# Additional Fees for Grade 5-9 Courses

#### Synchronous and Asynchronous Online Courses

These are the amounts deducted from student curriculum accounts for the following synchronous and asynchronous courses. The true costs for these online courses are subsidized by HCOS in order that student curriculum accounts are minimally impacted.

<table border="1" id="bkmrk-course-amount-deduct" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 325px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 29px;"><td style="width: 50%; height: 29px;">**Course**</td><td style="width: 50%; height: 29px;">**Amount Deducted from PO Funds**</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 50%;">Orientation to Online Courses 05-09

</td><td style="width: 50%;">Free</td></tr><tr style="height: 122px;"><td style="width: 50%; height: 122px;">Applied Design, Skills, and Technologies 05-09

- Design Thinking Through Minecraft
- Food Studies
- Leveled Coding in Tynker

</td><td style="width: 50%; height: 122px;">$35</td></tr><tr style="height: 29px;"><td style="width: 50%; height: 29px;">English 05-09</td><td style="width: 50%; height: 29px;">$75</td></tr><tr style="height: 29px;"><td style="width: 50%; height: 29px;">Languages 05-09</td><td style="width: 50%; height: 29px;">$75</td></tr><tr style="height: 29px;"><td style="width: 50%; height: 29px;">Mathematics 05-09</td><td style="width: 50%; height: 29px;">$75</td></tr><tr style="height: 29px;"><td style="width: 50%; height: 29px;">Science 05-09</td><td style="width: 50%; height: 29px;">$75</td></tr><tr style="height: 29px;"><td style="width: 50%; height: 29px;">Social Studies 05-09</td><td style="width: 50%; height: 29px;">$75</td></tr><tr style="height: 29px;"><td style="width: 50%; height: 29px;">TechLAB 07-09</td><td style="width: 50%; height: 29px;">$225 (3 courses @ $75 each)</td></tr></tbody></table>

#### Refunds

Please note that if dropping an Online Asynchronous or Online Synchronous course and the student has been **active** for 30 days or more, course fees are not eligible for refund.

#### Community Connections and Community Connections Plus

Additional costs for Community Connections and Community Connections Plus courses are posted on the application link on the [Learning Groups website](https://learninggroups.ca/). For further information, please contact [Dawn Denham](mailto:ddenham@onlineschool.ca), Learning Groups Administrative Assistant.

#### Costs for Additional Online Courses

Taking additional courses beyond a regular course load (e.g., French 07 and Spanish 07 in the same school year) will incur a cost of $200 on top of the usual $75 online course fee ($275 total per additional course). This cost can be paid using curriculum funds, if available.

<p class="callout info"> This is a significantly discounted rate from the regular full course cost of $650 for non-funded students. </p>

#### Homeschool Registered Students Taking Online Courses

Homeschooled registered students have a cost of $250 per online course, and $83 per ADST module. For registration information, please contact [Karen Roeck](mailto:karen.roeck@onlineschool.ca), Director of Middle School Instruction.