Requirements
Students can earn community involvement hours through virtual or in-person volunteering activities that are:
- Completed outside scheduled class time
- Not part of a credit course
- Unpaid
Examples
Below are just a few examples of activities that qualify as community involvement.
- Assisting charitable organizations, service clubs and not-for-profit organizations
- Fundraising, including canvassing and walk-a-thons
- Coaching minor sports teams
- Organizing events in your community or school
- Participating in environmental projects like tree planting, clean-up or recycling
- Assisting at seniors’ residences, hospitals or nursing homes
- Helping young people through tutoring, transcribing or reading buddies
- Leading others in your faith community
Questions? Speak to your school principal or guidance counsellor for more information.
To receive an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD), students must earn 30 credits - 18 compulsory credits, and 12 optional credits.
Students must earn the following compulsory credits:
- 4 credits in English (1 per grade)
- 3 credits in mathematics (1 credit in grade 11 or 12)
- 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:
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In addition, students must complete:
- 12 optional credits
- 40 hours of community involvement activities (download and print form here)
- The provincial literacy requirement
For more information, speak to your school's guidance teacher.
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