Future Grade 9 Simcoe Composite School Students
School Profile
2024-25
Below you will find some resources that you can access to better prepare students for the next school year.
- Find the link to Grand Erie’s Multi-Year Plan here
Grade 8 Student Visiting Times:
- Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024
9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Future Grade 9 Student and Parent Information Nights:
- Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025
From 6 p.m.
Alternate Date and Time:
- Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025
From 6 p.m.
Grade 9 Student Orientation/Registration:
- Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024
Grade 9 Course Selections - For students enrolled in Grand Erie District School Board
Course selection will be completed on BrightSpace by Jan. 31, 2025.
Questions should be directed to your child's Grade 8 teacher at their current school.
Grade 9 Registration Form for Students outside Grand Erie District School Board
Completed Registration Forms can be emailed to kelly.stromme@granderie.ca.
Click Here for a copy of the Grade 9 Registration Form for Students from outside Grand Erie
Please contact the guidance office at 519-426-4664 ext. 501240 if you are new to the area or attending a school that is not a Grand Erie District School within the board to obtain a course selection sheet.
Course Selection Requirements
Click here for a copy of the Grade 9 course option sheet
OSSD Requirements
To earn a high school OSSD diploma in Ontario, students must:
- earn 17 compulsory credits
- earn 13 optional credits
- pass the literacy requirement
- complete a minimum of 40 hours of community involvement activities
- financial literacy requirement
- 2 eLearning courses
Compulsory credits
Students must earn the following 17 compulsory credits to get their Ontario Secondary School Diploma:
- 4 credits in English (1 credit per grade)
- 3 credits in mathematics (at least 1 credit in Grade 11 or 12)
- 2 credits in science
- 1 credit in technological education (Grade 9 or Grade 10)
- 1 credit in Canadian history (Grade 10)
- 1 credit in Canadian geography (Grade 9)
- 1 credit in the arts
- 1 credit in health and physical education
- 1 credit in French as a second language
- 0.5 credit in career studies
- 0.5 credit in civics
- 1 credit from the STEM-related course group
STEM-related course group
Of the 17 compulsory credits, students must complete one from each of the following group:
- business studies
- computer studies
- cooperative education
- mathematics (in addition to the 3 compulsory credits currently required)
- science (in addition to the 2 compulsory credits currently required)
- technological education (in addition to the 1 compulsory credit required)
English language learners (ELL)
Students may count a maximum of 3 credits in English as a Second Language or English Literacy Development towards the 4 compulsory credits in English.
The fourth credit must be for a Grade 12 compulsory English course.
Optional credits
Students must earn 13 optional credits by successfully completing courses offered in their school's program and course calendar.
Optional credits may include up to 4 credits earned through approved dual credit programs