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Community Involvement Requirements and Procedures
Students must complete a minimum of 40 hours of community involvement acvies during their years in the secondary school
program. This requirement is to be completed outside the student’s normal instruconal hours and in a variety of sengs. Students
may not complete the hours through acvies that are counted towards a credit, through paid work or by assuming dues normally
performed by a paid employee.
Parents and students play a major role in this iniave. Organizaons or persons supervising the acvies must confirm compleon
of the 40 hours. Documentaon aesng to the compleon of each acvity must be submied. This documentaon must
include for each acvity, the name of the person or organizaon receiving the service, the acvity performed, the dates and hours,
signatures of the student and his or her parents and a signed acknowledgement by the person (or representave of the organizaon)
involved. More details on community involvement requirements and procedures are available from the school.
Provincial Secondary School Literacy Test
All students who entered Grade 9 in the 2000 - 2001 school year, or in subsequent years, must successfully complete the provincial
secondary school literacy test in order to earn a secondary school diploma. Students will normally be administered the literacy
test when they are in Grade 10. The test is based on Ontario curriculum expectaons for language and communicaon, parcularly
reading and wring, up to and including Grade 9.
The test will idenfy areas for remediaon for students who are unsuccessful in compleng the test. Students who write the test but
do not succeed must re-take the test and complete it successfully in order to qualify for a secondary school diploma. There is no limit
to the number of mes the test may be re-taken.
Accommodaons
Students who are receiving special educaon programs and services and who have an Individual Educaon Plan may receive the
accommodaons that are set out in the students’ IEP.
Deferrals
Only students who might benefit from a deferral of the test should be considered. This may include students who have been
idenfied as exceponal and students registered in English as a second language/English literacy development courses who have not
yet acquired the level of proficiency in English required for successfully compleng the test. The Principal determines if a deferral
should be granted and the me period for the deferral.
Exempons
Students whose IEP indicates that the student is not working towards the aainment of a secondary school diploma may, with
parental consent and approval of the Principal, be exempted from parcipang in the literacy test.
Ontario Secondary School Literacy Course
Students may also achieve the literacy requirement through the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Course. Refer to the course
descripon in the Grade 12 English secon.
Adjudicaon
At the end of each school year, Directors of Educaon establish an Adjudicaon Panel to provide a select group of students an
addional opportunity to meet the graduaon literacy requirement. This group of students includes those who would otherwise be
eligible to graduate in June but, through no fault of their own, have not been able to take advantage of the normal opportunies to
write the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT) and/or have not been able to enrol in or complete OSSLC due to unforeseen
circumstances. Also eligible are students who were receiving special educaon programs or services, and had an Individual
Educaon Plan (IEP) documenng required accommodaons that due to unforeseen circumstances were not available when they
were taking the OSSLT. Contact the Principal for further informaon.
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