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- 2021-10-03
PRE-REQUISITES FOR GRADE 10 IN ONTARIO
PRE-REQUISITES FOR GRADE 10 IN
ONTARIO
Grade 10
Compulsory courses include English, Math, Science, Careers and Civics, History.
If you missed any grade 9 compulsory courses you can select them for next year.
There are 3 elective choices + 2 alternates. Elective courses can be chosen
from grades 9, 10, or 11
New courses
being offered next year include grade 10 Urban Art, grade 11 Music. For
Creating, grade 11 Communication and Information (business), grade 11 and
Personal and Fitness Activities, grade 11 Green Industries. There are no
prerequisites for grade 10 elective courses (ie. you don’t need to do the
course in grade 9 in order to take it in grade 10)
Consider
reaching ahead; for example, if you plan to take senior university-level science
courses and you would like co-op or the Outdoor Education Leadership Program in
grade 11, you may want to take a grade 11 University Biology credit in semester
2 of your grade 10 year to lighten your workload in grade 11. Please choose
your levels carefully.
Decent marks
in grade 9 academic courses will help you to be more successful in grade 10
academic courses. Grade 10 applied courses will lead to grade 11 college and
mixed level courses. Grade 10 academic courses will lead to grade 11
university, college, or mixed level courses.
Summer school
- the only grade 10 course offered is Careers and Civics, which can be taken
via e-learning. To help you pick your levels and courses, you may want to do
some research. Post-secondary research includes talking to teachers at the
course fair - brochures will be given on Tuesday morning - you will have time
to attend 5 sessions.
We recommend that you
to meet with your counsellor early in your high school career to plan your
course selection. The
Ministry of Education provides detailed information regarding Ontario high school courses and course descriptions.
Which courses are recommended? The school has suggested sequences of high
school courses that will prepare you for applying to university. Remember to
confirm the requirements and admission ranges for your program(s) of interest
before applying.