2024-2025 Course Selection Timelines 

(COURSE SELECTION CLOSED FOR 2024/2025 - SPEAK TO YOUR GUIDANCE COUNSELLOR IF YOU HAVE CONCERNS)

Grades 9-12 students must complete and submit their course selection from Monday, February 5th - Friday, March 1st. 

Course selection is completed in  Xello which can be found on the OCDSB Student Portal. Click on the Course Planner button to select courses.  Please note that the Course Planner opens on Monday, February 5th. 

More information about high school course selection can be found on the OCDSB Student Guide for Course Selections page.

Students and their parent/guardians are encouraged to take time to review course options together, research post-secondary pathways, and ask teachers or guidance counsellors for advice to make the best possible course choices.

 If you would like to chat with your Guidance Counsellor about Course Selections, please make sure you have done the following before coming to your guidance appointment:

• Reviewed the slides posted  below (How to Access Xello & Complete Courese Selections, CHS Electives and Grade-specific Presentations)

• Started building your Course Planner in Xello

Canterbury Programs/Courses requiring a Separate or Supplemental Application for 2024/2025

1. Link Crew Leadership (IDC3O and IDC4U)  -

Add Link Crew, Grade 11 (IDC3O) or Link Crew, Grade 12 (IDC4U) in your Course Planner in Xello.  

○ After course selection has closed, students who selected the course will be sent an 'Expression of Interest' form to complete.  This form will be due on Monday, April 29th at 9:00am. 

2. Outdoor Education (PAD3O) - Expression of Interest due by:  March 1, 2024

To express interest in registering for Outdoor Ed (PAD3O), please fill in the Outdoor Ed Google Form.  This course is offered outside of the timetable. Please note that this course is open to students entering grade 10, 11 or 12, and that priority will be given to students entering grade 11 and 12.

3. TGG4MU - Yearbook & Web Magazine Production, Grade 12

Students must be have successfully completed TGG3MU in order to apply to take TGG4MU. 

○ After the Course Selection period closes, students who select TGG4MU in the Course Selection will be invited to complete a Google Form application in order to be considered for this course.

4. Cooperative Education (1CO3AD or 1CO4PD) 

Students who select 2-credit Co-op (1CO3AD) or full-day Co-op (1CO4PD) in their Course Planner in Xello will receive a link to the Co-op Google Form after the Course Selection period closes to provide additional information to our Co-op teacher regarding placement interests.

Students in French Immersion may be able to complete their Coop in French and have it count as a French credit.

5. SHSM Programs (Business, Arts & Culture, or other):  

Add the SHSM program of interest in your Course Planner in Xello.   Follow up with your Guidance Counsellor after you have completed a  SHSM application.

6. International Certificate Program (ICP): 

Contact your Guidance Counsellor for more information about how to apply and to review your course selection to ensure you have the required course components.