RIVERSIDE PREPARES STUDENTS
FOR THE 21ST CENTURY by offering a
comprehensive secondary school experience
PROCESS FOR 2025-2026
- Ensure you have your MyEd password ready to go and familiarize yourself with MyEd. You will be entering course selections on MyEd.
- Browse this website thoroughly so you know all the courses available, checked out the course flow charts, and understand the process.
- Read through the Counsellor’s PDF guides below for selecting your courses.
- If applying to a specialty course or program, please fill out the appropriate online application form. The application form links are found at the bottom of the course descriptions.
- Log into MyED to enter your courses (instructions linked here and are in the MyED request section). Paper working copies of course selection worksheets can be picked up in the office and/or library, paper copies do not need to be submitted and are for student use only.
- ALL courses requiring application, applications need to be submitted by Monday, February 17th, 2025.
- ALL course selections need to be entered into MyED by Friday, February 28th, 2025.
- ALL Grade 8 course selections need to be entered into MyED by Friday, February 7, 2025.
GRADE 9-11 COURSE SELECTIONS DUE
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GRADE 8 COURSE SELECTIONS DUE
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FOUNDATION COURSE | A course that is highly recommended prior to taking another course in a particular subject area
CHOOSING COURSES
We encourage students to read course descriptions carefully and consult with their parents, counsellor, and or career resource facillitator before finalizing course selections for next year. In selecting courses, particularly for grade 10 and 11 students, post-secondary options should be considered. Students are expected to take courses sequentially. Regardless of a student’s grade level, students should enroll in the first level of a course if they are electing the area of study for the first time with one exception. Students in grade 11 may choose a Foods 11 course without completing the grade 10 level course.
A reminder to students that, in order to meet Graduation requirements, the 80 credits must be completed.
FOUNDATION COURSE – A course that is highly recommended prior to taking another course in a particular subject area.
MINISTRY INDIGENOUS FOCUSED GRADUATION REQUIREMENT
Ministry requirement for graduation is a minimum of 4 credits in an Indigenous–Focused course. This requirement will be met by all grade 11 students taking English First Peoples Literacy Studies 11. Students may also receive Indigenous-Focused credits for English First Peoples 10, English First Peoples 12 and/or Contemporary Indigenous Studies 12.
GRADE 9 – ENGLISH
Students in Grade 9 are required to take a minimum of 9 courses. The general courses grade 9’s require are as follows:
- English 9
- Mathematics 9
- Social Studies 9
- Science 9
- PHE 9
- Three (3) electives
- Digital Literacy 10
GRADE 10 – ENGLISH
Students in Grade 10 are required to take a minimum of 8 courses. The general courses grade 10’s require are as follows:
- An English 10
- Any Mathematics 10
- Social Studies 10
- Science 10
- Career Life Ed 10
- PHE 10
- Two (2) electives
GRADE 11 – ENGLISH
Students in Grade 11 are required to take a minimum of 8 courses. The general courses grade 11s require are as follows:
- An EFP English 11
- Any Mathematics 11
- Any Science 11
- A Social Studies 11 or 12 (may be taken in Grade 11 or 12)
- Four (4) electives
GRADE 12 – ENGLISH
Students in Grade 12 are required to take a minimum of 7 courses.
- An English 12
- 3 other Grade 12 courses
- A Social Studies 11 or 12 (if you have not taken one in Grade 11)
- Career-Life Connections
GRADE 9 – FRIMM
Students in Grade 9 are required to take a minimum of 9 courses, of which at least 4 must be French. The general courses grade 9s require are as follows:
- English 9
- Mathematics 9
- Science 9
- Sciences Humaines 9
- Francais 9
- Conversation 10
- Education Physique et Sante 9
- One (1) Elective (English or French)
- Digital Literacy 10
GRADE 10 – FRIMM
Students in Grade 10 are required to take a minimum of 8 courses, of which at least 4 must be French. The general courses grade 10s require are as follows:
- An English 10
- Any Mathematics 10
- Science 10
- PHE 10
- Sciences Humaines 10
- Francais 10
- Education a la Carriere 10
- One (1) French Elective
GRADE 11 – FRIMM
Students in Grade 11 are required to take a minimum of 8 courses, of which at least 2 must be French. The general courses grade 11s require are as follows:
- An EFP English 11
- Any Mathematics 11
- Any Science 11
- Histoire 12 or Culture Comparees 12 (may be taken in Grade 11 or 12) or French Elective
- Francais 11
- Three (3) Electives (English or French)
GRADE 12 – FRIMM
Students in Grade 12 are required to take a minimum of 7 courses, of which at least 2 must be French.
- An English 12
- Francais 12
- Histoire 12 or Culture Comparees 12 (if not taken in Grade 11) or French Elective
- Five (5) Electives (English or French)
- Career-Life Connections
COURSE INFORMATION
CORE AREAS
ELECTIVES
SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS
THE GRADUATION PROGRAM
In order to graduate with a Dogwood, every student has to pass specific required courses. The table below is an overview of what you need to graduate. Each course is worth 4 credits.
- 48 credits from required courses
- 28 credits from elective courses
- 4 credits from Career Life Connections 12 & Capstone
REQUIRED COURSES (48 CREDITS MINIMUM)
- Career Life Education 10
- A Language Arts 10
- A Language Arts 11
- A Language Arts 12
- A Mathematics 10
- A Mathematics 11 or 12
- An Arts Education and/or Applied Design, Skills, and Tecnologies 10, 11 or 12
- Social Studies 10
- Social Studies 11 Exploration or a Social Studies 12
- Science 10
- A Science 11 or 12
- Physical Education 10
- Career Life Connections 12 & Capstone
ELECTIVE COURSES (28 CREDITS MINIMUM)
TOTAL CREDITS (80 minimum*)
* At least 16 credits must be from 12-level courses including a Language Arts 12 course
OTHER PROGRAMS
