Community Involvement – a graduation requirement

As stated in Ontario Secondary Schools, Grades 9 to 12: Program and Diploma Requirements, every student must complete a minimum of 40 hours of community involvement activities as part of the requirements for an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD).

In addition, the ministry is providing increased flexibility in how all secondary students can earn hours:

• Students can now earn hours for helping out during the school day (but not missing school) and for duties normally performed in the home (e.g., walking a younger child to and from school, helping younger siblings with school work).

• Students aged 14 years and older can count up to a maximum of 10 hours from paid employment towards their earned hours. Students counting paid employment towards their graduation requirement will be required to complete a reflection exercise indicating how their work contributed to the service of others (on the revised Community Involvement Activity Notification Form) 

For more information, please visit UGDSB Community Involvement

Students are able to start accumulating community involvement hours in the summer before they enter grade 9.

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