CANTERBURY HIGH SCHOOL ONLINE Course Registration Contract 2010 – 2011

DUE DATE Thursday, FEB 18, 2010 web site is shut down FEB 18!!!! Return your signed verification form and signed media form to your period 1 teacher no later than Friday FEB 19, 2010

15 Compulsory Credits + 3 Compulsory Categories + 12 Elective Credits = 30 Total Credits !

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Course Registration Contract Canterbury pages of Course Calendar Choices Include Academic or Applied College or University Yearbook / Newspaper, Writer’s Craft, Studies in “Lit” English - 4 compulsory credits Check Your Prerequisite

Course Registration Contract Canterbury pages of Course Calendar Choices Include Academic or Applied College or University or ‘M’ Essentials Mathematics - 3 compulsory credits Check Your Prerequisite

Course Registration Contract Canterbury pages of Course Calendar Choices Include Academic or Applied Science College or University Biology, Chemistry University Physics Science - 2 compulsory credits - possible Category 3 credit Check Your Prerequisites

Course Registration Contract Canterbury pages of Course Calendar General Arts Courses - 1 compulsory credit - optional credits - possible Category 2 credit Check Your Prerequisites

Business Diploma Recognizes (6 credits) 50% in all Business Courses; Max 2 credits from Coop in Business related practice; 1 credit in Business from grade 9 or 10; 3 Business credits from 11 or 12 NOTE: New course in Marketing!!! BMI3C Business Studies - optional credit - possible Category 2 credit Check Your Prerequisites Course Registration Contract Canterbury pages of Course Calendar

Canadian and World Studies / Social Science and Humanities 2 Compulsory Credits in Geography and History; 0.5 Compulsory Credit in Civics and Careers possible Group 2 Credit and Extended French Credits (CGC1DF, CHC2DF, CHW3MF ) Course Registration Contract Canterbury pages of Course Calendar

Course Registration Contract Canterbury pages of Course Calendar Classical and International Languages - optional credits - possible Category 1 credit Check Your Prerequisites Cooperative Education - optional credits - possible Category 1, 2 or 3 credit

Course Registration Contract Canterbury pages of Course Calendar French as a Second Language - 1 compulsory credit - optional credits - possible Category 1 credit Extended French Diploma Recognizes 4 FEF credits + 3 other credits studied in French Check Your Prerequisites

Health and Physical Education - 1 compulsory credit - optional credits - possible Category 2 credit Check Your Prerequisites Technological Education - optional credits - possible Category 3 credit Course Registration Contract Canterbury pages of Course Calendar Outdoor Education - optional credit

Add the total number of credits you have selected– grades 9 through 11 should total minimum of 8 credits. Grade 12 must have a total of 6 credits, 3 each semester. This does not include courses taken outside of the regular school day. For example, Outdoor Ed or extra Arts Canterbury Courses ie portfolio or company.

PROGRAM PATHWAYS WORKPLACE,APPRENTICESHIP,COLLEGE UNIVERSITY FOR INFORMATION ON THESE PACKAGES VISIT OR REFER TO PAGE 12 OF THE COURSE CALENDAR OR SEE YOUR COUNSELOR TO ENROL

OCDSB Focus Programs Focus Programs Explore an area of interest, taken in gr. 11 or 12 Offered at a host school for 1 semester then return to CHS, package of 4 credits The Arts – (4 credits in 1 semester) Dance –Gloucester and Woodroffe HS Musical Theatre – Sir Robert Borden HS World Music – Brookfield HS Communication and Design—Merviale HS Trades and Technology – (4 credits in 1 semester) Cabinet Making - Glebe HS Landscape and Design – Bell HS

Specialist High Skills Major Programs (SHSM) Certification and in-depth training in a chosen employment sector taken in grade 11 and grade 12. Advanced Culinary Education—Sir Guy Carleton SS Broadcast and Digital Media—Sir Wilfred Laurier SS Communication and Design—Merivale HS Fabrication—South Carleton HS Green Learning—Nepean HS Housebuilding—various locations Tool and Die—Hillcrest HS See your counselor for details or visit Board website Page of the course calendar for more info

eLearning Courses Are only available if the course is NOT offered at our school OR If a required course cannot be timetabled. All courses are subject to the Principal’s approval. Please see your counselor for more information or page 21 of the course calendar for a complete listing of eLearning courses offered.

CHOOSE WISELY Course selection requires time!! The school timetable is built based on student selections—the ones that you are making now. There is not a section of every course every period!!! All timetable changes and in particular, level changes, are often NOT possible once the timetable has been set.

Each Subject Area in the Course Book contains flow charts like this one.

Each course offered at Canterbury is identified and described in the Course Book – for example, our new Marketing course.

WEB BASED COURSE SELECTION Access the website from the Canterbury High School Website which will have the instructions, applications for eLearning, SHSM’s and focus programs

How do I create my login account? Click on the “New Users Sign-In” link to create a new account. In the “Student Information” area, enter your own information. (If you do not know your “Student No:”, please see your report card

Choosing your Password In the “Choosing Your User Name and Password” area, create your own “User Name”, and “Password”. Please note that once your “User Name” is created, you cannot modify it. “User Name” must be from 6 to 20 characters long “Password” must be from 6 to 16 case sensitive characters, including upper case and lower case letters, numbers, and an underscore (“_”). In the “Recalling Your Password” area, enter a security question with an answer that is easy for you to remember.. Enter your address. This field is important, since the course requests you enter on-line, is confirmed via this address. Once all the required information is entered, click on the “Submit” button to have your account created.

How do I enter course requests on- line? With your web account created, login to the application by entering your “User Name” and “Password”, and click on the “Submit” button. If the login is successful, the application will bring you to the “Course Request” tab.

In the “Selected School” field, make sure it displays the school name to which you want to enter course request. From the “Make your selection” area, select your course request preference. By Reference – A list of all courses in alphabetical order By Requirement Areas – A list of courses based on the selected requirement area (Math, Science, French etc) By Custom – A list of courses that matches with what you enter in the blank field. For example, if you type “ENG”, the application will display only the courses starting with “ENG”

Entering your courses REMEMBER: If you do not have the prerequisite this program will not accept your selection Students in the Arts Canterbury program should enter the course codes provided by your Arts Teacher The deadline is February 18 after which point the website is closed!!!! You will no longer be able to access the website for course selection

FINISHED?? Once you hit the submit button you can only make a change through your guidance counselor so review your choices CAREFULLY ANY STUDENT NOT RETURNING TO CANTERBURY NEXT YEAR MUST SEE THEIR GUIDANCE COUNSELOR. DO NOT USE WEBSITE!!

Option Sheet Checklist is found on the website Print and use as a guide to ensure you have all the required documents to submit to your period 1 teacher no later than Feb 19 th.

We are confident students will meet the Feb 19 th Period 1verification and media form due date but if not, students will have to make appt with their counselor Courses are filled on a first come first serve basis Remember there is not a section of every course every period

Pick up a OCDSB Program Guide – or go online to school website and follow the link to the course calendar February 19 Our School Website (

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