Student pathways
Online High School for Student Athletes in Ontario
A student athlete's conflict is rarely about ability. It is about time and place.
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School & OSSD
Ontario Online Secondary School: What the Term Means
Families searching for an online high school often use broad terms — "Canadian online high school", "online high school Canada" — and end up comparing schools that are not offering the same…
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Course guides
OSSD Elective Courses Online: How to Choose Them
In the OSSD, optional credits serve a dual purpose that students often conflate.
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Student pathways
Online OSSD Courses for Mature Students
Most mature students arrive with the same two worries: that they will have to start from the beginning, and that a full-time timetable is incompatible with work and family. Neither is usually…
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Student pathways
Reach Ahead: Taking High School Credits in Grade 8
Reach Ahead is the route by which an academically ready student may begin earning secondary school credits before Grade 9 — including during the summer before Grade 9.
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Flexible learning
Self-Paced OSSD Courses and Continuous Intake: How Starting Anytime Works
Self-paced and asynchronous describe when learning happens. They do not describe whether there are requirements, deadlines or support. Most confusion about online Ontario courses comes from…
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School & OSSD
How to Verify an Ontario OSSD School: BSID, Inspection and Reviews
When a family chooses a physical school, most of the doubt resolves itself on a visit. You see classrooms, meet teachers, watch students move between periods. Online education removes those…
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School & OSSD
Canada Nord Academy OSSD: Courses, School Status and How to Start
Canada Nord Academy is an Ontario Ministry-inspected private high school, identified by BSID 882882, offering courses leading to credits towards the Ontario Secondary School Diploma. It was…
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Course guides
ENG3U Online: Grade 11 English and the Foundation for ENG4U
ENG3U — English, Grade 11, University Preparation — is the prerequisite for ENG4U, and ENG4U is the course most Ontario university programs read when they assess English. The chain is short…
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