Navigating the Grade 8 to 9 Transition Process in Ontario High Schools
Understanding the transition from Grade 8 to 9 in Ontario high schools involves exploring the Ontario High School Diploma requirements, compulsory credits, diploma completion criteria, and making choices between academic, applied, or locally developed courses. This phase marks a pivotal shift in students' education journey as they progress towards earning their high school diploma.
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The Grade 8 to 9 Process What is Grade 9 all about? What does the Grade 9 program look like?
ONTARIO HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA 30 credits in total 22 compulsory credits 8 optional credits or electives 40 hrs. community involvement Pass the Ontario Secondary Literacy Requirements
Compulsory Credits 4 Religion - one credit per grade 4 English - one credit per grade 3 Mathematics - at least one in Grade 11 or 12 2 Science 1 Canadian History 1 Canadian Geography 1 Arts (Visual, Music, Media, Drama or Dance) 1 French as a second language 1 Health and Physical Education 1/2 Civics 1/2 Career Studies
Diploma Requirements... Continued Group 1: Additional credit in English, or French as a second language, or a Native language, or a classical or an international language, or Social Science and the Humanities, or Canadian and World Studies, or guidance and career education, or cooperative education
Diploma Requirements... Continued Group 2 Additional credit in health and physical education, or the arts, or business studies, or French as a second language, or cooperative education.
Diploma Requirements... Continued Group 3: Additional credit in science (Grade 11 or 12), or technological education, or French as a second language, or computer studies, or cooperative education
Making Your Choices: Academic or Applied or Locally Developed Academic Academic (A) courses develop student s knowledge and skill through the study of theory and abstract problems. Courses focus on the essential concepts of a subject and explore related concepts as well. They incorporate practical applications as appropriate.
Making Your Choices: Academic or Applied or Locally Developed Applied Applied (P) courses focus on the essential concepts of a subject, and develop students knowledge and skills through practical applications and concrete examples. Familiar situations are used to illustrate ideas, and students are given more opportunities to experience hand on applications of the concepts and theories they study.
Making Your Choices: Academic or Applied or Locally Developed Locally Developed Courses These credit courses are intended for students who require a measure of flexibility and support in order to meet the compulsory credit requirements in English, mathematics, and science for the OSSD. These courses prepare students for further study in courses from the curriculum policy documents for these disciplines.
What is an Open Course? Open courses have one set of expectations for the subject being taken. These courses are not specific to destinations and are appropriate for all students. Example: PPL1OF (Girl s phys. ed)
Decisions Optional Courses (Choose 1) Compulsory Courses Drama . ADA1O1 Music . AMU1O1 Visual Arts ... AVI1O1 Business BTT1O1 Learning Strategies .. GLE1O1 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. English or ESL Mathematics Science French Geography Health &Phys. Ed Theology
Timeline Thursday, November 8:6:30 p.m. Information night for parents December: Signed registration forms due on the first Monday in December, along with $65 fee using CASHONLINE. Flex letter requests reviewed by Principals by early March. March:Forms returned to students verifying course selections in early March.
