Information for Families

If you're experiencing technical difficulties and your Support or Online Teacher is not able to p...

Intent It is our intent to: Meet students where they are and provide an adaptation t...

If this is the first time your student is experiencing an online course, or if you are new to tak...

This page provides information around Synchronous courses that are offered from grades 5-9 Descr...

Navigating online courses can be challenging for first time students. Here are a few tips to help...

The Foundation Skills Assessment is an annual, province-wide assessment of British Columbia stude...

In addition to two formal reporting periods, Heritage Christian Online School has developed an In...

Directions fo SLP Parent Sign off 1. Log into Encom. If you have forgotten your password, please...

The Student Learning Plan (SLP) is a very important document. It is the first document that the M...

HCOS has two reporting periods for all grades, Kindergarten through Grade 12. In addition to the ...

Note:  Synchronous classes will start in the third week of September (21st to 25th) Grade 5   ...

This calendar provides families key dates for various deadlines, breaks and important information...

Schedules will be posted as they are created. Synchronous Courses start the week of September 20...

  The Communication competency encompasses the knowledge, skills, processes and dispositi...

The Thinking competency encompasses the knowledge, skills, and processes we associate wi...

The Personal and Social competency is the set of abilities that relate to students' iden...

  Information on Grad funding can be found here:  Grad Program Funding

Resources and Programs provided by HCOS (Internal) HCOS Learning Camps  HCOS Community Connecti...

The first step is to go to the Vendors page on the HCOS website to see if the vendor is on the Ve...

There are two ways to make a curriculum purchase with HCOS Option 1. Purchase Order Number: Pu...

  Please Note: HCOS does not begin accepting invoices for lessons and activities until October 1...

Parent Expense: HCOS is not able to pay for the following items as per Ministry Funding Guideline...

For Parents - Please consult your Support Teacher or Grad Advisor before selecting courses. Pare...

Encom is a database in which student records and reports are stored. This can be considered t...

Sign into Encom You can access Encom here, or from our HCOS homepage by clicking on the Log In b...

To view your student’s report card in Encom, please begin by logging in. Find the student whose ...

This page provides more information on the differences between enrolling and registering a studen...

HCOS will discuss the variety of support services, the responsibilities for families and also mis...

This page highlights the process in which you will need to know when re-enrolling at HCOS. Sign...

Using the Search Portal  Here is a 6-1/2 minute Vimeo with Instructions for enrolled DL patrons ...

When you receive a Purchase Order Number (PO#): Once a child is enrolled at HCOS, they will be i...

What are they? The Advanced Placement (AP) program makes college and university level courses av...

This page is designed to outline the differences in the Career Life Education (CLE) and Career Li...

Planning for our 2020/2021 Comparative Civilizations Program is gearing up. For this, our 13th an...

HCOS offers the flexibility to design a unique High School experience with a variety of different...

Course selection for the next school year (2020/2021)  is available as of May 2nd, 2020.  New St...

This page outlines the available options as well as requirements for the English Language Arts (E...

There are many skills that make the Graduation Program more manageable for our students. These ar...

British Columbia Dogwood Graduation Program Planner You are funded in BC until you are 19 years...

This page should answer questions regarding the funding at the Grad program level. If you have ad...

Welcome to the Grad Program at Heritage Christian Online School!  While this page will not answe...

This page outlines the requirements needed to receive an HCOS Graduation Certificate on top of a ...

This page outlines the options available for students who are interested in learning a second lan...

This page provides information regarding the various courses and streams a student can take at HC...

Your Student's Schedule Each of our dedicated Course Specialist teachers are there to support yo...

Moodle is a required part of any online or hybrid course. In addition, some individualized teache...

In the Grad Program, for every Individualized, Online or Hybrid course, your main point of contac...

This page outlines the process for students to set up their Examity Profile.  To set up you acc...

This page provides information around Synchronous courses that are offered from grades 10-12 Des...

Welcome to the Grad Program! This page is to help you understand some of the ins and outs and ch...

This page provides information for students that would like to view their unofficial transcript o...

This page outlines the steps to scheduling and accessing your exam through Examity. To view a vi...

1. Do I have to take 2 final exams (the school’s final exam and the Collegeboard’s AP exam in May...

1. How do you lease a computer/tablet/iPad?  Our computer lease program is available. For more...

At Heritage Christian Online School we tend to use a lot of acronyms. Here is a chart to let help...

Subscriptions We have plenty of online subscriptions you can access to in order to find your sub...

Welcome to HCOS. The following administration and staff members are here to help you and your stu...

General Contact information Local Phone: 250-862-2376 Toll Free: 1-877-862-2375 Email: info...

If your family would like to preview an online course before committing to it as a part of their ...

Fire, Earthquake, Lockdown and other emergencies can happen at any time or place. Just because ...

Heritage Christian Online School designed SOPHIE to be a central resource that houses procedures ...

Student Support Centre (SSC) is a Online-based universal support provided by an EA in Literacy or...

Recorded April 2, 2020 A big thank you to Julie Bohni (Registered Clinical Counsellor) for shari...

Phillip Hills is the Executive Regional Director for ACSI Western Canada.  The HCOS staff welcome...

BC's new Vaccination Status Reporting Regulation has been updated and HCOS will continue to provi...

A big thank you to Julie Bohni (Registered Clinical Counsellor) for sharing about how we are wire...

HCOS can provide School ID for any of our students. To request a School ID card please fill out ...

HCOS considers the privacy and protection of student information of utmost importance.  We also h...

A key component of synchronous courses is the ability for students and teachers to build relation...

StudyForge is an amazing digital curriculum used by thousands of students across Canada and the U...

Can my student take an online course? Yes! Grades 5-9: Registered students in grades 5 through ...

If you were unable to attend the webinar that HCOS presented called “Getting Started as a Registe...

The chart below provides important information for the required courses at HCOS for each grade le...

Thank you for your interest in our Kindergarten to Grade 9 Program at Heritage Christian Online S...

WELCOME!   You're signed up with HCOS. You've talked with a Regional Administrator, and your c...

What Is a Learning Commons? "A learning commons is a common, or shared, learning ‘space’ that is...

The following are direct links to pertinent information that can be found on our Learning Commons...

Getting Started with the Search Portal How to Search in the Search Portal Booking Items fro...

Discover more shipping information pertinent to your account type on our website.  EnrolledRegis...

Please note: This is for Individualized Patrons with Encom Passwords Logging into the Search Por...

Unit studies are a perfect way to facilitate your student’s learning as they immerse themselves i...

Here are some steps for you to purchase items from our used curriculum bookstore.  Read the pay...

You asked for it and now you’ve got it: by adding items to your Favourites List, you can easily b...

COVID HCOS Learning Commons Policy  During this difficult COVID-19 time period, we want to ensur...

Here is the link to the most frequently asked questions on the Learning Commons website.

Welcome to HCOS Learning Commons!  Welcome to all of our grad families!  We pray you are all sta...

Here are the notes for families and patrons who are returning used curriculum to the HCOS  school...

The following video aims to answer the question: How does a student use the Moodle Forums?

The following video aims to answer the question: How do I, a student at HCOS or BCOS, log into M...

The following video aims to answer the question: How do you use the collaboration tools in Moodl...

The following video aims to answer the question: How do you navigate the Moodle Dashboard?

The video below aims to answer the question: What are the features of the course homepage?

The following video aims to answer the question: How does a student use the self-pacing guide?

Viewing Student Moodle Progress Rationale Moodle holds a wealth of information to empower paren...

Setting up your account to start fundraising only takes a few seconds.  We've put together a shor...

The Ministry of Education has provided funds for the Distributed Learning (DL) Special Education ...

Due to COVID-19 being with us for the foreseeable future, we will be working in a unique environm...

Written Instructions Written Instructions for installing Read&Write in your Google Chrome Br...

Special Education (SE) Program Our SE Program works with students who receive additional fundin...

Overview The HCOS Special Education Experiential Design (SEED) program, brings students together...

Read&Write is a support tool HCOS is providing for students who can use this as universal sup...

For students who are wanting to use Read&Write for their Provincial Assessments. Please con...

This page provides information and details regarding tuition & curriculum resources at HCOS. On ...

This page contains frequently asked questions & answers regarding tuition and bursaries. Have a ...

  Introduction It is helpful and even necessary for some of our programs within HCOS to meet an...

Note: These Kindergarten Picks can be purchased from Homeschool Canada (order using the HCOS Curr...

Note: These Grade One Picks can be purchased from Homeschool Canada (order using the HCOS Curricu...

Note: These Grade Two Picks can be purchased from Homeschool Canada (order using the HCOS Curricu...

Note: These Grade Three Picks can be purchased from Homeschool Canada (order using the HCOS Curri...

Note: These Grade Four Picks can be purchased from Homeschool Canada (order using the HCOS Curric...

Note: These Grade Five Picks can be purchased from Homeschool Canada (order using the HCOS Curric...

Note: These Grade Six Picks can be purchased from Homeschool Canada (order using the HCOS Curricu...

Note: These Grade Seven Picks can be purchased from Homeschool Canada (order using the HCOS Curri...

Note: These Grade Eight Picks can be purchased from Homeschool Canada (order using the HCOS Curri...

Note: These Grade Nine Picks can be purchased from Homeschool Canada (order using the HCOS Curric...

Preamble These Picks are print options, not digital. It is a rare thing to find a home educatio...

This page provides information and resources related to HCOS Learning Groups. Welcome to HCOS...

HCOS Website - LG Section HCOS Website, LG section Information on types of LG offering FAQ ...

To see a summary of our LG opportunities including Learning Camps, Year at a Glance has tabs acro...

HCOS Learning Groups are committed to offering innovative, Christ-centered educational opportunit...

Parent Handbook You will receive a Parent Handbook from your CC coordinator at the beginning of ...