{"id":1431,"date":"2021-04-26T18:33:02","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T22:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/?page_id=1431"},"modified":"2026-03-06T09:13:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T14:13:13","slug":"secondary-summer-school-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/summer-school\/secondary-summer-school-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Secondary Summer School (gr. 9-12)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><b>Secondary (gr. 9-12) Summer School Program<\/b><\/span><\/h1>\n<table style=\"width: 58.4741%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #5ddeb5; border-color: #000000;\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/files\/2026\/02\/WRDSB-Summer-School-9-12.pdf\">Summer School gr. 9-12 &#8211; Information Flyer<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All summer school courses will be offered to WRDSB students <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">only<\/span> who attended a WRDSB school in the 2025-2026 school year.\u00a0 <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summer school will have both an <b>eLearning<\/b> (asynchronous learning only) option and<b> in-person<\/b> option. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The program dates for all summer school courses [full and half credit courses] are <b>Monday June 29, 2026 to Friday, July 24, 2026.\u00a0 (July 1st is Canada Day &#8211; no school)<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">Important Note:<\/span><\/span>\u00a0 <\/b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">for those considering the eLearn option \u2013 students are only able to access their WRDSB Google accounts from within Canada. Students traveling internationally will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not<\/span> be able to access their WRDSB Google account while outside of Canada.\u00a0 The ability to access your course work through your WRDSB Google account is absolutely necessary for successful completion of an eLearn credit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>All Secondary in-person courses Grade 9-12 will be at Huron Heights SS<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">All transportation pickup locations will be at their local Secondary school.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade 8 Reach Ahead will be at Huron Heights SS\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">All transportation pickup locations will be at their local Secondary school.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Secondary (9-12) and Reach Ahead Summer School Routes will be available in June on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stswr.ca\/ppf\/4-6-summer-school-transportation\">STSWR\u00a0<\/a>website.<\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>General Information and Student Expectations:<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students may only take <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ONE<\/span> Summer School Credit Course.\u00a0 This can be one full credit course, or two half credit courses (e.g. Civics, Careers).<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Access to Grade 9 courses is limited to those students who were enrolled in the same course in 2025-2026 with the WRDSB and were unsuccessful. This will support students who are not able to engage in credit recovery at their home school. <\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The GLS1O (Reach Ahead) course will be available only to Grade 8 students registered in the WRDSB in the 2025-2026 school year.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students who have a high degree of self-motivation and the ability to work independently are best suited for eLearning courses.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regular attendance is critical for success at summer school. All full credit summer school courses involve a minimum of 110 hours of content and instruction. All in person classes will run daily from 8:30 am to 3:00pm, Monday to Friday. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Vacation or work should be scheduled outside of summer school hours<\/strong><\/span>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>WRDSB reserves the right to cancel courses if there is insufficient enrolment or staff availability<\/strong>. Students will be notified by their home school counsellor if the course they registered for is cancelled.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Registration is only available to WRDSB students that have attended and are active WRDSB students as of June 2026.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Registration Information:<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please contact your students\u2019 Secondary School Guidance Department in order to register for the summer school program. <strong>Registration will run March 9th to May 22nd, 2026<\/strong>.\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h2>\n<table style=\"height: 77px; width: 94.6108%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #e3f76f; border-color: #000000; border-style: ridge;\" border=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 75px; text-align: center;\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>click here \u2192\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1aU--2ba8W9oUxQXUb0sbl3AlNf_8vKxN\/view?usp=drive_link\">2026 Secondary Summer School Course Offerings<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">reminder<\/span><\/strong>: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WRDSB reserves the right to cancel courses if there is insufficient enrolment\/staff availability. Students will be notified by their home school counsellor if the course they registered for is cancelled)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">Important Note:<\/span><\/span>\u00a0 <\/b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">for those considering the eLearn option \u2013 students are only able to access their Google accounts from within Canada. Students traveling internationally will not be able to access their Google accounts until their return to Canada.\u00a0 Ability to access your course work through your Google account is necessary for successful completion of your eLearn credit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Transportation Information:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Bussing will be provided for all of our Elementary and Secondary students.\u00a0 However, please note that Summer School buses cover a large geographic area and parents\/guardians will need to make arrangements to get their children to and from centralized bus stops. This is applicable in rural settings as well.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Summer School routes are now posted on the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stswr.ca\/ppf\/4-6-summer-school-transportation\">STSWR<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>website<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Contact Information<\/span><em>\u00a0 (prior to June 29, 2026)<\/em><\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Alternative and Continuing Education<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>151 Weber Street South<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Waterloo, ON\u00a0 N2J 2A9<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Hours: 8:00 a.m. \u2013 3:00 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Summer School phone numbers and email will not be available until June 29, 2026.<\/li>\n<li>Please contact the Continuing Education office for questions at (519) 885-0800 or email:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"mailto:SummerSchool_ReachAhead@wrdsb.ca\">SummerSchool_ReachAhead@wrdsb.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"mailto:SummerSchool_9-12@wrdsb.ca\">SummerSchool_9-12@wrdsb.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Contact Information<\/span><em>\u00a0 (June 29 &#8211; July 31, 2026)<\/em><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Phone number: 519-885-0800\n<ul>\n<li>for students attending ___________<strong>\u00a0&#8211; <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">press 4<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Attendance Emails\n<ul>\n<li>for students attending ___________ &#8211; -summer-attendance@wrdsb.ca<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Secondary (gr. 9-12) Summer School Program Summer School gr. 9-12 &#8211; Information Flyer &nbsp; All summer school courses will be offered to WRDSB students only who attended a WRDSB school in the 2025-2026 school year.\u00a0 Summer school will have both an eLearning (asynchronous learning only) option and in-person option. 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