Student Services

Course Offerings & Course Selection

PLEASE NOTE: Course Selection for the 2023/2024 school year will open on Friday, January 13th, 2023 and the deadline to complete it is Tuesday, February 14th, 2023 at 4:00pm. Course Selection will be done through myBlueprint.

Please click HERE to view all course offerings for Grade 10

Please click HERE to view all course offerings for Grade 10 (I-STEM)

Please click HERE to view all course offerings for Grade 11

Please click HERE to view all course offerings at Elsie MacGill for the 2023/2024 school year.

Course Change Request (2023/2024)

If you would like to request a change to your courses for the 2023/2024 school year, please complete this form and submit it to Student Services with a parent/guardian's signature. No changes are guaranteed.

Who's Who in Student Services

Andrea Hyde

hydea@hdsb.ca

Guidance Counsellor - A-G

Acting Program Lead of English, ESL, French, and Library

Student Success Lead

To book an appointment, please click here.

Sahar Monzavi-Bacon

monzavibacos@hdsb.ca

Program Lead (Guidance & Cooperative Education)

Guidance Counsellor - H-R

To book an appointment, please click here.

Jonathan Corbin

corbinj@hdsb.ca

Guidance Counsellor - S-Z

LRT - N - Z

Adam Baxter

baxtera@hdsb.ca

Program Lead - Learning Resources

LRT - A-E & Grade 10

To book an appointment, please click here.

Navi Manners

mannersn@hdsb.ca

LRT - E - M

Meghan Hamilton

hamiltonm@hdsb.ca

School Social Worker

Bronagh O'Rourke

orourkeb@hdsb.ca

Cooperative Education Teacher

Heather Dancyger

dancygerh@hdsb.ca

Guidance Secretary

NEW STUDENT REGISTRATION PACKAGE (NEW TO HDSB)

Community Involvement

For information regarding how to complete the community involvement hours required for graduation, please view the HDSB's information page. Be sure to review the criteria for eligible activities. You will need to complete this Record of Community Involvement form and submit it to your Guidance Counsellor. You can also use this Google Form to submit your Record of Community Involvement.

Looking for volunteering opportunities? Check out Volunteer Halton or Virtual Volunteering.

Cooperative Education

To learn about cooperative education, please view Ms. O'Rourke's website HERE.

Grade 8 to 9 Transition

Grade 8 Parent/Guardian Information Night Slideshow
The HDSB has a webpage HERE with key resources and videos, and a general overview of what to expect
HDSB Guide to Secondary Schools
Grade 8 to 9 Information Evenings
Videos on www.hdsb.ca

HDSB Pathways (www.haltonpathways.ca)

Graduation, Post-Secondary Pathway Planning & Scholarships

To earn a high school diploma in Ontario, students must:

earn 18 compulsory credits
earn 12 optional credits
pass the literacy requirement
complete a minimum of 40 hours of community involvement activities
complete 2 eLearning Courses (HDSB eLearning Graduation Requirement Opt Out Form)

For more details regarding graduation requirements, please visit the Ministry of Education's website and/or view this helpful guide.

Want to learn more about college or university programs across Ontario?

Explore what schools offer programs that are best suited for you by going to the Ontario Colleges website or the Ontario Universities Info website.

Want to learn more about scholarships?

Explore the different scholarships that are available by clicking here. Learn more about the Loran Scholarship here.

Course Selection

Please click here to view our Grade 9 course selection sheet for the 2023/2024 school year. Course selection from Grade 10-12 will occur in February and will be done through myBlueprint. Course selection will close on February 14th at 4:00pm.

Student Services Upcoming Events

Semester 2 Night School Registration now open

Grade 9 Course Selection opens January 11th and closes January 29th at 4:00pm

Grade 10 - 12 Course Selection opens February 2nd and closes February 14th at 4:00pm

SHSM (Specialist High Skills Major) & OYAP (Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program)

At Elsie MacGill Secondary School, we will be offering the following SHSM programs:

Health & Fitness Leadership
Sustainable Energy Engineering

Please explore the HDSB Pathways SHSM Page for more information about how SHSM programs work

Please explore the EMSS Co-op SHSM Page to learn more about the co-op criteria of SHSM

Course Selection

Student Services Upcoming Events

Semester 2 Night School Registration now open

Grade 9 Course Selection opens January 11th and closes January 29th at 4:00pm

Grade 10 - 12 Course Selection opens February 2nd and closes February 14th at 4:00pm

Student Success

At Elsie MacGill Secondary School, we know that "success" can mean different things to different people. That is why our Student Success teacher and the Support Services team strives to help students find and understand their own personal success. They work closely with classroom teachers, special education resource teachers (SERTs), guidance counsellors, and school social workers to help support you and help you find your pathway to success!

For student success inquiries, please connect with Andrea Hyde at hydea@hdsb.ca.

Special Education

The role of the Special Education Resource Teacher (SERT) is layered. A student's SERT is tasked with IEP management, in-class support, student advocacy, being a point of contact for students, teachers, and home, and offering teacher support. To learn more about Mr. Adam Baxter, the Head of Special Education and Elsie's MacGill's SERT, please click here.