Key dates in the 2025-2026PLAR challenge process:
STEP 1: APPLICATION PROCESS
January 14, 2026- PLAR Information Session, 7:00pm
January 14, 2026– PLAR Challenge applications available online.
February 26, 2026- Applications, with appropriate documentation, must be submitted by 4:00 pm to the school Guidance Office.
March 25, 2026- Principal or school designate notifies applicants if their application was successful or unsuccessful in proceeding to step 2, the PLAR Assessment. Unsuccessful applicants may file an appeal within 5 days.
Successful applicants will move on to step 2 of the process.
April 1, 2026- Final date for successful students to confirm, in writing, that they are committed to undertake the challenge process.
STEP 2: ASSESSMENT PROCESS
April 7, 2026to April 10, 2026- PLAR Assessors contact students to schedule assessments.
April 13, 2026to May 8, 2026 - Students complete PLAR Assessments
May 1, 2026- Last date for students to withdraw from Challenge without a mark appearing on the transcript.
May 27, 2026- Students to receive final mark.