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Options in Education

Benefits of Online Summer School

With spring in the air, you might have started planning out your summer months and looking forward to possibly working a job, volunteering, relaxing on the beach or vacationing with your family. Outside these options, have you given any thought to online summer school to fill in some of your weeks off? Online summer school

A Quick Guide to Reach Ahead Credit

What is a “Reach Ahead” Credit?   The Ontario Schools (2016) states in section 2.5.2.1 that: “Under exceptional circumstances, an individual student in Grade 8, with parental consent, may be given permission by the principal of a secondary school to “reach ahead” to take secondary school courses, either during the school year or in the summer

Online Elementary School (Grade 6 to 8)

We are often asked by parents what are the advantages of our online elementary school. Here are some of the highlights of our program. The Ontario Elementry Curriculum All of our courses (Grade 6 to 8) are designed to meet the expectations of the Ontario Elementry Curriculum as well as the expectations of Growing Success.

Does Class Size Matter?

The provincial government recently announced its plans to increase the average class size for grades 9 to 12. Their plan is to increase class sizes to 28, up from the current average of 22. That’s an increase of more than 27% more students in classrooms. This change has been proposed for the next (2019-2020) school

Self-Paced Learning

  I am not good at mathematics.     I don’t like the Science class.    I don’t know how to write an essay.  Can you relate to the above statements?  The reality is that our like and dislike of a subject is a reflection of our ability. If you don’t like mathematics, it’s most likely

The Advantages of Winter Courses

A BrightMinds, we have three main semesters:  Fall: September to December  Winter: December to March Spring: March to June  followed by our shorter and more intense Summer semester. The Winter semester ☃️ is our most popular semester among part-time as well as full-time students.  While all our main semesters have 11 weeks of instruction and 1

Graduating From BrightMinds Online School

We are often asked by students and parents whether it is truly possible to complete high school credit courses online and earn the OSSD. So we have decided to have a quick chat with one of our recent graduates: Abraham who lives with his family in Austrailia. Abraham finished his studies online and earned his OSSD this

Tips for Ontario Homeschooling Parents

According to a 2017 report by the Fraser Institute, there has been a continuous rise in the number of students who choose alternative schooling in Ontario in the past decade or so. Alternative Education can take different forms; the more prominent ones are homeschooling and attending independent and/or private schools. When it comes to homeschooling in the