Guidance Services

Through personal and group counselling, the Guidance Department provides students with opportunities to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes needed to understand themselves, to plan and achieve educational goals, to explore career pathways, and to make appropriate post-secondary decisions that will enable them to succeed in university, community college or the world of work. Counsellors are available to students to discuss any concerns relating to educational or personal matters.

Should parents wish to check on the progress of their child, they are encouraged to contact the child’s subject teacher or guidance counsellor.

Ontario Student Record (OSR)

The school maintains a complete record for each student within the Ontario Student Record (OSR) folder. Parents and students may peruse this record along with a guidance counsellor.

Course Changes

Course changes may be allowed after consultation with a student’s counsellor and with parental approval. Changes should only be made for valid reasons such as: a change in level of difficulty, a change of career paths, post-secondary admission requirements, summer school or night school results, or medical matters. Should the request for change be valid, the timetable will be adjusted, if possible, taking into account the master timetable and class sizes. Unless there are exceptional circumstances, no course changes will be initiated after the second week of classes in each semester.