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As an independent school in BC, Flex Academy receives 50% of the funding that an equivalent public school receives. In order to provide the educational services expected of a school, independent schools need to charge tuition to make up a portion of the differ...

Below are some examples of what scheduling may look like. Please note these are subject to change at any point. Flex Academy Foundations (K-5)  Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday  Grades K-2 Mixed Grade Explorations Day  ...

In the grad program at HCOS, students are connected with a Grad Advisor based on the region where they live. These Grad Advisors work alongside students and families throughout their time in the grad program to help plan, support and guide students to successf...

The following recording was an information session about Flex Academy specifically geared towards current Heritage Christian Online School families.

What is plagiarism? As a school, one of our core values is integrity. We expect that all HCOS students act with integrity and make every effort to present original work when submitting assignments, citing outside research to give credit to other authors when ...

Flex Academy is proud to offer Junior Kindergarten (JK) as part of a full suite of educational programming. Junior Kindergarten is available for ages 3 to 5 with various scheduling options. Please note, the dates/times listed below will only proceed with su...

Clarifying not home-learning: Flex is a teacher-directed brick and mortar experience.  If a Inclusive Education (IE) student is attending Flex Academy full time, will the family have any say in how the student is supported and funds are spent?  A: Funding wi...

To set up your profile within Brightspace: Log In Once logged in, at the top right, click on your initials Click ‘Profile’ Here you can update: Profile picture Images must be less than 1MB in size Remember that this image will be s...

At the top of your Brightspace login you will see five different icons located next to your profile image and name.  There are two icons in addition to the alerts:  The ‘waffle’ is a shortcut to search your courses. It allows you to navigate to...

Once logged into Brightspace, to access your course(s) click on one of the tiles located in the My Courses Widget. If you cannot see all your courses, make sure you have selected All.  Once you have entered the course of your choice you will see a navigatio...

Brightspace is the Learning Management System (LMS) used by HCOS to offer a wide variety of courses including online (asynchronous and synchronous), hybrid, Community Connections + and even some individualized offerings.  While course experiences may be diffe...

We believe that at home learning requires engaged parents and guardians. Brightspace provides a Parent Portal to access announcements, grades, feedback and upcoming assignments for each of course their students are enrolled in.  See more about what is availab...

The ministry of education has provided an option for students to be involved in dual credit programs where they enrol in and complete post-secondary courses or training and also earn secondary (high school) credits at the same time. These dual-credit programs ...

To access your gradebook for a specific course in Brightspace: Begin by logging into Brightspace with your username and password.  Navigate to the course through the 'My Courses' widget on the homepage and click on the course. At the top of the course hom...

To access your Brightspace account and your course shells, go to the Brightspace Login page at this link:  https://hcos.onlinelearningbc.com/d2l/login. You should see the following page:  Click on the green Login with Encom button, and when prompted, enter...

Some courses will require students to be proctored for exams using Integrity Advocate. There are two modes that students will experience, Demo Mode and Proctored Mode.  Demo Mode Teachers may set up quizzes or tests using the demo mode of Integrity Advocate...

Anaphylaxis is:  is a severe allergic reaction that can be fatal, resulting in circulatory collapse or shock. The allergy may be related to food, insect stings, medicine, latex, nuts, etc.  The purpose of the policy is to provide an outline for prevention and ...

1.0   Definitions  1.1  In this Bus Safety Policy, the following terms have the meanings set out below:               1.1.2  “inspection” means an assessment of the safe condition of the bus.                1.1.3  “driver” means the parent, guardian, or oth...