To All International Students:

You can attend school in Ontario without leaving your province or country.

Located in Bayfield, Ontario on the shores of Lake Huron, one of the largest Great Lakes in the world, Virtual High School (Ontario) provides Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) courses to students in Ontario, to students in the rest of Canada and to students all over this world.

Virtual High School (Ontario) is the largest online private high school in Canada and its 57 online courses are now available to all students in all countries. Students do not have to live in Ontario to attend VHS. VHS is inspected by the Ministry of Education in Ontario and grants OSSD credits leading to an Ontario Secondary School Diploma. The OSSD is recognized and accepted by all universities in Ontario, Canada, and the rest of the world.

Students wishing to obtain an OSSD require 30 academic credits to graduate. VHS school officials will review the international student’s school transcript in order to translate the academic history of the student into Ontario school credits. Upon the establishment of equivalent credits, VHS will then determine the credits required in order for the international students to receive the Ontario Secondary School Diploma. In addition to the 30 credits, students must complete the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test as well as serve 40 hours of unpaid community service in the student’s home community.

Why is Virtual High School (Ontario) a good choice for international students?

1. VHS teachers. All of the VHS teachers are listed at our website so you can read about their academic standing, experience and education philosophy. The teachers are the most important asset of any school and should be the first aspect checked by any potential student.
   
   
2. VHS support. All of the VHS admin staff are listed at our website with their phone number and email address to enable students to contact them directly if there are problems while registered within our courses. Our admin staff have over 100 years of experience as teachers and administrators in the public education system.
   
   
3. VHS courses. While many online schools have sprung up in the past few years, most if not all require the student to purchase expensive textbooks. Quite often assignments are submitted in paper form. Often exams are also written in paper form.  In contrast, at VHS, the content within 56 of our courses has been written by teachers and is fully online so that the student does not require a textbook. VHS online courses are interactive, motivating and highly engaging.
   
   
4. Desire2Learn. At VHS we use the Desire2Learn Learning Management system to present the courses to the student. This LMS provides a host of tools to the student to make their learning more effective: email, DropBox, electronic locker, BlogTool, ePortfolio, GradeBook, Discussion Boards, TextChat, Quizzing Engine, etc.
   
   
5. The schedule. There is no set schedule for VHS students. Students start the day they register, move through at their own pace and exit from their course at any day. The only restriction that you have is that you must complete the course within 18 months. VHS is open 365 days a year.
   
   
6. Cost. Our tuition fees (Can$499 per credit) are highly competitive and are usually the only fee paid by the student. Fees are not charged for IEPs, final exams, extensions of time beyond 3 months, tests, reports cards, transcripts, communicating to universities, etc. International and national students pay the same tuition fee as Ontario students. All students register online from our website.

If you have any questions please contact Stephen Baker, Principal: