Guidance
Guidance is an area where students can receive assistance with educational planning, career goals, personal counselling, or referrals to outside agencies. Guidance counsellors are teachers with additional expertise in the area of Guidance and Career Education and are trained to help students make informed decisions about their future.
Updates 2020-2021 | ||||||||||
Course Withdrawal Dates for 2020-2021 Grade 11 and 12 students:
For students that withdraw from a Grade 11 or 12 course after the posted deadline or “drop date,” the course will be recorded on their Ontario Student Transcript (OST).
Q4 Time Table Changes
All students are expected to follow their current Q4 timetable.
Course changes will be considered for prerequisite issues, level changes and graduation requirements.
Forms for timetable changes will be open as follows:
Grades 11 and 12 - April 20
Grades 9 and 10 - April 21
Forms will be available on the Guidance grade level Google classrooms on April 20.
Thank you in advance for your patience during this busy time. |
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Post Secondary Information | ||||||||||
Post-Secondary 2020-2021
University - Ontario Application Deadline January 15, 2021
College – Ontario Application Deadline February 1, 2021
WorldWide College Tours October 5-9, 2020
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Grade 12's | ||||||||||
Update for Grade 12 students: Full Disclosure date is May 6, 2020. Please send an email from your parent/guardian to Pine Ridge or the Guidance department (emails on Guidance website) if you would like to withdraw from a Semester 2 course before the Full Disclosure date. Include the course you are withdrawing from in the email and indicate if you have course materials to return.
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Grade 8 Students | ||||||||||
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Graduation & Commencement | ||||||||||
OSSD Requirement Potential Graduates have completed:
Please ensure that you have your 40 Community Service Hours completed and submitted by May 1st in the year you intend to graduate. Until your hours have been submitted and verified, you will not be eligible to receive your Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD). |
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Community Involvement Hours | ||||||||||
A minimum of 40 hours of community involvement is required for graduation. As hours are completed, please submit forms to the Guidance office. |
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Career Planning | ||||||||||
View career planning resources | ||||||||||
Course Selection | ||||||||||
Course Selection Guide For Secondary School Students
Course selection will officially open on Tuesday February 16 and close on Wednesday March 3. Students will be making their course selections using myBlueprint. myBlueprint
Pine Ridge Course Descriptions on myBlueprint PRSS Course Calendar 2021-2022 Pine Ridge Course Descriptions Course Selection Process: Students will be using myBlueprint to make their course selections (not career cruising)
FEBRUARY 16 at 9AM- course selection opens for all students in myBlueprint MARCH 3 - course selection closes for all students. All course selections must be submitted in myBlueprint. Please note the following:For the 2021-2022 school year, students must select either Face-to-Face In-Person OR Synchronous Virtual Online Courses. Students may not select a combination of these types of courses. *Students wishing to take Synchronous Virtual Online Courses must select all of their courses from this discipline in myBlueprint.
Asynchronous eLearning courses: Note: Students selecting courses for grades 11 and 12 may still select up to two eLearning courses, regardless of whether the rest of their courses are Face-To-Face In-Person or Synchronous Virtual Online Courses.
myBlueprint is a comprehensive online education, career/life planning, and digital portfolio tool designed to meet students' learning needs, interests, and aspirations. myBlueprint gives students the opportunity to become an architect of their own future. As students begin this journey, they should be asking themselves:
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Awards, Bursaries & Scholarships | ||||||||||
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Night School/Summer School | ||||||||||
CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSE SELECTION GUIDE FOR STUDENTS This step-by-step guide will help you complete online course selection for Continuing Education (i.e. Night School and Summer School) using the myBlueprint website. LOGIN 1. Visit http://www.myblueprint.ca/ddsb 2. Click School Account Login 3. Sign in with your DDSB credentials Note: you will need to log in with your own student account username and password – courses cannot be submitted using connected Parent/Family accounts.
Night School registration myBlueprint |
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Transcripts | ||||||||||
Transcript orders will be shipped to you at the address provided. If you are picking up the transcript in person, please make an appointment with Guidance. Please make sure you pay for both the transcript and shipping fees when placing your order. After you have paid for your order, you MUST email the school at pineridgess@ddsb.ca to provide your full name, contact phone number and complete shipping address. Otherwise your order will not be processed. Due to the high volume of requests at certain times of the school year, your order may take up to one week for processing. Click the link below to place your order. |