Students are required to earn two-eLearning credits to graduate from secondary school. The graduation requirement is intended to support students in developing familiarity and comfort with working and learning in a fully online environment, as well as developing digital literacy and other important transferable skills that will help prepare them for success after graduation. This includes the development of 21st century skills to prepare them for their future. Niagara Catholic eLearning courses provide students with flexibility and additional course options in their timetable.
Meeting the e-Learning graduation requirement should not pose a barrier to graduation for students. As with all learning, students taking e-Learning courses will have access to the supports they need through their school, including guidance and services for English language learners. If the student has an Individual Education Plan, the plan will be shared, when appropriate, with an educator instructing an online course delivered by another publicly funded school board, with the necessary consent.
Parents/guardians may choose to opt their child out of the mandatory e-Learning courses required for graduation. Students 18 years of age or older or students who are 16 or 17 years of age and have withdrawn from parental control may also opt out of the graduation requirement. Students and parents/guardians may choose to opt back into the e-Learning graduation requirement should their decision change. Niagara Catholic’s eLearning program starts in Grade 11. It is at this time that we encourage you to determine if this opt-out process is required.To complete the opt-out form, click here.