Information for the 2026-2027 school year will be posted as it becomes available.
Course selection will take place between Thursday, February 13, 2025 and Friday, February 21, 2025.
Graduation Requirements
Check the Ontario Secondary School Graduation Requirements.
Note: For the French Immersion Certificate, students will still need to earn 10 French Immersion credits, but after students complete the four French Immersion French credits (1 per grade), the remaining six course options are flexible. That being said, students are still strongly encouraged to take Grade 9 Geography, Grade 10 History and Grade 10 Civics and Careers, in French.
Courses offered at Hodan Nalayeh S.S.
Course Selection
To assist you with course selection, you can review the information in the drop-down below or access the videos prepared by myBlueprint.
- Visit Student Tools from the button on the homepage and select myPathwayPlanner. Please use your GAPPs username and password to login.
- From your Dashboard, click on the Plan Courses button that appears in the High School Progress/Official High School Plan box. The button will say Plan Courses only after course submission has been enabled by Hodan Nalayeh Secondary School. Hint: Clicking on Plan Courses will take you to your High School Planner - you can also access this by simply clicking on High School from the left hand navigation menu.
Opting Out of the Online Graduation Requirement (For students entering Grades 10 through 12):
The request to opt out can be submitted along with your course selections for next year:
- If you have not opted out already in myPathway Planner, you will see an Online Learning Opt-Out box as the first box in your High School Plan for next school year - click this box.
- If you have pre-filled your course selection earlier, you will not see the ‘Online Learning Opt-Out’ box. Simply remove the course in the first box and it will appear, along with a new course box to re-add your final course.
- If you do not see an ‘Online Learning Opt-Out’ box under next year, no action is needed - either you have already opted out, or you will be asked to confirm your decision in a later grade.
- If you Opt-Out, you will still able to Opt-in at later date, if so desired.
- Click on the ‘Online Learning Opt-Out’ link, and review the information in the description and guidance message.
- Click Add Course if you wish to opt out of the requirement. You may also view how to Opt Out of the Online Learning Graduation Requirement by watching the video.
Add Courses for Next Year
- In High School Planner, click + [Course]. This will show you the entire course catalogue.
- Courses can be filtered by Grade or Discipline by adjusting these filters at the top of the courses screen. This will make it easier to see the courses that are appropriate for you.
- If you select a compulsory course (i.e. Math) the compulsory courses in that discipline will appear. The Grade 9 column has been set to display only Grade 9 courses in the course catalogue.
- In the Course Selection and Details screen, explore the available courses.
- Click Add Course when you find the course you want.
- Grade 10-12 Students - If adding a Music Repertoire (after-school) course or in some cases, Dual Credit courses, it will be entered as your 9th course. After you enter your first eight (8) courses, myPathwayPlanner will display an +[ Repertoire] option to the bottom of your course selection. For Repertoire and Dual Credit courses only, click the new +[Repertoire] bubble and add the correct Repertoire/Dual Credit course to your Official Plan – leave blank otherwise.
- Grade 12 Students are allowed to have 1 spare on their timetable each semester if they have earned 24 credits. MyPathwayPlanner has been set-up to allow Grade 12 students to submit their course selection with only 6 courses. By leaving one or two +[Course] bubbles blank, you are indicating the number of spares you wish to have.
Grade 10 Course Information
- All students who have completed the destreamed Grade 9 Mathematics (MTH1W) this school year, should be selecting Grade 10 Academic Math (MPM2D), but will also have the option to select Grade 10 Applied Math (MFM2P) after a discussion with their Guidance Counsellor and/or Special Education Resource Teacher.
- All students who have completed the destreamed Grade 9 Science (SNC1W) this school year, can select either Grade 10 Academic Science (SNC2D) or Grade 10 Applied Science (SNC2P).
- All students who completed Grade 9 English (ENL1W), can select either Grade 10 Academic English (ENG2D) or Grade 10 Applied English (ENG2P).
- All students requesting Grade 10 History next school year will be taking Academic History (CHC2D).
Grade 11 Course Information
- All students enrolling in Grade 11 English will be taking English: Understanding Contemporary First Nations, Métis and Inuit Voices. NBE3U1 is the University English Credit (which is the prerequisite for ENG4U – Grade 12 University English), while NBE3C1 is the College English Credit (which is the prerequisite for ENG4C – Grade 12 College English). You will no longer find ENG3U1 (Grade 11 English – University) or ENG3C1 (Grade 11 English – College) in the course catalogue. Students taking Advanced Placement (AP) for Grade 11 English will select NBE3UE for their Grade 11 English Credit.
Grade 12 Course Information
- It is very important that the courses you select meet the prerequisites for your postsecondary journey. For example, students intending to apply to university need to ensure they have six Grade 12 U or M level credits.
- Alternatively, once you select your courses, you can verify whether you have the prerequisites for a program by cross-referencing your course selection with your programs of interest on the "Postsecondary" tab to the left of your High School Planner in myPathwayPlanner.
Selecting a Day School Online Learning
In grade 11 and 12, you will also be able to select Day School Online Learning courses as part of your course selection for next year. You would scroll to the 'Online Learning Courses' course folder on the courses screen. Once you click on the online learning holding code, you will be prompted to select the course you want from a dropdown menu. The video linked will explain the process visually. These courses would be part of your day school timetable (i.e. would be one or two of the eight courses you would select as part of your course selection). Please note that this is different than Night School Online Learning (which you may register for next year during the school year).