1. COURSE SELECTION For Grade 9s choosing their Grade 10 courses

2. Checking Your Credit History

3. Other Diploma Requirements
Literacy Test (OSSLT)
Written in the spring of Grade 10 year
Community Service
Complete the Community Involvement Activity Record Form
Upon completion, submit to your Guidance Counsellor
Freshman 40 Certificate

4. Courses Choose 8 credits Total of 9 courses! 5 compulsory credits
1 English (ENG 2L/ENG 2P/ENG 2D)
1 Math (MAT 2L/MFM 2P/MPM 2D)
1 History (CHC 2P/CHC 2D)
1 Science (SNC 2L/SNC 2P/SNC 2D)
0.5 Civics (CHV 2O)
0.5 Careers (GLC 2O)
3 optional credits
Explore interests
Total of 9 courses!

5. When choosing your courses…
Remember OSSD requirements
Ensure you have the appropriate prerequisites
Make realistic choices
Explore program areas (optional courses)
Make sure that the selected course IS the actual course you want (check course description and grade level)
Course selections are granted on a first come – first served basis.

6. Learning about Courses
Subject teachers
Guidance Counsellor
Friends/other students
Remember: Timetable changes are difficult or impossible once the semester starts. Optional course changes will not be considered in September.

7. Course Types Open (BBI 2O0) Locally Developed (ENG 2L0)
Academic (CHC 2D0)
Applied (MFM 2P0)
Consider current achievement: minimum of 70% is recommended to continue in the same pathway.

8. Going to summer school? Make-up credit (failed with a 40 – 49%)
2-week course
New credit/upgrading a course you passed
4-week course
Summer school info will arrive end of February (announced via RHSS Google Classroom)
Select all required courses for next year, even if you plan to attend summer school!

9. Course Selection Website
Login to BYOD
Click on the myBlueprint icon to access your account
The purple dot indicates the “official plan” which will be submitted.
Select the appropriate grade for course selection

10. Click on the + sign to bring up a list of courses to choose from
Selecting Courses
Click on the + sign to bring up a list of courses to choose from

11. Deadline to Select Courses
Course selection website opens:
Monday, December 3rd, 2018
Select your courses
Print your verification sheet and get it signed by a parent/guardian
Return signed verification sheet to your HR teacher
Course selection website closes:
Friday, December 16th, 2018
Courses selected after this date will not get uploaded to the information system

12. Questions?