What is SHSM?
Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM) programs are specialized programs that allow Grade 11 or 12 students to focus their learning on a specific economic sector while meeting the requirements to graduate from secondary school with an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD).
A school approved to offer an SHSM program will offer the program in all four pathways: apprenticeship training, college, university, and the workplace.
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SHSM programs may be connected to a Dual Credit Program offered in the Limestone District School Board.
Students must complete all components to graduates with their SHSM red seal on their diploma.
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Students earning SHSM will be able to make more informed career decisions and ultimately be better prepared for their post-secondary destination of choice.
Students who have earned the SHSM can provide evidence of their achievement of sector-recognized certifications and training programs to prospective employers and post-secondary educational or training institutions.
Sector | Schools Offered At |
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Transportation | Napanee District Secondary School,
North Addington Education Centre Public School,
Ernestown Secondary School,
Sydenham High School |
Manufacturing | Sydenham High School |
Information & Communications Tech | Napanee District Secondary School,
North Addington Education Centre Public School,
Bayridge Secondary School,
Ernestown Secondary School |
Hospitality & Tourism | Bayridge Secondary School,
Loyalist Collegiate and Vocational Institute,
Sydenham High School |
Health & Wellness | Frontenac Secondary School,
La Salle Intermediate & Secondary School,
Loyalist Collegiate and Vocational Institute,
Granite Ridge Education Centre |
Food Processing | Kingston Secondary School |
Forestry | Granite Ridge Education Centre |
Environment | Bayridge Secondary School |
Construction | North Addington Education Centre Public School,
Ernestown Secondary School,
Kingston Secondary School,
Loyalist Collegiate and Vocational Institute |
Arts & Culture | Bayridge Secondary School,
Frontenac Secondary School,
Kingston Secondary School,
Loyalist Collegiate and Vocational Institute |