Course Offerings
For course descriptions and prerequisite information please visit the link below.
Gr 9 - 12 Course descriptions and Prerequisite
Choices: The Course Selection Placemat is your guide to life at a TDSB high school. With the support of your Guidance Counsellor and teachers, you’ll learn about career planning, program options, expectations and responsibilities while on your way to earning your diploma. All students will receive a copy of the ‘Choices: 9-12 Placemat’ during course selection time that will outline the step-by-step process for choosing courses and help you make decisions for the following year.
Course Selection - myBlueprint
On (TBA) all students in all grades will have the opportunity to learn about the course selection process for the upcoming year. Once course selections open and are submitted Via MyBlueprint by students, parents/guardians will need to approve the selections electronically (via email) before it will be accepted by the guidance department.
Parents of Graduating Students - While some of your children may need to return to our school or move beyond Don Mills CI to pursue additional courses, the information session presented to Grade 12 students includes facts about final marks, deadlines and scholarship and financial aid opportunities as they anticipate post-secondary offers. It's important to note that a 100% completion of the IPP portion of My Blueprint makes students eligible for some local scholarships and bursaries.
Please feel free to contact your child’s alpha counselor so that we can meet to discuss the best possible pathway for their successful futures.
Kenneth McDowell – Alpha A - G
Paul Stoitsiadis – Alpha H – O
Maria Carey - Alpha P - Z
Rory Stretch - International Students
Getting Your Diploma: OSSD
In order to obtain an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD), students must earn a total of 30 credits.
Students who entered High School prior to the 2024-2025 must successfully complete 18 compulsory credits and 12 optional credits along with completing the Ontario literacy requirement, and complete 40 community involvement hours. (View graphic A below)
Students who entered High School after September -2024 must compete 17 compulsory credits and 13 optional credits along with completing the Ontario literacy requirement, and complete 40 community involvement hours PLUS at least 2 online learning credits (options to Opt out is available from the 2 e-learning credits) (view graphic B below)
(Graphic A)
(Graphic B)
To print a copy of the community involvement tracking sheet, please click here