The front entrance of the St. Mary Catholic Academy school building.

Student Services / Guidance

You can find the following information related to student services.

Diploma Requirements

Refer to the following information for diploma requirements:

Guidance and Career Education

The goals of the guidance and career education program are that students:

  • Understand the concepts related to lifelong learning, interpersonal relationships (including responsible citizenship), and career planning.

  • Develop learning skills, social skills, a sense of social responsibility, and the ability to formulate and pursue educational and career goals.

  • Apply this learning to their lives and work in the school and the community.

The goals have been organized into three areas of knowledge and skills: Student development, Interpersonal development, and Career development.

In each area, the knowledge and skills required will change as students proceed through elementary and secondary school. Although sometimes distinct, these areas of learning and their interconnectedness should be reflected in each school’s guidance and career education program.

Cooperative Education

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The Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP)

Join the thousands of high school students throughout Ontario who have chosen to take control of their future by getting a head start on their career as a skilled trade professional.

Earn high school credits while exploring the world of skilled trades such as carpentry, child and youth worker, electrician, plumber, early childhood educator, cook, and over 140 other apprenticeable skilled trade professions.

Course Transfers during the School Year

Students must take extreme care when selecting courses. Priority for considering a change is as follows:

  1. A student failed a course;

  2. A student took a summer school course;

  3. A student changed his/her career plans that require specific courses.

Once the semester has started, changes will be considered only in levels of difficulty, e.g., from English 2D to English 2P.

All course changes are made at the discretion of the principal. In semester one the deadline for timetable changes is mid-September. In semester two the deadline is mid-February.

Dropping a Course

Courses may be dropped only after the student has consulted a counsellor. After the deadline for course changes, approximately two weeks after the beginning of each semester, principal approval is required.

As a result of full disclosure, timetable changes for Grades 11 and 12 cannot be made beyond 5 school days of mid-term report card issuance.