Welcome to the Maple High School
Guidance Webpage!
Guidance and Career Education offers to students, teachers, parents, and the community a variety of services and programs. We look forward to being of assistance to you throughout the coming year.
Counselling: Counselling is available on a one-to-one basis, with counsellors available to assist the students in planning and working toward their educational and career goals, and to help them resolve their personal and social difficulties.
Group Learning: Counsellors will provide classroom instruction and/or small group seminars related to educational and career planning, study and examination skills, and orientation to secondary and post-secondary environments.
Liaison Support: The counsellor provides a communication and resource link to local elementary schools, to social service agencies in the community, to part-time and full-time employment opportunities, and to post-secondary educational and career facilities including apprenticeship programs, colleges (public and private), and universities.
Career Resources: Students are encouraged to come to the Guidance Department to make appointments with their alpha counselor. Parents are invited to take an active role in their child’s educational and career planning decisions. Interviews with Guidance may be arranged by calling the school. Information on careers and post-secondary education is available in the career centre.
Course Changes
The selection of courses is the responsibility of the student in conjunction with his/her parent or guardian where appropriate. Course selections are normally done in February for the following year. Subject teachers and guidance counsellors are available to provide valuable assistance to students. Once courses are selected it is very difficult to make changes as staffing and timetabling are driven by initial student choices.
Book a Guidance Appointment
Important 2023-2024 Dates and Information
College Application Workshop - September 26, 2023 in the Library after school
University Application Workshop - September 27, 2023 in the Library after school
Scholarship Workshop - September 28, 2023 in the Library after school
IB Information Night - October 12, 2023 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Take Our Kids to Work Day - November 1, 2023
Grade 8 Information Night - November 30, 2023 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Deadline to apply to an Ontario University - January 15, 2024
Equal Consideration Date for applying to an Ontario College - February 1, 2024
Course Selections must be submitted in myPathwayPlanner (myBlueprint) -
TBD
Graduation- June 26, 2024
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APPLYING TO POST-SECONDARY INFORMATION:
About Applying Online to University - instructions for students applying to university programs for September 2024
OUAC Application Presentation for university entry - September 2024
About Applying On line to College - instructions for students applying to college programs for September 2024
OCAS Application Presentation for college entry- September 2024
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General Information About Applying to Ontario Colleges as an International Applicant - information for international students applying to college programs
About Applying to Centennial College as an International Applicant - information for international students applying to Centennial College
About Applying to George Brown College as an International Applicant - information for international students applying to George Brown College
About Applying to Humber College as an International Applicant -information for international students applying to Humber College
About Applying to Seneca College as an International Applicant - information for international students applying to Seneca College
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Scholarship and Bursary information can be found on the "Paying for Postsecondary" tab from the left-hand menu on this page.
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OSAP INFORMATION:
How to Apply for OSAP - Youtube video
OSAP 2023 presentation
The 2023-2024 OSAP application is now open!
If you’re a full-time student making your first OSAP application for the 2023-2024 school year, you’ll need to complete a short information session presented just before you start your application.
The session will help you understand:
- how OSAP works
- your roles and responsibilities if you become an OSAP recipient
- basic financial information to support you through your postsecondary education (for example, creating a budget, understanding credit and debt)
How the module works
The module contains short, self-study sections with information you must read before you start your OSAP application. At the end of each section, you will be asked to answer a question about what you’ve just read.
Correct answers let you move to the next section of the module. When you’ve finished the information module, your OSAP application will open.
You can log in and out of the module at any time, and your progress will be saved.
If you choose to complete the module in one sitting, it will take you approximately 15 minutes.
Only full-time students making their first OSAP application for the 2023-2024 school year need to complete this module. If you choose to reapply to OSAP for the 2024-25 or 2025-26 school year, you will not need to complete this module again.