Victoria Park C.I

Diploma Requirements

Courses offered at four grade levels: Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12.

Students must earn the following 18 compulsory credits to obtain the Ontario Secondary School Diploma.

  • 4 credits in English
  • 3 credits in mathematics
  • 2 credits in science
  • 1 credit in Canadian history
  • 1 credit in Canadian geography
  • 1 credit in the arts
  • 1 credit in health and physical education
  • 1 credit in French as a second language
  • 0.5 credit in career studies
  • 0.5 credit in civics

Plus one credit from each of the following groups:

  • 1 additional credit in English, or a third language, or a social sciences and the humanities, or Canadian and world studies, or guidance and career education, or cooperative education*
  • 1 additional credit in health and physical education, or the arts, or business studies, or cooperative education*
  • 1 additional credit in science, or technological education, or cooperative education*

In addition to compulsory credits, students must complete:

  • 12 optional credits
  • 40 hours of community involvement activities
  • Ontario Secondary School Literary Test

*A maximum of 2 credits in cooperative education can count as compulsory credits.