Timeline for Course Selection
| Date | Activity |
|---|---|
| January | Course Selection Presentations - Guidance Counsellors will be presenting to all grades. |
| January-February | Use My Pathway Planner to research post-secondary programs and their requirements to develop a pathway plan and set up your online High School Planner. Engage in informed discussions about appropriate courses with your parents/guardians, teachers and guidance counsellors |
| February | Guidance counsellors will be hosting drop in sessions during Period 2, 3 and 4 in the Career Centre (Room 101) |
| February | Homeroom teachers will distribute up to date student status sheet and review the NHS course selection process with their classes. Students with a Period 1 spare can pick it up in guidance |
| February | Lock-In Window: period of time during which students “submit” online course selections through My Pathway Planner (note: once submitted, course selection can only be changed by your guidance counsellor). Final day to submit course selection through My Pathway Planner is Friday, February 23, 2025 at 3:00 p.m |
Instructions for Course Selection
Choose wisely! Know your strengths and interests. Consult with teachers, guidance counsellors, parents/guardians. Research post-secondary requirements. ‘My Pathway Planner’ is your #1 research tool.
- Visit Student Tools from the button on the homepage and select myPathwayPlanner. Please use your GAPPs username and password to login.
- From your Dashboard, click on the Plan Courses button that appears in the High School Progress/Official High School Plan box. The button will say Plan Courses only after course submission has been enabled by Hodan Nalayeh Secondary School. Hint: Clicking on Plan Courses will take you to your High School Planner - you can also access this by simply clicking on High School from the left hand navigation menu.
Opting Out of the Online Graduation Requirement (For students entering Grades 10 through 12):
The request to opt out can be submitted along with your course selections for next year:
- If you have not opted out already in myPathway Planner, you will see an Online Learning Opt-Out box as the first box in your High School Plan for next school year - click this box.
- If you have pre-filled your course selection earlier, you will not see the ‘Online Learning Opt-Out’ box. Simply remove the course in the first box and it will appear, along with a new course box to re-add your final course.
- If you do not see an ‘Online Learning Opt-Out’ box under next year, no action is needed - either you have already opted out, or you will be asked to confirm your decision in a later grade.
- If you Opt-Out, you will still able to Opt-in at later date, if so desired.
- Click on the ‘Online Learning Opt-Out’ link, and review the information in the description and guidance message.
- Click Add Course if you wish to opt out of the requirement. You may also view how to Opt Out of the Online Learning Graduation Requirement by watching the video.
Add Courses for Next Year
- In High School Planner, click + [Course]. This will show you the entire course catalogue.
- Courses can be filtered by Grade or Discipline by adjusting these filters at the top of the courses screen. This will make it easier to see the courses that are appropriate for you.
- If you select a compulsory course (i.e. Math) the compulsory courses in that discipline will appear. The Grade 9 column has been set to display only Grade 9 courses in the course catalogue.
- In the Course Selection and Details screen, explore the available courses.
- Click Add Course when you find the course you want.
- Grade 10-12 Students - If adding a Music Repertoire (after-school) course or in some cases, Dual Credit courses, it will be entered as your 9th course. After you enter your first eight (8) courses, myPathwayPlanner will display an +[ Repertoire] option to the bottom of your course selection. For Repertoire and Dual Credit courses only, click the new +[Repertoire] bubble and add the correct Repertoire/Dual Credit course to your Official Plan – leave blank otherwise.
- Grade 12 Students are allowed to have 1 spare on their timetable each semester if they have earned 24 credits. MyPathwayPlanner has been set-up to allow Grade 12 students to submit their course selection with only 6 courses. By leaving one or two +[Course] bubbles blank, you are indicating the number of spares you wish to have.