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Course Selection and School Planning for 2026 | 27 


Paper Based and On-Line Course Selection

For the 2026 - 27 school year, our School Based Team will work with students and families to complete the course selection process using paper based forms.   If a student is not currently registered at Mount Sentinel, please contact the school office.  The on-line system is another option for students to select courses at Mount Sentinel Secondary.  Students will participate in counsellor presentations during class to review course options and the requirements of the grade 10 - 12 Grad Program.  We encourage parents and caregivers to talk with your child(ren) about their course requests for next year. After the course selection process has been completed, parents can view course request information on the Parent Portal. Parents may also review the paper copy of the course planning form that requires completion prior to completing the course selection process online.
 

If a student’s course requests can’t be satisfied, students will be enrolled in their alternative choice.  It is essential, therefore, that students consider the task of choosing courses as a major responsibility.  Once choices have been made by the student and the master timetable has been built, it becomes extremely difficult, and likely impossible to make course changes beyond the options that are available on the timetable. The build and design of the final schedule is purely driven by balancing all of the varied student course requests and scheduling needs.  Our goal is to have the timetable built before the end of the current school year.  In September 2026, before any course change will be considered, students will be required to supply a letter – signed by a parent/guardian – which specifically requests a course change and explains the rationale for the desired change.

Prior to beginning course selection, students are encouraged to participate in school provided course planning sessions with staff, meet with a counsellor or school administration with specific questions or inquiries, and discuss future goals about work and post secondary planning with their families.  Carefully planning a pathway to graduation that keeps options open while also fulfilling specific requirements for post-secondary institutions and potential work placement options is important for lifelong work and learning opportunities beyond high school.  
 

Step 1:  Course Selection Resources and Forms 


** Important Scheduling Notes:
Course selection drives the development of the timetable.  Several of the courses highlighted below are all considerations but not the FINAL course list. 

1)  Please note courses offered on a cycle of alternating years.  Student begin learning about this in Grade 9.
2)  Second Language opportunity for Grade 9 to 12:  French 
3)  Music inside the timetable:  Instrumental Band: Concert Band for Intermediates (full year course option paired with a second linear course option)
4)  Music outside the timetable (OTT): Instrumental Band: Stage Band (Full year course option outside the schedule - auditions required. Not guaranteed to run.) 
5)  Academy PM and ORCA both include an application process that begins in January, prior to course selection in the spring.

Youth Train in Trades in your Grade 12 Year: 

  • February start, you will choose:  English Studies 12, CLC 12 + TWO elective options which may include outstanding required courses for graduation
  • September start:  completed grad plan to ensure all required courses are complete. CLC 12 will be completed alongside the Trades Program. Students will be added to a Mount Sentinel CLC 12 - Trades google classroom.
  • Please review the application carefully - planning begins long  before the Grade 12 year.


Academy PM in your Grade 10, 11 or 12 Year: 

  • How the required Grade 10 and 11 courses varies from year to year.  Please carefully review the required course offerings, especially if Academy PM is a program students choose as options for 2 or 3 years.  
     

Step 2:  Online Course Selection (see counsellor if this option is available to you)
 

 

Please see the 2026 - 2027 Timetable >> HERE  (not available at this time, March 19, 2026)

Course Change - beginning September 8  
Students will have an opportunity to review their schedules and made changes to their original requests.  Course changes are done through the school Counsellor, Principal or Vice Principal.  During the opening week of school students sign up for course changes with their homeroom teacher or by using the link >> HERE.  

All semester 1 and semester 2 course changes will be finalized by the end of the first week of school.

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