Henry Street High School 

Registration Instructions

~Please make sure to read through all the scenarios below and follow instructions for the correct scenario for your student~ 

1. Grade 8 Student currently attends one of Henry Street’s Family of Schools

Students who attend one of our feeder elementary schools are not required to complete any registration steps.  They are automatically registered to attend Henry Street and will simply select their courses using myblueprint.  Our Family of Schools include:  E.A. Fairman PS, Col JE Farewell PS, Sir William Stephenson PS, West Lynde PS, Whitby Shores PS. If you are uncertain about your home high school based on address, contact the office of your elementary school. 

myblueprint: https://app.myblueprint.ca/?sdid=ddsb

2. Grade 8 Student currently attends a Durham District School Board school that is not in Henry Street Family of Schools

There are some students who live in Henry Street’s school area but do not attend one of our  feeder schools (ie - Julie Payette for French Immersion).  Use the DDSB School Finder to confirm that Henry Street is your home high school. 

https://www.ddsb.ca/en/our-schools/find-a-school.aspx#

Parents/guardians should contact the office at their elementary school to request that they provide a Student Verification Form that reflects the address in Henry Street’s area.  The school can provide this directly to the Henry Street’s Guidance Office or the parent/guardian can contact the Guidance Office at 905-668-2731 ex. 241020 to arrange to send it.  After the Guidance Office has received the Verification Form, you will be contacted to arrange a time to bring the following documents:  1 proof of your address (mortgage statement, lease, water bill, phone bill, cable bill, hydro bill, etc. Please note: Driver’s License is NOT a valid proof of address).  After these documents have been verified, Henry Street Guidance will contact your elementary school to adjust the secondary school to Henry Street.

Finally, a Henry Street Guidance Counsellor will contact your family to discuss course selection.

3.  Student does not attend a DDSB school, but HAS been registered with the Durham District School Board in the past.

Use the DDSB School Finder to confirm that Henry Street is your home high school. 

https://www.ddsb.ca/en/our-schools/find-a-school.aspx#

Parents should contact the office at the last DDSB elementary school attended to request that they provide a Student Verification Form.  The school can provide this directly to the Henry Street Guidance Office or the parent/guardian can contact the Guidance Office at 905-668-2731 ex. 241020 to arrange to send it. 

After the Guidance Office has received the Verification Form, you will be contacted to arrange a time to bring the following documents:  1 proof of your address (mortgage statement, lease, water bill, phone bill, cable bill, hydro bill, etc. Please note: Driver’s License is NOT a valid proof of address) and an updated I.E.P. (if applicable).  After these documents have been verified, Henry Guidance will contact the elementary school to adjust the secondary school to Henry Street.

Finally, a Henry Street Guidance Counsellor will contact your family to discuss course selection.

4.  Student does not attend a DDSB school, and has NEVER been registered with the Durham District School Board in the past.

Use the DDSB School Finder to confirm that Henry Street is your home high school. 

https://www.ddsb.ca/en/our-schools/find-a-school.aspx#

Parents/guardians must go on the Henry Street website to complete the online student registration for 2022-2023.

https://henrystreeths.ddsb.ca/en/our-school/register-for-school.aspx?_mid_=4245

After the Guidance Office has received the online registration, you will be contacted to arrange a time to bring the following documents:  1 proof of your address (mortgage statement, lease, water bill, phone bill, cable bill, hydro bill, etc. Please note: Driver’s License is NOT a valid proof of address), proof of citizenship/birthdate (original birth certificate, original passport, Permanent Resident Card), the most recent grade 8 report card, and an updated I.E.P. (if applicable).  After these documents have been verified, Henry Street Guidance will complete the registration.

Finally, a Henry Street Guidance Counsellor will contact your family to discuss course selection

5.  Student currently attends another DDSB secondary school

Use the DDSB School Finder to confirm that Henry Street is your home high school. https://www.ddsb.ca/en/our-schools/find-a-school.aspx#

Parents should contact the office at the DDSB secondary school they are currently attending to request that they provide a Student Verification Form.  The school can provide this directly to the Henry Street Guidance Office or the parent/guardian can contact the Guidance Office at 905-668-2731 ex. 241020 to arrange to send it. Please send an email to Henry Street requesting a registration appointment. Email: HenryStreetHS@ddsb.ca 

After the Guidance Office has received the Verification Form and email, you will be contacted to arrange a time to bring the following documents:  1 proof of your address (mortgage statement, lease, water bill, phone bill, cable bill, hydro bill, etc. Please note: Driver’s License is NOT a valid proof of address) and an updated I.E.P. (if applicable). 

Finally, a Henry Street Guidance Counsellor will contact your family to discuss course selection.

Welcome Future Hawks!

Henry Street High School Grade 8 Open House

On Thursday, February 9, 2023  from 6-8pm Henry Street  High School is pleased to welcome our future Hawks and families for a fun and  informational night of sharing all that Henry Street has to offer. 

All current Grade 8s and their families are invited to attend a presentation starting at 6pm followed by the opportunity to tour school and a chance to meet teachers from all of our departments.  You will be able to see the wide range of programming we have to offer for our students. 

We will also have student leaders, guidance, and special education staff as well as representatives from our co-op, dual credit and Specialist High Skills Major programs that will be available to address any questions. 

We look forward to welcoming our future Hawks!

All students will be added to their grade level Google Classroom.  Please monitor this class for important daily announcements. If you have not been added to your grade level google classroom, please inform your classroom teacher. 

Please check your grade 12 Google Classroom frequently for important information.

OSAP Presentation - Monday March 6, 2023

Course Requests must be requested using the Course Change Request Form located in your guidance counsellor’s individual Google Classroom.  No requests will be considered via email.

Course changes are not guaranteed and are dependent on availability and cohort assignments.  We cannot guarantee the order/placement of courses.

ALL COURSE CHANGE REQUESTS MUST INCLUDE PARENT/GUARDIAN PERMISSION. Permission is in the form of your parent/guardian's digital signature which is required for the request to be considered. No course changes are made unless a Parent/Guardian has signed the form.

You will be notified of the status of your Course Change Request via your student Gmail account.  Information about how to access your student Gmail is available on the grade level Google Classroom. 

Be sure to attend your classes based on your current student timetable.

Please note: Until the student timetable change has officially been made to your schedule and you have received confirmation from your Guidance Counsellor, you are to remain in the current class. 

Students need 40 Hours of Community Involvement to graduate with an Ontario Secondary School Diploma. Grade 8 students can start earning community involvement hours the summer between Gr 8 and 9. As a rule of thumb, if students earn 10 hours per grade, then they will graduate with the requirement. Students record their community involvement hours on a record card, getting their sponsor signature, verifying the completion of the hours. Find below at the end of this page, links to the Community Involvement Record Cards. 

For additional resources:

1. The Durham District School Board has a page on their website highlighting Community Involvement Hours, as well.

2. The United Way Durham Region hosts a website and Volunteer Database, page highlighting varied opportunities for community service. 

3. The Ministry of Children, Community, and Social Services also has a website, highlighting Youth Opportunities, for volunteering across the Province of Ontario. 

Please note: For the 2021-22 school year: The Ministry of Education is revising the 40-hour community involvement graduation requirement so that students will not be adversely impacted by the ongoing challenges related to COVID-19. REMINDER: For students graduating in the 2021-2022 school year, the community involvement graduation requirement will be reduced to a minimum of 20 hours of community involvement activities. This recognizes that graduating students have had barriers to earning their community involvement hours last school year and there may be continued barriers this school year. In addition, the Ministry is providing increased flexibility in how all secondary students can earn hours in 2021-2022, as follows:

• At the principal’s discretion, schools may waive the restrictions that do not allow students to earn hours during the time allotted for the instructional program on a school day, or duties normally performed in the home (e.g., walking a younger child to and from school, helping younger siblings with school work).

• Students aged 14 years and older can count up to a maximum of 10 hours from paid employment towards their earned hours at the discretion of the principal. Students counting paid employment towards their graduation requirement will be required to complete a reflection exercise indicating how their work contributed to the service for others. This option is available to any Grades 9-12 students who are over 14 years old. A NEW Activity Record has been created for students to log a maximum of 10 hours of “Employment-Based Community Involvement” that includes a NEW Reflection exercise as required by the Ministry of Education.

• Both this new Activity Record for Employment-Based Community Involvement and the Standard form have been made available to secondary schools in a fillable PDF format.

www.ddsb.ca/en/programs-and-learning/community-involvement-hours.aspx 

Information about volunteer hours and opportunities is also available on your grade level Google Classroom. 

Please see the document below. 

What are they? 

Specialist High Skills Majors let students focus on a career path that matches their skills and interests while meeting the requirements of the Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD). Students receive the SHSM's Red Seal on their diploma when they

 • complete a specific bundle of 8-10 courses in the student's selected field 

• earn valuable industry certifications including first aid and CPR qualifications 

• gain important skills on the job with employers 

Who are they for? 

Grade 11 and 12 students who are: 

• heading for an apprenticeship, training, college, university or the workplace. 

• wanting to identify, explore and refine their career goals and make informed choices about their next steps after secondary school. 

At Henry Street High School we currently offer SHSM programs in:

 • Arts and Culture

 • Health and Wellness 

• Hospitality and Tourism 

• Transportation 

Contact the Guidance Department for more information. 

Plan your education

Durham District School Board (DDSB) provides a variety of resources to help students direct their learning. This allows them to receive relevant academic and practical experience regardless of the career pathway they choose.

• Choosing My Success Student Transition Guide (Planning for Grade 9)

• Choosing My Success - Overview (for Grade 8 students and their families)

• De-Streaming and Inclusive Grade 9 (What Families Want to Know)

• Refining My Pathway Student Transition Guide (Planning for Grade 11 & 12)

• Designing My Future Student Transition Guide (Planning for Your Initial Post-Secondary Destination)

• Pathways to Student Success (Provides students, parents, and schools with information on a range of opportunities and individualized pathways to enhance student success.)