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Finishing WellFunding: Deadline, New PO's, and Planning for the Fall. Understanding Report Cards Developing a Good Writing Program Planning for a Good Year Teacher Visits and SLPs: Details and Benefits

HCOS students have the opportunity to be recognized each year, based upon three distinct awards. These awards derive from our Learner Profile and connect to our Head, Heart and Hands model.  This page provides information about and outlines the requirements fo...

Anxiety and mental health impact the education of children and youth, causing distraction, irritability or sleep issues, obsessive or avoidant tenancies, and other challenges. If your child is experiencing challenges, please speak to your teacher or Grad Advis...

In British Columbia, there are 3 assessments required (Grade 10 Literacy, Grade 10 Numeracy & Grade 12 Literacy). In order to graduate with a Dogwood, this is a provincial requirement, however, when your student decides to write is flexible.  There are genera...

Description Seed Lite is a small taste of the Seed program. It is available for grades 5-8 and is the perfect way for a student, family and teacher to see what is at the heart of Seed through an ADST Module with some of the extra support that makes Seed suc...

Thank you for taking interest in my fundraising efforts to Read for Change. We are excited to be able to raise funds to help support opportunities for learning around the world and here in BC. Our fundraising efforts will go towards: A medical clinic, educat...

As students enter the grad program at HCOS (Grade 10-12), they begin building their transcript and accumulate credits towards a Dogwood Diploma. The Grad Planner in Encom is used for planning and tracking student progress through the various graduation require...

What is the purpose of the Grad Planner?  As students complete Grades 10-12 in British Columbia, they begin building their transcript and accumulating credits towards a diploma. The Grad Planner module in Encom is used for planning and tracking student progre...

Students and parents can request course withdrawals or changes during the year, however there are some implications that need to be acknowledged when changes are made to courses that are in progress. If you withdraw from a course in which you were activated (...

As students build research skills, they learn how to reference work done by other people. In an increasingly digital world, it is important to learn how to give proper attribution for both written and visual artifacts, including digital images. Though it is re...

Rationale The Ministry of Education expects that when a student is enrolled in courses in more than one school, the school that holds the majority of courses is designated as the school of record (SOR). Sometimes, full-time HCOS students decide to enroll wit...

When a student enrolls with HCOS, they get a specified amount of funding, as shown in the family's Budget Summary on their additional resource page. This amount will depend on the tuition option they have chosen. With that funding, families are able to purchas...

The 'Additional Resource' page in Encom provides a variety of information that will help you track your budget during the school year. Please log in and review this page regularly, to ensure you are aware of your budget and can work within it to avoid going in...

This page provides information on how you as a parent can organize activities with others in your community. HCOS encourages families to connect with each other in support of your children’s academic, physical, emotional and spiritual growth and development. ...

This page is a central database of community opportunities that families might like to investigate. We are not endorsing these opportunities but rather sharing information as to possible resources available. Thank you. Cross-Canada Virtual Road Trip March ...

I am an HCOS Registered Student. How does that affect my participation in LG opportunities? As a registered homeschooler with HCOS you have access to all of our Learning Group opportunities throughout the province. HCOS homeschoolers are eligible for Heritage...

You’ve applied for an LG event. What’s the next step? You’ve received the automatic message indicating that we have received your application.    For Learning Camps, this indicates acceptance to the event unless the coordinator is in touch to indicate otherw...

What are the main differences between the types of Community Connections?  See the LG Types of Opportunities SOPHIE page for more information How do I sign-up for Community Connections?   All types of Community Connections are via a Learning Groups applicat...

This is a landing page that has been designed to direct you to specific FAQs regarding HCOS Learning Groups. General Questions Applications Community Connections HCOS Scripture Memorization Challenge