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Click on the SHSM Program offered at GPSS to find out more information about it:
General information about SHSM:
An SHSM is a ministry-approved specialized program that allows students to focus their learning on a specific economic sector while meeting the requirements to graduate from secondary school. It also assists in their transition after graduation to apprenticeship training, college, university or the workplace.
All Specialist High Skills Majors have 5 major components for completion.
Pursuing an SHSM helps students to:
Customize their secondary school education to suit their interests and talents.
Develop specialized knowledge and skills.
Earn credits that postsecondary educational institutions and the sector recognize.
Gain sector-recognized certification and career-relevant training.
Develop essential skills and work habits;
Identify, explore and refine career goals and make informed decisions about their future.
Remain flexible, with the option to shift between pathways, should their goals and plans change
Students who successfully complete an SHSM receive:
an Ontario Secondary School Diploma with an embossed SHSM seal;
an SHSM Record documenting his/her achievement
formal recognition on his/her Ontario Student Transcript.
See the program pages linked above for more information on courses, certifications, and activities.
Contact your guidance counselor.
For more detailed information about SHSM from the Ministry of Education and WRDSB: