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Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT) Information 

and After-School Literacy Sessions

• OSSLT is now an online test.   
• Test must be completed on a board device.  Students must write the test in-person at school. 
• Grade 12 students graduating during 2021-2022:  The literacy graduation requirement has been waived.
  
• Fall 2021 OSSLT: ​was administered from November 22 to December 1, 2021 for Grade 11 and non-graduating Grade 12 students.   The Guidance Department has met with students who were unsuccessful on the test to review options to meet the literacy requirement for graduation.  ​NOTE:  Students who wrote the OSSLT in the Fall 2021 will have their results appear in their myBlueprint​ accounts by June 17th, 2022.

 REVISED (as of April 15, 2022)

SPRING 2022 OSSLT:  April 20 to May 10, 2022

For students in Grade 10 and 

Grade 11/Non-Grad Grade 12 who either wish to re-write or were not able to write in the fall

​​Parent Letter and Information regarding After-School Literacy Sessions can be found on the following link:  

OSSLT Spring 2022 - Parent Letter and After-School Literacy Prep Info.pdf

Schedule for test administration based on Period 1 class or specialized grouping can be found on the following link:

OSSLT Spring Schedule 2022 - REVISED.pdf

After-School Literacy Sessions (optional) offered for Spring OSSLT participants

Registration and sessions now closed.

• 6 sessions: March 22nd to April 7th  (2:45 to 4:15 PM). 
• Registration required.  Please refer to the document above for additional information: "OSSLT Spring 20222- Parent Letter and After-School Literacy Prep Info". 

Grade 10 and Grade 11/12 Remote Students

Remote students are invited to write the literacy test IN-PERSON on the dates outlined below after school.  Test will begin at 3:15 PM.

• Report to the cafetorium
• Be in uniform
• present one piece of identification