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Community Involvement
As stated in Ontario Secondary Schools, Grades 9 to 12: Program Diploma Requirements, 1999 (OSS), every student who begins secondary school during or after the 1999-2000 school year must complete a minimum of 40 hours of community involvement activities as one of the requirements for an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD). The purpose of the community involvement requirement is to encourage students to develop awareness and understanding of civic responsibility and of the role they can play and the contributions they can make in supporting and strengthening their communities.
Secondary schools will provide copies of the relevant information and forms to Grade 9 students to introduce the concept and requirement of community involvement.
For more information, see Administrative Procedures Memorandum A7611 - Community Involvement Activities and the Ministry of Education - Memo 124a.