As part of the diploma requirements, students must complete a minimum of 40 hours of community involvment activities. These activities may be completed at any time during their years in the secondary school program.
Community involvment activities may take place in a variety of settings, including not-for-profit organizations, public sector institusions (including hospitals), and informal settings. Students may not fulfill the requirement through activities that are counted towards a credit (cooperative education and work experience, for example), through paid work, or by assuming duties normally performed by a paid employee. The requirement is to be completed outside students' normal instructional hours - that is, the activities are to take place in students' designated lunch hourds, after school, on weekends, or during school holidays.
Further information about community involvment and the forms required for recording participation will be provided by the teacher adviser and are also available in the Guidance office.
| 18 compulsory credits | |
| 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 civivs |
| Plus one credit from each of the following groups: | |
1 |
additional credit in English, or a third language, or social sciences and the humanities, or Canadian and world studies, or guidance and career educartion, or cooperative education*. |
1 |
additional credit in health and physical education, or the arts, or business studies, or cooperative education*. |
1 |
additional credit in science, or thechnological education, or cooperative education* |
| In addiction to the compulsory credits, students must complete: | |
| 12 optional credits | |
| 40 hours of community involvment activities | |
| the provincial literacy requirement | |
* A maximum of 2 credits in cooperative education can count as compulsory
credits. |
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