A Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM) is a ministry-approved specialized program that allows students to focus their learning on a specific economic sector while meeting the requirements to graduate from secondary school. It also assists in their transition after graduation to apprenticeship training, college, university or the workplace.
For further information regarding Specialist High Skills Major programs, please contact Alex Duketow at [email protected] or by phone at (705) 748-4861, Ext. 1196 or the guidance department at the secondary schools listed below.
To learn more about our SHSM programs, please see the videos below.
Key Benefits of a Specialist High Skills Major
Pursuing an SHSM helps students to:
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- Customize their secondary school education to suit their interests and talents.
- Develop specialized knowledge and skills.
- Earn credits that post secondary educational institutions and the sector recognize.
- Gain sector-recognized certification and career-relevant training.
- Identify, explore and refine career goals and make informed decisions about their future.
- Remain flexible, with the option to shift between pathways, should their goals and plans change.
Students who successfully complete an SHSM receive:
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- An Ontario Secondary School Diploma with an embossed red seal
- an SHSM Record documenting his/her achievement
- formal recognition on his/her Ontario Student Transcript.
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SHSM programs offered at our schools are listed below. For more information, please contact the school’s Guidance department.
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- Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School, Peterborough (705) 748-6664
- Aviation and Aerospace
- Construction
- Environment
- Sports Excellence Athletic Leadership (SEAL)
- Information and Communications Technology
- Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School, Peterborough (705) 748-6664
For more information on the SHSM programs offered at Holy Cross, please click here.
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- Holy Trinity Catholic Secondary School, Courtice (905) 404-9349
- Arts and Culture
- Aviation and Aerospace
- Construction
- Health and Wellness
- Hospitality and Tourism
- Manufacturing
- Transportation
- Holy Trinity Catholic Secondary School, Courtice (905) 404-9349
For more information on the SHSM programs offered at Holy Trinity, please click here.
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- St. Mary Catholic Secondary School, Cobourg (905) 372-4339
- Arts and Culture
- Aviation and Aerospace
- Construction
- Environment
- Hospitality and Tourism
- Information and Communications Technology
- Manufacturing
- Sports Excellence and Athletic Leadership (SEAL)
- St. Mary Catholic Secondary School, Cobourg (905) 372-4339
For more information on the SHSM programs offered at St. Mary, please click here.
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- St. Peter Catholic Secondary School, Peterborough (705) 745-1358
- Arts and Culture
- Aviation and Aerospace
- Construction
- Information and Communications Technology
- Hospitality and Tourism
- Manufacturing
- Sport Excellence and Athletic Leadership (SEAL)
- Environment
- St. Peter Catholic Secondary School, Peterborough (705) 745-1358
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- St Stephen Catholic Secondary School, Bowmanville (905) 623-3990
- Aviation and Aerospace
- Construction
- Environment
- Manufacturing
- Information and Communications Technology
- Hospitality and Tourism
- Justice and Emergency Services
- St Stephen Catholic Secondary School, Bowmanville (905) 623-3990
For more information on the SHSM programs offered at St. Stephen, please click here.
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- St. Thomas Catholic Secondary School, Lindsay (705) 878-4117
- Agriculture
- Aviation and Aerospace
- Health and Wellness
- Construction
- Hospitality and Tourism
- St. Thomas Catholic Secondary School, Lindsay (705) 878-4117