GUIDANCE UPDATES -  January 15

COURSE SELECTION 2025-2026… happening soon!!

 

It’s course selection time for the 2025-2026 school year!

During the month of January and February we will focus on choosing courses for the following school year.

We wanted to give you some information that will help your child select courses.

 

HOW DO STUDENTS CHOOSE THEIR COURSES?

Through myBlueprint.

Students will need to log in.  Instructions are in the google folder (see below).

 

DEADLINES

Course Selection Opens: Tuesday, February 13 (9:00am)

Course Selection Deadline: Friday, February 21 (3:20pm)

 

ACCESS THE GOOGLE DRIVE AND RESOURCES

**The most important source of information – students will find everything they need here.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/160QyKX3gWH4Fw_UGK6--r6JvM8pgvMcd?usp=sharing

Reminder:  Only students can access this drive.  They use their Gapps account.

 

MANDATORY PARENT/GUARDIAN APPROVAL 

There is a 2-step approval process for course selection.

1.    Students must enter a parent/guardian email address into myBlueprint when they submit their courses.  Please ensure your student knows your email address.

2.    All guardians/parents must approve their students' course selection by 3:20 on Friday, February 21. 

 

COURSE SELECTION WORKSHOPS

If students would like some more in depth information about courses, please have them drop into one of these sessions.

All workshops will take place in the library.

JAN  13 - Period 3

JAN  16 - Period 4

JAN  20 - Period 2

FEB  13 - Period 1, 2 

FEB  19 - Period 1, 3

 

REMINDER - OPTING OUT OF THE TWO REQUIRED ONLINE LEARNING CREDITS

What is the Online Learning Graduation Requirement?

All students must earn at least two online learning credits as part of the requirements for an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD)unless they have opted out or been exempted.

 

How do I opt out?

1.     Opt out through myBlueprint during Course Selection time.

2.     Pick up a paper copy of the opt out form from the guidance office, fill it in, and return it to the guidance secretary, Ms. Han. 

 

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

YRDSB Website

myBlueprint

DOES YOUR STUDENT NEED HELP WITH COURSE SELECTION?

 

Please refer them to this poster: