Step 3: Explore your courses and pathway.

• The courses available for next year have been uploaded into myBlueprint and are available to populate into your High School Plan.

• Here is a useful guide to Selecting Courses in myBlueprint.

• Please use the Course Selection sheets as a guide to help you in choosing your courses. These are not to be handed in this year.

  • Grade 9’s going to Grade 10 - Mainstream or TOPS

  • Grade 10’s going to Grade 11 - Mainstream or TOPS

  • Grade 11’s going to Grade 12 - Mainstream & TOPS

• Guidance will be holding grade specific course selection presentations, on the specified date for your grade please click on the presentation name for the link to the presentation:

  • Tuesday, January 12th @ 2:45 pm - Recording of Grade 9 Course Selection Presentation & the TOPS Q&A

  • Wednesday, January 13th @ 2:45 pm - Recording of Grade 10 Mainstream Course Selection Presentation

  • Wednesday, January 13th @ 2:45 pm - Recording of Grade 10 TOPS Course Selection Presentation

  • Thursday, January 14th @ 2:45 pm - Recording of Grade 11 Course Selection Presentation

* If you are a grade 12 student planning on returning to BCI next year feel free to join the grade 11 course selection presentation. Please note that all students interested in returning for a 5^th year must get approval from a Vice Principal.

• Graduating students will indicate their desired pathway with the following codes in the “Graduating Students” Discipline:

  • ZAPPRE - Apprenticeship

  • ZCOLLG - College

  • ZUNIVR - University

  • ZWORK - Work

• Students planning for the future will find it helpful to:

  • Forwards Plan - think of what courses you want to take and where this can lead you

  • Backwards Plan - explore careers you are interested in, then reverse plan what university/college/apprenticeship pathway will get you to that career, and then reverse plan what high school courses you will need to get there.

  • A useful guide is here: Forward and Backwards Planning Guide

Step 4: Populate your High School Plan to be ready for course selection.

• Discuss your plan and where it will take you with your parent(s)/guardian(s) or any mentor you would like to consult.

• Be sure to include alternates that you would actually be willing to take.

Step 5: Attend the Department Showcases Tuesday, January 19th @ 2:45 pm - 3:15 pm

• Each department will be available to speak to and answer questions related to their courses, the links are below:

• Art (Music, Visual Art, Digital Art and Photography)

• Art (Drama)

• Business

• ***Co-op & SHSM (Postponed until Thursday, January 21st @ 3:30 pm)

• English

• French

• Mathematics & Computer Science

• Physical Education

• Science

• Social Science

Step 6: Submit your course selection.

• Course Selection submission will open on Tuesday, January 19th @ 3:30 pm.

• You must submit your course selection and complete the Online Parent/Guardian Approval by Friday, January 22nd @ 5:00 pm.