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1. Art Students League
www.artstudentsleague.com/
This school is modeled on the Arts Students League of New York. It provides a student centered learning environment that will inspire the artist to produce beyond their expectations.
Publisher - Art Students League of Toronto

Toronto site

2. Cyber Arts Program at the Toronto District School Board
www.cyberarts.ca/
CyberARTS is an integrated program in which students spend approximately one half of every day in academic core subjects and half the day in CyberARTS gaining credits in Comprehensive Art, Extended Media, Communications Technology, and Computer Science every year and Music, Drama, Dance, Media Studies and Co-op in some. In order to accommodate this intensive integrated curriculum, students stay for a extra period of class in an extended day, gaining an extra credit every year.
Publisher - Toronto District School Board

Toronto site

3. Independent Learning Centre
www.ilc.org/index2.html
Ontario's designated provider of online education. High school credit courses, online tutoring for grades 9-12 and GED (General Educational Development) (GED) testing. People who take and pass the GED earn an Ontario High School Equivalency Certificate.
Publisher - TVOntario

  • Gr. 9-10   Gr. 11-12  
  • Toronto site

    4. Ontario Science Centre Science School
    www.ontariosciencecentre.ca/oscschool/default.asp
    Get University Preparation science credits during an enriched semester at the Ontario Science Centre.
    Publisher - Ontario Science Centre

  • Gr. 11-12  
  • Toronto site

    5. TDSB Virtual School
    www.tdsbvirtualschool.com/
    Provides students with online access to credit courses, tutorials, curricular support, IT training programs.
    Publisher - Toronto District School Board (TDSB)

    Toronto site

    6. YMCA Academy
    academy.ymcatoronto.org/
    "The YMCA Academy is an innovative secondary school for youth needing or wanting a small learning community where they are challenged to create their future through a dynamic learning process. We are an independent school, offering the Ontario curriculum in a supportive setting designed to engage the "whole person" through learning that is clearly relevant to a given career theme."
    Publisher - YMCA Academy

    Toronto site