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Future Waterford District High School Students

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2024-25

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waterfordwolves_Logo.pngAttention Students and Parents/Caregivers

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 p.m.

Future Grade 9 Student and Parent Information Nights:

  • Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024
    5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Session #1 at 5 p.m. Session #2 at 6 p.m.

Alternate Date and Time:

  • Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024
    5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Session #1 at 5 p.m. Session #2 at 6 p.m.

Grade 9 Student Orientation/Registration:

  • Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024

 

Grade 9 Forms and Courses

Grade 9 Registration Form - For students currently enrolled in Grand Erie District School Board

Completed Registration Forms and Course Selection Sheets are due to Waterford District High School NO LATER than Jan. 31, 2025. 

Elementary Grade 8 teachers will collect these forms for their students. Please be reminded that students CANNOT register at more than one secondary school.

  Click here for a copy of the Grade 9 Registration Form for Grand Erie students

Grade 9 Registration Form for Students outside Grand Erie District School Board

Completed Registration Forms and Course Selection Sheets are due to Waterford District High School NO LATER than Jan. 31, 2025. 

Elementary Grade 8 teachers will collect these forms for their students.  If Elementary Grade 8 teachers will not collect the forms for the students, please email your form to karen.leger@granderie.ca. Please be reminded that students CANNOT register at more than one Secondary School.

  Click Here for a copy of the Grade 9 Registration Form for Students from outside Grand Erie
 

Grade 9 Course Selections

  Click here for a copy of the Grade 9 course option sheet

OSSD Requirements

To earn a high school OSSD diploma in Ontario, students entering Grade 9 in 2025 must:

  • earn 17 compulsory credits 
  • earn 13 optional credits
  • pass the literacy requirement
  • pass the financial literacy requirement
  • complete a minimum of 40 hours of community involvement activities
  • complete two online learning credits, or opt-out of eLearning
     

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 (Grade 9, 10 and at least 1 credit in Grade 11 or 12)
  • 3 credits for group 1, 2 and 3 courses (1 credit in each group)
  • 2 credits in Science.
  • 1 credit in technological education (Grade 9 or 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 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 currently required)

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