Summer School

In-person Sites

• Brampton: Brampton Centennial S.S., Castlebrooke S.S., Fletcher's Meadow S.S.
• Mississauga: Rick Hansen S.S, Stephen Lewis S.S

In-person Program

• This is a fully in-person program which requires daily and punctual student attendance.
• Teachers will still maintain a Brightspace course shell for communication and posting of supplementary resources for their students. 
• In-person sites will offer two-week sections of both Civics (CHV2O1 or 2O2) and Careers (GLC 2O1 or 2O2).
  • Students may choose one or both courses as per their needs.  If choosing both, students must do so at the same site and will need to ensure that they are aware of the format (i.e., in-person, remote or online) that they are choosing.

Remote Sites

• Brampton: Turner-Fenton S.S.
• Mississauga: Mississauga S.S.

Remote Program

• Summer School remote learning occurs when classes are taught at a distance and when students and educators are not in a conventional setting. 
• Remote sites will provide synchronous and asynchronous learning. 
• All students are required to attend synchronous learning sessions, unless they have opted out with the permission of their parents if under 18. To opt out a student from synchronous learning sessions, parents or students 18+ are required to complete the following exemption form and submit it to your respective site per the email addresses below.
• Remote teachers will be available for in-person support at their respective sites for the first three days of the course, then one day per week thereafter. 
• Some remote courses may have a proctored in-person final summative. 
• Synchronous times will be posted on the VLE at the start of the course.
• Students selecting remote courses will have optional weekly in-person support, so it will be important to select a remote site that is accessible to them should they wish to take advantage of the in-person support.
• These courses will not count towards the 2 mandatory secondary school online learning graduation requirements.
• Due to technical limitations, students taking remote courses will NOT have access to their Brightspace page when travelling outside of Ontario.  It is strongly recommended that students refrain from making travel plans during Summer School.  

Online Sites (with available weekly in-person support)

• Brampton: David Suzuki S.S., Louise Arbour S.S., Sandalwood Heights S.S.
• Mississauga: Cawthra Park S.S., John Fraser S.S.

Online Program

• All online sections will provide students with some flexibility and independence for students. 
• All online sites will provide asynchronous engagement via the Brightspace platform with available synchronous office hour support periods daily. 
• Synchronous office hours will be shared with students and posted on Brightspace at the start of the course. 
• Online teachers will be available for in-person support at their respective sites for the first three days of the course, then one day per week thereafter. 
• Some online courses may have a proctored in-person final summative. 
• Online office hours will be shared with students at the start of the course.
• Students selecting online courses will have optional weekly in-person support, so it will be important to select an on-line site that is accessible to them should they wish to take advantage of the support.
• These courses will count towards the 2 mandatory secondary school online learning graduation requirements.
• Due to technical limitations, students taking remote courses will NOT have access to their Brightspace page when travelling outside of Ontario.  It is strongly recommended that students refrain from making travel plans during Summer School. 

Students will access their Brightspace course shell by logging into the Board's BYOD Portal using their PDSB.net Gmail credentials i.e., PDSBstudentnumber@pdsb.net) and by following the instructions in the orientation video below. Students new to Peel will receive a confirmation email with their PDSB student number once they are registered in the course. Contact us at conted.info@peelsb.com if you are unable to log into the BYOD portal. Please note that the course shells will not be visible in Brightspace until Summer School begins on July 2nd, 2024.

Please be sure to review the key information in this short online orientation for all eLearning courses before Summer School begins.

English Language Learners should speak with their ESL teacher and/or Guidance Counsellor about Summer School ESL course offerings. Any changes to the Summer School course offerings will be posted on this page.

PDSB day school students with an Individual Education Plan (IEP) will be assigned to a Summer Monitoring Teacher who will be available for curricular support.  It is recommended that out of board students have a confidential and discrete conversation about their IEP and any particular learning needs with their teacher at the start of the course. 

Student Transportation of Peel Region (STOPR) bussing will be provided from Caledon and Bolton to some Brampton sites. Bus Routes 2023 Summer School