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Week of Welcome 2025

Information for Families General Information

Click the link for your region or scroll down. Interior Lower Mainland North Island Interi...

Updated 1 day ago by Caitlin Village

Types of Learning Groups Opportunities

Information for Families Learning Groups

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

Updated 2 days ago by Dawn Denham

Website Resources

Information for Families Truth & Reconciliation Week

Due to the sensitive nature of Truth and Reconciliation Day topics, we recommend that parents gui...

Updated 2 days ago by Karen Roeck

Course Selection Instructions

Information for Families Innovations High School

New Students: Once your application has been accepted by your Academic Advisor (AA), you or your...

Updated 2 days ago by Chelsea Bitgood

EVERFI

Learning Commons for Families Subscriptions

EVERFI (Gr. 2-12) covers digital citizenship, STEM, financial literacy, health education, and car...

Updated 3 days ago by Margaret Basaraba

Student Supports at HCOS

Information for Families Student Support

Families at HCOS have many opportunities and freedoms when shaping their learning environment to ...

Updated 5 days ago by Karen Roeck

Synchronous Cohorts - 2025/2026

Information for Families Calendars & Schedules

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

Updated 1 week ago by Sherie Seddon

Courses Required for Grades K-9

Information for Families K-9 Program

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

Updated 1 week ago by Karen Roeck

World Book

Learning Commons for Families Subscriptions

World Book (K-Grade 12) is the leading online encyclopedia. The website is accessed through Focus...

Updated 1 week ago by Margaret Basaraba

Twig Science Reporter

Learning Commons for Families Subscriptions

Twig Science Reporter (K-8) is a weekly science news service. The brainchild of Twig Education an...

Updated 1 week ago by Margaret Basaraba

Twig Science

Learning Commons for Families Subscriptions

Twig Science (Grades 6-10) is an interactive science program that immerses students in the exciti...

Updated 1 week ago by Margaret Basaraba

Touch-type Read & Spell

Learning Commons for Families Subscriptions

Touch-type Read and Spell (TTRS) (Grades 3-12) is a typing course that is a highly accessible, mu...

Updated 1 week ago by Margaret Basaraba

Middle School Online FAQ

Information for Families Innovations Middle School

Teachers Who is my child's teacher for the year? All middle school online courses are taught by...

Updated 1 week ago by Karen Roeck

Used Bookstore

Learning Commons for Families

Welcome to the HCOS Used Curriculum Store You will find books and curricula from many of your fa...

Updated 1 week ago by Shandra Wiebe

Learning Commons Resources

Information for Families National Indigenous Peoples Day

Learning Commons | Selected Books These books have been selected as a conversation starter on In...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Erin Duncan

Website Resources

Information for Families National Indigenous Peoples Day

National Indigenous Peoples Day The following online resources may be helpful for discovering mo...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Erin Duncan

National Indigenous Peoples Day

Information for Families National Indigenous Peoples Day

June 21st is National Indigenous Peoples Day. It is a time to recognize and celebrate the tradi...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Erin Duncan

School Calendar for Families 2025/2026

Information for Families Calendars & Schedules

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

Updated 2 weeks ago by Karen Roeck

Learning Commons Resources

Information for Families Truth & Reconciliation Week

Truth and Reconciliation Due to the sensitive nature of Truth and Reconciliation Day topics, we ...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Karen Roeck

Pacing and Progress Tool: Set up and Editing Instructions

Information for Families Innovations High School

To create a pacing schedule within your Brightspace course: 1. Log in to Brightspace. 2. Naviga...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Trish Vandop