ONTARIO SECONDARY SCHOOL GRADUATION DIPLOMA (OSSD):
- 30 credits – 18 compulsory and 12 optional
- Community Service Hours
- Literacy Component
Details are outlined in the chart below:
| Credits | Subject |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
Year 4 |
|
4 |
English (1 credit per grade) | ||||
|
3 |
Math (1 at senior level) | ||||
|
2 |
Science | ||||
|
1 |
Canadian History | ||||
|
1 |
Canadian Geography | ||||
|
1 |
Arts | ||||
|
1 |
Health and Phys. Ed. | ||||
|
1 |
French | ||||
|
0.5 |
Career Studies | ||||
|
0.5 |
Civics | ||||
|
1 |
Group 1: Additional English or Language or Social Sciences and the Humanities or Canadian and World Studies or Guidance and Career Education or Cooperative Education* | ||||
|
1 |
Group 2: Health and Physical Education or the Arts or Business Studies or French as a Second Language or Cooperative Education* | ||||
|
1 |
Group 3: Science (grade 11 or 12) or Technological Education (Grades 9-12) or Computer or French as a Second Language or Cooperative Education* | ||||
|
* |
Note: A maximum of 2 Cooperative Education credits and a maximum of two French as a Second Language credits can be counted as compulsory credits for these 3 groups. | ||||
|
12 |
Optional Credits
40 Hours of Community Service
Provincial Literacy Requirement
|
Along with the compulsory credits, students earn 12 credits in optional courses. Pay close attention to post-secondary requirements and recommendations when selecting optional courses. | |||
| The community involvement requirement encourages students to develop awareness and understanding of civic responsibility and of the role they can play in supporting and strengthening their communities. | |||||
| Students complete the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test in Grade 10. Students have two attempts but those who are unsuccessful can enrol in OLC4OR. | |||||
Note: A credit can only be earned once. If a course is taken as an ‘upgrade’ both marks will appear on the transcript but the credit can only count once towards diploma requirements.
THE ONTARIO SECONDARY SCHOOL CERTIFICATE:
The Ontario Secondary School Certificate will be granted on request to students who leave school before earning the Ontario Secondary School Diploma, provided that they have earned a minimum of 14 credits distributed as follows:
2 credits in English
1 credit in Canadian Geography or Canadian History
1 credit in Math
1 credit in Science
1 credit in Health and Physical Education
1 credit in the Arts or Technological Education
Plus 7 Optional Credits
CERTIFICATE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT:
Students with developmental delays will be eligible for a Certificate of Accomplishment on completion of their Secondary School program. Please contact the Head of Special Education for further details.
