Information for Families
This is a public book with valuable information for families and students.
5-9 Online Program
What you need to know about K-9 online courses.
Accessing Tech Support
If you're experiencing technical difficulties and your Support or Online Teacher is not able to p...
Course Extension or Retention Process
Intent It is our intent to: Meet students where they are and provide an adaptation t...
How to Order a Resource for an Online Course
Moodle & Interactive PDF Information
If this is the first time your student is experiencing an online course, or if you are new to tak...
Synchronous Courses 5-9
This page provides information around Synchronous courses that are offered from grades 5-9 Descr...
Tips for Middle School Online Success
Navigating online courses can be challenging for first time students. Here are a few tips to help...
Assessment
Foundation Skills Assessment - FSA
The Foundation Skills Assessment is an annual, province-wide assessment of British Columbia stude...
Interim Grade Reports
In addition to two formal reporting periods, Heritage Christian Online School has developed an In...
Parent Sign-off for Student Learning Plans (SLPs)
Directions fo SLP Parent Sign off 1. Log into Encom. If you have forgotten your password, please...
Understanding Your Student Learning Plan (SLP)
The Student Learning Plan (SLP) is a very important document. It is the first document that the M...
Understanding Your Report Card
HCOS has two reporting periods for all grades, Kindergarten through Grade 12. In addition to the ...
Calendars & Schedules
Core Competencies
The core competencies are a set of intellectual, personal, and social and emotional proficiencies...
Core Competencies: Communication
The Communication competency encompasses the knowledge, skills, processes and dispositi...
Core Competencies: Thinking
The Thinking competency encompasses the knowledge, skills, and processes we associate wi...
Core Competencies: Personal and Social
The Personal and Social competency is the set of abilities that relate to students' iden...
Curriculum Budget
How does funding work for students in Grade 10, 11 & 12?
Information on Grad funding can be found here: Grad Program Funding
What can I spend my funding on?
Resources and Programs provided by HCOS (Internal) HCOS Learning Camps HCOS Community Connect...
Where to find the Curriculum and Recreational Program Order Forms and how to fill them out?
The first step is to go to the Vendors page on the HCOS website to see if the vendor is on the Ve...
Where to start when making a curriculum purchase?
There are two ways to make a curriculum purchase with HCOS Option 1. Purchase Order Number: ...
Where to start when making a lesson or activity purchase?
Please Note: HCOS does not begin accepting invoices for lessons and activities until October 1...
What types of purchases are considered family expenses?
Parent Expense: HCOS is not able to pay for the following items as per Ministry Funding Guidelin...
Encom
Adding a Course in Encom
For Parents - Please consult your Support Teacher or Grad Advisor before selecting courses. Pare...
Encom Access & Icon Explanation
Encom is a database in which student records and reports are stored. This can be considered t...
Logging Into Encom
Sign into Encom You can access Encom here, or from our HCOS homepage by clicking on the Log In b...
Viewing a Student Report Card
To view your student’s report card in Encom, please begin by logging in. Find the student whose ...
Enrollment
Enrolled vs. Registered
This page provides more information on the differences between enrolling and registering a studen...
Enrolled Program Overview
HCOS will discuss the variety of support services, the responsibilities for families and also mis...
How to Re-Enroll at HCOS
This page highlights the process in which you will need to know when re-enrolling at HCOS. Sign...
Instructions for Enrolled DL Patrons
Using the Search Portal Here is a 6-1/2 minute Vimeo with Instructions for enrolled DL patrons ...
Purchase Order Numbers or PO#s
When you receive a Purchase Order Number (PO#): Once a child is enrolled at HCOS, they will be i...
Grad Program
Advanced Placement Courses
What are they? The Advanced Placement (AP) program makes college and university level courses av...
Career Life Education & Career Life Connections Courses
This page is designed to outline the differences in the Career Life Education (CLE) and Career Li...
Comparative Civilizations Program (with Overseas Travel)
Planning for our 2020/2021 Comparative Civilizations Program is gearing up. For this, our 13th an...
Course Options
HCOS offers the flexibility to design a unique High School experience with a variety of different...
Course Selection Instructions
Course selection for the next school year (2020/2021) is available as of May 2nd, 2020. New St...
English Language Arts Options in Grades 10-12
This page outlines the available options as well as requirements for the English Language Arts (E...
Getting Ready for the Grad Program
There are many skills that make the Graduation Program more manageable for our students. These ar...
Grad Program Course Planning Worksheet
British Columbia Dogwood Graduation Program Planner You are funded in BC until you are 19 years...
Grad Program Funding
This page should answer questions regarding the funding at the Grad program level. If you have ad...
Grad Program Overview
Welcome to the Grad Program at Heritage Christian Online School! While this page will not answe...
HCOS Graduation Certificate
This page outlines the requirements needed to receive an HCOS Graduation Certificate on top of a ...
Learning a Second Language
This page outlines the options available for students who are interested in learning a second lan...
Math Course Options and Streams
This page provides information regarding the various courses and streams a student can take at HC...
Monitoring Progress & Official Reporting
Your Student's Schedule Each of our dedicated Course Specialist teachers are there to support yo...
Moodle Account
Moodle is a required part of any online or hybrid course. In addition, some individualized teache...
Ordering Curriculum
In the Grad Program, for every Individualized, Online or Hybrid course, your main point of contac...
Setting up Your Examity Profile (Students)
This page outlines the process for students to set up their Examity Profile. To set up you acc...
Synchronous Courses 10-12
This page provides information around Synchronous courses that are offered from grades 10-12 Des...
Transitioning from Grade 9
Welcome to the Grad Program! This page is to help you understand some of the ins and outs and ch...
Viewing Graduation Assessment Results
This page provides information for students that would like to view their unofficial transcript o...
Scheduling Your Exam in Examity
This page outlines the steps to scheduling and accessing your exam through Examity. To view a vi...
General Information
10 FAQs for Back to School
1. How do you lease a computer/tablet/iPad? Our computer lease program is available. For more...
Acronyms
At Heritage Christian Online School we tend to use a lot of acronyms. Here is a chart to let help...
Additional Resources & Learning Supports
Subscriptions We have plenty of online subscriptions you can access to in order to find your sub...
Administration and Staff Contacts
Welcome to HCOS. The following administration and staff members are here to help you and your stu...
Contact Us
General Contact information Local Phone: 250-862-2376 Toll Free: 1-877-862-2375 Email: info...
Online Course Preview - Guest Pass
If your family would like to preview an online course before committing to it as a part of their ...
Safety for at Home Learners
Fire, Earthquake, Lockdown and other emergencies can happen at any time or place. Just because ...
SOPHIE
Heritage Christian Online School designed SOPHIE to be a central resource that houses procedures ...
Student Support Centre (Grade 7-12)
Student Support Centre (SSC) is a Online-based universal support provided by an EA in Literacy or...
Understanding Anxiety Amidst COVID-19 Webinar
Recorded April 2, 2020 A big thank you to Julie Bohni (Registered Clinical Counsellor) for shari...
Unintended Consequences - Presentation from Phil Hills at RenewED 2019
Phillip Hills is the Executive Regional Director for ACSI Western Canada. The HCOS staff welcome...
Vaccination Reporting Regulation
BC's new Vaccination Status Reporting Regulation has been updated and HCOS will continue to provi...
Wired for Connection Webinar
A big thank you to Julie Bohni (Registered Clinical Counsellor) for sharing about how we are wire...
School ID
HCOS can provide School ID for any of our students. To request a School ID card please fill out ...
StudyForge Subscriptions
StudyForge is an amazing digital curriculum used by thousands of students across Canada and the U...
K-9 Program
Courses Required for Grades K-9
The chart below provides important information for the required courses at HCOS for each grade le...
K-9 Program Overview
Thank you for your interest in our Kindergarten to Grade 9 Program at Heritage Christian Online S...
New Families: Eight Steps for Getting Started in K-9
WELCOME! You're signed up with HCOS. You've talked with a Regional Administrator, and your c...
Learning Commons (Library)
Learning Commons
What Is a Learning Commons? "A learning commons is a common, or shared, learning ‘space’ that is...
Learning Commons Website Links
The following are direct links to pertinent information that can be found on our Learning Commons...
Search Portal Video Tutorials
Getting Started with the Search Portal How to Search in the Search Portal Booking Items fro...
Shipping Information
Discover more shipping information pertinent to your account type on our website. EnrolledRegis...
Booking for Gr. 10-12 Textbooks
Please note: This is for Individualized Patrons with Encom Passwords Logging into the Search Por...
Unit Study Kits
Unit studies are a perfect way to facilitate your student’s learning as they immerse themselves i...
Used Curriculum Bookstore
Here are some steps for you to purchase items from our used curriculum bookstore. Read the pay...
Process for Booking Multiple Items
You asked for it and now you’ve got it: by adding items to your Favourites List, you can easily b...
Learning Commons COVID Policy
COVID HCOS Learning Commons Policy During this difficult COVID-19 time period, we want to ensur...
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Here is the link to the most frequently asked questions on the Learning Commons website.
Moodle
This book is a resource for parents and students in online courses. It is tools, tips and instruc...
Moodle: Forums
The following video aims to answer the question: How does a student use the Moodle Forums?
Moodle: Logging In
The following video aims to answer the question: How do I, a student at HCOS or BCOS, log into M...
Moodle: Messaging
The following video aims to answer the question: How do you use the collaboration tools in Moodl...
Moodle: The Dashboard
The following video aims to answer the question: How do you navigate the Moodle Dashboard?
Moodle: The Course Homepage
The video below aims to answer the question: What are the features of the course homepage?
Moodle: Self-Pacing Guide
The following video aims to answer the question: How does a student use the self-pacing guide?
Student Moodle Access
Read for Change
Special Education Program
Education Assistants (EAs)
The Ministry of Education has provided funds for the Distributed Learning (DL) Special Education ...
Installing and Using Read&Write
Written Instructions Written Instructions for installing Read&Write in your Google Chrome Br...
Special Education
Special Education (SE) Program Our SE Program works with students who receive additional fundin...
Special Education Experiential Design - SEED
Overview The HCOS Special Education Experiential Design (SEED) program, brings students together...
What is Read&Write?
Read&Write is a support tool HCOS is providing for students who can use this as universal sup...
EA Support COVID-19 Safety Protocols
Due to COVID-19 being with us for the foreseeable future, we will be working in a unique environm...