Guidance Department

Welcome to our Guidance Department area of our website, where you will find lots of resources for all grade levels.

Guidance News

Resources

Important dates

Course selection

Visit the BMLSS Course Selection page for more information on planning for next school year, as well as PowerSchool login information. 

Ontario Secondary School Diploma requirements

Please find the links and worksheets below to help you achieve your Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or OSSC.

If you require any of the above documents in an accessible format, contact Communications Services at info@tldsb.on.ca.

New requirements

eLearning credit: students are required to earn two online learning credits to graduate from secondary school, beginning with every student who entered Grade 9 in the 2020-2021 school year. Adult learners entering the Ontario secondary school system in 2023-2024 or later will be required to meet this graduation requirement and may opt themselves out of the requirement. The graduation requirement is intended to support students in developing familiarity and comfort with working and learning in a fully online environment, as well as developing digital literacy and other important transferable skills that will help prepare them for success after graduation and in all aspects of their lives.

Grade 9 and 10 technological education credit: beginning with students entering Grade 9 in September 2024, all students will now be required to earn a Grade 9 or 10 technological education credit as part of their OSSD. This new learning graduation requirement will expose Ontario’s students to at least one technological education course.

Honour roll

Honour roll is calculated using the final grades earned for courses during the regular school year.

Grade 9: 80 percent average or higher of eight courses.

Grade 10: 80 percent average or higher of eight courses.

Grade 11: 80 percent average or higher of (top) seven courses.

Grade 12: 80 percent average or higher of (top) six courses, taken in your graduating year.

Ontario Scholar: 80 percent average or higher of six Grade 12 courses. Courses do not need to be taken all in your graduating year.

Scholarships, bursaries, and awards

Current BMLSS award information for students can be found by going to the Shared Student Resources Google Drive, selecting Guidance Stuff, and then visiting the Scholarships, Bursaries and Awards Folder.

Questions?

If you have any questions, visit or email your assigned guidance counselor based on your surname:

A to K – Jennifer Smith

L to Z – Mark McGrath

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Follow BMLSS Guidance on X: @BmlssN

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School Schedule
Period 1
8:50 – 10:05 a.m.
Period 2
10:15 – 11:30 a.m.
Lunch
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Period 3
12:30 – 1:45 p.m.
Period 4
1:55 – 3:10 p.m.
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