Education Minister Adriana LaGrange. (Alberta Government)

By David Opinko

BREAKING: Winter break for K-12 extended to Jan. 10, diploma exams cancelled

Dec 30, 2021 | 5:47 PM

LETHBRIDGE, AB – Students will get a little more time off as school officials continue to assess the COVID-19 pandemic.

Education Minister Adriana LaGrange announced that the winter break will be extended at all K-12 schools across Alberta with classes resuming on Monday, January 10.

Diploma exams, which were set to begin on January 11, are cancelled.

Starting the week of January 10, LaGrange says they will distribute 8.6-million at-home rapid COVID-19 tests and 16.5-million medical-grade face masks to staff and students.

These steps are being made due to concerns with the Omicron variant and the desire of school officials to have more time to see how the new wave of the pandemic will progress.

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LaGrange says it is unclear if parents who were expecting to have their children back at school next week would be able to access any additional supports.

More details will be announced next week.