OSSD Requirements
Course Types & Streams
Specialized Programs
SHSM & Apprenticeships
Extra Requirements & Opportunities
100

The number of compulsory credits needed for the Ontario Secondary School Diploma

What is 17 credits?

100

 The two main course types for Grades 9 and 10

What is Destreamed and Open?

100

Definition of SHSM 

What is Specialist High Skills Major?

100

Number of SHSM programs are offered in DPCDSB

What is 50?

100

Number of online learning credits required

What is 2?

200

The number of elective credits are required for graduation

What is 13 credits?

200

Two course types available in Grades 11 and 12.

What is College, University, College/University, Open, Workplace?

200

One benefit of the SHSM program

What is specialized skills, certifications, and sector-specific learning?

200

The purpose of OYAP Level 1

What is to get First level of apprenticeship training while in high school?

200

The minimum passing mark for the Financial Literacy module in grade 10?

What is 70%?

300

 The minimum number of community service hours required.

What is 40?

300

When all students take the same level of English, Math, Science, and Geography

What is destreamed?

300
Definition of OYAP

 What is the Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program?

300

Definition of FAST program

What is Focused Apprenticeship Skills Training?

300

The time you are able to start earning community service hours.

What is the summer between Grade 8 and Grade 9?

400

One component of the provincial literacy requirement.

What is  OSSLT or OSSLC?

400

The course code prefix for English

What is ENG?

400

A program allowing students to earn both high school and college/apprenticeship credits

What is a Dual Credit program?

400

This seal appears on the diploma for SHSM graduates

What is a RED seal?

400

 One regional Advanced Placement site in DPCDSB

What is  St. Edmund Campion SS or St. Joseph SS?

500

One new requirement that begins in 2025

What is the Financial Literacy Module?

500

A course type designed for students pursuing hands-on careers after high school?

What is workplace?

500

A  regional program offered in DPCDSB

What is Regional Arts, Regional Sports, Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate?

500

The number of skilled trades are recognized in Ontario

What is over 140+?

500

One school offering the International Baccalaureate program

What is Notre Dame SS, St. Francis Xavier SS, or St. Paul SS?