Information for Families

This is a public book with valuable information for families and students.

Assessment

Completing the Student Self-Assessment

The ability to self-reflect is a life skill and student self-assessment is a central element of B...

Foundation Skills Assessment - FSA

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

FSA - Confirming Student Mailing Address

In order to ensure families receive the Foundation Skill Assessment (FSA) packages mailed out to ...

FSA Tech Support

A few tips can help make the FSA process go smoother. Pre-Administration System test: This Pre-...

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 for SLP Parent Sign off 1. Log into Encom. If you have forgotten your password, pleas...

Understanding Your Report Card

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

Understanding Your Student Learning Plan (SLP)

At HCOS, it is our goal to develop learning plans for our students that are specific to each stud...

Foundations Skills Assessment - FSA Q+A for parents

Q: How can I support my child in the completion of the FSA? A: There are a variety of accommodat...

Learning Habits

Students in synchronous, face-to-face and blended courses will receive assessment on Learning Hab...

Brightspace

Student and Parent Brightspace resources

Brightspace Troubleshooting

Accessing Your Gradebook

To access your gradebook for a specific course in Brightspace: Begin by logging into Brightspace...

Creating and Updating Your Brightspace Pacing & Progress Tool

Follow these five steps to create a Pacing & Progress Tool Schedule for each of your courses. ...

Integrity Advocate - Student Experience

Some courses will require students to be proctored for exams using Integrity Advocate. There are...

Logging Into Brightspace and Accessing Course Pages

To access your Brightspace account and your course shells, go to the Brightspace Login page at th...

Message, Subscription and Update Alerts

At the top of your Brightspace login you will see five different icons located next to your profi...

Navigating the Course Homepage

Once logged into Brightspace, to access your course(s) click on one of the tiles located in the M...

Navigating the Landing Page in Brightspace

Brightspace is the Learning Management System (LMS) used by HCOS to offer a wide variety of cours...

Parent and Guardian Access to Brightspace

We believe that at home learning requires engaged parents and guardians. Brightspace provides a P...

Parent Town Hall Q&A

Student Brightspace Access

Setting Up your Brightspace Profile

To set up your profile within Brightspace: Log In Once logged in, at the top right, click...

Setting up a Student Brightspace Account

If you log into Brightspace and cannot see your courses, please ensure you are logged in with the...

Viewing Student Feedback in Brightspace and StudyForge

There are different avenues for students to view their feedback on work submitted to their course...

Calendars & Schedules

School Calendar for Families 2024/2025

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

Synchronous Cohorts - 2024/2025

Individual class schedules will be posted as they are created. Please check your Brightspace cour...

Synchronous Cohorts - 2025/2026

Individual class schedules will be posted as they are created. Please check your Brightspace cour...

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 dispositio...

Core Competencies: Personal and Social

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

Core Competencies: Thinking

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

Curriculum Budget

Encom Budget - Overages

When a student enrolls with HCOS, they get a specified amount of funding, as shown in the family'...

Encom Budget - Additional Resource Page

The 'Additional Resource' page in Encom provides a variety of information that will help you trac...

How does funding work for students in Grade 10, 11 & 12?

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

Purchasing Forms

HCOS forms used by families to purchase curriculum and/or lessons using their Encom funding. Th...

Resource Vendor Directory

Please see the Resource Vendor Directory page for a list of vendors: Resource Vendor Directory

What can I spend my funding on?

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

What types of purchases are considered family expenses?

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

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: Pu...

Where to start when making a lesson or activity purchase?

Please Note: HCOS does not begin accepting and/or paying invoices for lessons and activities un...

Curriculum Picks

For families who do not know where to start when it comes to selecting print curriculum, we have ...