Incoming Grade 8s

Aug 13, 2025

WELCOME TO GRADE 8!

School will begin on September 2nd, 2025. Here is the schedule for your first day back:

8:40am - Grade 8 Welcome to Tupper in the Auditorium (you will meet your Link Crew and Link Crew Leader here)

9:30am - Grade 8 tour with your Link Crew

11:00am - Homeroom - Your link leader will help you find your homeroom. This is where you will receive your timetables, agendas and important handouts.

11:30am - Grade 8 Friendship Freezies, help with lockers and locks.

Students will be dismissed by noon.

GRADE 8 REGISTRATION (FOR CURRENT VSB STUDENTS):

Students enrolled in the Vancouver School District who are moving from grade 7 to Grade 8 in September DO NOT need to complete the online application form. Registration will be facilitated by your child's current VSB Elementary School. This form is also available for downloading here

Gr7_to_8_Verification_and_Course_Selection_Form - District Template.pdf

Please submit your completed application form along with the required documents to your Elementary school office by January 31, 2025.

GRADE 8 REGISTRATION (FOR NON-VSB STUDENTS):

If you are currently attending a NON-VSB school, you need to complete the online application form by following this link: Student Registration - VSB

NEWCOMER WELCOME CENTRE (NWC):

For students who are new to the country or born outside of Canada, please use the link below to complete your VSB application. https://www.vsb.bc.ca/nwc/page/11335/online-registration

CROSS-BOUNDARY APPLICATIONS:

Cross-Boundary application (living outside the Tupper catchment area) is done ONLINE from the first school day of February until the last school day of February. Please visit the Cross-Boundary Application page for timelines and more information.

Please click the School Locator Tool to identify your catchment school.

Notes about Learning Resources, ELL, and French Immersion

Our Learning Resources department is adapting to best serve students with the greatest needs. Most students who require support with their learning will access their subject-specific teacher during the four Flexible Instructional Time blocks. Only students with significant needs will be allocated a separate block in the Tupper Learning Centre (TLC) block.
ELL students will be scheduled based on a writing sample provided by the grade 7 teacher and the recommendations of classroom and ELL teachers who have supported ELL students.
Grade 8 students are generally placed in Grade 8 French. However, any students who are currently in French Immersion or in Intensive French will be recommended to enroll in a higher level of French. The Tupper Modern Languages department will continue to monitor student skills in September 2024 to place all grade 8 students at an appropriate level.