Point Grey Mini School

Everything in this section is a published fact or an explicitly labelled uncertainty. It is not preparation advice.

• Point Grey Mini's regular intake is Grade 8. Applicants apply while in Grade 7, must reside in the City of Vancouver and, if accepted, are expected to commit to the five-year program. Point Grey catchment residence is not the published Mini eligibility test. [APP01, APP03, APP04]
• VSB describes Mini School candidates as highly motivated students who consistently work at a Proficient level and seek challenge. Point Grey describes academically able, motivated students and publishes broad selection considerations: academic achievement and application/extension of learning; creative and original thinking; independence and initiative; responsibility and motivation; leadership or school/community involvement; social responsibility; and a distinct contribution to the program. No numerical cutoff, weighting or scoring rubric is published. [APP01, APP02, APP03, APP04]
• The September 2027 process requires two separate components: one VSB District Registry entry and a separate Point Grey Mini application. Applicants may apply separately to multiple Mini Schools, identify their top three in the registry and accept only one Mini School offer. [APP01, APP02, APP03]
• VSB publishes the District Registry window as November 16, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. to December 17, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. Point Grey publishes a separate program-application deadline of December 17, 2026 at 4:30 p.m. [APP01, APP02, APP03, APP05]
• Point Grey's page contains conflicting district-registry dates and times. The dossier uses the consistent VSB dates for the VSB-owned registry and uses 4:30 p.m. only for the Point Grey application. The two December 17 cutoffs are not interchangeable. [APP01, APP02, APP03, APP05] [APP03, APP09]
• The currently published application-stage materials are the program application, the Grade 6 final report and the Grade 7 Term 1 report if available. [APP03, APP09]
• Point Grey first shortlists applicants using the application and school reports. Invited applicants then complete an in-person assessment of English comprehension and writing, and math competency. Application, reports and assessment information are used to choose interviewees. [APP03]
• Point Grey says community and class unity are central to its interview stage and that it seeks a diverse class whose students will work well together. The current guide's broader considerations are listed above, but no component weights or interview rubric are published. [APP03, APP04]
• No audition or portfolio is published in the visible September 2027 process. Because the future form is not yet verified, every possible additional prompt or attachment cannot be ruled out. [APP03, APP09] [APP03]
• Point Grey publishes program-specific first- and second-offer dates that conflict with the VSB FAQ's generic district timing. The dossier uses Point Grey's specific dates for this program while preserving the conflict. [APP02, APP03]

No admission-probability estimate is provided. Historical application volume, approximate cohort size and shortlist counts do not establish an individual applicant's chance, and no authoritative target-cycle probability model is published.

Everything in this section is ADVICE. These actions can reduce avoidable errors and help the student prepare, but they are not additional requirements and are not claimed to improve selection odds.

1. Confirm eligibility and the administrative route

• Confirm that the applicant will reside in the City of Vancouver for the relevant intake and that names, address and contact details are consistent across official records.
• Treat the VSB District Registry and Point Grey application as separate required submissions. Track each one independently.
• Ask the current elementary school or VSB whether the student must also complete an ordinary catchment-secondary registration step. The reviewed Mini sources do not answer that question.
• Do not submit an ordinary Point Grey cross-boundary application merely because the Mini is hosted at Point Grey Secondary unless VSB or the school confirms it is required. The published Mini route is Vancouver-wide and separate from ordinary catchment admission.
• If applying to other Mini Schools, decide the registry's top-three order deliberately. Applying to several programs is permitted, but the student can ultimately accept only one offer.

2. Once published and verified, use the 2027 form as the controlling checklist

• Recheck the official application page in late October and obtain the current form through the official route. Do not use the inaccessible 2025 PDF or assume that an unverified SharePoint viewer contains the final form.
• Read the entire form before drafting answers or assembling attachments. Record every prompt, word limit, signature, attachment, file rule and submission instruction.
• If multiple versions appear, confirm which is current before submitting. Keep a private copy of the form version used and its publication/download date.
• Do not infer missing requirements from another Mini School's form or from the prior cycle's temporary Grade 7-report accommodation.

3. Prepare the known records without inventing the rest

• Obtain a clear, complete copy of the Grade 6 final report.
• Arrange access to the Grade 7 Term 1 report if it becomes available before submission.
• Keep legal-name, address and school information consistent across the registry, form and reports.
• Wait for the verified form before collecting references, photographs, residency proofs, support records or other attachments specifically for the Point Grey application; none of those are currently established as required program attachments.
• If the Grade 7 report will not be available by the deadline, follow the target-cycle form or obtain written program guidance. Do not assume the September 2026 late-report accommodation carries forward.
• Store reports and identity-related records privately and send them only through the official submission channel.

4. Prepare for the November 18 information night

Attend if practical. Attendance is not a published application requirement, but the event is a useful place to resolve uncertainties before the deadline.

Bring a concise written question list, especially:

• Where and when will the final 2027 application form be available?
• What is the complete attachment checklist and submission method?
• Is a Grade 7 Term 1 report optional if it is not issued by December 17, and may it be supplied later?
• Must applicants complete any ordinary catchment-secondary registration in addition to the registry and program form?
• Which district-registry dates should families follow given the conflicting text on the Point Grey page?
• How are accommodations requested for the application, assessment or interview, and by what date?

Record consequential answers with the speaker and date, and seek written confirmation when an answer changes or adds to the public instructions.

5. Draft truthful, specific application responses

• Wait for the exact prompts and limits before producing a final response.
• In advance, the student can make short notes about genuine examples of extending learning, original thinking, initiative, responsibility, motivation, collaboration, leadership or community contribution. These themes come from published considerations, but they are not a disclosed scoring formula.
• Have the student write in their own voice and describe what they actually did, thought, learned or changed. Specific examples are more useful preparation than generic claims about being “well rounded” or “gifted.”
• Edit for clarity, accuracy and compliance without replacing the student's voice or manufacturing activities to mirror the criteria.
• Do not prepare an art portfolio, audition recording, reference campaign or admissions résumé unless the verified form introduces one.

6. Submit both components with a safety margin

• Complete the VSB District Registry through the current official route and save its confirmation.
• Submit the Point Grey application through the method stated in the verified form and retain non-sensitive proof of submission.
• Aim to finish before December 17 rather than relying on the final hours. This is technical-risk management, not a selection advantage.
• Use a final line-by-line check for required fields, attachments, signatures, legibility, file access and correct contact email.
• Keep the 4:30 p.m. Point Grey deadline and 11:59 p.m. VSB deadline visibly separate. Completing one does not complete the other.
• If no receipt process is published, preserve the safest available evidence of timely submission without repeatedly contacting the school for selection status.

7. Use low-risk assessment preparation only

The only confirmed content description is English comprehension and writing, and math competency.

• Maintain ordinary Grade 7 reading, clear written-expression and mathematics practice rather than guessing hidden question types.
• Practise reading instructions carefully, showing work where appropriate, writing legibly and managing time across familiar schoolwork.
• Review current classroom feedback and address genuine skill gaps with the student's teacher where appropriate.
• Do not buy specialized test-preparation materials on claims that they reproduce the Point Grey assessment; no official sample, format or scoring rubric has been published.
• Once invited, treat the invitation email as controlling for arrival time, duration, materials, calculator rules, accessibility arrangements and other logistics.
• If accommodations may be needed, ask the program about its process before the assessment rather than assuming ordinary classroom arrangements transfer automatically.

8. Prepare for an interview without scripting a persona

• Keep February 1–3 provisionally available, but follow the assigned date, time and location in the invitation.
• The student can practise explaining specific examples of learning independently, contributing to a group, handling a setback, taking initiative and supporting a community.
• Use examples the student can discuss naturally, including what was difficult and what they learned. Avoid memorized claims designed only to echo the published considerations.
• Practise listening to a complete question, asking for clarification when needed and answering concisely in the student's own words.
• Do not assume a parent interview, panel, group activity, dress code or required object; none is currently published. Follow the invitation email.

9. Manage invitation and offer communications carefully

• Monitor the application email address and spam/junk folders around published notification dates. Make sure the address entered on every form is correct.
• Point Grey says it contacts only families invited to the assessment and only families invited to interview. Absence of an email therefore may be the only public-stage signal; the page also asks families not to call Point Grey Secondary for application status. [APP03]
• If an expected invitation is missing, first verify the exact published timing, email folders and the target-cycle contact instructions. Distinguish a technical-delivery problem from a request for a selection update.
• Before offers arrive, compare the student's viable school/program options, transportation, workload fit and willingness to make the five-year commitment.
• If offered a place, use the deadline and reply method in the actual email. The student may accept only one Mini School offer.
• Do not treat the absence of a first-round offer as a final rejection: Point Grey says second offers may follow depending on remaining spaces.

• Confirm Vancouver residency and ask whether ordinary catchment-secondary registration is also required.
• Decide whether Point Grey Mini is one of the top three programs listed in the one-time District Registry.
• Obtain and verify the final 2027 Point Grey application when released.
• Read the form and build a checklist from its actual prompts, attachments, signatures and submission rules.
• Prepare the Grade 6 final report and, if available, Grade 7 Term 1 report.
• Attend or review information-night material and resolve form, registration and accommodation questions.
• Complete the Point Grey application and VSB District Registry as separate tasks.
• Retain private copies and submission confirmations.
• Monitor email for an assessment invitation by January 8 and follow only the current invitation details.
• If invited, attend the January 13 assessment with the materials and logistics specified by Point Grey.
• Monitor email from the evening of January 25 for an assigned interview during February 1–3.
• If offered, compare options and respond through the stated method before the applicable noon deadline.

Item	Current evidence status	Confirmation or decision needed
2027 application release	Not currently available beyond “late/end of October 2026”; linked form Not currently available	Confirm the final official form and version before use.
Complete form contents	Not currently available	Confirm prompts, limits, signatures, attachments and applicant/guardian responsibilities.
Program submission method	Not currently available	Confirm online, email or in-person method, exact destination and receipt procedure.
Grade 7 Term 1 report	Published as “if available,” but later handling is Not currently available	Confirm what to submit when the report is issued after the application deadline.
Other attachments	Not currently available	Confirm whether a PEN, photograph, residency evidence, teacher/reference form, translations or support documents are required.
Ordinary secondary registration	Not currently available	Ask the current elementary school/VSB whether a separate catchment-school step is required.
Ordinary cross-boundary application	Not published as part of Mini selection	Confirm only if the student's circumstances create a separate regular-school request.
District Registry conflict	Point Grey page conflicts with consistent VSB dates	Use the current VSB-owned registry instructions and seek correction/confirmation if the conflict persists.
Assessment logistics and content	Not currently available beyond English comprehension/writing and math competency	Follow the invitation; confirm duration, materials, calculator policy, arrival and make-up rules.
Assessment/interview accommodations	Not currently available	Ask how and when to request accessibility or other accommodations.
Interview format	Not currently available	Follow the invitation; do not assume questions, participants or activities.
Target-cycle seat count and scoring	Not currently available	Do not use historical counts to calculate an admission probability.
Offer timing conflict	Point Grey's program dates differ from the VSB FAQ's generic timing	Follow the Point Grey-specific process and the actual offer email; confirm if official instructions change.
Wait-list and final no-offer notice	Not currently available	Ask how later offers/final status are communicated and whether any action is required.
Five-year commitment	Published expectation	Family and student should decide before an offer whether the program model and commitment are a good fit.

• Completing only the District Registry or only the Point Grey application.
• Missing the earlier 4:30 p.m. program cutoff because the district registry remains open until 11:59 p.m.
• Using the Point Grey page's conflicting October 16 or 3:30 p.m. registry text instead of checking the VSB-owned registry.
• Treating the currently unverified SharePoint form as a complete, final application.
• Assuming another Mini School's application questions or attachments apply to Point Grey.
• Relying on the prior cycle's late-report accommodation as a current entitlement.
• Preparing for an invented assessment format, audition or portfolio.
• Over-coaching the student's application or interview until it no longer reflects the student's own experience and voice.
• Contacting the host school repeatedly for selection status when the published page says only invited families are contacted and asks applicants not to call for status.
• Turning historical application volume, shortlist numbers or cohort size into a personal probability estimate.

All factual statements above draw from the VSB, Point Grey Mini and Point Grey/VSB sources already registered in the dossier. APP07 is third-party archival preservation of official original pages and is used only for historical facts. See application.md (APP01, APP02, APP03, APP04, APP05, APP06, APP07, APP08, APP09), dates.md and sources.md (especially S01, S02, S03, S04, S05, S06, S07, S08, S09 and H01, H02, H03, H04).

The latest verified year-specific academic source is the official Point Grey Course Planning Guide 2026–2027. The Point Grey Mini website also publishes current-looking but undated grade timetables and course descriptions. Some website labels are demonstrably older than the operative guide, so this file uses the 2026–2027 guide for the current course pattern and treats the website chiefly as supplementary evidence for program organization. [S03, S09, H02, H03]

Point Grey Mini students are also stəywəte:ń Point Grey Secondary students. They take a mix of Mini courses and host-school courses, use the host timetable and supports, and can access host advanced courses subject to prerequisites, recommendations, capacity and scheduling. Host-wide evidence is identified as such and is not represented as Mini-only provision. [S01, S03, S08, S09, S12]

All factual sources used are , except that historical website captures in H04 are third-party preservation of the official original. No secondary or anecdotal evidence was needed.

Latest published Mini pattern: 2026–2027

Grade	Mini courses in the operative guide	Other required/host-school study and qualifications
8	Humanities 8M; Math 8M; Science 8M; Physical Education 8M.	Humanities combines English 8 and Social Studies 8 and awards both credits. The undated program timetable also lists ADST 8 and two host-school elective courses. Because the annual guide does not reproduce that full timetable, the exact 2026–2027 elective configuration is Not currently available. [S03, S09]
9	Humanities 9/10M; Math 9M; Science 9/10M; Physical Education 9M.	Humanities and Science are mixed Grade 9/10 courses. The undated timetable lists three host-school electives. Students complete the Grade 9 portions of English and Social Studies within Humanities across the published rotation. [S03, S09]
10	Humanities 9/10M; Math 10M; Science 9/10M; Physical Education 10M.	Humanities 10 awards Social Studies 10 plus Focused Literature 10 (2 credits) and Composition 10 (2 credits). The undated timetable lists two electives and calls the off-timetable career course “Planning 10”; that name is outdated and must not be used as proof of the current Career-Life Education arrangement. [S03, S09, S15]
11	Contemporary Indigenous Studies 12M; Literary Studies 11M; Active Living and Introduction to Leadership 11M.	The undated program timetable describes five additional elective or main-school courses, consistent with the guide's statement that senior academic electives are taken in the host school. Exact individual choices depend on graduation needs, prerequisites and scheduling. [S03, S09]
12	English Studies 12M; Leadership 12M.	The guide describes Leadership 12M as an elective and elsewhere says Grade 12 students will “likely” take it; English Studies 12M is the definite Mini course. Remaining academics are taken through the host school. The undated Grade 12 page lists only these two Mini courses and does not publish the number or identity of the student's other courses. [S03, S09]

The Grade 8–10 model is comprehensive, cohorted and enriched: students in the same grade take their Mini core together. In Grades 9 and 10, the two cohorts are blended for Humanities and Science, completing both grades' curriculum over a two-year rotation. The part of the rotation encountered first depends on entry year. [S03, S06, S09]

The guide explicitly says Fine Arts and Applied Skills are taken in the main school, as are Grade 11 and 12 academic electives. The public Grade 8 Mini page describes ADST 8 as three one-term components—Home Economics, Technical Studies and Business Education—but the current host guide instead describes host ADST 8 as a full-year survey with approximately 35 hours each of Business Education, Computer Science and Home Economics. [S03, S09]

The table above is a planning baseline, not a promise that the target cohort will have identical course names, credits or staffing.

Point Grey Mini integrates subjects and experiences more deliberately than the host school's ordinary department-based structure:

• Humanities integration: Humanities combines English and Social Studies. Grade 8 receives English 8 and Social Studies 8 credit; Grades 9/10 use inquiry, evidence, literature, composition and new media to examine historical and Canadian themes while fulfilling the respective English and Social Studies curricula. [S03, S09]
• Cross-grade integration: equal or blended groups of Grade 9 and 10 students study Humanities and Science together. Science rotates biology/ecology/space science in one year and physics/chemistry in the other, with inquiry, student-designed experiments and research emphasized. [S03, S09]
• Enriched mathematics: Math 8M–10M are described as fast-paced, with problem solving embedded throughout. The guide says Grade 8 students are expected to write CNML and Gauss contests, Grade 9 the Pascal contest, and Grade 10 the Cayley contest. Contest participation is program enrichment, not a separate credential. [S03, S09]
• Experiential academic work: official descriptions include inquiry, group and individual projects, case studies, lectures/demonstrations, guest speakers, multi-grade activities, field studies and extended trips. Literary Studies 11M and English Studies 12M publish examples of author/professor visits, galleries, plays, forest or kayaking study, Bard on the Beach and cinema/theatre visits, though exact events may vary. [S01, S03, S06, S09]
• Indigenous-focused and leadership integration: Grade 11's Contemporary Indigenous Studies 12M combines historical, legal, cultural and global inquiry and fulfills the provincial Indigenous-focused coursework requirement. Active Living and Introduction to Leadership 11M integrates physical activity, wellness, event planning, communication and community contribution. [S09]
• Host-school integration: electives, senior academics, Fine Arts and Applied Skills are selected from Point Grey offerings; Mini students also use host library, FIT, counselling and learning supports. [S01, S08, S09, S12]

Host timetable used by Mini students

For 2026–2027, Point Grey publishes a two-semester timetable with four numbered periods in each semester. Semester 1 runs September 8, 2026–February 2, 2027 and Semester 2 runs February 3–June 29, 2027. The standard day starts at 8:40 a.m.; most instructional blocks are 60 or 80 minutes, lunch is 11:30 a.m.–12:15 p.m., and normal dismissal is 3:05 p.m. [S12]

Four 40-minute Flexible Instructional Time (FIT) periods are embedded each week: Monday 2:25–3:05, Tuesday 9:45–10:25, Thursday 1:20–2:00 and Friday 8:40–9:20. FIT can be used for teacher-directed or student-initiated course support, assignments, projects, collaboration, study, counselling/support access, assemblies and some clubs. Point Grey also publishes alternate schedules for collaborative-planning and parent-teacher-conference days. [S12]

Semester versus year-long structure

Point Grey's agenda distinguishes Semester 1, Semester 2 and full-year courses, so the campus uses a hybrid of semesterized and year-long delivery. The host guide explicitly describes ADST 8 as full year, and some offerings operate on or off timetable. [S09, S12]

Published information differs: the undated Mini course page says Humanities is taken every day “instead of every other day,” wording that does not map cleanly onto the current host's semester schedule, in which classes normally meet daily within their semester. This may describe an older linear timetable or a continuing special allocation, but either explanation is Based on the published information, . [S03, S12]

No reviewed official source publishes a definitive Mini block grid.

The Mini itself is the published enriched program: junior core courses are enriched and faster-paced, with inquiry, contests, field studies and cross-grade work. It is not described as AP, IB or a separate diploma credential. [S01, S03, S06, S09]

Mini students retain access to Point Grey's host-school offerings. The 2026–2027 guide lists these Advanced Placement options:

Host AP option	Published entry guidance
AP Calculus 12	Entering Grade 12; Pre-Calculus 11 average of 86% or better recommended; priority to students who completed Pre-Calculus 12.
AP Computer Science 12	Computer Science 11 recommended.
AP Psychology 12	English 11 recommended; graduating students receive priority.
AP Studio Art	Studio Art 11 plus teacher permission; delivered with Studio Art Cohort 12 and assessed by College Board portfolio rather than an exam.

Teacher recommendation is required for AP enrolment, graduating students receive priority, space can be constrained, and the guide says students choosing the May AP exam pay an administrative fee. Any post-secondary credit depends on the institution and result; course participation alone does not guarantee credit. [S09]

Other host-school advanced structures include the multi-grade Art Studio Cohort 10–12, Calculus 12, and a Point Grey Social Studies Honours Certificate for completing three listed Grade 12 Social Studies courses. The certificate is school-issued, not AP, IB or an additional provincial diploma. [S09]

No IB programme or IB course is identified in the reviewed official Mini or Point Grey materials.

No separate Mini-only learning-support system is published. As Point Grey students, Mini students can use the host school's supports; public evidence does not establish an exemption from, or a different entitlement to, those services. [S01, S09]

• The Learning Hub serves Grades 8–12 and is open every block for flexible short-term, occasional, drop-in or structured support aligned with course load, learning needs and individual goals. It is intended to complement classroom teaching through coordination among students, teachers and the Learning Hub team. A Learning Hub block is support rather than course credit. [S09]
• Point Grey publishes ELL Level 1/2 and Level 3 packages as needed and a one-year Transitional package for older students. Placement considers English proficiency, assessment of reading/writing/speaking/listening and teacher judgment. Students move into regular academic and elective classes as proficiency grows; English Tutorial can provide one or two additional support blocks. [S09]
• Host Learning Assistance/LALS and Life Skills are district inclusive-education programs with individualized functional-academic, independent-living, community or work-preparation emphases and integration into regular electives when appropriate. These are specialized placements, not the default Mini program. [S09]
• FIT provides additional access to course teachers and support/counselling staff but is not a substitute for an individualized support plan. [S12]

The public sources do not publish a Mini-specific accommodation protocol, staffing level or service guarantee for 2027–2028; families need an individual discussion with the school.

Point Grey counsellors provide academic, career and personal counselling. Published functions include course selection and graduation planning; identifying strengths, needs and goals; post-secondary program, admission and scholarship information; career exploration; personal/social support; community referrals; and collaboration with families, teachers and outside professionals. Grade 8 is shared by the counselling team, while counsellors follow assigned students from Grade 9 through Grade 12. [S09]

Course requests are constrained by staffing, facilities, time allocation, enrolment, prerequisites and timetable conflicts. Mini status does not guarantee a requested host elective or AP course.

B.C. Certificate of Graduation (Dogwood Diploma)

Under the current provincial framework, students need at least 80 credits: 52 required and at least 28 elective credits. Requirements include Language Arts 10, 11 and 12; Social Studies 10 and a Social Studies 11 or 12; Mathematics 10 and a Mathematics 11 or 12; Science 10 and a Science 11 or 12; Physical and Health Education 10; an Arts Education and/or ADST course at Grade 10–12; Career-Life Education; Career-Life Connections; and 4 credits of Indigenous-focused coursework. At least 16 credits must be Grade 12-level, including Language Arts 12 and Career-Life Connections. Students also complete the Grade 10 Numeracy Assessment and Grade 10 and 12 Literacy Assessments. [S15]

The current Mini sequence maps to several of these requirements:

• Humanities 10 supplies the Grade 10 Language Arts and Social Studies credits;
• Math 10M, Science 9/10M and Physical Education 10M cover the corresponding Grade 10 areas;
• Literary Studies 11M supplies Language Arts 11;
• Contemporary Indigenous Studies 12M is a Grade 12 Social Studies course and is explicitly stated to fulfill the 4-credit Indigenous-focused requirement;
• English Studies 12M supplies Language Arts 12; and
• host-school courses provide senior mathematics/science as needed, Arts/ADST, Career-Life Education, Career-Life Connections, electives and post-secondary prerequisites. [S09, S15]

Mini enrolment does not by itself determine a university pathway. Senior host choices must be planned against the student's intended post-secondary prerequisites. [S03, S09, S15]

Other completion and credit routes

Because Mini students are Point Grey students, the host guide's published routes can apply subject to counselling, eligibility and program acceptance: Language Challenge, recognized external credentials, Vancouver Learning Network online study, VSB summer-school completion/remedial courses, Independent Directed Study where approved, and VSB dual-credit/career programs including Youth WORK/EXPLORE/TRAIN in Trades and post-secondary partnerships. [S09, S15]

The provincial School Completion Certificate (Evergreen) is available for students whose educational program is not designed to meet Dogwood requirements; it is not equivalent to the Dogwood Diploma and is not a Mini-specific pathway. [S15]

Documented annual-guide changes

• 2024–2025: the guide listed Grade 11 Social Studies 11M, English 11 First Peoples, and Leadership/Active Living 11M. Humanities 10 awarded Literary Studies 10 plus Composition 10. [H02]
• 2025–2026: the guide retained Social Studies 11M and English 11 First Peoples but labelled the third senior course Active Living 11M. The detailed text called the social-studies course Social Studies Explorations 11 Mini. [H02]
• 2026–2027: the operative guide instead lists Contemporary Indigenous Studies 12M, Literary Studies 11M, and Active Living and Introduction to Leadership 11M. Humanities 10 now names Focused Literature 10 plus Composition 10. English 12M is styled English Studies 12M. [S09]

These are substantive senior-sequence and course-name changes, not evidence that the earlier courses were merely renamed without content changes. Contemporary Indigenous Studies 12M explicitly fulfills the Indigenous-focused graduation requirement, while Literary Studies 11M is described as preparation for Grade 12 Mini English. [S09, H02]

The broad academic model remained stable across the 2024–2025, 2025–2026 and 2026–2027 guides: enriched/cohorted Grades 8–10, cross-grade Grade 9/10 Humanities and Science, host-school senior electives, and English plus likely Leadership as the remaining Grade 12 Mini courses. [S09, H02]

Current official conflicts and stale material

• The undated program grade pages still list Planning 10, Mini French 9–11, older English 11 labels and other legacy entries not found in the operative 2026–2027 Mini sequence. Treat those labels as CHANGED / potentially stale, not current requirements. [S03, S09]
• The undated Grade 11 timetable says Contemporary Indigenous Studies 12 and “Mini English 11,” while the annual guide gives the more precise Contemporary Indigenous Studies 12M and Literary Studies 11M. The guide controls for 2026–2027. [S03, S09]
• The guide's overview says Grade 12 students will take English 12M and “likely” Leadership 12M, while its course chart lists both and its course description calls Leadership 12M elective. Therefore English Studies 12M is confirmed core; Leadership 12M should not be described as unconditionally required. [S09]
• The undated website's “every day instead of every other day” Humanities statement conflicts with the current semester timetable terminology. [S03, S12]
• The public site and annual guide differ on Grade 8 ADST components/duration. [S03, S09]

No reviewed official source documents an academic dispute or public controversy over these changes.

VSB's June 2026 district-choice brochure identifies Point Grey Mini for September 2027 entry as a comprehensive Grades 8–12 academically enriched program with cross-grade activity, cultural outreach, outdoor education, community, leadership and service. [S06]

Based on the published information, publication of the target-cycle intake strongly indicates an intention to continue the academic program in 2027–2028, but VSB says district choice offerings are reviewed annually. It does not guarantee a particular course list or timetable. [S06]

Recheck the annual Point Grey guide and Mini pages when 2027–2028 course planning is published.

See sources.md for full URLs, titles, source types, publication/check dates, archived copies, checksums and limitations. Principal evidence:

• S01 and S03 — official Point Grey Mini program, grade-timetable, course-description and enrichment pages (current/undated; stale-item warnings apply);
• S06 — official VSB September 2027 district-choice brochure;
• S08, S09 — official Point Grey host navigation and 2026–2027 Course Planning Guide;
• S12 — official 2026–2027 Point Grey weekly/collaborative schedules and student agenda;
• S15 — official B.C. curriculum and graduation framework; and
• H02, H03 — historical and alternate official Point Grey course-guide revisions.

The latest verified year-specific source is the official Point Grey Course Planning Guide 2026–2027. It contains both the Mini sequence and the host-school catalogue. The official Mini website also publishes undated grade timetables and course descriptions, but several of its labels are stale or conflict with the annual guide. This file therefore uses the 2026–2027 guide as the operative baseline and uses the Mini pages only where their claims are compatible or are explicitly identified as conflicts. [S03, S09, H02, H03]

Point Grey Mini students take Mini core courses and share stəywəte:ń Point Grey Secondary electives. Fine Arts, Applied Skills and Grades 11–12 academic electives are explicitly taken in the main school. A catalogue listing is evidence that a course was planned, not a guarantee that a section will run or fit a particular Mini student's timetable. [S01, S09]

Citation convention: S/H identifiers refer to this program's source registry. “Host H01,” “Host S15,” etc. refer to the official forms and presentations registered in the Point Grey host-school source registry; those files provide operational codes and choice-form details that are not repeated in the Mini registry. All factual sources used here are .

The 2026–2027 material below is a planning baseline only. [S09, S13]

Grade 8

The 2026–2027 guide identifies four Mini core courses:

• Humanities 8M, combining English 8 and Social Studies 8 and awarding both credits;
• Math 8M;
• Science 8M; and
• Physical Education 8M. [S09]

The undated Mini timetable adds Applied Skills 8 and two host-school electives. It describes Applied Skills 8 as three one-term rotations in Home Economics, Technical Studies and Business Education. The current host guide instead describes host ADST 8 as a full-year survey with approximately 35 hours each of Business Education, Computer Science and Home Economics. [S03, S09]

The current host Grade 8 form asks regular-program students to rank Fine Arts options: experienced or beginner Band, experienced or beginner Strings, Choir, or combined Drama/Art. It does not publish a Mini-specific selection rule. [S03, S09; Host S15]

Grade 9

The Mini core is Humanities 9/10M, Math 9M, Science 9/10M and Physical Education 9M. Humanities and Science blend Grade 9 and 10 students; the two cohorts complete both grades' curricula over a two-year rotation, and the year encountered first depends on entry year. The undated Mini timetable lists three host-school electives. [S03, S09]

The host Grade 9 form lists ADST, visual arts, languages, drama/theatre and music choices. Relevant examples include Foods, Information Technology/Junior Computer Science, Textiles, Woodwork, Art, Ceramics and Sculpture, Graphic Arts, Drama, Theatre Production, French by appropriate level, Beginners' Japanese 11, Beginner or Concert Band, Junior Strings, Junior Concert Choir and off-timetable Jazz Band. Final access depends on prerequisite/experience, placement, capacity and timetable. [S09; Host H01]

Grade 10

The Mini core is Humanities 9/10M, Math 10M, Science 9/10M and Physical Education 10M. Humanities 10 awards Social Studies 10 plus Focused Literature 10 (2 credits) and Composition 10 (2 credits). The undated Mini page lists two elective courses and says “Planning 10” may be taken off timetable for an additional elective. That course name is obsolete and does not establish the present Career-Life Education arrangement. [S03, S09, S15]

The host Grade 10 form includes ADST, visual arts, language, music, drama/theatre, mathematics and science choices. Qualified students may request Grade 11 courses such as Pre-Calculus 11, Chemistry 11, Life Sciences 11, Physics 11 or Japanese 11, but the form does not create a universal acceleration entitlement. [S09; Host H01]

Grade 11

The operative Mini sequence is:

• Contemporary Indigenous Studies 12M;
• Literary Studies 11M; and
• Active Living and Introduction to Leadership 11M. [S09]

The undated Mini timetable describes five elective or main-school courses, which is consistent with the guide's statement that senior academic electives are taken at the host school. Contemporary Indigenous Studies 12M fulfills the provincial four-credit Indigenous-focused coursework requirement. Active Living and Introduction to Leadership 11M prepares students for Leadership 12M. [S03, S09, S15]

Students use their host-school choices to complete graduation and post-secondary prerequisites, commonly including mathematics, laboratory sciences, languages, arts/ADST and additional humanities. Exact combinations depend on prior credits and counselling; “five” is an undated website pattern, not a guaranteed 2026–2027 or 2027–2028 allocation. [S03, S09]

Grade 12

The guide identifies English Studies 12M as the definite Mini course. Its overview says students will “likely” take Leadership 12M, while the detailed description calls Leadership 12M an elective. The undated Mini timetable lists both plus six main-school courses. Accordingly:

• English Studies 12M is confirmed Mini core;
• Leadership 12M is available to Mini 12 students but is not safely described as unconditionally required; and [S03, S09]

Career-Life Connections 12, graduation completion and intended post-secondary prerequisites must also be accommodated through the host-school plan. The host publications conflict on whether Grade 12 students need seven on-timetable courses or may use six Point Grey courses plus one off-timetable/online course; see “Guide and code conflicts.” [S09, S15; Host H01]

Humanities and English

• Humanities 8M: integrated English 8 and Social Studies 8, with inquiry, perspectives, stories/texts, group work and critical/creative communication.
• Humanities 9/10M: a cross-grade two-year rotation. Grade 9 supplies English 9 and Social Studies 9; Grade 10 supplies Social Studies 10, Focused Literature 10 (2 credits) and Composition 10 (2 credits).
• Literary Studies 11M: rigorous reading, writing, literary theory and diverse perspectives; the guide describes it as preparation for Grade 12 Mini English.
• English Studies 12M: enriched English Studies 12, with critical/creative response and writing for varied audiences. Published examples of enrichment include authors, professors, galleries, theatre, forest/kayaking study, Bard on the Beach and cinema, but exact trips and guests are not guaranteed. [S03, S09]

Sequence: Humanities 8M → Humanities 9/10M over two years → Literary Studies 11M → English Studies 12M. The Grade 11 social-studies component is now Contemporary Indigenous Studies 12M rather than the Social Studies 11M used in the two earlier guides. [S09, H02]

Mathematics

Math 8M → Math 9M → Math 10M is the published Mini sequence. All are fast-paced/enriched and integrate problem solving; the guide expects students to challenge themselves with CNML/Gauss in Grade 8, Pascal in Grade 9 and Cayley in Grade 10. These contests are enrichment, not separate credit courses. [S03, S09]

After Grade 10, Mini students use host pathways:

• Foundations of Mathematics and Pre-Calculus 10 → Foundations 11 → Foundations 12; or
• Foundations of Mathematics and Pre-Calculus 10 → Pre-Calculus 11 → Pre-Calculus 12 → Calculus 12 or AP Calculus 12; or
• the Workplace Mathematics pathway where appropriate. Workplace Mathematics 12 is shown but marked not offered at Point Grey. [S09]

Calculus 12 requires Grade 12 standing and completed or concurrent Pre-Calculus 12. AP Calculus 12 is for students entering Grade 12; at least 86% in Pre-Calculus 11 is recommended, and priority goes to students who completed Pre-Calculus 12. [S09]

Science

Science 8M → Science 9/10M is the Mini junior sequence. Science 8M emphasizes laboratories and hands-on biology, chemistry, physics and earth science. Science 9/10M alternates a biology/ecology/space year with a physics/chemistry year; students complete the full Grade 9 and 10 curriculum across the rotation. The first half depends on cohort entry year. [S03, S09]

Senior host sequences are Chemistry 11 → Chemistry 12 and Physics 11 → Physics 12, plus Life Sciences 11 and Anatomy and Physiology 12. Recommended prerequisites are:

• Science 10 for Chemistry 11, Life Sciences 11, Physics 11 and Anatomy and Physiology 12;
• Chemistry 11 for Chemistry 12; and
• Physics 11 plus Pre-Calculus 11 for Physics 12. [S09]

The guide does not require Life Sciences 11 before Anatomy and Physiology 12. No operative official catalogue/form confirms AP Chemistry; a planning presentation's generic mention is a conflict, not evidence of an offering. [S09; Host H01]

Indigenous Studies, Physical Education and Leadership

Contemporary Indigenous Studies 12M is taken in Grade 11 and fulfills the Indigenous-focused coursework requirement. It moves from Canadian history, law and reconciliation to comparative global Indigenous contexts. [S09, S15]

Physical Education 8M, 9M and 10M form the junior Mini sequence. Grade 11's Active Living and Introduction to Leadership 11M combines activities, nutrition and wellness with planning, communication, team building and Mini/community events. It prepares students for the elective Leadership 12M, whose students organize published examples such as orientation, information night, Winter Prom, a winter retreat, Lunch and Learns, interview week and the talent show. Exact activities may change. [S09]

The following are shared Point Grey offerings, not Mini-only courses. Availability to an individual Mini student remains subject to grade eligibility, prerequisites/recommendations, approval, capacity and timetable fit. [S01, S09]

Applied Skills, Business and Computing

• Foods 9/10 and Foods 11/12 are cross-grade courses; the junior course alternates two versions, but the guide does not identify which runs in 2026–2027.
• Textiles 9/10 → Textiles 11/12 is the nominal progression; no mandatory prerequisite is printed.
• Information Technology 9 → Information Technology 10 → Computer Science 11 → Computer Science 12 is the described computing progression. Computer Science 11 is recommended for AP Computer Science 12.
• Woodwork 9–12 is a nominal sequence, but the guide accommodates beginners and prints no mandatory prerequisite.
• Accounting 11 and Economics 12 have no recommended prerequisite.
• Psychology 11 recommends proficiency in English; AP Psychology 12 recommends English 11. [S09]

Languages

French follows French 8 → 9 → 10 → 11 → 12, with the operational forms allowing a student to request the level appropriate to prior learning. Beginners' Japanese 11 requires no previous Japanese and is open to Grades 9–12; Japanese 11 recommends Beginners' Japanese 11, and Japanese 12 recommends Japanese 11. [S09; Host H01]

The undated Mini website still lists Mini French 9, 10 and 11 and describes a French 9 reading visit. These labels are absent from the 2026–2027 Mini chart. CHANGED / potentially stale: do not infer that Mini French currently occupies a Mini core block. French may still be selected through the host sequence. [S03, S09]

Visual Arts and Design

The host progression includes Grade 8 Art/Drama; Art, Ceramics and Sculpture and Graphic Arts in Grade 9; Art, Ceramics and Sculpture, Graphic Design and Art Studio Cohort in Grade 10; and senior Ceramics and Sculpture, Graphic Design, Painting and Drawing, Photography, Art Studio Cohort and off-timetable Graphic Production: Yearbook. [S09; Host H01, Host S15]

Most studio courses publish no prerequisite. Photography 12 recommends Photography 11 or instructor permission. Art Studio Cohort students are expected to take another graphics, photography, ceramics or painting/drawing course. AP Studio Art requires prior studio-art/cohort study plus teacher permission, but the exact prerequisite wording conflicts across official documents. [S09; Host H01]

Music

• Beginner Band 8–12: no prerequisite.
• Intermediate Band 8: elementary band or equivalent.
• Concert Band 9: at least one year of experience.
• Symphonic Band 10–12: Concert Band 9/10 or equivalent.
• Beginner Strings: no previous strings experience; Intermediate Strings: approximately one to two years and not Grade 8; Senior Strings: Grade 10 or above and at least two years' experience.
• Junior Concert Choir 8–9 and Senior Concert Choir 10–12: no prerequisite.
• Chamber Choir 8–12: no audition required, but a strong musical background/singing ability and commitment to rehearsals outside class are recommended.
• Jazz Band 9–12: requires concurrent Concert Band or Strings; students are placed into A–D in September according to playing ability. The guide does not say that placement is by audition, so an audition must not be inferred. [S09]

Drama, Theatre and Film

• Drama 9 and 10 publish no prerequisite.
• Acting 11 recommends Drama 8, 9 or 10; Acting 12 recommends Acting 11.
• Directing 12 recommends Acting 11 and requires concurrent Acting 12.
• Film Studies 12 publishes no prerequisite.
• Junior Breezeway Theatre Company prefers concurrent Drama 10, requires a full daytime timetable to apply and operates after school.
• Senior Breezeway Theatre Company recommends Drama 8, 9 or 10 and also operates after school.
• Theatre Production is described as accessible across Grades 9–12, but its title, level and timetable status conflict across the guide and operational forms. [S09; Host H01]

Senior Social Studies and English Electives

Host Social Studies electives are Comparative Cultures 12, Contemporary Indigenous Studies 12, Law Studies 12, Physical Geography 12 and 20th Century World History 12. The guide prints no course-specific prerequisite. Completing any three at Point Grey earns the school's Social Studies Honours Certificate; this is a local certificate, not an AP/IB credential or separate provincial diploma. [S09]

Literary Studies 12 and Creative Writing 12 are senior English electives and do not replace English Studies 12. Literary Studies 12 recommends one English 10. The planning presentation warns that the two electives may be combined depending on enrolment. [S09; Host H01]

Senior PHE, Service and School-Based Options

Active Living 11/12, Fitness and Conditioning 11/12 and Games and Sports 11/12 recommend PHE 10. Community Service 11 is usually limited to Grade 12 and requires a teacher to request/supervise the placement. Library Services 11 is open to Grades 11–12. Peer Tutoring 12 can be scheduled in a class/Learning Hub for credit or during FIT; training and teacher supervision are provided. A study block is not a credited elective. [S09; Host H01]

The Mini is itself an enriched program, but it is not described as AP, IB or a separate diploma. Mini students may request the host's 2026–2027 AP options: AP Calculus 12, AP Computer Science 12, AP Psychology 12 and AP Studio Art. Teacher recommendation is required, graduating students receive priority, seats may be limited, and the general AP application asks for a nominating teacher assessment. AP Studio Art instead follows a teacher-permission route in the guide. [S09; Host H01]

The AP guide says students choosing the May exam pay an administrative fee; the application says the student pays the examination's full cost. Post-secondary credit depends on the institution and exam result, not merely course participation. [S09; Host H01]

No IB programme or IB course is identified in the reviewed official Mini/Point Grey sources. [S09]

District career/dual-credit pathways in the host guide may be available to eligible Mini students, but they require application and can displace home-school timetable blocks. Students applying are told to register initially with a full home-school load while the Career Programs team arranges changes if accepted. [S09]

• Most guide statements are labelled recommended, not mandatory. The stronger published requirements include concurrent band/strings for Jazz Band, concurrent Acting 12 for Directing 12, Grade 12 standing plus completed/concurrent Pre-Calculus 12 for Calculus 12, and teacher permission for AP Studio Art. [S09]
• AP Calculus, AP Computer Science and AP Psychology use an application/nominating-teacher assessment; approval or waitlisting is possible. AP Studio Art is absent from that general application. [S09; Host H01]
• Chamber Choir explicitly requires no audition. No audition is published for the other reviewed school courses. Experience or ability placement is not the same as a documented audition. [S09]
• Junior Breezeway requires an application and a full daytime timetable; concurrent Drama 10 receives preference. Photography 12 can use instructor permission instead of Photography 11. Community Service requires a teacher request/supervisor. [S09]
• Course requests are not approvals. Staffing, facilities, enrolment, prerequisites, graduation needs and timetable collisions can prevent placement. [S09; Host H01]

Point Grey uses a two-semester, four-period daily schedule with some full-year and off-timetable courses. Four weekly FIT periods are published for 2026–2027. The guide identifies ADST 8 as full year; the host agenda distinguishes Semester 1, Semester 2 and full-year courses. [S09, S12]

Specifically identified outside the regular timetable are:

• Career-Life Education 10 (off timetable/online);
• Career-Life Connections 12;
• Jazz Band 9–12, typically one morning and one after-school meeting weekly;
• Chamber Choir 8–12, with rehearsals outside class;
• Junior and Senior Breezeway Theatre Company, normally Tuesday 3:30–5:30 p.m. plus production rehearsals;
• Graphic Production: Yearbook 11/12; and
• Theatre Production 11/12 on the senior forms, although the guide also carries an on-timetable label. [S09; Host H01]

Off-timetable courses can sit in addition to a full daytime load. Mini trips, leadership events and other enrichment can also create workload/absence pressures, but no official source publishes a rule that reserves timetable space for them. [S01, S03, S09]

The undated Mini page says Humanities is taken every day “instead of every other day.” That wording does not map cleanly onto the current semester schedule, where semester classes normally meet daily. An older linear schedule or a continuing special allocation are possible explanations, but both are Based on the published information, . [S03, S12]

Comparison of the official annual guides shows:

• 2024–2025: Grade 11 Mini included Social Studies 11M, English 11 First Peoples and Leadership/Active Living 11M. Humanities 10 awarded Literary Studies 10 plus Composition 10. [H02]
• 2025–2026: Grade 11 retained Social Studies 11M and English 11 First Peoples; the chart called the third course Active Living 11M, while the detailed social-studies title was Social Studies Explorations 11 Mini. [H02]
• 2026–2027: Grade 11 changed to Contemporary Indigenous Studies 12M, Literary Studies 11M and Active Living and Introduction to Leadership 11M. Humanities 10 now names Focused Literature 10 plus Composition 10; English 12M is styled English Studies 12M. [S09]

These are documented title/sequence changes. Contemporary Indigenous Studies 12M explicitly fulfills the Indigenous-focused requirement. [S09, H02]

Host-catalogue changes affecting Mini electives include Creative Writing 12 and AP Studio Art appearing in 2026–2027 after absence from the 2024–2025 and 2025–2026 guides; “Yearbook 11/12” becoming “Graphic Production: Yearbook 11/12”; and credited Learning Strategies/Skills blocks being replaced in the current materials by non-credit Learning Hub support. [S09, H02; Host H01]

The broad pattern remained stable across all three guides: enriched/cohorted Mini core in Grades 8–10, mixed Grade 9/10 Humanities and Science, main-school Fine Arts/Applied Skills and senior academics, and English plus likely Leadership as the remaining Grade 12 Mini courses. [S09, H02]

Mini Grade 8 ADST: the undated Mini page says three one-term rotations in Home Economics, Technical Studies and Business Education; the annual guide says host ADST 8 is full year with Business Education, Computer Science and Home Economics. [S03, S09] 2. Mini Grade 10 career course: the website says “Planning 10”; the current framework/host guide uses Career-Life Education 10. Treat Planning 10 as stale, not a current code or requirement. [S03, S09, S15] 3. Mini French 9–11: the undated course-description page lists Mini French, but the operative Mini chart does not. Treat the Mini-specific labels as CHANGED / potentially stale; French remains in the shared host catalogue. [S03, S09] 4. Grade 11 names: “Mini English 11” on the website is Literary Studies 11M in the guide; the website and guide agree on Contemporary Indigenous Studies 12M but older guides used Social Studies 11M/Explorations 11. Use the annual guide for 2026–2027. [S03, S09, H02] 5. Grade 12 Leadership: the guide overview says “likely,” its chart lists the course, and its description calls it elective. English Studies 12M is definite; Leadership 12M is not safely characterized as required. [S09] 6. Humanities frequency: “every day instead of every other day” on the undated site conflicts with current semester terminology. [S03, S12] 7. Grade 8 Art/Drama duration: the host guide says a semester each; the Grade 8 form says half a semester each. [S09; Host S15] 8. Theatre Production: guide and forms conflict on on/off-timetable status and use Grade 10, 11 and 12 codes (MDRD-10, MDRTP11OFF, MDRTP12) for related labels. Published information differs: confirm the route before selection. [S09; Host H01] 9. AP Studio Art: the guide says Studio Art 11 plus teacher permission; the presentation says “Art 11” plus permission. The form uses AP code ASAD-12, while the cohort uses MVAST12. [S09; Host H01] 10. AP Chemistry: mentioned in a planning presentation's AP overview but absent from the guide, AP application and Grade 12 form. 11. Grade 12 load: seven on-timetable in the guide versus six at Point Grey plus one off-timetable/online in the presentation; the form says only seven courses. [S09; Host H01] 12. Labels versus operational codes: examples include Information Technology 10 (MCSTU10), Psychology 11 (YPSYC1A), AP Computer Science (ACSC-2A) and AP Psychology (APSY-12). These are label/code differences, not separate courses. Use the current form/MyEd code for requests and the guide for descriptions. [S09; Host H01]

VSB's June 2026 choice-program brochure identifies Point Grey Mini for September 2027 entry as a comprehensive Grades 8–12 enriched program. [S06]

Based on the published information, publication of the intake makes continued operation likely, and the 2026–2027 guide is a reasonable sequence-planning baseline. Neither fact guarantees that the target Grade 8 cohort will receive the same course pattern, elective spaces or codes. [S06, S09]

Full provenance, publication/check dates, checksums and historical status are in sources.md. Principal evidence:

• 2026–2027 Point Grey Course Planning Guide — S09;
• archived official Mini general course page, Grade 8, Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12 and course descriptions — S03;
• 2025–2026 guide and 2024–2025 guide — H02;
• the alternate 2026–2027 guide revision — H03, whose Mini section is text-identical to S09; and
• official host course forms, presentations, Grade 8 enrolment form and AP application registered in the Point Grey source registry as Host H01 and Host S15.

Point Grey Mini combines a distinct five-grade program community with the wider student life of stəywəte:ń Point Grey Secondary. Official Mini sources describe program-specific trips, leadership, service, cross-grade activities and community events. They also state that Mini students retain full access to Point Grey facilities, clubs and teams and may seek positions on both the Point Grey Student Council and Mini Student Council. Shared host opportunities are therefore labelled host-wide, not Mini-only. [S01, S06, S09]

The latest year-specific sources are the official Point Grey Course Planning Guide 2026–2027 and Point Grey Student Agenda 2026–2027. The Mini website is official but undated and contains demonstrably stale course references; its enrichment pages document the published activity model, not a confirmed 2026–2027 or 2027–2028 calendar. The site currently says “No upcoming field trips.” [S01, S03, S09, S12]

All factual sources used are . No secondary or anecdotal sources were needed.

• The program publishes a community of about 140 students, normally 28 per grade, with a five-year commitment and substantial same-grade and cross-grade activity. [S01, S09]
• Mini-specific life includes day and extended field studies, outdoor education, cultural outreach, student-led workshops, community events, leadership and service. [S01, S03, S06, S09]
• Grade 11 and 12 Mini leadership courses provide formal event-planning and service roles. Published examples include Fall Orientation, Grade 7 Information Night, Winter Prom, Manning Park Winter Retreat, Lunch and Learns, interview week, Freezefest and Shoreline Clean Up. [S09]
• Mini students may join host-wide Point Grey clubs, school teams, intramurals, Student Council, arts activities and other extracurriculars, subject to the ordinary application, eligibility, scheduling and capacity conditions. [S01, S09, S12]
• Mini students use host-wide student supports and campus facilities. No separate Mini-only counselling, learning-support or accommodation system is publicly described. [S09, S12]

Cross-grade community and Grade 8 transition

The Mini says that student involvement and service build both inter-grade and within-grade community. Its current home page assigns Leadership 12 students responsibility for fun, engaging events and for helping new Grade 8 students transition to secondary school. The annual guide similarly emphasizes group and outdoor activity, mutual support, cooperation, initiative, responsibility and leadership. [S01, S09]

Published transition activities include:

• Fall Orientation: Leadership 12M students organize the event; the undated enrichment page describes a two-night, all-grade camp with student-led workshops, an opening skit, outdoor activities and a themed dance. It says the site rotates among Camp Squeah, Camp Anvil and Camp Elphinstone. [S03, selector enrichID=1; S09]
• Grade 7 Information Night: Leadership 12M students have organizing roles, and the September 2027 intake page says current Mini students speak with prospective families. [S02, S09]
• Grade 7 BBQ Night: the undated enrichment page describes an early-June event bringing current students together with the incoming Grade 8 class. [S03, selector enrichID=26]

The enrichment pages do not carry publication years.

Mini leadership courses

The operative 2026–2027 guide identifies:

• Active Living and Introduction to Leadership 11M: a core Mini course combining physical activity, mental/physical wellness, team-building, event planning, communication and contribution. Students help create Mini and community events, including the published example of Shoreline Clean Up, and may attend workshops, retreats or conferences. [S09]
• Leadership 12M: an elective Mini course focused on decision-making, organization and communication. Students play key roles in program events such as Fall Orientation, Grade 7 Information Night, Winter Prom, Manning Park Winter Retreat, Lunch and Learns, Mini interview week, Freezefest Talent Show and other Mini-wide activities. [S09]

The Mini home page broadly says the Leadership 12 class works on events each year, but the guide calls Leadership 12M elective and says Grade 12 students will “likely” take it. It must not be represented as compulsory for every Grade 12 student. [S01, S09]

Student councils and host student voice

The program home page says Mini students can run for positions in both the Mini Student Council and the Point Grey Student Council. It does not publish the Mini council's offices, election process, term, eligibility or current roster. [S01]

At the host-school level, the 2026–2027 Point Grey agenda describes Student Council as representing students, liaising with administration, organizing activities, and promoting inclusion and school spirit. Its roles include executive positions, arts and athletics advocates, district representatives and two representatives per grade. The current course guide says any student may apply for election if published nomination and good-citizenship conditions are met. This is host-wide access, not a guaranteed Mini seat. [S09, S12]

Service is part of the Mini's stated program philosophy rather than a single separate requirement: active student involvement and service to others are encouraged, and Grade 11/12 leadership students organize program and community activities. [S01, S06, S09]

Official examples include:

• Shoreline Clean Up organized through Active Living and Introduction to Leadership 11M; [S09]
• Grade 9 students reading French picture books with children at École Jules Quesnel on the undated enrichment page; [S03, selector enrichID=8]
• student-created and student-led workshops during Orientation; [S03, selector enrichID=1]
• Grade 11/12 leadership inside Manning Park cabins, including meal planning, grocery planning, cooking and supporting cross-grade groups; [S03, selector enrichID=2]
• student roles in Grade 7 transition, information night, interview week and Mini-wide events; and [S01, S02, S03, S09]
• the Purdy's fundraiser, which the undated site says raises money for Mini activities. [S03, selector enrichID=14]

The French 9/Jules Quesnel description conflicts with the operative 2026–2027 guide, which does not list Mini French. [S03, S09]

Mini students may also use host-wide service routes. The 2025–2026 Point Grey club list includes service, health, environment and advocacy groups; the host guide offers Community Service 11, Library Services 11 and Peer Tutoring 12; and the host agenda has a school service-points system. These opportunities are not Mini-specific, and service for course credit cannot also receive Point Grey service points. [S09, S12; Host S11]

Strongest current annual-guide evidence

The 2026–2027 course guide names these Mini activities as examples organized through leadership courses: [S09]

• Fall Orientation;
• Grade 7 Information Night;
• Winter Prom;
• Manning Park Winter Retreat;
• Lunch and Learns;
• Mini interview week;
• Freezefest Talent Show;
• Shoreline Clean Up; and
• other Mini/community events, workshops, retreats or conferences.

These are part of current course descriptions, but the guide does not publish exact 2026–2027 dates or prove that every named event occurred.

Undated Mini enrichment calendar

The official Mini site labels the following activities as ones that “usually” occur at the stated time. Because the pages are undated and include stale academic references, this is published program-model evidence, not a confirmed current calendar. [S03]

Usual timing printed by site	Activity and published audience	Evidence caveat
September	Orientation Camp (two nights), all grades; Bard on the Beach, all grades	Current annual guide independently names Fall Orientation; exact trip/site plan is Not currently available.
October	Vancouver International Writers Festival, all grades	Current frequency and grade participation are Not currently available.
November	Vancouver International Film Festival, Grades 9, 10 and 12; Purdy's fundraiser, all grades	The festival month/grade assignment and fundraiser continuation are Not currently available.
December	Winter Prom and Secret Santa, all grades	Current annual guide independently names Winter Prom; the undated page's venue, format and pairing customs are not assumed current.
January	The Cinematheque, all grades; École Jules Quesnel, Grade 9; Vancouver Art Gallery, Grade 10; Grade 8 Science Fair	Several grade/course labels may be stale. The current guide supports cultural field studies and Grade 8 science enrichment but not this entire monthly schedule.
February	Bamfield Marine Centre, Grade 8; Manning Park, all grades; Mini Love, all grades	Current guide independently names Manning Park Winter Retreat; other exact assignments are Not currently available.
March/early May inconsistency	Freezefest, all grades	The page says it “usually” takes place in March but describes an evening in early May. OFFICIAL INTERNAL CONFLICT / Not currently available: actual timing.
April	April Antics, all grades; Strathcona Park Lodge, Grades 9–10 in alternating years	The Strathcona page also says April or May and alternation with Oregon/Ashland; current rotation is Not currently available.
May	Mini Olympics, all grades	Current operation is Not currently available.
June	Grade 7 BBQ, all grades/incoming students; Café Salade de Fruits, Grade 8; Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Grades 9–10 in alternating years	French-course outings may be stale; international trip operation and current rotation are Not currently available.

Other menu names include multi-night trips to Strathcona Park Lodge and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, plus Vancouver cultural outings. See arts.md for arts-focused analysis; this file records their community/extracurricular role without altering that phase's conclusions.

Based on the published information, the breadth of all-grade activities, cross-grade cabin/workshop roles and Grade 7 transition events is consistent with the program's stated goal of building a cohesive five-grade community. This synthesis does not prove that every listed activity happens annually or that every student attends.

Published outdoor and extended experiences

The current Mini home page says students have opportunities for a variety of field trips, including several extended trips. The VSB September 2027 brochure identifies outdoor education and cultural outreach as program features. The 2026–2027 guide adds a typical two-night Grade 11 kayaking trip with an Indigenous guide and physical/team-building experiences in leadership study. [S01, S06, S09]

The undated enrichment pages describe this broader model:

• all-grade Orientation and Manning Park trips;
• Grade 8 Bamfield marine-science study;
• alternating Grade 9/10 Strathcona outdoor education and Oregon Shakespeare Festival trips;
• outdoor skills such as low-impact camping, orienteering, knot-tying, group cooking and camp setup; and
• day trips connected to literature, film, art, language and Humanities. [S03, selectors enrichID=1–13]

The live site currently lists no upcoming field trips, and no 2027–2028 plan is published. [S01, S03]

Duke of Edinburgh Award

The live official Mini site maintains a Duke of Edinburgh Award area with participant coordination and Adventurous Journey planning resources. The public planning material covers trip plans, navigation, packing, reports, safety, possible Bronze/Silver/Gold journey lengths and parent-volunteer waivers. The Strathcona page says that trip may help participants complete an Adventurous Journey component. [S03, selector enrichID=6; L01]

Important limits:

• the participant list requires login and was not accessed;
• the public equipment and trip-planning pages display broken-file warnings;
• some linked resources and external URLs are old;
• the website does not publish current Mini enrolment numbers, fees, award completion rates, age/level rules, assessor arrangements or a 2026–2027/2027–2028 journey calendar.

A navigation menu and old planning resources do not establish a guaranteed 2027–2028 offering.

Mini students have explicit access to Point Grey clubs and extracurricular activities, but clubs change year to year. The latest complete official table found is labelled 2025–2026 and contains 71 named clubs. The categories below are an Based on the published information, based on official club purposes; all opportunities are host-wide, not Mini-only. [S01, S09; Host S11]

• Academic, STEM and competition: Astronomy, Biology, Collab, Computer Science, Creative Logic, DECA, Engineering, Financial Literacy, Game Development, History Bee Study, Math, Research.
• Writing, speaking, civics and world affairs: BC Youth Council, Creative Writing, Debate, Magazine, Model UN, Newspaper, Philosophy.
• Arts, music and making: AMP'D Up, Art, Card Club, Chamber Choir, Creative Fusion, Crocheting, Dance Club, Flowers by B & A, Handicraft, Heal Your Art, Improv Club, Karaoke, Light Music, Music Outreach Society, Music Production & Sound Design, Rock Music.
• Culture, language, identity and belonging: Asian Culture, English Corner, Fluent, Korean Club, Pride, REDI, Spanish.
• Games, recreation and sport: ACG, Badminton, Board Game, Chinese Board Game, Chess, Dungeons & Dragons, Fencing, Retro Game, Tennis, Track Club, Ultimate Frisbee.
• Service, health, environment and advocacy: Amnesty & MSF, Blood Service, First Responders, Food Bank, Helping Hearts, Library, Makers Making Change, Poverty Response, Quilchena Reading, Scorekeeping, Volunteer & Charity, Wellness, Wildlife Conservation.
• Other community/social interests: Fashion, Hounds Bake Club, Leadership, Lunch, Out & About.

The 2026–2027 host agenda permits sponsored clubs to meet during Monday or Friday FIT and schedules a club application cycle and Clubs Day. This confirms a current host club system, but not continuation of every 2025–2026 club. [S12]

Additional host-wide extracurricular routes include Jazz Band and Chamber Choir rehearsals, junior and senior Breezeway Theatre companies, yearbook, PG Improv Team, Dance Team, Pit Orchestra and other arts activities. See arts.md for details. [S09, S12]

There is no evidence of Mini priority.

Mini students may try to participate in Point Grey school teams on the same shared basis as other host students. The 2026–2027 official sources publish the following menu: [S09, S12]

Season	Host-wide school athletics
Fall	Cross country; field hockey; boys' rugby; boys' soccer; swimming; girls' volleyball; boys' junior/senior volleyball.
Winter	Bantam, junior and senior basketball; gymnastics; girls' ice hockey; ski and snowboard racing; wrestling.
Spring	Badminton; co-ed golf; boys' rugby; girls' soccer; girls' softball; tennis; track and field; ultimate; boys' volleyball.

The current guide also lists host-wide intramurals: junior volleyball and girls' 3-on-3 basketball in fall; volleyball and boys' 3-on-3 basketball in winter; badminton and pickleball in spring. [S09]

The host athletics page links the Vancouver Secondary Schools' Athletic Association schedule and requires participation, medical and consent forms. Point Grey awards athletics points only for Point Grey school-team participation and recognizes cumulative participation through its Big Block Club. [S12; Host L01]

Published team and gender labels vary between the course guide and agenda. Mini status does not guarantee a roster place.

No Mini-only support system is published. As Point Grey students, Mini students can use host supports; the public record does not establish a different entitlement, staffing ratio or accommodation process for Mini students. [S01, S09, S12]

• FIT: four 40-minute periods per week in the 2026–2027 host schedule for teacher-directed or student-initiated help, assignments, projects, collaboration, study, counselling/support access, assemblies and some club meetings. [S12]
• Learning Hub: open every block for Grades 8–12, with short-term, occasional, drop-in or structured support. A Learning Hub block is non-credit. [S09]
• Counselling: academic, career and personal counselling; course/graduation planning; post-secondary and scholarship information; mental-health and conflict support; goal setting and referrals. Grade 8 is shared by the counselling team. [S09, S12]
• ELL and inclusive education: assessed ELL packages, English Tutorial, LALS and Life Skills are published host provisions. These specialized supports are not the default Mini program. [S09]
• Peer and community help: Peer Tutoring 12 can support classes, FIT or the Learning Hub. The agenda also identifies multicultural liaison, first aid, substance-use counselling and community health/mental-health referrals. [S09, S12]
• Belonging and recognition: Mini cross-grade events and leadership support transition within the program; host HOUNDS values, assemblies, service/arts/athletics recognition and clubs provide wider-school participation routes. [S01, S09, S12]

No Mini-specific protocol, dedicated counsellor or 2027–2028 support plan was found.

Mini students use Point Grey's shared campus rather than a separate Mini campus. Published full access means eligibility to use shared resources; it does not guarantee exclusive space, booking priority or admission to a particular activity. [S01, S09]

Shared space/resource	Published student use or relevance	Limits
Auditorium	Mini Grade 7 Information Night; host opening activities, assemblies, meetings, concerts and events. [S01, S02, S12]	Capacity, accessibility and 2027–2028 bookings are Not currently available.
Large gym and PE spaces	Classes, school athletics, intramurals and major host events. [S09, S12]	Team allocations and Mini-specific use are Not currently available.
Track/oval, field and tennis courts	Host athletics, PE and recreation. [S10, S11]	Ownership, booking priority and future condition are Not currently available.
Cafeteria	Daily food service and host Clubs Day/event use. [S12]	Menu, pricing and future access are Not currently available.
Library learning commons	Research, individual/group work, computers, printing, classes and supervised service before school, at lunch and after school. [S09, S12]	Device inventory, crowding and future hours are Not currently available.
Learning Hub and counselling areas	Every-block learning support and academic/career/personal counselling. [S09, S12]	Staffing, capacity and individual access are Not currently available.
Science, arts, music, Breezeway Theatre and applied-skills spaces	Mini core science and host-wide Fine Arts/ADST classes and extracurriculars. [S01, S09]	Complete inventory and room assignment are Not currently available.
stəywəte:ń room	Host school plan identifies student access as part of reconciliation work. [S11]	Location, hours and programming are Not currently available.
Health room	First-aid access under the host agenda; no school nurse is on duty. [S12]	It is not represented as a clinic.
Kerrisdale Ice Arena, Kerrisdale Park and off-campus venues	Adjacent community resources or venues for host/Mini activities and trips. [S03, S11]	These are not represented as school-owned; booking and access are Not currently available.

The undated Mini enrichment pages additionally name Balaclava Park, community centres, camps, cultural venues and outdoor-education sites. Their mention does not establish a current contract, accessibility arrangement or guaranteed 2027–2028 use. [S03]

The 2026–2027 host-school fee schedule lists a $21 Student Activities/Student Leadership fee supporting intramurals, clubs, welcome events, social-responsibility activities and Student Council. It also states that inability to pay should not deny a school-age student participation in a course, class or program and directs families to school staff about hardship. [Host L03]

This host fee does not establish the cost of Mini trips, retreats, prom, Duke of Edinburgh participation, equipment or international travel. Historical Mini fee documents exist outside the current cycle, but they are not used as current prices.

VSB's June 2026 brochure includes Point Grey Mini for September 2027 entry and describes community, leadership, service, cross-grade activities, cultural outreach and outdoor education as program features. [S06]

Based on the published information, the published target-cycle intake and stable program description make continued community/leadership/outdoor programming likely, but VSB says choice-program offerings are reviewed annually. No specific 2027–2028 event, club, team or trip is guaranteed. [S06]

See sources.md for full provenance of established Mini sources. Principal evidence:

• S01 and S03 — official Point Grey Mini home, course and enrichment pages (current/undated; stale-item warnings apply);
• S02 — official September 2027 program application/information-night page;
• S06 — official VSB Grade 8 District Choice Programs brochure for September 2027;
• S09 — official Point Grey Course Planning Guide 2026–2027;
• S10, S11, S12 — official host history, school plan, schedule and Student Agenda evidence; and
• Host S11 — official Point Grey Clubs list, explicitly 2025–2026.

Phase 4B supplemental official sources

L01 — Point Grey Mini Duke of Edinburgh public pages

• URL: https://pgmini.org/students.php (POST selectors sx=doePart, sx=doeEquip, sx=doeTrip)
• Source type / publisher: OFFICIAL — Point Grey Mini School
• Supports: presence of participant coordination and public Adventurous Journey planning, equipment, safety, report and waiver resources.
• Evidence limits: participant identities require login and were not accessed; public pages contain broken-file warnings and old links; no current annual calendar, enrolment, completion data or guarantee is published.
• Local archive: none added in Phase 4B.

Host L01 and Host L03 are defined once in the linked Point Grey student-life dossier. They are host-wide athletics and 2026–2027 fee evidence respectively; neither guarantees a team place, a Mini-specific fee or a 2027–2028 price.

No reviewed official source publishes an individual Point Grey Mini timetable or a diary of a representative student's week. The most recent fixed framework is the official 2026–2027 stəywəte:ń Point Grey weekly schedule and Student Agenda. Mini course membership comes from the official 2026–2027 course guide; an undated Mini site adds grade-level course counts but contains stale labels. [S03, S09, S12]

This file therefore separates:

• PUBLISHED / FIXED: directly published times, course structures, cohort arrangements or dated activities;
• PUBLISHED EXAMPLE: a real course, activity or date, but not something every student does every week; and
• Based on the published information, a reconstruction or generalization. Every illustrative course placement, FIT choice, lunch plan, homework pattern or optional-activity combination is labelled Based on the published information, .

All factual sources used are . Shared Point Grey facts and opportunities are host-wide, not Mini-only. A catalogue entry or calendar listing does not guarantee an individual student's placement, attendance or future-year access.

Regular bell schedule

The following clock times are PUBLISHED / FIXED for ordinary 2026–2027 school days. The four numbered periods recur through the week, with longer 80-minute and shorter 60-minute meetings arranged around four 40-minute Flexible Instructional Time (FIT) periods. Lunch is fixed at 11:30 a.m.–12:15 p.m. [S12]

Day	Published sequence
Monday	Period 1 8:40–10:00; break 10:00–10:10; Period 2 10:10–11:30; lunch 11:30–12:15; Period 3 12:15–1:15; Period 4 1:20–2:20; FIT 2:25–3:05.
Tuesday	Period 1 8:40–9:40; FIT 9:45–10:25; Period 2 10:30–11:30; lunch 11:30–12:15; Period 3 12:15–1:35; break 1:35–1:45; Period 4 1:45–3:05.
Wednesday	Period 1 8:40–10:00; break 10:00–10:10; Period 2 10:10–11:30; lunch 11:30–12:15; Period 3 12:15–1:35; break 1:35–1:45; Period 4 1:45–3:05.
Thursday	Period 1 8:40–10:00; break 10:00–10:10; Period 2 10:10–11:30; lunch 11:30–12:15; Period 3 12:15–1:15; FIT 1:20–2:00; final class 2:05–3:05.
Friday	FIT 8:40–9:20; Period 1 9:25–10:25; Period 2 10:30–11:30; lunch 11:30–12:15; Period 3 12:15–1:35; break 1:35–1:45; Period 4 1:45–3:05.

OFFICIAL INTERNAL CONFLICT: the published weekly-schedule graphic labels both Thursday afternoon class segments “Period 3,” while the detailed agenda calendars describe ordinary days as having Periods 1, 2, 3 and 4. The 2:05–3:05 slot is therefore recorded above only as the “final class.” Treating it as Period 4 would be Based on the published information, . [S12]

Other PUBLISHED / FIXED 2026–2027 timetable facts: [S12]

• Semester 1 runs September 8, 2026–February 2, 2027; Semester 2 runs February 3–June 29, 2027.
• February 1–2 and June 28–29 are turnaround days.
• The agenda changes the daily course order from P1, P2, P3, P4 to P2, P1, P4, P3 on November 16, 2026 and again on April 26, 2027. This is the published “AM & PM classes flip”; it changes when a course meets, not the student's enrolment.
• Five-minute warning bells ring at 8:35 a.m. and 12:10 p.m.
• The school's published building hours are 7:30 a.m.–3:45 p.m.; these are not class hours and do not mean every student attends for that entire span.
• Collaborative Planning Wednesdays replace the regular pattern on eight published dates. Four are late-start days at 10:10 a.m.; four dismiss at 1:35 p.m. Parent-teacher-conference and other special days can use still different schedules.

The 2026–2027 table is a planning baseline, not a target-year promise.

Grade 8

the operative 2026–2027 guide identifies Humanities 8M, Math 8M, Science 8M and Physical Education 8M as the Mini core. Humanities combines English 8 and Social Studies 8. The undated Mini timetable additionally lists Applied Skills 8 and two Point Grey elective courses. Fine Arts and Applied Skills are taken through the host school. [S03, S09]

Grade 8 Mini students take their Mini core with their same-grade cohort. Published learning formats include inquiry, laboratories, discussion, individual/group projects and field studies. [S01, S06, S09]

The website's “Humanities every day instead of every other day” language does not map cleanly onto the current semester timetable. [S03, S09, S12]

Grades 9–10

each grade has Mini Humanities 9/10M, its grade-level Mini Math, Mini Science 9/10M and Mini Physical Education. Humanities and Science blend the Grade 9 and 10 cohorts and complete both curricula over a two-year rotation. The undated site lists three host electives in Grade 9 and two in Grade 10. [S03, S09]

Based on the published information, compared with Grade 8, a Grade 9/10 student's ordinary week likely includes more routine contact with the adjacent Mini grade because Humanities and Science are explicitly mixed, while host electives broaden contact with the larger Point Grey population. This describes the published structure; it does not quantify social experience or class composition in other courses.

Grades 11–12

Grade 11's Mini courses are Contemporary Indigenous Studies 12M, Literary Studies 11M, and Active Living and Introduction to Leadership 11M; remaining academics are host courses. The undated site describes five elective/main-school courses, but that number is not confirmed for 2026–2027. Grade 12 definitely includes English Studies 12M; Leadership 12M is published as an elective and described elsewhere as “likely,” not mandatory. [S03, S09]

Based on the published information, an ordinary senior week is therefore less continuously cohorted than a junior week and mixes Mini classes with individually selected host academics/electives. Grade 11 leadership planning can sometimes turn a class block or additional preparation time toward a Mini event, but no standing weekly event-planning slot beyond the credited course is published.

Everything in this section is INFERENCE / EXAMPLE ONLY except the bell times already published above. It shows how a plausible student might experience the fixed framework; it is not a recovered timetable and should not be used for course registration.

For illustration, suppose one semester assigns P1 Humanities 8M, P2 Math 8M, P3 Science 8M and P4 a host Fine Arts elective. Every one of those course-to-period assignments is Based on the published information, .

Day	Based on the published information — plausible experience using the published framework
Monday	Based on the published information, longer Humanities and Math meetings could support sustained reading/inquiry and problem-solving; shorter Science and arts meetings follow lunch. Based on the published information, the student uses 2:25–3:05 FIT to continue a Science project or obtain teacher help, then leaves after 3:05.
Tuesday	Based on the published information, shorter Humanities and Math periods surround the morning FIT. Based on the published information, the student uses FIT for Math support or assignment work, then has longer afternoon Science and arts blocks.
Wednesday	Based on the published information, four 80-minute classes make this the most uniformly long-block day. Based on the published information, without FIT, project follow-up or teacher help is handled in class, at lunch, before/after school or on another day.
Thursday	Based on the published information, long morning Humanities/Math meetings lead into a shorter Science block, mid-afternoon FIT and a final arts class. Based on the published information, FIT is used for quiet individual work or a scheduled teacher request.
Friday	Based on the published information, the student arrives for 8:40 FIT, perhaps for a sponsored club or catch-up work, then attends shorter morning Humanities/Math and longer afternoon Science/arts blocks. Based on the published information, the school week ends at 3:05 unless the student has an optional rehearsal, practice, meeting or event.

Based on the published information, this pattern would give the student repeated weekly contact with the same Grade 8 Mini cohort in core subjects and with host-school peers in the illustrative arts elective.

After a published class flip, the same illustrative enrolment would meet in the P2, P1, P4, P3 order. Based on the published information, using the sample mapping above, Math would move ahead of Humanities and the arts elective ahead of Science. The mapping remains invented; only the order change is published. [S12]

Published FIT rules

Point Grey publishes four 40-minute FIT periods, 160 minutes total per regular week. Students may meet a teacher, collaborate, work on course assignments/projects, complete homework or study, visit a counsellor/support worker, attend an assembly, or meet a sponsored school club on Monday or Friday. Teachers may request a student's attendance for make-up work. Students are expected to have a plan, stay on school grounds, clear hallways and work or read rather than game. [S12]

Grades 8–9 are told to remain in one space for the full FIT period. Grades 10–12 may need to move between spaces, with movement minimized. Limited library/cafeteria space is published for Grades 11–12 working in quiet collaboration. [S12]

The agenda also uses FIT for scheduled grade assemblies, course planning and other school business. A student's four weekly FIT periods are therefore not guaranteed to be fully self-directed. [S12]

Reconstructed use

• Based on the published information, a workable ordinary pattern is one teacher-help FIT, one project/collaboration FIT, one individual study FIT and one Monday/Friday club FIT. This is an illustration, not a published expectation.
• Based on the published information, a student with a deadline, missed work or teacher request could spend multiple FITs on the same course instead.
• Based on the published information, because clubs are allowed in Monday/Friday FIT only when a sponsor is available, joining a club does not establish that it meets weekly or that FIT remains available for study.

lunch is 45 minutes every regular day. The library is normally open before school, over lunch and after school, though calendar closures occur. The school also operates a cafeteria. [S12]

Based on the published information, on an ordinary day, a Mini student may socialize, eat, use the library, attend a club/meeting or prepare for class, but none of those choices is universal.

These are PUBLISHED EXAMPLES, not a default workload for every Mini student. Mini students have host-wide access, but selection, prerequisites, capacity and timetable fit still apply. [S01, S09]

Optional route	Directly published timing	What can and cannot be reconstructed
Jazz Band 9–12	Off timetable; typically one morning and one after-school class per week; concurrent Concert Band or Strings required. [S09]	Based on the published information, an involved student has two extended days. Exact weekdays, start/end times and placement method are Not currently available.
Chamber Choir 8–12	Off timetable with a commitment to regular rehearsals outside class; performances may include concerts, festivals, retreats, workshops and tours. [S09]	Based on the published information, rehearsal adds one or more weekly commitments, but no frequency, weekday or time is published.
Junior/Senior Breezeway Theatre	Normally Tuesday 3:30–5:30 p.m., with additional rehearsals through the week based on availability and production need; two productions are expected. [S09]	Tuesday timing is fixed in the guide. Based on the published information, production weeks may be heavier, but the number and length of extra rehearsals are Not currently available.
Graphic Production: Yearbook 11/12	Published off timetable. [S09]	Based on the published information, production work may extend beyond school, but no weekly meeting schedule or deadline calendar is published.
Career-Life Education 10 / Career-Life Connections 12	Published as off-timetable/online routes in current host planning material. [S09]	Based on the published information, work must be fitted around classes, FIT or home time; weekly hours are Not currently available.
Host club	Clubs may meet during Monday or Friday FIT when the sponsor is available. The latest complete club list is labelled 2025–2026. [S12; Host S11]	Based on the published information, a Friday FIT club is plausible. Continuation, frequency and meeting time for any named club are Not currently available.
School team or intramural	Host seasons and sports are published, but practices, games, tryouts and roster details are not. [S09, S12]	Any weekly practice/game pattern would be Based on the published information, and is therefore not assigned a day here.

Based on the published information — arts-heavy example

INFERENCE / EXAMPLE ONLY: a Grade 10 student with an on-timetable host music course and Jazz Band could attend the same four daytime periods and FIT pattern as peers, plus one unspecified early-morning Jazz meeting and one unspecified after-school Jazz meeting. A theatre-company student instead has the published Tuesday 3:30–5:30 commitment and may have extra production rehearsals. Combining Jazz, theatre, a team and several clubs into one “typical” student would be misleading; no source shows that as representative.

PUBLISHED EXAMPLES: the 2026–2027 host agenda tentatively schedules Winter Concerts at 7:00 p.m. on December 9–10 and Spring Concerts at 7:00 p.m. on June 9–10. These dated evening-performance examples show how an ensemble student's week can extend beyond dismissal, but they are tentative host-wide events and do not prove Mini participation. [S12]

A realistic account must not average multi-day events into every week. The 2026–2027 official calendar provides these PUBLISHED, DATED EXAMPLES: [S12]

• Mini School Bard on the Beach outing: September 15, 2026 at 1:00 p.m.;
• all-grade Mini Manning Park trip: November 24–26, 2026;
• Mini Freezefest evening: April 22, 2027, 7:00–9:00 p.m.;
• Mini Grade 11 kayak trip: May 12–14, 2027; and
• pending-approval Mini Strathcona trip for Grades 9–10: May 17–21, 2027.

[S12]

The Mini guide also names Fall Orientation, Grade 7 Information Night, Winter Prom, Manning Park Winter Retreat, Lunch and Learns, interview week, Freezefest and Shoreline Clean Up as leadership-event examples. These are PUBLISHED EXAMPLES, not proof that every item occurs annually or that every student attends every planning meeting. [S09]

Based on the published information, during an ordinary week, a student follows the four-period/FIT schedule. During an event week, part or all of one or more school days may instead involve travel, outdoor/cultural study, performance or leadership work, with class catch-up potentially using FIT or personal time. The catch-up mechanism and workload are not published and will vary.

The sources publish fast-paced Mini mathematics, rigorous senior English, inquiry, experiments, research, individual/group projects and extended activities. They do not publish representative weekly homework hours, test frequency, sleep expectations or time-use survey data. [S01, S03, S09]

• Based on the published information, project deadlines, performances and trip preparation can make some weeks materially busier than the ordinary bell schedule suggests.
• Based on the published information, four weekly FIT periods provide real in-school work/support time, but assemblies, clubs and teacher-directed FIT can reduce the portion available for independent work.
• Based on the published information, students choosing off-timetable arts, online career courses, teams or multiple clubs will have a longer week than students who leave after the regular day. No numeric estimate is made.

Category	Best-supported conclusion
Fixed for 2026–2027	Four numbered course periods on regular days; lunch 11:30–12:15; four weekly FIT periods; two semesters; two AM/PM course-order flips. [S12]
Fixed by the student's timetable	The particular Mini core and host courses assigned to Periods 1–4. Not currently available publicly: the actual Mini block grid and course durations. [S03, S09]
Student-directed within rules	Some FIT use and optional participation in host clubs, arts and teams. Teacher requests, assemblies, eligibility, sponsors, capacity and schedules constrain choice. [S09, S12]
Optional extra commitment	Off-timetable music/theatre/yearbook/career coursework, clubs, teams and intramurals. None should be included in a universal Mini week. [S09, S12]
Exceptional	Mini field studies, retreats, cultural outings, performances and major events. Dated examples can replace ordinary classes or extend into evenings, but they are not weekly. [S09, S12]

VSB lists Point Grey Mini for September 2027 entry and continues to describe a cohorted enriched program with community, leadership, service, cross-grade activity, cultural outreach and outdoor education. [S06]

Based on the published information, the 2026–2027 framework is the best available preview of how a Point Grey Mini week may feel: a shared host timetable, repeated Mini-cohort core classes, host electives, four FIT opportunities and occasional events or trips. It does not guarantee identical delivery in the target year.

No official evidence supports a more precise target-year weekly timetable.

Full provenance and archived-source details are in sources.md. Principal evidence:

• S03 — OFFICIAL: archived current/undated Point Grey Mini general course organization, Grade 8 timetable, Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, course descriptions and enrichment overview. These pages are undated and contain stale-item warnings.
• S06 — OFFICIAL: VSB Grade 8 District Choice Programs brochure for September 2027 entry, archived once at ../byng-mini/documents/2027-28/secondary-choice-programs-brochure-september-2027.pdf.
• S09 — OFFICIAL: Point Grey Course Planning Guide 2026–2027, including Mini courses, cohort structure and off-timetable arts.
• S12 — OFFICIAL: Point Grey weekly schedule 2026–2027 and Student Agenda 2026–2027, including FIT rules, class flips, special schedules, library access and dated Mini/host events. Source page: https://www.vsb.bc.ca/point-grey/student-agenda (published 2026-08-31; checked 2026-09-12).
• Host S11 — OFFICIAL: Point Grey Clubs list explicitly labelled 2025–2026; used only to establish the latest complete historical club menu, not current continuation.

Point Grey Mini does not publish a separate Mini fine-arts curriculum. Its official site and the 2026–2027 Point Grey Course Planning Guide state that Mini students take Fine Arts—Drama, Music and Visual Arts—in the main school and retain access to Point Grey facilities, clubs and teams. This file therefore combines Mini-specific evidence with the host school's official arts catalogue while keeping every shared opportunity labelled as host-wide, not Mini-only. [S01, S09]

The latest verified year-specific catalogue is the official Point Grey Course Planning Guide 2026–2027, supplemented by the official host Grade 8 enrolment form, grade course-planning forms, student agenda, fee schedule, calendars and historical guides. These establish planned offerings, not guaranteed sections or individual placements. [S09, S12, H02; Host S15, Host H01, Host AR01]

The Mini's undated public course/enrichment pages are useful but include stale course labels and change in place. Their cultural-arts menu is evidence that named experiences have been part of the published enrichment model; it is not a dated 2026–2027 or 2027–2028 trip schedule. [S03]

All core factual sources are . Two host department sites are used only for supplementary historical examples and are labelled SECONDARY; current official VSB/Point Grey publications control where they conflict. [Host AR03, AR04]

• Shared host provision: Mini students select arts through stəywəte:ń Point Grey Secondary rather than through a distinct Mini arts stream. [S01, S09]
• Mini academic integration: Humanities 10 includes work with new media; Literary Studies 11M typically includes gallery visits and plays; English Studies 12M publishes Bard on the Beach, The Cinematheque and The Playhouse among its field studies. These are Mini-course cultural experiences, not studio/performance credentials. [S09]
• Published enrichment menu: the undated Mini website lists The Cinematheque, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver International Film Festival, Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Bard on the Beach. [S03]
• Student-created media: the official Mini home page links two films made/directed by former Mini students, and the site menu contains a Media Gallery route. These show historical student media activity, but do not establish a current filmmaking course, equipment allocation or public portfolio requirement. [S01, S03, H04]
• Mini community performance: Leadership 12M lists the Freezefest Talent Show among events students may organize. [S09]

• Visual arts: Art/Drama 8; Art 9–10; Ceramics and Sculpture 9–12; Graphic Arts/Design 9–12; dedicated Painting and Drawing 11–12; Photography 11–12; off-timetable yearbook; Art Studio Cohort 10–12; and AP Studio Art. All are shared host offerings. [S09; Host H01]
• Music: beginner and experienced concert band pathways, strings, junior/senior concert choir, Chamber Choir and Jazz Band. Chamber Choir and Jazz Band carry outside-timetable commitments in the current guide. [S09]
• Theatre/performance: Drama 8–10, Acting 11–12, Directing 12, Theatre Production, Film Studies 12 and junior/senior Breezeway Theatre companies. [S09]
• Media arts: graphics, photography, publication/yearbook, theatrical projection/sound/design and Mini Humanities new-media study. Film Studies 12 is chiefly film viewing, criticism and programming, not a published filmmaking pathway. [S09]
• Specialty pathways: the host's Art Studio Cohort/AP Studio Art route and the district Headstart-in-Art dual-credit program are the clearest published advanced visual-arts pathways. Neither is Mini-exclusive. [S09]

The Mini's undated Grade 8 page lists two host-school electives in addition to its Mini core and ADST. It does not identify which Fine Arts choices are available, how many may be taken, or which host form Mini students use. [S03, S09]

For comparison, the host regular-program 2026–2027 Grade 8 form asks students to rank three Fine Arts choices from:

• experienced Band 8;
• Beginner Band 8;
• experienced Strings 8;
• Beginner Strings 8;
• Choir 8; or
• combined Drama and Art 8. [Host S15]

This host form is evidence of the available Grade 8 arts catalogue, not proof that an incoming Mini student receives an identical one-choice allocation or selection form. First choices are subject to change and alternatives are required. [Host S15]

The host guide says combined Drama/Art provides a semester in each discipline, while the Grade 8 form says half a semester in each. [S09; Host S15]

Published host pathway for 2026–2027

Grade	Shared Point Grey choices and drawing content
8	Combined Art/Drama introduces drawing and painting alongside ceramics, printmaking and sculpture.
9	Art 9 includes drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking and ceramics. Ceramics and Sculpture 9 focuses on modelling, casting, carving and construction. Graphic Arts 9 adds illustration, typography, animation, colour theory, Photoshop, and digital/pinhole photography.
10	Art 10 continues drawing, painting, printmaking, mixed media, ceramics and sculpture. Other choices include Ceramics and Sculpture 10, Graphic Design 10 and Art Studio Cohort 10.
11	The first dedicated drawing title is Painting and Drawing 11, with life drawing, abstract painting, printmaking and mixed media. Other choices include Ceramics and Sculpture 11, Graphic Design 11, Photography 11 and Art Studio Cohort 11.
12	Painting and Drawing 12 continues painting, printmaking and life drawing. Other choices include Ceramics and Sculpture 12, Graphic Design 12, Photography 12, Art Studio Cohort 12 and AP Studio Art.

Source: official 2026–2027 host guide and planning forms. [S09; Host H01]

Drawing is therefore present from the Grade 8 introductory option onward, but a course explicitly titled Painting and Drawing begins only in Grade 11. Art 9, Art 10 and Painting and Drawing 11/12 welcome different skill levels and publish no prerequisite. Course availability to an individual Mini student remains subject to grade eligibility, capacity and timetable fit. [S09]

Ceramics and sculpture

Ceramics and Sculpture 9–12 publish work in modelling, casting, carving and construction with clay, plaster, soapstone, wood and other materials. Senior descriptions add fabric, glass, natural/found materials, tool use and the pottery wheel. Project examples can change. [S09]

Graphics, photography and publication

• Graphic Arts 9: Photoshop, digital and pinhole photography, typography, animation, illustration and colour theory. [S09]
• Graphic Design 10: InDesign and Photoshop, posters, darkroom photography, illustration and publication design; it is described as preparation for senior yearbook work. [S09]
• Graphic Design 11–12: Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop; publication/product design, visual problem-solving, personal style, professional standards and portfolio development. Grade 12 adds post-secondary/career research. [S09]
• Photography 11: 35 mm SLR operation, digital photography, black-and-white film processing/enlarging, darkroom work, composition and effects. The guide says cameras and field trips are included. [S09]
• Photography 12: portrait, documentary, landscape, architectural and abstract work; film/digital processes, studio and location shoots, image manipulation and darkroom developing. Photography 11 or instructor permission is recommended. [S09]
• Graphic Production: Yearbook 11/12: off timetable; photography, layout, Adobe InDesign, publication production and project management. Students should be self-motivated and independent; no formal prerequisite is printed. [S09]

The school-linked Art department blog posted photography and graphics work and Spring 2026 student portfolio links through June 2026. This is SECONDARY evidence of recent host-school production, not a guarantee of assignments or publication platforms for Mini students in 2027–2028. [Host AR03]

Art Studio Cohort 10–12

The host Art Studio Cohort is designed for students with a strong interest in art and design, including those developing post-secondary art, design or architecture portfolios. It combines Grades 10–12 in a supportive arts community, emphasizes conceptual and technical development in two- and three-dimensional work, and may include guest speakers and field trips. Students are expected to take another graphics, photography, ceramics or painting/drawing course. [S09]

This is an in-school course pathway, not a separately admitted VSB academy or a Mini specialization. [S09; Host H01]

AP Studio Art

AP Studio Art is a rigorous senior studio option for serious art students developing a college-level portfolio. The course covers design principles, composition and judgement; there is no written AP exam, and the College Board assesses portfolios in May. Students enrol in Studio Art Cohort 12 and may complete the AP portfolio. [S09]

Official prerequisites conflict:

• the cohort description says Art Studio Cohort 11;
• the AP section says Studio Art 11 plus teacher permission; and
• the Grade 11-to-12 planning presentation says Art 11 plus teacher permission. [S09; Host H01]

AP Studio Art is absent from the host's general AP application covering Calculus, Computer Science and Psychology. No reviewed source publishes an entrance portfolio; the AP portfolio is a course outcome/assessment, not proven to be an admissions requirement. [S09; Host H01]

Headstart-in-Art

The 2026–2027 host guide lists VSB's Headstart-in-Art dual-credit foundation program with Emily Carr University of Art + Design: a 12-week Saturday program from September to December, 8 graduation credits and a March 1 application deadline. It says a student earning 80% or higher may receive a portfolio waiver when applying to an Emily Carr undergraduate degree. [S09]

This is a district/post-secondary pathway, not Mini-only and not guaranteed to every applicant.

All music courses below are shared host-school offerings. [S01, S09]

Bands

• Beginner Band 8–12: on timetable; no prerequisite. Published instruments include flute, oboe, bassoon, clarinet, bass clarinet, alto/baritone saxophone, trumpet, French horn, trombone, baritone, tuba and percussion. [S09]
• Intermediate Band 8: on timetable; elementary band or equivalent recommended. [S09]
• Concert Band 9: on timetable; at least one year of experience recommended. [S09]
• Symphonic Band 10–12: on timetable; Concert Band 9/10 or equivalent recommended. The guide calls it Point Grey's most advanced concert band and says it may tour. [S09]
• Jazz Band 9–12: off timetable; concurrent Concert Band or Strings is required. Students are placed in Jazz A–D in September by playing ability; typical meetings are one morning and one after-school session weekly. [S09]

Ability placement is not evidence of a published audition.

Strings

• Grade 8/Beginner Strings: on timetable; for Grade 8 students with no prior string experience; violin, viola, cello and double bass are listed. [S09]
• Intermediate Strings: on timetable; for non-Grade-8 students with roughly one to two years' experience. [S09]
• Senior Strings: on timetable; Grade 10 or above with at least two years' experience. [S09]

The Grade 9 operational form says Junior Strings 9, while the guide says Intermediate Strings. [S09; Host H01]

Choirs

• Junior Concert Choir 8–9: on timetable; no prerequisite; classical, pop and gospel repertoire with vocal production, music reading and musicianship. [S09]
• Senior Concert Choir 10–12: on timetable; no prerequisite and open to new singers. [S09]
• Chamber Choir 8–12: off timetable; the official guide says no audition required, while recommending a strong musical background, singing ability and regular outside-class rehearsal commitment. Performances may include school events, concerts, district festivals, retreats, workshops and tours. [S09]

PUBLISHED CONFLICT: the school-linked Point Grey Music site says Chamber Choir is for Grades 9–12, requires a February/March audition and concurrent large-ensemble membership. This SECONDARY source may reflect an older model and conflicts with the current official guide. Confirm current practice before course selection. [S09; Host AR04]

The guide includes Chamber Choir from Grade 8, but the host Grade 8 form lists only Choir 8. [S09; Host S15]

Music commitments and performances

Concerts and, depending on ensemble, festivals, retreats, workshops and tours are recurring elements in the course descriptions. Jazz Band and Chamber Choir add outside-timetable rehearsals. [S09]

An official November 2025 newsletter reported more than 90 students at the Loon Lake Junior Music Retreat and nearly 100 Point Grey students at a VSB District Band Festival. These are historical host-wide 2025–2026 figures, not Mini participation counts or guaranteed annual numbers. [Host AR02]

[S12; Host S04]

Curricular sequence

• Drama 8 within combined Art/Drama: confidence, onstage performance and group work. [S09]
• Drama 9: improvisation, scripted scenes/plays, public speaking and performance confidence; no prerequisite. [S09]
• Drama 10: improvisation, vocal projection, stage presence, character work and public speaking; no prerequisite. [S09]
• Acting 11: Drama 8, 9 or 10 recommended; improvisation, scripts and multiple acting styles. [S09]
• Acting 12: Acting 11 recommended; script analysis, character development and performance. [S09]
• Directing 12: Acting 11 recommended and concurrent Acting 12 required; students select and direct longer scenes and short one-act plays. [S09]
• Film Studies 12: no prerequisite; students watch, discuss and analyze more than 30 films, write responses, compile lists, attend an all-day Pacific Cinematheque screening and program the final films. This is published as film criticism/literacy, not film production. [S09]

Breezeway Theatre companies

• Junior Breezeway Theatre Company: off timetable, normally Tuesdays 3:30–5:30 p.m. plus additional rehearsals. Students perform in two productions and experience performance, production, directing, writing, crew and acting roles. No prior course is required, but concurrent Drama 10 receives preference; applicants need a full daytime timetable. [S09]
• Senior Breezeway Theatre Company: off timetable on the same published Tuesday pattern plus additional rehearsals. Drama 8, 9 or 10 is recommended, and students are expected to perform in two major productions. [S09]

The 2024–2025 and 2025–2026 guides explicitly offered musical-theatre access within both companies; that sentence disappears in 2026–2027 while the companies remain. [H02, S09]

No reviewed official source publishes a theatre audition. [S09]

Theatre Production

Theatre Production supports drama shows in the Breezeway Theatre through set design, computer drafting/3-D design, lighting, projection, sound, scenic painting, invention and innovation. The guide says Grades 9–12 can take it repeatedly. [S09]

Published information differs: the guide contains both “Theatre Production on timetable” and Theatre Production 11/12 “off timetable”; operational forms use different grade codes/routes. [S09; Host H01]

The arts-related elements inside Mini courses should not be confused with host Fine Arts credits:

• Humanities 10M: exploration of new media supports critical analysis and research; it is not described as a production course. [S09]
• Literary Studies 11M: typically includes a guest author, guest professor and field trips such as gallery visits and plays. [S09]
• English Studies 12M: publishes field studies including Bard on the Beach, The Cinematheque and The Playhouse, plus hosting a Vancouver poet laureate. [S09]
• Undated enrichment menu: also names Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver International Film Festival and Oregon Shakespeare Festival. The menu alone does not prove annual participation, current contracts, exact grade, cost or attendance. [S03]
• Talent show: Leadership 12M may organize Freezefest Talent Show, providing a Mini-specific performance/community event. [S09]

Based on the published information, these experiences can deepen arts exposure for Mini students even when their credited studio, ensemble or theatre course is taken through Point Grey. They do not establish additional Fine Arts credits or preferential access to host arts courses.

Mini students have published access to Point Grey facilities on the same shared basis as other host students. [S01, S09]

Official or school-published sources identify:

• the historic auditorium, used for concerts and school events; [S12; Host S03, Host AR02]
• the Breezeway Theatre, where Theatre Production supports school drama shows; [S09; Host H02]
• the large gym, historically used for Night of Jazz and Pops; [Host AR04 — SECONDARY]
• visual-art access to a pottery wheel and varied ceramics/sculpture tools and materials; [S09]
• photography access to 35 mm SLR cameras, film processing/enlarging and darkroom procedures, plus studio/location shooting; [S09]
• graphics instruction using Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign; [S09]
• Point Art Gallery, named in the 2026–2027 host agenda as a fine-arts-points activity; and [S12]
• the Mini site's Media Gallery menu route, whose content and access conditions were not validated in the public archive. [S03]

The school-linked Art blog says Point Gallery began in 2013 as a student-run exhibition space for independent work. This is SECONDARY historical evidence. The host agenda's current naming supports continued recognition, but a current official exhibition calendar, room description and submission process were not found. [S12; Host AR03]

The following are dated examples, not promises of an annual pattern or Mini-specific participation:

• 2025–2026: official November newsletter dates for Breezeway shows and a Winter Concert, plus a displayed Drawing and Painting 11/12 class artwork. [Host AR02]
• 2025–2026: official calendar listings for a District Jazz Festival, tentative Night of Jazz, multiple Breezeway show dates and junior/senior Spring Concerts. [Host H02]
• 2026–2027: host agenda tentatively lists Winter Concerts December 9–10, 2026; Spring Concerts June 9–10, 2027; a pending Grade 9 music trip April 15–18; and a senior music trip April 21–26. [S12]
• Mini: Freezefest Talent Show appears in the Leadership 12M event examples. [S09]
• Visual work: the school-linked Art blog published student photography/graphic work through June 2026 and historical Point Gallery material. This is SECONDARY, not an official 2026–2027 exhibition schedule. [Host AR03]

No Mini-only arts showcase calendar or 2026–2027 Breezeway production titles were found.

The official 2025–2026 host club list included Art, Chamber Choir, Creative Fusion, Dance, Heal Your Art, Improv, Karaoke, Light Music, Music Outreach Society, Music Production & Sound Design and Rock Music. These are historical host-wide extracurriculars, not proof of 2026–2027 or 2027–2028 continuation or of Mini participation. [S09; Host S11]

Opportunity	Published expectation	Status / uncertainty
Point Grey Mini admission	Current selection criteria include creative/original thinking and unique contribution, alongside academics, independence, responsibility and other factors.	No Mini-specific arts audition or portfolio is published. The September 2027 application form is Not currently available, so final requirements remain Not currently available. [S02, S09]
Grade 8 Band/Strings	Select experienced or beginner route; Choir says no prior experience.	Mini-specific allocation/placement is Not currently available; host first choice is not guaranteed. [Host S15]
Large ensembles	Level-dependent experience recommendations; no general audition in the current official guide.	Placement method Not currently available. [S09]
Jazz Band	Concurrent Concert Band/Strings; September A–D placement by ability.	Audition not published; method Not currently available. [S09]
Chamber Choir	Official guide: no audition; background, skills and outside-class commitment recommended.	CONFLICT: secondary music site says audition and co-enrolment; confirm directly. [S09; Host AR04]
Junior Breezeway	Apply with full daytime timetable; concurrent Drama 10 preferred.	Selection criteria and audition Not currently available. [S09]
Senior Breezeway	Drama 8/9/10 recommended.	Application/audition process Not currently available. [S09]
Art Studio Cohort	Strong interest; another studio/design course expected.	No public entrance portfolio/interview/application found. [S09]
AP Studio Art	Prior art/cohort condition plus teacher permission; AP portfolio assessed in May.	Exact prerequisite conflicts; entrance portfolio not published. [S09; Host H01]
Photography 12	Photography 11 or instructor permission recommended.	Evidence required for permission Not currently available. [S09]
Point Gallery	Historical blog required independent self-directed work and an application.	Current criteria/process Not currently available. [Host AR03]

The official host 2026–2027 fee schedule permits maximum optional supplemental charges of $10 for an Art 8 sketchbook, $25 for enhanced Art 9/10 or Visual Arts 3D 9/10 supplies, and $30 for enhanced Painting and Drawing 11/12, Visual Arts 3D 11/12 and Graphic Design 11/12 supplies. Photography 11/12 may charge up to $30 for photo paper beyond basic requirements. Music may collect fees for sheet music, rentals and uniforms, but no single amount is published. [Host AR01]

These are time-bound host-school figures, not Mini-specific charges or 2027–2028 costs. The schedule says supplemental charges cover materials beyond those necessary for course outcomes and includes a hardship policy. Trips, tours, festivals or Mini cultural excursions may have separate costs, but a current complete arts-trip fee list was not found. [Host AR01]

Mini-specific continuity and publication changes

1. Main-school arts model remained explicit. Archived official Mini home pages from August 2024, February 2025 and September 2025, the current page, and the 2024–2025 through 2026–2027 host guides consistently say Mini students take Fine Arts through Point Grey and can access host facilities/clubs. [S01, S09, H02, H04]
2. Cultural-arts menu remained visible across archived captures. The Cinematheque, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver International Film Festival, Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Bard on the Beach appear in the Mini website menu across 2024–2026 snapshots. This is evidence of stable website presentation, not proof that each trip ran every year. [S03, H04]

New senior Mini descriptions add specific arts exposure. The 2026–2027 guide newly details gallery/play visits in Literary Studies 11M and Bard/Cinematheque/Playhouse/poet-laureate experiences in English Studies 12M. [S09, H02] 4. Student media links are historical. The current and archived home page attributes two promotional films to Mini alumni from the classes of 2021 and 2016. No current Mini film-production course follows from those examples. [S01, H04]

Host arts changes affecting Mini students

1. AP Studio Art appears in 2026–2027. It is absent from the 2024–2025 and 2025–2026 AP sections, then appears in the current guide/forms. Art Studio Cohort predates it. [S09, H02; Host H01]
2. Yearbook title expanded. “Yearbook 11/12” in 2024–2025 became “Graphic Production: Yearbook 11/12” in later guides, with the current guide marking it off timetable. This is best treated as a rename/clarification, not proven to be a wholly new course. [S09, H02]

Strings descriptions reorganized. Earlier guides used Junior Strings 8–10 and Senior Strings 10–12; 2026–2027 separates Grade 8/Beginner, Intermediate and Senior Strings. [S09, H02; Host H01] 4. Musical-theatre wording disappeared. Earlier Breezeway descriptions explicitly mentioned access to musical theatre; the current one does not. [S09, H02] 5. Photography 12 wording narrowed. The 2024–2025 guide explicitly mentioned field trips and guest lectures; the current description does not. [S09, H02] 6. Point Gallery has historical continuity but incomplete current detail. The school-linked blog dates its start to 2013; the 2026–2027 official agenda still names it, without current operational rules. [S12; Host AR03] 7. Published performance calendars vary annually. Named 2025–2026 jazz/theatre/concert events and tentative 2026–2027 concerts/trips differ. This is a publication delta, not evidence that unlisted events were cancelled. [S12; Host H02, Host AR02]

Across the 2024–2025, 2025–2026 and 2026–2027 guides, the broad host visual-art, music and theatre families remain recognizable. Catalogue continuity does not prove that every section ran, admitted every requester, retained the same teacher/room or will continue for the target cohort.

VSB lists Point Grey Mini for September 2027 entry, and the published model says Mini students use Point Grey Fine Arts and facilities. [S01, S06, S09]

Based on the published information, the 2026–2027 host catalogue is a useful pathway map for a student entering Mini in 2027 because it shows routes from junior art/music/drama into senior drawing, design, photography, ensembles, acting, directing, technical theatre, Art Studio/AP portfolio work and Headstart-in-Art. It is not a commitment that the same courses, blocks or rules will exist.

No official evidence of arts priority was found.

Full Mini provenance, publication/check dates, checksums and historical status are in sources.md. Principal Mini evidence:

• 2026–2027 Point Grey Course Planning Guide — S09, OFFICIAL;
• archived official Mini program home, course descriptions and enrichment overview/menu — S01/S03, OFFICIAL;
• 2025–2026 guide and 2024–2025 guide — H02, OFFICIAL; and
• dated official-site captures in documents/2024-25/ and documents/2025-26/ — H04, official originals preserved by the Internet Archive.

Host operational evidence is cited through the Point Grey host source registry and host arts dossier: Host S03/S04/S08/S11/S15, Host H01/H02 and Host AR01, AR02, AR03, AR04. AR01, AR02 are Point Grey/VSB documents; AR03, AR04 are SECONDARY school-linked department sites and never override current official evidence.

The latest verified school-specific planning baseline is the official Point Grey Course Planning Guide 2026–2027. Point Grey Mini students take a distinct enriched core, but the guide states that Grade 11–12 academic electives and Fine Arts/Applied Skills are taken through stəywəte:ń Point Grey Secondary. This file therefore combines Mini-specific senior courses with host-wide Point Grey offerings. A host catalogue entry is not a Mini-only opportunity and does not guarantee a section, seat or timetable fit. [S01, S03, S09]

The Mini website is official but undated and contains stale course labels. Where it conflicts with the annual guide, the 2026–2027 guide controls. The current pattern is a planning baseline only: a student entering Grade 8 in September 2027 would normally apply to university around 2031–2032, long after the school and university requirements summarized here may change. [S03, S09]

University requirements below are a time-stamped September 2026 reference. Approved-course lists, minimum grades, competitive averages, supplemental applications, portfolios, auditions and deadlines can change. Students must use the live institution/program checker and confirm their Grade 11/12 choices with a counsellor in the actual application cycle. [U01, U02, U03, U04, U05, U06, U07, U08, U09]

No Mini course, AP course, club, award, trip or enriched-program feature is described as conferring a university-admission advantage. This file distinguishes:

• formal requirement or credential — a published school, district or university rule, credit or structured program;
• useful preparation — relevant course content or experience, without a claim that admissions will reward it; and
• Based on the published information, — a plausible pathway connection not itself published as a requirement.

Published 2026–2027 senior pattern

Grade	Mini courses	Space for host courses and pathway planning
11	Contemporary Indigenous Studies 12M; Literary Studies 11M; Active Living and Introduction to Leadership 11M.	The undated Mini timetable describes five additional elective/main-school courses. The annual guide confirms that senior academic electives are taken at Point Grey but does not guarantee the number five. These host choices carry most mathematics, science, computing, language, business, arts and additional humanities prerequisites. [S03, S09]
12	English Studies 12M is definite. Leadership 12M is available but described as elective and elsewhere as “likely,” not universally required.	The undated page lists six main-school courses. Current host publications conflict on the exact Grade 12 load, and the public record does not establish a definitive Mini block grid. Career-Life Connections 12 and any outstanding graduation or post-secondary requirements also have to fit. [S03, S09; Host H01]

The Mini therefore provides an enriched English/humanities and leadership core while relying on host-school choices for most degree-specific prerequisites. Mini enrolment does not itself select or complete a science, engineering, business, computing, humanities or fine-arts pathway. [S09]

Course requests operate within staffing, facilities, enrolment, prerequisites, graduation needs and timetable conflicts. A student should not assume that Mini status creates priority for a host elective or AP course; no reviewed official source publishes such priority. [S09; Host H01]

Area	Published 2026–2027 depth available to Mini students	Key prerequisite or classification limits
Mini English/humanities	Literary Studies 11M; English Studies 12M; Contemporary Indigenous Studies 12M.	Contemporary Indigenous Studies 12M supplies the provincial Indigenous-focused requirement. The annual guide describes Literary Studies 11M as preparation for Mini English 12. [S09, S15]
Additional English/writing	Host English 11 routes; elective Literary Studies 12 and Creative Writing 12.	Grade 12 electives do not replace English Studies 12M. Literary Studies 12 recommends an English 10; the two electives may be combined depending on enrolment. [S09; Host H01]
Mathematics	Foundations of Mathematics 11/12; Pre-Calculus 11/12; Calculus 12; AP Calculus 12.	Calculus 12 requires Grade 12 standing and completed or concurrent Pre-Calculus 12. AP Calculus recommends at least 86% in Pre-Calculus 11 and gives priority to students who completed Pre-Calculus 12. Workplace Mathematics 12 is shown but marked not offered. [S09]
Sciences	Chemistry 11/12; Physics 11/12; Life Sciences 11; Anatomy and Physiology 12.	Science 10 is recommended for the Grade 11 sciences and Anatomy and Physiology 12; Chemistry 11 is recommended for Chemistry 12; Physics 11 and Pre-Calculus 11 are recommended for Physics 12. No current AP Chemistry, AP Biology or AP Physics offering is confirmed. [S09; Host H01]
Computer science	Information Technology 9/10; Computer Science 11/12; AP Computer Science 12.	Computer Science 11 is the intended foundation and is recommended for AP Computer Science 12. High-school computing does not replace university mathematics/science prerequisites. [S09, U05, U07]
Humanities/social sciences	Comparative Cultures 12; Contemporary Indigenous Studies 12; Law Studies 12; Physical Geography 12; 20th Century World History 12; Psychology 11/AP Psychology 12; Economics 12.	Point Grey's Social Studies Honours Certificate requires three listed Grade 12 Social Studies courses taken at Point Grey. It is a school certificate, not AP/IB or a university credential. [S09]
Languages	French through Grade 12; Beginners' Japanese 11, Japanese 11 and Japanese 12; VSB Language Challenge for certain Grade 11/12 languages.	The old Mini-specific French 9–11 labels are stale/changed; current French access is through the host sequence. Universities classify introductory and non-introductory language courses differently, so verify the live approved-course list. [S03, S09, U08]
Business/applied learning	Accounting 11; Economics 12; senior Foods, Textiles and Woodwork; service-based senior electives; VSB Career Programs.	Accounting and Economics publish no recommended prerequisite, but relevance does not make a course an approved academic admission course. Institution classifications control. [S09, U01, U04, U08]
Fine and performing arts	Art Studio Cohort 10–12/AP Studio Art; Painting and Drawing, Ceramics and Sculpture, Graphic Design and Photography through Grade 12; senior music; Acting 11/12, Directing 12, Theatre Production, Breezeway Theatre and Film Studies 12.	Several routes require earlier experience, teacher permission, concurrent study, an application or off-timetable commitment. School course work does not replace an external university portfolio, audition or supplemental application. [S09; Host H01]

Science and health-related study

Formal school coverage: Mini English Studies 12M plus host Pre-Calculus 11/12, Calculus/AP Calculus, Chemistry 11/12, Physics 11/12, Life Sciences 11 and Anatomy and Physiology 12 provide the course breadth needed to assemble many current science prerequisite combinations. [S09]

The exact combination depends on the degree. For example, current SFU Computing Science requires English Studies 12 or English First Peoples 12, at least one of Anatomy and Physiology 12/Chemistry 12/Physics 12, and at least one of Pre-Calculus 12/Calculus 12 within a minimum of five approved Grade 12 courses. Current UVic Computer Science instead specifies approved Grade 11 English, Pre-Calculus, Science and Social Studies, followed by English Studies 12 or English First Peoples 12, Pre-Calculus 12, an approved Science 12 and another approved Academic 12. [U05, U07]

Useful preparation, not an admissions claim: maintaining more than one senior laboratory-science sequence can preserve options among life science, physical science and health programs. Anatomy and Physiology 12 is relevant preparation for human biology, while Chemistry 12 and Physics 12 preserve pathways that explicitly name those courses. Only the destination program's current rules determine what is required or counted.

Engineering

Formal school coverage: the host catalogue includes Pre-Calculus 11/12, Chemistry 11/12, Physics 11/12, Calculus 12/AP Calculus 12 and Mini English Studies 12M. [S09]

Current official examples differ materially:

• SFU Engineering Science, Fall 2026 onward: at least five approved Grade 12 academic courses, including English Studies 12 or equivalent (minimum 70%), Chemistry 12 (minimum 75%), Physics 12 (minimum 75%), and Pre-Calculus 12 (minimum 75%) or Calculus 12. [U06]
• UVic Engineering, checked 2026-09-12: approved English 11, Pre-Calculus 11, Chemistry 11, Physics 11 and approved Social Studies 11/12; then English Studies 12 or English First Peoples 12 (minimum 73%), Pre-Calculus 12 (minimum 77%), an approved Science 12 or Calculus 12, and another approved Academic 12. UVic states that meeting minimums does not guarantee admission. [U09]
• UBC: applicants must meet both general and degree-specific requirements selected by campus, province and degree. The exact UBC Vancouver or Okanagan Applied Science combination should be retrieved from UBC's live British Columbia requirement selector. [U01, U02]

Point Grey does not publish a regular senior engineering-design course in the current guide. The historical 2025–2026 host club list included Engineering and Makers Making Change, but club activity is not a substitute for required mathematics and sciences. [Host S11]

Business and commerce

Formal school coverage: Mini English Studies 12M, Pre-Calculus 12, Calculus/AP Calculus, Economics 12 and Accounting 11 are available under the current catalogue. Senior writing, social-studies and computing courses may also contribute to a broad academic schedule if the institution approves them. [S09]

As of Fall 2026 onward, SFU Beedie requires at least five approved Grade 12 academic courses, including English Studies 12 or equivalent (minimum 70%) and Pre-Calculus 12, plus a supplemental application. [U04]

UBC Commerce is governed by UBC's general and degree-specific requirements and currently includes a video interview within the personal profile. The precise British Columbia course combination must be checked in UBC's live selector. [U01, U02, U03]

Useful preparation, not a formal prerequisite claim: Accounting 11 introduces accounting, personal finance and business fundamentals; Economics 12 develops economic and market reasoning; mathematics, English, Social Studies and Computer Science can develop quantitative, analytical and communication skills. No reviewed university source says that taking these particular Point Grey courses creates an admission preference.

Arts, humanities and social sciences

The Mini supplies sustained enriched reading/writing through Literary Studies 11M and English Studies 12M, plus Contemporary Indigenous Studies 12M. Students can add Creative Writing 12, Literary Studies 12, five host Social Studies 12 choices, Psychology/AP Psychology, Economics and senior French or Japanese. [S09]

The school-issued Social Studies Honours Certificate documents completion of three listed Grade 12 Social Studies courses at Point Grey. No reviewed university source assigns an admission benefit to it. [S09]

Current references again show the need to check course classification:

• SFU Arts and Social Sciences requires at least five approved Grade 12 academic courses, including English Studies 12 or equivalent; the remaining courses must come from SFU's approved list. [U05]
• UVic's current Social Sciences pattern requires approved English 11, Foundations of Mathematics 11 or Pre-Calculus 11, approved Science 11 and approved Social Studies 11/12, followed by English Studies 12 or English First Peoples 12 and three approved Academic 12 courses. [U07, U08]
• UBC evaluates general and degree-specific requirements and tells applicants to use the exact degree page/selector. [U01, U02]

Computer science

The host sequence progresses from Information Technology 9/10 to Computer Science 11/12 and AP Computer Science 12. The guide describes Java, algorithms, computational thinking, program flow, data structures and object-oriented programming in the senior sequence. [S09]

Prerequisite planning: current university computing requirements emphasize senior mathematics and sometimes a Science 12, whether or not the applicant took high-school Computer Science. Protecting Pre-Calculus 11/12 and an accepted Science 11/12 route is therefore important when planning against SFU or UVic's current rules. [U05, U07]

Useful experience: the historical 2025–2026 host club list included Computer Science, Game Development, Math, Engineering and Research. These names indicate recent communities of interest but do not prove a current competition schedule, coaching level, research output or future continuation. [Host S11]

Fine arts, design, architecture and portfolio programs

Point Grey's current host catalogue provides several sustained production routes available to Mini students:

• Art Studio Cohort 10–12 is designed for students with strong art/design interest, including portfolio development for post-secondary art, design or architecture;
• cohort students are expected to add another graphics, photography, ceramics or painting/drawing course;
• Graphic Design 11/12 explicitly includes portfolio development, personal style and professional standards, with post-secondary/career research in Grade 12;
• senior Photography, Painting and Drawing, Ceramics and Sculpture, yearbook, theatre and music can create bodies of work or performance experience; and
• AP Studio Art is delivered through Studio Art Cohort 12 and culminates in College Board portfolio assessment rather than a written AP exam. [S09]

The AP Studio Art prerequisite wording conflicts among official school documents: Art Studio Cohort 11, Studio Art 11 or Art 11 is variously named, alongside teacher permission. No reviewed source publishes an entrance portfolio for the school course. [S09; Host H01]

VSB's Headstart-in-Art is a dual-credit partnership taught at Emily Carr University of Art + Design. The current VSB page says it runs Saturdays from September to December and expects concurrent enrolment in a school Visual Arts course. The 2026–2027 Point Grey guide describes 8 graduation credits, a March 1 application deadline and a potential Emily Carr undergraduate portfolio waiver for students earning at least 80%. This is a narrow, published waiver route—not general admission, a guaranteed waiver, or a general admissions advantage. Eligibility and waiver terms must be rechecked in the application year. [S09, U10]

External requirements remain separate. Current UVic examples require a digital portfolio for Visual Arts and Visual Arts/Computer Science, while its Bachelor of Music requires an audition and supporting documents. UBC also identifies program-specific portfolios, interviews or supplemental materials for selected arts/design/media programs. Point Grey course completion does not replace those submissions unless the institution explicitly says so. [U03, U11, U12]

Mini enrichment

Point Grey Mini is itself an enriched district program. Its junior core is faster-paced and includes inquiry, problem solving, cross-grade study, field studies, projects and mathematics contests. Its senior Mini English/humanities courses emphasize literary theory, research, argument, diverse perspectives and varied writing. These are program features and useful preparation; the Mini is not described as AP, IB or a separate diploma credential. [S01, S03, S06, S09]

Advanced Placement

The 2026–2027 host guide lists four AP choices accessible to Mini students subject to prerequisites, teacher recommendation, capacity and scheduling:

AP course	Published school route	Formal outcome and limit
AP Calculus 12	Entering Grade 12; at least 86% in Pre-Calculus 11 recommended; priority to students who completed Pre-Calculus 12.	Optional May AP exam under the current school process. [S09; Host H01]
AP Computer Science 12	Computer Science 11 recommended; current general AP application/teacher nomination.	Optional May AP exam. [S09; Host H01]
AP Psychology 12	English 11 recommended; graduating students receive priority; current general AP application/teacher nomination.	Optional May AP exam. [S09; Host H01]
AP Studio Art	Studio Art Cohort 12 with conflicting prior-art wording and teacher permission.	College Board portfolio assessment; no written AP exam is described. [S09; Host H01]

UBC currently says all AP courses are eligible for admission consideration, generally uses the school percentage in admission-average calculation, and may grant first-year credit for approved AP exams with qualifying scores. This is UBC's institution-specific policy, not evidence that enrolment in a Point Grey AP course guarantees admission or credit. [U13]

No International Baccalaureate programme or IB course is identified in reviewed Point Grey Mini/host sources. [S09]

Other credentials and extension routes

• The Point Grey Social Studies Honours Certificate is a local school credential for three specified Social Studies 12 courses. [S09]
• VSB Language Challenge can record successful challenge credit for certain Grade 11/12 languages on the transcript. [S09]
• Recognized external credentials, approved Independent Directed Study, Vancouver Learning Network courses, summer school and some post-secondary/dual-credit courses can extend or complete a plan, subject to school approval and university recognition. [S09, S15]

None of these routes should be assumed to carry admission weight beyond the receiving institution's published policy.

Writing-intensive preparation

Mini-specific preparation includes:

• Literary Studies 11M: rigorous reading and writing, literary theory, diverse perspectives and preparation for Grade 12 Mini English;
• English Studies 12M: critical and creative response, research and writing for varied audiences;
• Contemporary Indigenous Studies 12M: historical, legal, cultural and global inquiry; and
• Humanities 9/10M: inquiry, evidence, literature, composition and new-media analysis across English and Social Studies. [S09]

Host additions include Creative Writing 12, Literary Studies 12, Film Studies 12 and research/argument/presentation work in senior Social Studies. The library/learning commons supplies print/digital resources and remote databases, and teacher-librarians describe supporting information literacy and research questions. [S09]

These courses can build writing and research skill. They do not automatically complete UBC's personal profile, SFU Beedie's supplemental application or any other external application task.

Portfolios and supplemental applications

The visual-art pathway above is the clearest formal portfolio preparation. CLC/Capstone work, leadership events, yearbook, theatre, music, service and clubs may also give a student authentic experiences to reflect on or document. Whether a university requests or evaluates those experiences is program-specific.

Current external examples include UBC's personal profile for most high-school applicants and additional program-specific submissions, SFU Beedie's supplemental application, UVic Visual Arts' digital portfolio, UVic Music's audition/supporting documents, and UVic's optional expanded-qualification profile for Engineering/Computer Science. These components can change and are not automatically satisfied by Mini course work. [U02, U03, U04, U11, U12, U13, U14]

No reviewed Point Grey Mini or host source publishes a dedicated university-essay workshop, portfolio-review clinic, mock admissions interview series or formal university research mentorship program.

Counselling and course planning

Point Grey counsellors publish academic, career and personal functions that apply host-wide to Mini students, including:

• selecting appropriate courses and checking graduation progress;
• identifying strengths, interests, needs and goals;
• accessing information on post-secondary programs, admissions and scholarships;
• connecting school subjects and interests with careers;
• short- and long-term planning; and
• working with students, families, teachers and community resources. [S09, S12]

Grade 8 is shared by the counselling team, while counsellors follow assigned students from Grade 9 through Grade 12 under the current model. No dedicated Mini-only counsellor or guaranteed annual Mini university-planning appointment is published. [S09]

Scholarships and school awards

The 2026–2027 host Student Agenda documents host-wide scholarship points based on Grade 10–12 report-card averages, Point Grey Academic Medals and Scholarships tied to Grade 11–12 marks and senior English study at Point Grey, named scholarship nominations, and graduation awards recognizing academics, athletics, citizenship, fine arts, leadership, scholarship, service and exceptional performance. [S12]

These are Point Grey recognition/award processes, not Mini-only awards and not evidence that a university changes an admission decision. The public agenda does not give all amounts, application dates, recipient counts or full rubrics. The relationship between the Mini English Studies 12M course code and every award's “senior English at Point Grey” wording should be confirmed in the relevant Grade 12 year.

Counselling expressly includes scholarship information, but no reviewed current source publishes a Mini-specific scholarship database, recurring workshop calendar, nomination schedule or application-writing service.

Career education and transition resources

• Career-Life Education 10 is published as off timetable/online and includes personal development, graduation planning, financial planning, workplace expectations, career research and an initial education/career plan. [S09]
• Career-Life Connections 12 is a required off-timetable course. [S09; Host H01]
• The 2026–2027 host agenda includes a mandatory Career Programs assembly for Grades 10–11 and dated lunchtime visits from Western University and the University of Alberta. These are examples of transition exposure, not a complete or guaranteed annual visit program. [S12]
• Vancouver Learning Network, summer school, external credits and Language Challenge can help complete or extend a plan, but school deadlines and receiving-university recognition must be verified before relying on them. [S09]

No Point Grey Mini-specific university fair, transcript-order workshop, application clinic or published transition handbook was found.

The current guide presents VSB Career Programs as district pathways available through the student's home school. They are not ordinary Mini courses. Applicants keep a full home-school load while applying, and the Career Programs team works with the school on timetable changes if a student is accepted. [S09]

Published 2026–2027 examples include:

• Architectural and Structural CADD/Graphics Technician at BCIT;
• Early Childhood Educator at Langara College;
• Emergency Medical Responder at the Justice Institute of British Columbia;
• Headstart-in-Art at Emily Carr University of Art + Design;
• Healthcare Assistant, Medical Laboratory Assistant and Pharmacy Technician at Vancouver Community College;
• Youth TRAIN in Trades with post-secondary/training partners;
• Youth WORK in Trades apprenticeship credits;
• Youth EXPLORE Trades Sampler; and
• IT & CISCO Networking at Killarney Secondary. [S09]

Programs differ in grade eligibility, prerequisites, dates, locations, credits, selection and timetable impact.

No Mini-specific university research partnership, guaranteed transfer agreement, general dual-enrolment arrangement or university-placement guarantee was found beyond the district Career Programs described above.

Mini-specific published enrichment includes required or expected participation in CNML/Gauss, Pascal and Cayley mathematics contests in Grades 8–10; a Grade 8 Science Fair appears on the undated Mini site. These are enrichment activities, not separate credentials or admissions guarantees. [S03, S09]

The latest complete official host club list is for 2025–2026. University-pathway-relevant names included Astronomy, Biology, Computer Science, Creative Logic, DECA, Engineering, Financial Literacy, Game Development, History Bee Study, Math, Research, Creative Writing, Debate, Magazine, Model UN, Newspaper, Philosophy and Art. [Host S11]

These names establish recent host-wide opportunities only. They do not prove continuation in 2026–2027 or 2027–2028, external competition entry, coaching level, selectivity, meeting frequency, publications, research supervision or awards. Mini students have access under the same published host-wide framework, but no priority is stated. [S01, S09]

Independent and group projects, inquiry, student-designed experiments, guest speakers, field studies and library research are recurring Mini learning formats. They provide useful practice but are not represented as a formal independent-research credential or university partnership. [S01, S03, S09]

Institution/reference	Current official requirement pattern	Point Grey Mini planning implication
UBC Vancouver/Okanagan	General requirements plus campus-, province- and degree-specific requirements through UBC's selector. UBC considers Grade 11/12 academic courses, degree-related subject categories and currently a personal profile for most high-school applicants. [U01, U02, U03]	Use the live British Columbia checker for the exact degree. Mini English plus host mathematics, sciences, humanities and arts create many possible combinations, but there is no universal “UBC schedule.”
SFU — general/FASS	Fall 2026 onward: graduation and at least five approved Grade 12 academic courses, including English Studies 12 or equivalent (minimum 70%); faculty rules may add courses. [U05]	Confirm that Mini English Studies 12M is mapped to the accepted provincial course/code and that the other chosen Grade 12 courses appear on SFU's current approved list.
SFU — Computing Science	English Studies 12/equivalent; one of Anatomy and Physiology 12, Chemistry 12 or Physics 12; one of Pre-Calculus 12 or Calculus 12; enough additional approved courses to total five. [U05]	Point Grey currently offers all named routes plus Computer Science 11/12/AP. The high-school computing courses do not replace the mathematics/science requirements.
SFU — Engineering Science	English Studies 12/equivalent, Chemistry 12, Physics 12, Pre-Calculus 12 or Calculus 12, and enough approved courses to total five; current pages publish course minimums noted above. [U06]	Preserve room for both Chemistry 12 and Physics 12 and verify current minimums in the application year.
SFU — Beedie	English Studies 12/equivalent, Pre-Calculus 12, additional approved courses to reach five, and a supplemental application. [U04]	Point Grey covers the named courses. Accounting 11 and Economics 12 are relevant preparation, but SFU's current classification controls how courses count.
UVic — Computer Science	Approved English 11, Pre-Calculus 11, Science 11 and Social Studies 11/12; then English Studies 12/EFP 12, Pre-Calculus 12, approved Science 12 and another Academic 12. [U07, U08]	The current catalogue covers each category. Confirm approved titles/codes and published minimums when applying.
UVic — Engineering	Approved English 11, Pre-Calculus 11, Chemistry 11, Physics 11 and Social Studies 11/12; then English Studies 12/EFP 12, Pre-Calculus 12, Science 12 or Calculus 12 and another Academic 12. [U09]	Point Grey covers the current sequences. This differs from SFU Engineering Science's explicit current Chemistry 12 plus Physics 12 pattern.
UVic — arts/fine arts examples	Arts/social-science routes use approved academic categories; current Visual Arts routes add a digital portfolio, while Bachelor of Music adds an audition/supporting documents. [U07, U08, U11, U12]	Point Grey supplies writing, humanities, language and fine-arts depth, but the student must separately complete the university's external submission.

This table deliberately omits predicted competitive averages. Published minimums do not guarantee admission, historical cut-offs can change, and the target applicant is several cycles away.

VSB lists Point Grey Mini for September 2027 entry, and the current model provides enriched Mini core courses plus shared Point Grey senior electives. [S06, S09]

Based on the published information, the 2026–2027 catalogue demonstrates enough present-day depth to build many science, engineering, business, computing, humanities and fine-arts prerequisite combinations. This is a breadth finding, not a promise that every combination can fit or that the catalogue remains unchanged.

Planning advice: use the current catalogue to understand pathway breadth, then recheck intended universities before Grade 10, Grade 11 and Grade 12 course requests. Confirm the exact provincial course code—not only the local “M” label—against each institution's approved list. This is advice, not a published school requirement.

Full provenance for established Mini sources appears in sources.md. Principal school evidence:

• Point Grey Course Planning Guide 2026–2027 — S09, OFFICIAL;
• archived current/undated Mini course organization and grade pages, course descriptions and enrichment overview — S03, OFFICIAL, with stale-item warnings;
• Point Grey Student Agenda 2026–2027 — S12, OFFICIAL, host-wide;
• official host planning forms/presentations registered in Point Grey sources — Host H01; and
• official host 2025–2026 club list — Host S11, OFFICIAL, time-bound.

Phase 6 supplemental official university and district sources

U01 — UBC Canadian high-school requirements

• URL: https://you.ubc.ca/applying-ubc/requirements/canadian-high-schools/
• Source type / publisher: OFFICIAL — University of British Columbia
• Publication date: dynamic; checked: 2026-09-12
• Supports: campus/province/degree selector and general plus degree-specific requirement model.

U02 — UBC application evaluation and course planning

• URLs: https://you.ubc.ca/applying-ubc/application-evaluation/ ; https://you.ubc.ca/applying-ubc/how-to-apply/course-planning/
• Source type / publisher: OFFICIAL — University of British Columbia
• Publication date: dynamic; checked: 2026-09-12
• Supports: Grade 11/12 academic-course evaluation, key subject categories, degree-related courses and personal-profile context.

U03 — UBC application and supplemental requirements

• URL: https://you.ubc.ca/applying-ubc/how-to-apply/application/
• Source type / publisher: OFFICIAL — University of British Columbia
• Publication date: dynamic; checked: 2026-09-12
• Supports: personal profile and current program-specific interview, portfolio and supplemental-material requirements.

U04 — SFU Beedie, B.C./Yukon high-school requirements

• URL: https://www.sfu.ca/students/admission/admission-requirements/canadian-highschool/bc-yukon/business.html
• Source type / publisher: OFFICIAL — Simon Fraser University
• Publication date/applicability: Fall 2026 onward; checked: 2026-09-12
• Supports: approved-course total, English and Pre-Calculus 12 requirements, published minimum and supplemental application.

U05 — SFU general, Arts and Computing Science requirements

• URLs: https://www.sfu.ca/students/admission/admission-requirements/canadian-highschool/bc-yukon.html ; https://www.sfu.ca/students/admission/admission-requirements/canadian-highschool/bc-yukon/arts-and-social-sciences.html ; https://www.sfu.ca/students/admission/admission-requirements/canadian-highschool/bc-yukon/computing-science.html
• Source type / publisher: OFFICIAL — Simon Fraser University
• Publication date/applicability: Fall 2026 onward; checked: 2026-09-12
• Supports: approved Grade 12 course total and current general/FASS/Computing Science combinations.

U06 — SFU Engineering Science requirements

• URL: https://www.sfu.ca/students/admission/admission-requirements/canadian-highschool/bc-yukon/engineering-science.html
• Source type / publisher: OFFICIAL — Simon Fraser University
• Publication date/applicability: Fall 2026 onward; checked: 2026-09-12
• Supports: English, Chemistry 12, Physics 12, Pre-Calculus 12/Calculus 12, minimum grades and approved-course total.

U07 — UVic Computer Science and Social Sciences requirements

• URLs: https://www.uvic.ca/undergraduate/programs/undergraduate-programs/pages/computer-science.php ; https://www.uvic.ca/undergraduate/programs/undergraduate-programs/pages/undecided-social-sciences.php
• Source type / publisher: OFFICIAL — University of Victoria
• Publication date: dynamic; checked: 2026-09-12
• Supports: current Grade 11/12 category requirements and published course minimums; UVic warns that meeting minimums does not guarantee admission.

U08 — UVic approved B.C./Yukon high-school courses

• URL: https://www.uvic.ca/undergraduate/admissions/how-to-apply/approved-high-school-courses/bc-yukon/
• Source type / publisher: OFFICIAL — University of Victoria
• Publication date: dynamic; checked: 2026-09-12
• Supports: approved Academic, English, Fine Arts, Language, Science and Social Studies course classifications.

U09 — UVic Engineering requirements

• URL: https://www.uvic.ca/undergraduate/programs/undergraduate-programs/pages/engineering.php
• Source type / publisher: OFFICIAL — University of Victoria
• Publication date: dynamic; checked: 2026-09-12
• Supports: current Grade 11/12 Engineering prerequisites and minimum English/Pre-Calculus grades; UVic warns that meeting minimums does not guarantee admission.

U10 — VSB Headstart-in-Art

• URL: https://www.vsb.bc.ca/career-programs/headstart-in-art
• Source type / publisher: OFFICIAL — Vancouver School Board
• Publication date: 2026-06-05; checked: 2026-09-12
• Supports: VSB–Emily Carr partnership, Saturday delivery and school Visual Arts co-requisite. The 2026–2027 Point Grey guide [S09] supplies the time-bound credit, deadline and 80% portfolio-waiver wording.

U11 — UVic Visual Arts routes

• URLs: https://www.uvic.ca/undergraduate/programs/undergraduate-programs/pages/visual-arts.php ; https://www.uvic.ca/undergraduate/programs/undergraduate-programs/pages/visual-arts-and-computer-science.php
• Source type / publisher: OFFICIAL — University of Victoria
• Publication date: dynamic; checked: 2026-09-12
• Supports: current academic requirements and required digital portfolio.

U12 — UVic Music

• URL: https://www.uvic.ca/undergraduate/programs/undergraduate-programs/pages/music-bmus.php
• Source type / publisher: OFFICIAL — University of Victoria
• Publication date: dynamic; checked: 2026-09-12
• Supports: current academic and audition/supporting-document requirements.

U13 — UBC Advanced Placement policy

• URL: https://you.ubc.ca/applying-ubc/requirements/advanced-placement/
• Source type / publisher: OFFICIAL — University of British Columbia
• Publication date: dynamic; checked: 2026-09-12
• Supports: admission consideration of AP courses and institution-specific first-year-credit policy.

U14 — UVic expanded qualifications for Engineering and Computer Science

• URL: https://www.uvic.ca/undergraduate/admissions/categories/expanded-qualifications/engineering-and-computer-science.php
• Source type / publisher: OFFICIAL — University of Victoria
• Publication date: dynamic; checked: 2026-09-12
• Supports: current optional Personal Information Profile route.