is a quick useful tool for you and your parents/guardians to view your credits. The DVR shows the courses/credits you are currently enrolled in, courses/credits earned, your marks in completed courses and a checklist of your required graduation requirements to date. Ask your school counsellor for a copy of this report.
After the first semester of Grade 10, you should create an account with the B.C. Ministry of Education, Student Transcript Services (STS), so you can access and review your unofficial transcript at any time. When you log into the STS site, you can view all your completed courses and credits.
It is your responsibility as a student to ensure the accuracy of your transcript. If you see any inaccuracies, you need to contact your high school counsellor to correct and update your unofficial transcript.
You are also able to view and print your Provincial Graduation Assessment results (required literacy and numeracy assessments) and unofficial transcripts.
In Grade 12, you are able to choose up to 25 post-secondary institutions (PSI) that you wish to receive your official transcript at no charge. After Grade 12, you can order transcripts from STS or have transcripts sent to any third party for a processing fee.
To create an account on the Ministry STS site, you will need your full legal name (preferred names are not allowed), date of birth, email address and your Personal Education Number (PEN). If you don’t know your PEN, ask your school counsellor or school office personnel.
