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.
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.
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 |
|---|---|
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 |