Guidance

Cousellors are available to provide educational and career information as well as to discuss any matter of concern that may have an effect on your progress. Arrange to see a counselor if you wish assistance. Lakeshore's counselors work with students through classroom visits, individual academic and career counseling sessions, special programs, referrals to community agencies, college/university applications, course selection, liaison with feeder schools, and referral to night school and summer school.

Students must earn the following 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 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.
• French as a second language

In addition to the compulsory credits, students must complete:

• 12 optional credits
• 40 hours of community involvement activities
• The provincial literacy requirement
• Computer Studies