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THE OUR KIDS REPORT:
HTS Online

Grades Gr. 9 TO Gr. 12 — Richmond Hill, ON (MAP)

HTS Online:
THE OUR KIDS REPORT
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  • Grades
    Gr. 9 — Gr. 12
  • Gender
    Coed
  • Class Size
    15 — 20 students
  • Tuition
    $20,500/year
  • Language of instruction
    English
  • Associations
    CAIS, CIS Ontario
  • Enrolment
    40 eschool students
  • Curriculum
    Progressive
  • EBROCHURE
    N/A
  • Next open house
    May 15, 2024 (08:00 pm to 09:00 pm)
  • Application Deadline
    N/A

School address

  • 11300 Bayview Ave, Richmond Hill, Ontario, L4S 1L4 (MAP)
  • 11300 Bayview Avenue, Richmond Hill, Ontario, L4S1L4 (MAP)
  • Busing not available

Our Perspective

How we see HTS Online


HTS Online is an e-school for students in Grades 9 to 12, with a 42-year history of providing an exemplary education. The school offers a personalized, interdisciplinary, and experiential curriculum that enables students to develop strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills. HTS Online provides a careful blend of synchronous and asynchronous learning that gives students maximum flexibility. A distinctive feature of the school, something you’ll rarely find in an online school, is its immersive and intimate community. This is cultivated through weekly school-wide assemblies celebrating student achievements, a house system, a mentorship program, and plenty of opportunities to connect with the school’s alumni.


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Fostering connection in online classrooms

The offering at HTS Online goes beyond the online education that many schools offered during the pandemic. Students don’t have to navigate their learning alone at home, without the support of educators and mentors. In fact, personalization and support for every learner is a distinguishing feature of HTS Online.

School's Perspective

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How HTS Online sees itself


The school administration answered our questions

Who are you, as a school?

"At HTS Global Online Campus, we offer the same exceptional education and personalized attention as our traditional on-campus programs, but with the flexibility and convenience of online learning. Our personalized approach to learning goes beyond the current online educational experiences being offered, ensuring that each student receives the attention they need to succeed."

  • Academic excellence and character development
  • Advanced Placement-AP courses are offered to students who want to supplement their academic program
  • Student agency through a personalized instruction, assessment and evaluation
  • Learners develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills through interdisciplinary learning
  • A learning community experience that centres connections, collaboration, self-awareness & commitment
  • Advisory Program where all learners have access to a personal mentor
  • Guidance counsellor and specialized post-secondary counselling to support and mentor students
  • Careful blend of synchronous and asynchronous learning to offer maximum flexibility
  • Immersive video learning platform that replicates our campus
  • Experiential Learning requirement including a service trip, internship or cultural exchange

What do you do differently and uniquely well?

"HTS Online revolutionizes online learning by centring our learning experience on community,
connection and support. Our vision for a personalized learning environment is a commitment to know and support each of our learners to develop the skills, knowledge, and competencies that will allow them to thrive in the world. With a careful blend of synchronous and asynchronous modalities and a curated co-curricular program HTS Online students develop passions that ignite them beyond the classroom."

To your knowledge, why do families choose your school over others?

"Our mentorship program, guidance counsellors and post-secondary pathway supports put the learner first, promoting student growth and achievement. Our dedicated technology integrator helps develop digital competencies and citizenship, while institutional partners provide micro-certifications and workshops to students. Our schedule provides flexibility; students can earn up to 10 credits per year, and they will be taught by certified educators who are among the most innovative in their field."

What aspect of your school is underappreciated?

"Providing a learning community and experience that highlights connections and relationships between students, faculty and families, beginning with our Launch Week in August. Our weekly school-wide assemblies celebrate student achievement and wellness. Students are part of our house system and connected to a community of alumni. Our uniform shirt contributes to a collective identity when meeting synchronously for their daily classes, mentor groups, or small group sessions."

What might families find surprising about your school?

"HTS Online revolutionizes online learning by centring our learning experience on community, connection and personalized mentorship. Our vision for a personalized learning environment is a commitment to know and support each of our learners to develop the skills, knowledge, and competencies that will allow them to thrive in the world. It is a community that proactively supports each other, connects in real-time, and provides opportunities to develop holistically, even outside the classroom."


School leadership

Top-down influence on the school’s direction and tone


Message from school leadership

Helen Pereira-Raso, Head of School

Dear staff, students and families,

Welcome inaugural staff, students and families to our HTS Online community. 2023-2024 will be a remarkable year in our school’s history — the first cohort of students and staff, the first year of being an online community, and the first year of redefining learning as a team of passionate learners, adult and young. It will be our year of many firsts and one that will be the beginning of something extraordinary.

The HTS Global Online Campus is a division of the HTS Learning Network which has its home campus in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada. HTS is a not-for-profit, registered charity, with an incredible 41-year history of providing an exemplary educational experience to learners in Ontario with an extraordinary alumni network making an impact around the world. The Board of Governors and I, alongside many experts in our vast HTS network, have been building this vision for an exceptional online learning experience. HTS is a leader in learning, intentionally charting pathways that are rooted in personalized, interdisciplinary, and competency-framed learning that supports all our graduates to develop as intellectually agile problem-solvers, with a strong moral compass willing to make a difference in the world. The power of personalized learning is not in what we teach or how we teach it — the power comes from deeply knowing and understanding who we teach. This is the HTS difference and promise.

As a member of our HTS Online learning community, you can count on:

  • Academic excellence and character development.

  • Student agency through a personalized instructional design.

  • Community — a learning environment and experience that centres connections, collaboration, self-awareness and commitment.

  • Student Well-being and Flourishing — unwavering support of every learner’s academic, social and emotional well-being as they pursue their goals.

Welcome, we can’t wait to learn, celebrate and make memories with you.

Yours in Learning,

Helen Pereira-Raso

Head of School

 


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