Students make their course selections online through the student portal.
Students must earn the following compulsory credits to obtain the Ontario Secondary School Diploma:
| 4 | credits in English |
| 3 | credits in Mathematics |
| 2 | credits in Science |
| 1 | credit in Canadian History |
| 1 | credit in Canadian Geography |
| 1 | credit in the Arts |
| 1 | credit in Health and Physical Education |
| 1 | credit in French as a Second Language |
| 0.5 | credit in Career Studies |
| 0.5 | credit in Civics |
Students must also choose one credit from each of the following groups:
| 1 | One additional credit in English or French as a second language, or a Native language, or a classical or an international language, or social sciences and the humanities, or Canadian and world studies, or guidance and career education, or cooperative education |
| 1 | One additional credit in health and physical education, or the arts, or business studies, or French as a second language, or cooperative education |
| 1 | One additional credit in science (Grade 11 or 12) or technological education (Grade 9-12) or French as a second language, or computer studies, or cooperative education. |
In addition to compulsory credits, students must complete:
| 12 optional credits |
| 40 hours of community involvement activities |
Literacy requirement
In Grade 10, students take the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT), which measures whether or not they are meeting the minimum standard for literacy across all subjects up to the end of Grade 9. Students who do not meet provincial standard on the test may: 1) enroll in the OLC course which satisfies the literacy requirement upon successful completion of the course 2) re-take the OSSLT test For more information about provincial testing, visit www.eqao.com.
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