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Am-Can Business & Tech School

School Course Calendar

2026-2027

An Ontario private secondary school offering credit courses toward the Ontario Secondary School Diploma to students in Grades 9 to 12.

This is the school's full School Course Calendar for the 2026-2027 school year. It is published here in its entirety and may be read by any student, parent, guardian or member of the public without an account and without signing in.

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A printed copy is provided on request at no charge. Contact admissions@amcantech.org or telephone 905-326-0045.

Principal	Aysha Watto
Address	Unit B, 99 Sante Drive, Vaughan, Ontario L4K 3C4
Telephone	905-326-0045
Email	admissions@amcantech.org
School website	www.amcantech.org,
Student learning portal	https://www.techstudy.ca/login
Business identification number	1001703707
Published	24 August 2026
Revised	24 August 2026. Section C12, step 5 corrected so that the transcript treatment of an unsuccessful challenge is stated separately for a Grade 10 course and for a Grade 11 or Grade 12 course, in line with Policy/Program Memorandum 129.
Document reference	AMC-CAL-2026-27 (v2)

Part A. The school

A1 Who we are, and what we are trying to do

A2 How to reach the school

A3 How the school year is organised

A4 Where learning happens

A5 Minimum hardware, software and connectivity requirements

A6 Staying in school until 18

A7 What the school expects of students

A8 What counts as attendance in an online school

A9 Code of conduct and safe schools

A10 Acceptable use of technology

Part B. Diploma and certificate requirements

B1 The Ontario Secondary School Diploma

B2 Compulsory credits: entered Grade 9 before 2024-2025

B3 Compulsory credits: entered Grade 9 in 2024-2025 or later

B4 The additional credit groups

B5 Optional credits

B6 Substitution of compulsory credits

B7 The provincial secondary school literacy requirement

B8 The online learning graduation requirement

B9 The financial literacy graduation requirement

B10 Community involvement, 40 hours

B11 The Ontario Secondary School Certificate

B12 The Certificate of Accomplishment

B13 Requirements the school does not itself deliver

Part C. Curriculum and courses

C1 What a credit is

C2 Types of courses

C3 The course coding system

C4 Courses offered in 2026-2027

C5 Locally developed courses

C6 How to see an Outline of Course of Study

C7 How to see the Ontario curriculum policy documents

C8 Prerequisites and prerequisite waivers

C9 Changing course types

C10 Experiential learning: cooperative education and job shadowing

C11 Other ways of earning credits

C12 Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition

C13 Reach-ahead credits for Grade 8 students

Part D. Assessment, evaluation and reporting

D1 The policy the school applies

D2 How the final mark is calculated

D3 Attendance and participation as part of the mark

D4 Examinations and the final evaluation

D5 Late and missed assignments

D6 Academic integrity, cheating and plagiarism

D7 Withdrawal from a course, and full disclosure

D8 Report cards and reporting periods

D9 The Ontario Student Transcript

D10 The Ontario Student Record

D11 Concerns, disputes and appeals

Part E. Supports and resources

E1 Guidance, education and career/life planning, and the Individual Pathways Plan

E2 Choosing courses: resources for students and parents

E3 Intervention and support for student success

E4 Supports for English language learners

E5 Special education and accommodations

E6 The digital resource centre, technology and facilities

E7 Community resources

E8 Admission, fees and refunds

Appendices

Appendix 1. The 2026-2027 session calendar

Appendix 2. Community involvement activities

Appendix 3. Where to find each school policy

Part A. The school

A1. Who we are, and what we are trying to do

Am-Can Business & Tech School is an Ontario private secondary school offering credit courses toward the Ontario Secondary School Diploma to students in Grades 9 to 12. The school is registered under the Business Names Act of Ontario, business identification number 1001703707, and operates from Unit B, 99 Sante Drive, Vaughan, Ontario L4K 3C4. Instruction is delivered online.

The school has submitted a Notice of Intention to Operate a Private School to the Ministry of Education for the 2026-2027 school year and has requested an inspection of its credit courses. The authority to grant credits toward the Ontario Secondary School Diploma is granted by the Minister of Education following a satisfactory inspection.

Our goals and our philosophy

The school exists to make a rigorous Ontario secondary education reachable by students whose circumstances do not fit a conventional timetable: students who are working, students who are repeating or upgrading a course, students studying from outside Ontario, students who need a single credit to complete a diploma, and students who simply learn better without a bell schedule.

Three commitments follow from that, and they shape every decision in this calendar.

• The standard does not move. Every course delivers the full overall and specific expectations of the Ontario curriculum policy document for that course, over 110 scheduled instructional hours, assessed and evaluated under the Ministry's requirements. Flexibility is in when and where a student studies, never in what a credit means.

• Nobody studies alone. Asynchronous is not unsupervised. Every course has an assigned Ontario Certified Teacher who posts a discussion question each week, moderates the cohort forum, returns descriptive feedback, and contacts every student individually at least once a week.

• We act early, not at the end. Weekly milestones exist so that a student who is drifting is visible in week two rather than in week six, and so that the school can intervene while intervention still helps.

The value of completing secondary school, and our commitment to reach every student

Completing secondary school is the single strongest predictor of a young person's later access to postsecondary education, to skilled work, and to economic security. It is also the point at which most students first take real responsibility for their own learning. The school treats every enrolment as a commitment to get that student to a completed credit, not merely to give them the opportunity to earn one.

In practice that commitment means: a documented support plan for any student below 50 per cent at the midpoint of a session; contact with the student, and with the parent or guardian of a student under 18, within two school days of a missed weekly milestone; accommodations implemented as documented on an Individual Education Plan; and language supports for English language learners provided without lowering the expectations being assessed. Sections D and E set these out in full.

A2. How to reach the school

Item	Detail
Principal	Aysha Watto
Address	Unit B, 99 Sante Drive, Vaughan, Ontario L4K 3C4
Telephone	905-326-0045
Email, admissions and general enquiries	admissions@amcantech.org
Email, school administration	admin@amcantech.org
School website	www.amcantech.org,
Student learning portal	https://www.techstudy.ca/login
Campus and office hours	9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, excluding statutory holidays
Telephone support	Answered 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday. The campus and office hours above are the school's operating hours and are the hours within which all instruction is scheduled. The telephone line is answered from thirty minutes after the office opens until thirty minutes after it closes, so that calls arriving at the end of the day are taken. Voicemail and email received outside these hours are answered on the next school day.

The school uses two email addresses. admissions@amcantech.org is for admissions, enquiries from applicants, students, parents and guardians, and all correspondence about a student's programme. admin@amcantech.org is for school administration and appears in the footer of the school's documents. Correspondence to either address reaches the school.

This calendar is published on the school's website and is available to any student, parent, guardian or member of the public without a login. A printed copy is provided on request at no charge.

A3. How the school year is organised

The school operates a structured intake of six fixed, non-overlapping sessions per academic year. The school does not operate continuous intake. A student joins a named session, progresses through it with a cohort, and completes the final evaluation within that session.

Each session runs for six study weeks and delivers 110 scheduled instructional hours for one credit. Students study 20 hours a week in weeks 1 to 5 and 10 hours in week 6, which is the final evaluation week. A student takes one course per session. A student who repeats a course enrols in a later session, and each attempt is recorded separately.

Because a student takes one course per session and the school operates six sessions in an academic year, the maximum a student can earn at this school is six credits in a school year. A student who needs more credits than that in a year obtains the balance from another inspected school or board and transfers them in, and the school will not enrol a student on a plan it cannot deliver. The school does not compress a 110-hour course into less than a full six-week session under any circumstances.

Session	Instructional period	Mid-session report card	Non-instructional days within the session
Session 1	Monday 14 September to Friday 23 October 2026	Friday 2 October 2026	30 September, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation; 12 October, Thanksgiving
Session 2	Monday 9 November to Friday 18 December 2026	Friday 27 November 2026	None
Session 3	Monday 11 January to Friday 19 February 2027	Friday 29 January 2027	15 February, Family Day
Session 4	Monday 8 March to Friday 23 April 2027	Friday 2 April 2027	15 to 19 March, March Break, a full non-instructional week; 26 March, Good Friday; 29 March, Easter Monday
Session 5	Monday 10 May to Friday 18 June 2027	Friday 28 May 2027	24 May, Victoria Day
Session 6	Monday 5 July to Friday 13 August 2027	Friday 23 July 2027	2 August, Civic Holiday

Session 4 spans seven calendar weeks because March Break falls within it as a full non-instructional week. The session still delivers six study weeks and 110 hours. Where a single statutory holiday falls inside a study week, that week's scheduled hours are completed across the remaining instructional days of the same week. That is 20 hours in study weeks 1 to 5 and 10 hours in study week 6, the final evaluation week. Family Day, Monday 15 February 2027, falls in study week 6 of Session 3, which therefore delivers its 10 hours across four days at 2.5 hours a day. No hours are scheduled or logged against a non-instructional day.

Reporting periods

There are two reporting periods in every session. A Provincial Report Card is issued at the midpoint of the session, on the date shown in the table above, and a final Provincial Report Card is issued within ten school days of the end of the session. Section D8 sets out what each report card contains.

Timetable organisation

The same timetable applies in both attendance formats. A student in the supervised on-site format follows it at the Vaughan campus during school hours; a student in the remote format follows it wherever they are. The scheduled hours, the weekly structure and the deadlines are identical.

Because the school is fully asynchronous, it does not operate a period-based daily timetable. Learning is organised by week rather than by hour. Each week of a session releases a defined block of unit material, a teacher-set discussion question, and the assessment tasks for that week, together with the deadline by which the week's milestones must be met. The school's master timetable and the individual session timetables show how the 110 hours are distributed across the six weeks, and are published to students in the portal and submitted to the Ministry of Education with this calendar.

A4. Where learning happens, and your two attendance formats

Every course is delivered online and asynchronously. The school offers two attendance formats, and the student chooses one at enrolment. Every one of the school's 26 courses is available in both formats in every session, and a student may ask to change format between sessions.

Format	What it means
Remote	The student studies wherever they are, at times of their own choosing, within the weekly milestone deadlines.
Supervised on site	The student attends the Vaughan campus and works through the same online course in a classroom or the computer room, with school staff present to supervise and to assist. School computers are available, so a student in this format does not need their own equipment.

The course is identical in both formats: the same learning portal, the same unit materials, the same 110 scheduled instructional hours, the same weekly milestones and deadlines, the same assessments and rubrics, the same assigned Ontario Certified Teacher, and the same final mark composition. The format determines where a student studies, not what the course is or how it is taught. Students in both formats share one cohort discussion forum.

Attendance at the Vaughan campus is a facility the school provides, not a requirement of any course. A student in the on-site format who studies remotely on a given day is not marked absent and loses no mark, because attendance at this school means completion of the weekly milestones set out in section A8, not physical presence. No course requires a student to be physically present at any time, except where the student chooses to write the final examination on site. Every course therefore remains an online learning credit under Policy/Program Memorandum 167 in both formats. Section B8 sets this out.

The school operates on two connected platforms. You reach both of them from one page, https://ossdcredit.ca/My-Learning, which carries a sign-in link to each and written instructions on which one you need for what, how to sign in the first time, how to reset a password and what to do if you cannot get in. You are told about both platforms at orientation and the same page is linked from the school website.

Platform	Address	What it holds
The student learning portal	https://www.techstudy.ca/login	Your course outline, syllabus, unit materials, worksheets, readings, session timetable, assessments, marks and teacher feedback. You sign in and see only your own course and session. What you see is determined by your enrolment record and by nothing you can change.
The school website and course community site	www.amcantech.org, which resolves to https://amcantech.online/	This course calendar, the school's policies and procedures, the cohort discussion forum, the video lectures, the final examination, and your own enrolment, profile and financial records.

The school's registered web address is www.amcantech.org, which resolves to the course community site at https://amcantech.online/. You are told about both platforms in the portal header, in the orientation section of your course page, and by your teacher during the session.

The cohort discussion forum is where the teacher's weekly discussion question is posted and where students reply to the question and to each other. Contributions to the forum count toward the attendance and participation component of the final mark and are also evidence the teacher uses when assessing learning.

A5. Minimum hardware, software and connectivity requirements

A student in the supervised on-site format may use the school's computers at the Vaughan campus, which meet the requirements below, and does not need to provide their own equipment. A student in the remote format is responsible for having access to equipment that meets them.

Subject to that, a student is responsible for having access to equipment that meets the minimum requirements below. The requirements are also published separately on the school website and are provided to every student before their session begins. A student who cannot meet them should contact the school before enrolling, because the school cannot deliver the course on equipment that falls below this standard.

Requirement	Minimum
Device	A desktop or laptop computer running a currently supported version of Windows, macOS, Linux or ChromeOS. A tablet or smartphone is not sufficient for assessments or for the final examination.
Web browser	A current version of Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox or Safari, with JavaScript and cookies enabled.
Internet connection	A broadband connection capable of sustaining at least 5 Mbps download and 1 Mbps upload, stable enough to remain connected for the duration of a two-hour examination.
Camera and microphone	A working webcam and microphone. The webcam is required for identity verification at the final evaluation.
Document software	Software able to open and produce documents, spreadsheets and PDF files. A free office suite is acceptable.
Subject-specific software	Some courses require additional free tools, such as a graphing application or a programming environment. These are named in the Outline of Course of Study and the syllabus for the course.
Email	A working email address that the student checks. School notices, teacher messages and portal invitations are sent to it.

A6. Staying in school until 18

Under the Education Act, a student in Ontario must remain in secondary school until the student reaches the age of 18 or obtains an Ontario Secondary School Diploma, whichever comes first. A student under 18 who wishes to leave the school must discuss this with the Principal, and the Principal will inform the parent or guardian. The school will assist a student in that position to find an alternative program rather than simply release them.

A7. What the school expects of students

Responsibility

Students are expected to take ownership of their own learning. In an asynchronous school that means keeping to the weekly milestones without being chased, contacting the teacher as soon as something is unclear rather than at the end of the session, submitting their own work, and keeping their contact details current so the school can reach them.

Achievement

Students are expected to work toward the curriculum expectations of each course and to demonstrate their achievement through the assessments set. A credit is granted at a final mark of 50 per cent or higher. Students are expected to use the descriptive feedback they receive rather than to look only at the mark.

Attendance

Students are expected to be present in the course every week, in the sense set out in section A8. Attendance in this school is a measure of participation and progress rather than of physical presence, and it forms part of the final mark in every course.

Parents and guardians

The parent or guardian of a student under 18 receives the student's report cards, is contacted when a milestone is missed, is party to any support plan, and may request access to the student's course materials, submitted work and teacher contact information at any time.

A8. What counts as attendance in an online school

This school has no scheduled class times, so attendance cannot mean presence in a room at an hour. Attendance at Am-Can means completion of the published weekly milestones. Each week of a session a student has four milestones:

1. Progress through the unit materials released for that week, recorded automatically by the learning portal.

2. Post a response to the teacher's discussion question in the cohort forum for that week.

3. Respond to classmates' posts in that same forum.

4. Complete the assignment or evaluation set for that week.

The student also submits a weekly learning log recording the work done away from the portal. The log is the school's record of offline hours and is reviewed by the assigned teacher against the student's submitted work and forum activity. It is not itself a milestone.

Milestones and their deadlines are published to students in the portal at the start of the session. Completion is recorded per student per week in the school's student information system. Each student record shows the total milestones scheduled, the milestones completed on time, the resulting completion rate and the assigned level. These records are available to the student, to the parent or guardian of a student under 18, and to Ministry of Education inspectors and validation officers on request.

Recording an absence, and following it up

A missed milestone is the school's equivalent of an absence, and it is followed up as one.

When	What the school does
A milestone is missed	The assigned teacher contacts the student, and the parent or guardian of a student under 18, through the school portal within two school days.
Milestones are missed in two consecutive weeks	The Principal is notified within one school day of the second missed deadline. A documented support plan is put in place with the student, the teacher and, for a student under 18, the parent or guardian, within five school days of that notification.
Milestones are missed in three consecutive weeks	The Principal contacts the student and the parent or guardian directly within two school days of the third missed deadline, to determine whether the student is able to continue in the session, and records the outcome in the Ontario Student Record within five school days of that contact.
A student stops responding entirely	The assigned teacher attempts contact by portal message, email and telephone on each of three consecutive school days and logs each attempt. If there is no response, the matter passes to the Principal the same day and the procedure below applies.

Where a student cannot be reached

Disengagement is not misconduct. A student who stops responding is dealt with under this section and not under the progressive discipline in section A9.

The Principal telephones the parent or guardian of a student under 18 directly, and writes to the address held on the student record. The emergency contact on the student record is attempted. Every attempt is logged with its date, its time and the method used, and the log is filed in the student's Ontario Student Record.

Where any member of staff has reasonable grounds to suspect that a child is or may be in need of protection, that person reports the suspicion directly to a children's aid society under section 125 of the Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017. The duty is personal to the individual who holds the suspicion. It is not discharged by reporting the matter to the Principal, and the school does not require a member of staff to seek permission before making a report.

Where no contact is established within ten school days of the first missed deadline, the Principal determines the student's status in the session, records the decision and the reasons for it in the Ontario Student Record, and notifies the parent or guardian of a student under 18 in writing. Where the student is enrolled in a Grade 11 or Grade 12 course, the full disclosure rules in section D7 are applied to that course. Where the student remains of compulsory school age, the school informs the parent or guardian of the requirement under the Education Act that a student remain in secondary school until the age of 18 or until an Ontario Secondary School Diploma is obtained, and offers to assist the student in finding an alternative programme.

Excused non-completion

A milestone not completed for an excused reason does not reduce the attendance and participation mark and is rescheduled. Illness, bereavement, severe weather, a documented technical failure of the school platform, and observance of a cultural or holy day are excused. A parent or guardian, or an adult student, may request that non-completion for a sporting, musical, academic or similar commitment be excused, and the school determines whether the request qualifies. Requests are submitted through the school portal and are recorded against the individual session.

A9. Code of conduct and safe schools

The school's Student Code of Conduct, published on the school website as the Code of Conduct and Safe Schools Policy, applies to every student, in the portal, in the cohort forum, in any optional drop-in session, in communication with staff, and at the school's premises. It is published in full on the school website. Its central expectations are these.

• Treat every member of the school community with respect and dignity, whatever their race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or family status, or disability.

• Do not bully, harass, threaten, intimidate or humiliate any person, in the forum or anywhere else. This includes conduct online and outside school hours where it affects the school climate.

• Do not use, possess or promote alcohol, illegal drugs, weapons or other prohibited items in connection with the school.

• Respect the property of others, including intellectual property. Do not share account credentials, do not access another person's account, and do not distribute school materials outside the school.

• Report unsafe or harmful behaviour to the Principal. The school does not penalise a student for reporting in good faith.

Consequences are progressive and are chosen with regard to the student's age, the student's history, and whether the student has a disability or a special education need that relates to the behaviour. They range from a conversation with the teacher, through a documented meeting with the Principal and a behaviour plan, to suspension or expulsion from the school. Suspension withdraws access to the portal for its duration. A student or parent who disagrees with a decision may use the school's Dispute Resolution and Academic Appeals Process, described in section D11.

A10. Acceptable use of technology

Every student is bound by the school's e-LMS Acceptable Use and Digital Citizenship Policy, published in full on the school website. In summary, students may use the school's systems for learning connected to their course, and may not: share or sell account credentials; access another student's account or work; post material that is discriminatory, harassing, obscene or unlawful; attempt to circumvent the proctoring or security controls on the examination platform; record or redistribute school materials or the contributions of other students; or submit as their own any work generated by another person or by a generative artificial intelligence tool, except where the teacher has expressly permitted and the student has disclosed it. Breach of the policy is dealt with under the Code of Conduct and, where it concerns submitted work, under section D6 of this calendar.

Part B. Diploma and certificate requirements

B1. The Ontario Secondary School Diploma

To earn the Ontario Secondary School Diploma a student must:

• earn 30 credits, made up of compulsory credits and optional credits as set out below;

• complete a minimum of 40 hours of community involvement activities;

• meet the provincial secondary school literacy requirement;

• for students who entered Grade 9 in 2020-2021 or later, earn a minimum of two online learning credits, subject to the parent or adult student opt-out described in section B8; and

• for students who entered Grade 9 in 2024-2025 or later, meet the financial literacy graduation requirement.

The number and composition of the compulsory credits depends on the year in which the student entered Grade 9. Both cohorts will be enrolled at Am-Can during 2026-2027, so both lists are given. If you are unsure which applies to you, ask the Principal, who will confirm it from your Ontario Student Transcript.

B2. Compulsory credits: students who entered Grade 9 before 2024-2025

These students must earn 18 compulsory credits and 12 optional credits, for a total of 30.

Credits	Subject
4 credits	English, one credit per grade
3 credits	Mathematics, at least one credit in Grade 11 or Grade 12
2 credits	Science
1 credit	Canadian history, Grade 10
1 credit	Canadian geography, Grade 9
1 credit	The arts
1 credit	Health and physical education
1 credit	French as a second language
0.5 credit	Career studies
0.5 credit	Civics and citizenship
3 credits	One credit from each of group 1, group 2 and group 3, listed in section B4

B3. Compulsory credits: students who entered Grade 9 in 2024-2025 or later

These students must earn 17 compulsory credits and 13 optional credits, for a total of 30. The technological education credit and the STEM group credit are new for this cohort, and the separate group 1, group 2 and group 3 requirement no longer applies to them.

Credits	Subject
4 credits	English, one credit per grade
3 credits	Mathematics, Grade 9, Grade 10 and one credit in Grade 11 or Grade 12
2 credits	Science
1 credit	Technological education, Grade 9 or Grade 10
1 credit	Canadian history, Grade 10
1 credit	Canadian geography, Grade 9
1 credit	The arts
1 credit	Health and physical education
1 credit	French as a second language
0.5 credit	Career studies
0.5 credit	Civics and citizenship
1 credit	One credit from the STEM related course group, listed in section B4

B4. The additional credit groups

A student who entered Grade 9 before 2024-2025 must earn one credit from each of group 1, group 2 and group 3. A student who entered Grade 9 in 2024-2025 or later must earn one credit from the STEM related course group. A course used to meet one of these requirements may not also be counted as meeting another compulsory credit requirement.

Group	Subjects that count
Group 1	English; French as a second language; Native languages; First Nations, Metis and Inuit studies; classical and international languages; social sciences and humanities; Canadian and world studies; guidance and career education; cooperative education; American Sign Language; Langue des signes quebecoise
Group 2	Health and physical education; the arts; business studies; French as a second language; cooperative education; American Sign Language; Langue des signes quebecoise
Group 3	Science, Grade 11 or Grade 12; technological education; French as a second language; computer studies; cooperative education; American Sign Language; Langue des signes quebecoise
STEM related course group	Business studies; computer studies; cooperative education; mathematics; science; technological education

Two Ministry limits apply to these groups. A maximum of two credits in French as a second language may be used as additional compulsory credits, one from group 1 and one from either group 2 or group 3. A maximum of two credits in cooperative education may be used as additional compulsory credits, selected from any group. Am-Can does not currently offer French as a second language or cooperative education; a student earns those credits at another inspected school or board and transfers them in.

B5. Optional credits

Optional credits are earned by successfully completing courses the student selects from those offered by the school, in addition to the compulsory credits. A student who entered Grade 9 before 2024-2025 needs 12 optional credits; a student who entered in 2024-2025 or later needs 13.

B6. Substitution of compulsory credits

To provide the flexibility to tailor a program to a student's needs and to support a student's progress toward the diploma, the Principal may substitute up to three compulsory credits with courses from other subject areas. Each substitution is decided individually and is not automatic.

How a substitution is decided

1. The student, or the parent or guardian of a student under 18, requests a substitution in writing through the school portal, or the Principal identifies that one may be appropriate.

2. The Principal consults the student, the parent or guardian of a student under 18, and the assigned teacher.

3. The Principal determines whether a substitution should be made, having regard to whether the student's educational interests are better served by it.

4. The Principal records the decision and the reasons for it, files the record in the student's Ontario Student Record, and informs the student and parent or guardian in writing.

5. The substitution is entered on the Ontario Student Transcript with the letter X against the course substituted.

Limits

• No more than three compulsory credits may be substituted for any one student.

• English as a second language and English literacy development courses may not be used as substitutes for compulsory credits. This is an absolute prohibition and there is no exception to it.

• A separate rule, which is not a substitution, allows an English language learner to earn a maximum of three of the four compulsory English credits from English as a second language or English literacy development courses. The fourth compulsory English credit must be a Grade 12 compulsory English course. Am-Can does not currently offer ESL or ELD courses; where a student arrives holding them, the Principal applies this rule when confirming the student's outstanding requirements.

• No more than one learning strategies course may be used as a substitute.

• Cooperative education courses and dual credit courses may not be used as substitutes.

• Locally developed compulsory credit courses may not be used as substitutes.

• A substitution must not put the student's diploma at risk by removing a requirement the student will need for a postsecondary destination.

If the student or the parent or guardian disagrees with the Principal's decision, the matter may be raised under the school's Dispute Resolution and Academic Appeals Process, described in section D11, and may be referred to the appropriate supervisory officer for review.

B7. The provincial secondary school literacy requirement

Every student working toward the Ontario Secondary School Diploma must meet the provincial secondary school literacy requirement. It is normally met by successfully completing the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test, and where that is not successful, by successfully completing the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Course.

The Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test

The Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test is set by the Education Quality and Accountability Office and is based on the reading and writing expectations of the Ontario curriculum up to the end of Grade 9. Students normally write it in their second year of secondary school. It is administered in two windows each year, in the autumn and in the spring, on dates set by the Education Quality and Accountability Office. The school confirms the exact dates with the Education Quality and Accountability Office each year and publishes them in the portal at least six weeks in advance.

The school registers with the Education Quality and Accountability Office as an administering school and administers the test to its own students. A student who is enrolled at Am-Can and who is also enrolled at another day school normally writes the test at that school; the Principal confirms the arrangement with the other school in writing and files the confirmation in the Ontario Student Record.

Accommodations, special provisions, deferrals and exemptions

Term	What it means and who it is for
Accommodations	Supports that allow a student with a documented Individual Education Plan to take the test without altering what it measures. Examples are extra time, a quiet or separate setting, assistive technology, text-to-speech, or a scribe. The accommodation must already be in place in the student's regular classroom work. The Principal arranges accommodations; no application to the Education Quality and Accountability Office is required.
Special provisions	Adjustments to the setting or timing of the test for a student who is an English language learner or who has an Individual Education Plan but does not require formal accommodations. Examples are extra time, a separate setting, or use of a bilingual dictionary. The Principal determines these.
Deferrals	A postponement of the test to a later administration, granted by the Principal, for a student who is not yet ready. Deferral is available to a student who is a newly arrived English language learner and has not yet acquired the necessary proficiency, to a student with an Individual Education Plan who is working toward the requirement but is not yet ready, or to a student who is absent for the administration for a reason the Principal accepts. A deferral does not remove the requirement; the student writes at a later administration.
Exemptions	Available only to a student who is not working toward the Ontario Secondary School Diploma. A student on a modified program leading to the Ontario Secondary School Certificate or a Certificate of Accomplishment may be exempted. The Principal records the exemption and the reason in the Ontario Student Record.

If a student is not successful

A student who is not successful is given a clear account of the areas needing improvement and is offered remedial support through the portal, at no additional charge, before the next administration. The student may write the test again at any subsequent administration.

The Ontario Secondary School Literacy Course, OLC4O

Once a student has had two opportunities to take the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test and has been unsuccessful at least once, the student is eligible to enrol in the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Course, OLC4O, which Am-Can offers. Successful completion of the course meets the literacy requirement and earns one credit. The Principal may allow a student to enrol before a second opportunity to write the test where the Principal determines that it is in the student's best educational interest, and records the reason in the Ontario Student Record. A mature student, defined as a student who is at least 18 years of age on 31 December of the school year in which the student returns to school and who has been out of school for at least one year, may be enrolled directly in the course at the Principal's discretion.

B8. The online learning graduation requirement

Under Policy/Program Memorandum 167, a student who entered Grade 9 in 2020-2021 or later must earn a minimum of two online learning credits to graduate. All courses offered by Am-Can are delivered entirely online and asynchronously, with no minimum synchronous learning requirement, and therefore count toward this requirement. A student who completes two or more Am-Can credits has met it.

This applies in both attendance formats. A course taken in the supervised on-site format is the same online, asynchronous course as one taken remotely: it is delivered entirely through the internet, it imposes no minimum synchronous learning requirement, and it does not require the student to be physically present, attendance at the campus being an option the school provides rather than a condition of the course. The only circumstance in which a student must attend in person is where the student has chosen to write the final examination on site, and Policy/Program Memorandum 167 permits physical presence for examinations. Credits earned in either format therefore count toward the online learning graduation requirement.

The school does not apply a school-wide exemption from this requirement and does not exempt any group of students from it. A parent or guardian, a student who is 18 or older, or a student who is 16 or 17 and has withdrawn from parental control, may opt the student out individually. The opt-out is made on the school's Online Learning Opt-Out Form, obtained from the school and submitted to the Principal. An opt-out may be reversed at any time before graduation. Once filed, the form is placed in the Ontario Student Record and the status is shown on the Ontario Student Transcript.

B9. The financial literacy graduation requirement

A student who entered Grade 9 in 2024-2025 or later must also meet the financial literacy graduation requirement, which takes effect in the 2026-2027 school year. The requirement is met by earning a mark of at least 70 per cent on the financial literacy modules delivered within the Grade 10 Career Studies course, GLC2O. Am-Can does not currently offer GLC2O. A student who has not yet met this requirement is directed by the Principal to a provider that offers the course, and the school records the completion on the Ontario Student Transcript when evidence is received. Section B13 explains how the school handles requirements it does not itself deliver.

B10. Community involvement, 40 hours

Every student working toward the diploma must complete a minimum of 40 hours of community involvement activities. The purpose is to encourage students to develop an awareness and understanding of civic responsibility and of the role they can play in supporting their communities. The hours are completed outside instructional time and are not part of any course.

When hours may be earned

Hours may be accumulated at any point in a student's secondary school program. A student entering Grade 9 may begin in the summer before Grade 9 begins. A student transferring to Am-Can who has already completed some hours brings those hours with them; the Principal confirms the total from the Ontario Student Record. Where a student transfers into the Ontario system after having completed two or more years of secondary school elsewhere, the Principal determines a reduced number of hours in proportion to the time remaining.

The procedure, step by step

1. The student reviews the school's list of eligible activities in Appendix 2 of this calendar and selects an activity that matches their interests and talents.

2. The student completes the Community Involvement Notification of Planned Activities form, obtained from the portal, describing the activity, the organisation, the supervising person and the expected hours.

3. The parent or guardian of a student under 18 signs the form to approve the planned activity.

4. The student submits the form to the Principal BEFORE beginning the activity. Hours completed before approval are not counted.

5. The Principal reviews the activity against the eligible and ineligible lists, confirms that insurance coverage is in place for the student and the supervising organisation, approves or refuses the activity in writing, and files the decision.

6. The student completes the activity. The supervising individual or organisation verifies the dates and the number of hours completed and signs the Community Involvement Completion form.

7. The student submits the completed form to the Principal, either on reaching 40 hours or at intervals the Principal sets.

8. The Principal verifies the hours, files the forms in the Ontario Student Record, and records completion of the requirement on the Ontario Student Transcript.

Activities not on the list

A student may propose an activity that is not on the school's list. The Principal decides whether it is acceptable, having regard to the ineligible list, to the student's circumstances including any disability or special education need, and where necessary in consultation with the appropriate supervisory officer. The Principal records the approval or refusal and the reasons for it.

Roles and responsibilities

Who	Responsibility
The student	Selects the activity, obtains approval before starting, completes the activity safely, obtains verification of hours, and submits the documentation.
The parent or guardian of a student under 18	Assists in selecting an appropriate activity, approves the planned activity in writing, verifies the student's hours through the school's process, and raises any concern with the supervising organisation or the Principal.
The supervising individual or organisation	Provides any training, equipment or special preparation required, ensures the student's safety, provides any accommodation a student with a disability needs in order to participate fully, and verifies the dates and hours completed.
The school and the Principal	Maintains and annually reviews the list of eligible activities and publishes it in this calendar; ensures the list is accessible to students with disabilities; reviews and approves planned activities; confirms insurance coverage is in place before approving a placement; maintains records of approvals and refusals; collects, records and validates hours; verifies completion and records it on the Ontario Student Transcript; and provides this information to students and to parents and guardians annually.

Insurance

Before a placement is approved, the school confirms that the student and the supervising individual or organisation are adequately covered by insurance for the activity. A placement will not be approved without that confirmation.

Appendix 2 sets out the school's list of eligible activities and the full list of activities that are not eligible.

B11. The Ontario Secondary School Certificate

The Ontario Secondary School Certificate is granted on request to a student who leaves school before earning the Ontario Secondary School Diploma, provided the student has earned a minimum of 14 credits distributed as follows.

Compulsory credits, 7

Credits	Subject
2 credits	English
1 credit	Mathematics
1 credit	Science
1 credit	Canadian history or Canadian geography
1 credit	Health and physical education
1 credit	The arts, computer studies or technological education

Optional credits, 7

Seven credits selected by the student from available courses.

The provisions for substitution of compulsory credits set out in section B6 apply equally to the certificate. There is no community involvement requirement and no literacy requirement for the certificate.

B12. The Certificate of Accomplishment

A student who leaves secondary school on reaching the age of 18 without having met the requirements for the Ontario Secondary School Diploma or the Ontario Secondary School Certificate may be granted a Certificate of Accomplishment. It is a way of recognising achievement for students who plan to take certain vocational programs or other kinds of further training, or who plan to find employment directly. The certificate is accompanied by the student's Ontario Student Transcript, and where the student has an Individual Education Plan a copy of the plan may also be included. A student who returns to school to complete further credit courses is not issued a further certificate; the transcript is updated instead.

B13. Requirements the school does not itself deliver

Am-Can offers 26 credit courses in 2026-2027, in mathematics, science, English, business studies and computer studies. The school does not offer courses in Canadian and world studies, French as a second language, the arts, health and physical education, technological education, guidance and career education, or cooperative education. A student therefore cannot complete every compulsory requirement of the Ontario Secondary School Diploma from Am-Can courses alone, and the school states this plainly to every applicant before enrolment.

The school's role for those requirements is to identify them, to record them, and to direct the student. On admission, the Principal reviews the student's Ontario Student Transcript, identifies every outstanding diploma requirement, and gives the student and the parent or guardian a written statement of what remains and where it can be obtained. Outstanding requirements may be met at a publicly funded day school, at another inspected private school, through the Independent Learning Centre, through a continuing education program, or through Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition where the student's prior learning supports it. Credits earned elsewhere are recorded on the Ontario Student Transcript when the school receives the documentation. Section C11 sets out the procedure.

Part C. Curriculum and courses

C1. What a credit is

A credit is granted in recognition of the successful completion of a course for which a minimum of 110 hours has been scheduled. A credit is granted by the Principal on behalf of the Minister of Education when a student achieves a final percentage mark of 50 per cent or higher in the course. A half credit may be granted for each 55-hour part of a 110-hour course; Am-Can does not currently offer half-credit courses. Every course offered by Am-Can is a full credit of 110 scheduled instructional hours, delivered over one six-week session as set out in section A3.

C2. Types of courses

Ontario secondary courses are offered in defined types. The type indicates the destination the course is designed for and the way the material is treated.

Type	Code letter	Grades	Description
Applied	P	Grade 10	Focuses on the essential concepts of a subject and develops knowledge and skills through practical applications and concrete examples. Am-Can does not currently offer courses of this type.
De-streamed	W	Grade 9	A single course for all students in the subject, with no separate academic or applied pathway. Am-Can offers MTH1W, SNC1W and ENL1W.
Academic	D	Grade 10	Develops knowledge and skills through the study of theory and abstract problems, with some practical application. Am-Can offers MPM2D, SNC2D and ENG2D.
Open	O	Grades 9 to 12	Designed to prepare students for further study in a subject and to enrich their education generally. Not designed with a specific postsecondary destination in mind. Am-Can offers BBI2O and OLC4O.
University preparation	U	Grades 11 and 12	Designed to equip students with the knowledge and skills needed to meet the entrance requirements for university programs. Am-Can offers MCR3U, MHF4U, MCV4U, MDM4U, SBI3U, SBI4U, SCH3U, SCH4U, SPH3U, SPH4U, ENG3U, ENG4U, ICS3U and ICS4U.
University/college preparation	M	Grades 11 and 12	Designed to equip students with the knowledge and skills needed to meet the entrance requirements for specific programs offered at universities and colleges. Am-Can offers BAF3M, BAT4M, BBB4M and BOH4M.
College preparation	C	Grades 11 and 12	Designed to equip students for entrance requirements of most college programs. Am-Can does not currently offer courses of this type.
Workplace preparation	E	Grades 11 and 12	Designed to equip students to enter the workplace directly or to enter apprenticeship or other training programs. Am-Can does not currently offer courses of this type.

C3. The course coding system

Every Ontario secondary course has a five-character code assigned by the Ministry of Education. The code is used on the report card, on the Ontario Student Transcript and in this calendar. It is read as follows.

Position	What it means	Example, SPH4U
First three characters	The subject and the specific course within it. Assigned by the Ministry.	SPH means Physics
Fourth character	The grade. 1 is Grade 9, 2 is Grade 10, 3 is Grade 11, 4 is Grade 12.	4 means Grade 12
Fifth character	The course type. W de-streamed, D academic, P applied, O open, U university preparation, M university/college preparation, C college preparation, E workplace preparation.	U means university preparation

So SPH4U is Physics, Grade 12, University Preparation. BBI2O is Introduction to Business, Grade 10, Open. MTH1W is Mathematics, Grade 9, De-streamed.

C4. Courses offered in 2026-2027

The school offers the 26 courses below. Every course is a full credit of 1.0 and is scheduled for 110 instructional hours. Every course description is drawn from the Ontario curriculum policy document named for that course, and every course delivers the full overall and specific expectations of that document. Prerequisites are stated; section C8 explains how a prerequisite may be waived.

Mathematics, 6 courses

MPM2D Principles of Mathematics, Grade 10, Academic | 1.0 credit

This course enables students to broaden their understanding of relationships and extend their problem-solving and algebraic skills through investigation, the effective use of technology, and abstract reasoning. Students will explore quadratic relations and their applications; solve and apply linear systems; verify properties of geometric figures using analytic geometry; and investigate the trigonometry of right and acute triangles. Students will reason mathematically and communicate their thinking as they solve multi-step problems.

Prerequisite: Mathematics, Grade 9, De-streamed (MTH1W)

Curriculum policy document: The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 9 and 10: Mathematics, 2005 (Revised), including the Winter 2022 addendum to Principles of Mathematics, Grade 10, Academic

MCR3U Functions, Grade 11, University Preparation | 1.0 credit

This course introduces the mathematical concept of the function by extending students' experiences with linear and quadratic relations. Students will investigate properties of discrete and continuous functions, including trigonometric and exponential functions; represent functions numerically, algebraically, and graphically; solve problems involving applications of functions; investigate inverse functions; and develop facility in determining equivalent algebraic expressions. Students will reason mathematically and communicate their thinking as they solve multi-step problems.

Prerequisite: Principles of Mathematics, Grade 10, Academic (MPM2D)

Curriculum policy document: The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 11 and 12: Mathematics, 2007 (Revised)

MCV4U Calculus and Vectors, Grade 12, University Preparation | 1.0 credit

This course builds on students' previous experience with functions and their developing understanding of rates of change. Students will solve problems involving geometric and algebraic representations of vectors and representations of lines and planes in three-dimensional space; broaden their understanding of rates of change to include the derivatives of polynomial, sinusoidal, exponential, rational, and radical functions; and apply these concepts and skills to the modelling of real-world relationships. This course is intended for students who plan to pursue careers in fields such as science, engineering, economics, and some areas of business.

Prerequisite: Advanced Functions, Grade 12, University Preparation (MHF4U). The Ministry permits MHF4U to be taken prior to or concurrently with this course. Because a student at Am-Can takes one course per session, at this school MHF4U is always completed in an earlier session

Curriculum policy document: The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 11 and 12: Mathematics, 2007 (Revised)

MDM4U Mathematics of Data Management, Grade 12, University Preparation | 1.0 credit

This course broadens students' understanding of mathematics as it relates to managing data. Students will apply methods for organizing and analysing large amounts of information; apply counting techniques, probability, and statistics in modelling and solving problems; and carry out a culminating investigation that integrates statistical concepts and skills.

Prerequisite: Functions, Grade 11, University Preparation (MCR3U), or Functions and Applications, Grade 11, University/College Preparation (MCF3M)

Curriculum policy document: The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 11 and 12: Mathematics, 2007 (Revised)

MHF4U Advanced Functions, Grade 12, University Preparation | 1.0 credit

This course extends students' experience with functions. Students will investigate the properties of polynomial, rational, logarithmic, and trigonometric functions; develop techniques for combining functions; broaden their understanding of rates of change; and develop facility in applying these concepts and skills. Students will also refine their use of the mathematical processes necessary for success in senior mathematics. This course is intended both for students taking the Calculus and Vectors course as a prerequisite for a university program and for those wishing to consolidate their understanding of mathematics before proceeding to a variety of university programs.

Prerequisite: Functions, Grade 11, University Preparation (MCR3U), or Mathematics for College Technology, Grade 12, College Preparation (MCT4C)

Curriculum policy document: The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 11 and 12: Mathematics, 2007 (Revised)

MTH1W Mathematics, Grade 9, De-streamed | 1.0 credit

This course enables students to consolidate, and continue to develop, an understanding of mathematical concepts related to number sense and operations, algebra, measurement, geometry, data, probability, and financial literacy. Students will use mathematical processes, mathematical modelling, and coding to make sense of the mathematics they are learning and to apply their understanding to culturally responsive and relevant real-world situations. Students will continue to enhance their mathematical reasoning skills, including proportional reasoning, spatial reasoning, and algebraic reasoning, as they solve problems and communicate their thinking.

Prerequisite: None

Curriculum policy document: The Ontario Curriculum, Grade 9: Mathematics, 2021

Science, 8 courses

SNC2D Science, Grade 10, Academic | 1.0 credit

This course enables students to enhance their understanding of concepts in biology, chemistry, earth and space science, and physics, and of the interrelationships between science, technology, society, and the environment. Students are given opportunities to develop further practical skills in scientific investigation.

Prerequisite: Science, Grade 9, De-streamed (SNC1W)

Curriculum policy document: The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 9 and 10: Science, 2008 (Revised)

SBI3U Biology, Grade 11, University Preparation | 1.0 credit

This course furthers students' understanding of the processes involved in biological systems. Students will study theory and conduct investigations in the areas of biodiversity; evolution; genetic processes; the structure and function of animals; and the anatomy, growth, and function of plants.

Prerequisite: Science, Grade 10, Academic (SNC2D)