All secondary students are required to meet the requirements of full-time students:

• Grade 9 and Grade 10 students must be enrolled in 4 credits per semester
• Grade 11 students must be enrolled in 4 credits per semester, unless permission is given by principal or designate.
• Grade 12 students must enroll in a minimum of 3 credits per semester
• Returning Grade 12 graduates must enroll in a minimum of 2 credits per semester

Enrollment for returning Grade 12 graduates is not guaranteed and will be determined by the principal or designate.

Exceptions to the requirement for full-time student status may be allowed by the principal or designate, only in exceptional circumstances.

Students who qualify for Principal’s Honour Roll must achieve:

• Students in Grades 9 and 10 – 80% average in minimum eight courses and be recognized as a full-time student as defined above from September – June.
• Students in Grade 11 – 80% average in minimum eight courses and be recognized as a full-time student as defined above from September – June, unless permission for a reduced courseload is given by the principal.
• Students in Grade 12 – 80% average in minimum six courses and be recognized as a full-time student as defined above from September – June.

The Principal’s Honour Roll is calculated on all courses taken from July 1- June 30 of the school year. Only courses registered through BHNCDSB are eligible for inclusion in the Honour Roll criteria. In all grades, students must have a grade-level Religion course and meet eligibility requirements for a full-time student as defined above.

For Students entering Grade 9 in September 2024 or later

• English (4 credits – one credit per grade)
• Mathematics (3 credits, Grade 9, Grade 10, and one in Grade 11 or 12)
• Science (2 credits)
• French as a second language (1 credit)
• Canadian geography (1 credit)
• Health and Physical Education (1 credit)
• The arts (1 credit)
• Careers (1/2 credit)
• Civics (1/2 credit)
• Technology (1 credit, grade 9 or 10)
• 1 additional STEM-related credit from the group below

• Business credit
• Computer studies
• Cooperative education
• Mathematics (in addition to the 3 compulsory credits required)
• Science (in addition to the 2 compulsory credits required)
• Technological education (in addition to the 1 compulsory credit required)

 You must also complete:

• 4 religion credits
• 9 optional credits
• Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (Grade 10)
• Financial Literacy requirement (Grade 10)
• 40 hours of community service over four years
• 2 online learning courses

• English (4 credits – one credit per grade)
• Mathematics (3 credits, at least one in Grade 11 or 12)
• Science (2 credits)
• French as a second language (1 credit)
• Canadian geography (1 credit)
• Health and Physical Education (1 credit)
• The arts (1 credit)
• Careers (1/2 credit, grade 10)
• Civics (1/2 credit, grade 10)

• 4 religion credits
• 9 optional credits
• Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (Grade 10)
• Financial Literacy requirement (Grade 10)
• 40 hours of community service over four years
• 2 online learning courses

The Ontario Secondary School Certificate will be granted on request to students who leave school before earning the Ontario Secondary School Diploma, if they have earned a minimum of 14 credits distributed as follows:

Compulsory credits (total of 7)

• 2 credits in English
• 1 credit in Canadian geography or Canadian history
• 1 credit in mathematics
• 1 credit in science
• 1 credit in health and physical education
• 1 credit in the arts or technological education

Optional credits (total of 7) credits selected by the student from available courses, including one religious education credit per year

Students who leave school before fulfilling the requirements for the Ontario Secondary School Diploma or the Ontario Secondary School Certificate may be granted a Certificate of Accomplishment. This Certificate of Accomplishment may be a useful means of recognizing achievement for students who plan to take certain vocational programs or other kinds of further training, or who plan to find employment after leaving school 

As part of the diploma requirements, students are required to complete a minimum of 40 hours of community involvement activities. These activities may be completed at any time during their years in the secondary program. The community involvement requirement is designed to provide an opportunity for students to meet the Catholic Graduate

The Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test is administered to all students in the province in March of their Grade 10 school year. Successful completion of the test is a graduation requirement. The test is composed of reading selections with multiple-choice and open-response items, writing prompts with multiple choice writing items. The test is administered in two 75 min blocks. All students now have access to additional time assistive technology including a screen reader, zooming, highlighting, underlining and annotating tools.

The table below summarizes the characteristics of students who do and do not meet provincial standard for literacy on the test.

For more information, or access to the OSSLT Practice Test, consider going to the EQAO website. Holy Trinity will communicate with families to ensure they are aware of the testing window, and opportunities provided to students to ensure they feel confident approaching the test.