Summer School Online Courses

Summer School online credit courses are available for students in grade 10 or higher. Registration for Summer School takes place in June of each year.

Registration for Summer School online credit courses for July 2024 is now open!

Courses Available

OLC4O - The Ontario Secondary School Literacy Course

OLC4O – The Ontario Secondary School Literacy Course (Grade 12 Open)

(1.0 credit) – Live Sessions 9:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. (5 days/wk)

This course is designed to help students acquire and demonstrate the cross-curricular literacy skills that are evaluated by the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT). Students who complete the course successfully will meet the provincial literacy requirement for graduation. Students will read a variety of informational, narrative, and graphic texts and will produce a variety of forms of writing, including summaries, information paragraphs, opinion pieces, and news reports. Students will also maintain and manage a portfolio containing a record of their reading experiences and samples of their writing. Eligibility requirement: Students who have been eligible to write the OSSLT at least twice and who have been unsuccessful at least once are eligible to take the course to achieve both a Grade 12 credit and their literacy credential for graduation.

Career Studies

GLC2O – Career Studies (Grade 10 Open)

(0.5 credit) – Live Sessions 9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. (5 days/wk)

This course gives students the opportunity to develop the skills, knowledge, and habits that will support them in their education and career/life planning. Students will learn about global work trends, and seek opportunities within the school and community to expand and strengthen their transferable skills and their ability to adapt to the changing world of work. On the basis of exploration, reflective practice, and decision-making processes, students will make connections between their skills, interests, and values and their postsecondary options, whether in apprenticeship training, college, community living, university, or the workplace. They will set goals and create a plan for their first postsecondary year. As part of their preparation for the future, they will learn about personal financial management – including the variety of saving and borrowing tools available to them and how to use them to their advantage – and develop a budget for their first year after secondary school.

Civics and Citizenship

CHV2O – Civics and Citizenship (Grade 10 Open)

(0.5 credit) – Live Sessions 11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. (5 days/wk)

This course explores rights and responsibilities associated with being an active citizen in a democratic society. Students will explore issues of civic importance and the influence of social media, while developing their understanding of the role of civic engagement and of political processes in the local, national, and/or global community. Students will apply the concepts of political thinking and the political inquiry process to investigate, and express informed opinions about, a range of political issues and developments that are both of significance in today’s world and of personal interest to them. This course also includes learning on digital literacy and critical-thinking skills, the mechanisms of government, Indigenous governance systems and structures, the historical foundations of the rights and freedoms we enjoy in Canada, ways in which government policy affects individuals’ lives and the economy, and ways for students to serve their communities.

Course Delivery

Courses will commence Tuesday, July 2, 2024 and finish Thursday, July 25, 2024. Synchronous online instruction will occur daily.

How to Register

To register, please complete the Summer School Online Registration Form and email completed form to [email protected] by Friday, June 14, 2024 at 3:00 p.m.

Frequently Asked Questions

Are there fees?

No. The 2024 summer school session courses are free.

Can I take more than one course?

No. Given the compressed time period, students can only take one credit during the summer session. Civics and Careers are half credits so students can take both.

I am planning a holiday for a week in July and will not have computer access. Can I still take the course?

No. Although the courses are online, they are not self-paced. Teachers set deadlines which must be met. Online courses may require group work and participation in class discussions. Students must log in daily.

How much time will it take to complete the course?

You will need to plan to spend approximately five to six hours per day in order to complete the full credit courses and two to three hours a day for half credit courses. The amount of time it will take to complete the course will vary from student to student. Full credit courses require 110 hours of work while half credit courses are 55 hours.