Course Selection

Course Selection Student Checklist

• Choose courses wisely. The master timetable at KHS will be created based on your requests. Submit on time in order to ensure you receive equal consideration for the courses you have selected.
• Review your Graduation Indicator on My Pathway Planner for accuracy and the achievement of all graduation requirements:
  • Compulsory and elective courses;
  • 40 Community Involvement hours;
  • Ontario Secondary School Literacy requirement;
  • Two credits of Online Learning requirement or ‘opt-out’ of Online Learning
• Research Ontario university programs and Ontario college programs for the required prerequisite course(s).
• Check course descriptions and any Guidance messages in My Pathway Planner.
• Select courses in My Pathway Planner that support your post-secondary plan(s).

Submitting Courses

• Submit your course selection online through My Pathway Planner. Once you submit your course selection, you will be required to provide a parent/guardian email address for approval.
• Ensure your parent/guardian accesses the email that is sent and approves your course selection.

Your course selections will not be processed until the email approval is completed by a parent/guardian.

Course Selection for Students in Grades 9-12

1. Go to www.yrdsb.ca or the school website homepage. Scroll down and click on “Online Student Tools”. On the page that opens, scroll down and click on “My Pathway Planner”.
2. Login using your YRDSB username and password.
3. Using the navigation menu on the left side of your screen, select “High School” to see your “Official High School Plan”.
4. Review the courses in the previous and current year columns. In the next grade column of your planner, click + [Course].
5. Review the courses in the subject discipline, and then click “Add Course” when you find the course you want.
6. The Graduation Indicator will help you keep track of your progress towards graduation. Click “View Progress” for a list of specific graduation requirements.
7. When you are ready to submit your course selections, click the blue “Review Course Selections” button. Please know that you will not be able to modify your course selections once submitted.
8. If you plan on taking a summer school course, you may be asked to add a “comment to Guidance”. Some schools may request that you indicate your summer school intention using a Google Form link which will be found on your planner. This does not register you for summer school.
9. If you are not attending a YRDSB school next year, click on the “Not returning next year?” button at the top of your High School Progress box. Select the option that best suits your pathway, then press “Confirm”.
10. Approval requests to a parent/guardian In myBlueprint, once students submit their courses they are prompted with a Send Approval Email option. Once clicked, a parent or guardian’s email address can be added. Note: if they forget to send the approval email at the time of submission, they can simply open their High School Plan and click the option to Send Approval Email at a later time.
    1. After entering an email address and clicking Send Approval Email, the parent/guardian receives a course selection approval request email, including:
    2. In the course selection approval request email, the parent/guardian has the option to Approve or Reject the student’s selections by clicking a button or link in the email.
    3. If a parent/guardian does not have an email address, they can request a paper copy from the school.
11. Once you have carefully checked the Review Courses page, click on “Submit Course Selections”.
12. After submitting your course selections, you will receive a Success notification.
13. If you wish to choose an online credit, first select the online holding code in the subject discipline, and then click “Add Course”, please choose a course from the drop down menu that appears.
14. You will receive a confirmation of your course selections after the March Break