Scholarships and Awards

At Dante Alighieri Academy, we offer a full range of academic programming, aimed at supporting student achievement.

Some of the departments available in our school include:

• Arts

• Business Studies

• Chaplaincy

• Computer Studies

• Co-Operative Education

• Family Studies

• Deaf and Hard of Hearing

• English

• English as a Second language

• French as a Second language

• Geography

• Guidance and Career Education

• History

• Health and Physical Education

• Interdisciplinary Studies

• Library

• Mathematics

• Portuguese Studies

• Religious Studies

• Science

• Spanish Studies

• Special Education

• Social Science and The Humanities

• Technological Studies

The Learning Commons is central to the life of the school. While in the library, students can study, browse the collections for resources for their assignments or simply read a novel or magazine for their recreational pleasure.

Computers are also available for students to complete assignments.

The library is open before and after classes.

To browse items online, visit the Insignia Website. Username and password can be obtained at the library.

In order to earn the Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD), students must earn a total of 18 compulsory credits, 12 optional credits, 40 hours of community involvement, and the provincial literary requirements.

Students must earn the following 18 compulsory credits to get their Ontario Secondary School Diploma:

• 4 credits in English (1 credit per grade)

• 3 credits in mathematics (at least 1 credit in Grade 11 or 12)

• 3 credits for group 1, 2 and 3 courses (1 credit in each group)

• 2 credits in science

• 1 credit in Canadian history (Grade 10)

• 1 credit in Canadian geography (Grade 9)

• 1 credit in the arts

• 1 credit in health and physical education

• 1 credit in French as a second language

• 0.5 credit in career studies

In addition to the above compulsory credits, students must earn 12 optional credits by successfully completing courses offered in their school’s program and course calendar.

Students must complete a minimum of 40 hours of community service activities as part of the requirements for the Ontario Secondary School Diploma, but community service is more than just a diploma requirement for our students. As a Catholic community, we are called to apply Catholic social teachings in all that we do, to be people who “transform the world through witness, faith, innovation, and action”. The purpose of the student community service requirement is to foster an awareness and understanding of social and civic responsibility and to grow in Christian calling to service and reflection.

Students can begin to accumulate volunteer hours during the summer break before they enter Grade 9. Once the student completes all or a significant part of the 40 hours, the completed community hours tracking form should be submitted to the Guidance office.

Students who are in their graduating year are strongly encouraged to finish their hours by May 1 of their graduating year, to ensure that this information is available to both the University and College Application Centres. Any hours completed after the end of June are too late to be sent to the application centres and conditional acceptances could be revoked.

Students can use the form below to submit their community involvement hours: