Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Robert Thirsk High School is a public senior high school in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It derives its name from Robert Thirsk, a Canadian engineer and physician, and a former Canadian Space Agency astronaut. The high school is built in the Northwest community of Arbour Lake, and accommodates 1,500 students.Robert Thirsk High School officially opened in September 2013. Over 800 grade 10 and 11 students attend the first school year. The high school accommodates students from Citadel, Arbour Lake, Scenic Acres, Ranchlands, Hawkwood, Rocky Ridge, and Royal Oak.Students at Robert Thirsk High School are given multiple “windows” to complete overdue work – sometimes under the watchful eye of an instructor – and a shiny new rubric offers up grades like NM (not meeting) for students under 50 per cent, to C (competent) for those between 70-79 per cent and E (exemplary) for those over 90 per cent.There will be an opportunity to rewrite assignments and redo exams throughout the term and only their highest mark will be used. At the end of the term just prior to report cards, teachers will identify a time when rewrites/redos are not possible.The Thirsk model, which appears to be unlike any other in Calgary public high schools, is generating heated debate among both parents and education watchers outside the school.. }
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- Robert_Thirsk_High_School abstract "Robert Thirsk High School is a public senior high school in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It derives its name from Robert Thirsk, a Canadian engineer and physician, and a former Canadian Space Agency astronaut. The high school is built in the Northwest community of Arbour Lake, and accommodates 1,500 students.Robert Thirsk High School officially opened in September 2013. Over 800 grade 10 and 11 students attend the first school year. The high school accommodates students from Citadel, Arbour Lake, Scenic Acres, Ranchlands, Hawkwood, Rocky Ridge, and Royal Oak.Students at Robert Thirsk High School are given multiple “windows” to complete overdue work – sometimes under the watchful eye of an instructor – and a shiny new rubric offers up grades like NM (not meeting) for students under 50 per cent, to C (competent) for those between 70-79 per cent and E (exemplary) for those over 90 per cent.There will be an opportunity to rewrite assignments and redo exams throughout the term and only their highest mark will be used. At the end of the term just prior to report cards, teachers will identify a time when rewrites/redos are not possible.The Thirsk model, which appears to be unlike any other in Calgary public high schools, is generating heated debate among both parents and education watchers outside the school.".