RATIONALE
To encourage students to take more responsibility for their learning and to acknowledge this through the granting of a credit.

GUIDELINES
Available to any student who has successfully completed the nine/ten years program and who can arrange regular supervision with a teacher.
Students who have failed a credit course at the grade 11 or 12 level are ineligible
Only one independent study may be taken.

PROCESS
Students will select a topic or subject of particular interest to them that will enrich their learning experience.
They will develop a short rationale and an outline of their intended work.
They will present the above to a teacher knowledgeable in the chosen area or topic.
 

The teacher and student will agree on:
    The nature and extent of the study
    How knowledge and research are to be demonstrated
    An assessment and evaluation plan
    The frequency of their meetings
    Their roles and responsibilities
    The teacher will assign a mark that will be recorded on the student transcript.
Approval must be gained through the school Principal and then through the Department of Education

Note:
The application form for an Independent Study must be completed prior to the commencement of the semester in which the intended study is to be taken.