Academic Continuum

Academic Programs & Schedules

Explore our full range of early learning, primary, senior elementary, and summer enrichment programs for the 2026–2027 school year.

All Classroom Supplies Included in Monthly Tuition

All notebooks, art media, science materials, textbooks, and inquiry technology are provided directly by CIA.

Admissions & Waitlist

Pre-K4 years old (on or before Dec 31)

Pre-Kindergarten (Early Learning)

AM: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM | PM: 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM | Full-Day: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

A joyful, inquiry-led preschool environment where young learners develop foundational social-emotional, language, numeracy, and sensory problem-solving skills.

Key Learning Highlights:

• Play-based inquiry & sensory exploration
• Early literacy & phonemic awareness
• Foundational STEAM & nature discovery

Teaching Team & Staff:

Ms. Meleni Perera (Lead Teacher)

1:12 class ratio with teacher + EA in every room.

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Kindergarten5 years old (on or before Dec 31)

Kindergarten

9:00 AM – 3:00 PM (Monday – Friday)

A vibrant, full-day kindergarten integrating the Alberta Curriculum with the IB PYP framework, fostering confident early readers, critical thinkers, and creative problem solvers.

Key Learning Highlights:

• Structured literacy & Singapore math foundations
• IB PYP Units of Inquiry (Who We Are, How the World Works)
• Hands-on science, early robotics, and tactile coding

Teaching Team & Staff:

Ms. Rachel Navida, BEd, MEd, Ms. Lana Obeidat (EA), Ms. Lynsey Reimer (EA)

1:12 class ratio with teacher + EA in every room.

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Grade 16 years old (on or before Dec 31)

Grade 1 (Primary Division)

9:00 AM – 3:30 PM (Monday – Friday)

Transitioning into dynamic primary academics with accelerated reading fluency, scientific inquiry, math mastery, and collaborative project-based learning.

Key Learning Highlights:

• Comprehensive reading fluency & writing workshops
• Mathematical reasoning & hands-on manipulatives
• Environmental science & living systems exploration

Teaching Team & Staff:

Ms. Rachel Navida, BEd, MEd, Ms. Lana Obeidat (EA)

1:12 class ratio with teacher + EA in every room.

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Grades 2–37 & 8 years old (on or before Dec 31)

Grades 2 – 3 (Intermediate Primary)

9:00 AM – 3:30 PM (Monday – Friday)

Deepening academic rigor, self-directed research, and mathematical fluency while encouraging teamwork, creative writing, and engineering design challenges.

Key Learning Highlights:

• Independent research & presentation skills
• Applied STEAM engineering labs & digital literacy
• Social studies investigations of Canadian & global communities

Teaching Team & Staff:

Ms. Taylor Kautz (Lead Teacher), Ms. Indu Sohanpal (EA)

1:12 class ratio with teacher + EA in every room.

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Grades 4–69, 10 & 11 years old (on or before Dec 31)

Grades 4 – 6 (Senior Elementary)

9:00 AM – 3:30 PM (Monday – Friday)

Preparing confident future leaders with advanced critical inquiry, AI & computational literacy, complex scientific investigation, and culminating IB PYP Exhibition projects.

Key Learning Highlights:

• Advanced STEAM, AI fundamentals & programming
• Provincial Achievement Test (PAT) academic excellence
• Culminating IB PYP Student Exhibition

Teaching Team & Staff:

Mr. Ben Qiao (Lead Teacher), Mr. Glen Werbiski (EA), Ms. Amrit Kaur (EA)

1:12 class ratio with teacher + EA in every room.

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Ages 3–15Ages 3 to 15 (Weekly Themed Camps)

Completed Summer Season

STEAM & AI Summer Camps

9:00 AM – 3:30 PM (Early drop-off & late pick-up available)

Immersive summer learning experiences in robotics, AI creativity, science experiments, animation, game design, and youth leadership.

Key Learning Highlights:

• Explorers (Ages 3–5): Sensory STEAM & Junior Robotics
• Innovators (Ages 6–8): Lego Spike Coding & Science Quests
• Engineers (Ages 9–12): Micro:bit, Python & 3D Prototyping

Teaching Team & Staff:

CIA Certified Faculty & Specialized STEAM Mentors

1:12 class ratio with teacher + EA in every room.