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We offer a mandatory International Baccalaureate and other diplomas as well.
All students at TFS prepare for the Ontario Secondary School Diploma. All our Senior School students pursue the compulsory International Baccalaureate Diploma (and more than half of our IB diploma recipients choose to pursue a bilingual IB diploma). TFS is one of the few schools in Ontario where students can pursue a Bilingual IB.
The IB is a prestigious international diploma which acts as a passport to the finest universities in the world. TFS students are particularly successful at obtaining the IB Diploma.
In addition, TFS students have the opportunity to pursue the "Brevet des Collèges" Diploma in Level II. This French National Exam is identical to the exam written by students in France and our success rate is extremely high.
Diploma requirements
Listed below are the diplomas TFS students can earn, and the requirements successful candidates must meet. Toronto French School designs its courses of study to cover the requirements for the Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) and incorporates elements from other curricula (notably those of the Brevet des Collèges and the International Baccalaureate).
The following diplomas are available from TFS:
Ontario Secondary School Diploma
To earn an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD), students must have 30 credits. Compulsory Credits (18 Total) + 12 Optional:
- four in English/Français
- one in Français/English
- three in Mathematics (at least one in Grade 11 or 12)
- two in Science
- one-half credit in Civics
- one-half credit in Career Studies
- one in Canadian Geography
- one in Canadian History
- one in Physical and Health Education
- one in the Arts (Art, Music, Drama)
- one of English/Français (English/Anglais in French Language schools),Third Language, Social Science or Canadian and World Studies
- one of Grade 11 & 12 Science or Grade 9 - 12 Technology
- one in Physical Education or Fine Arts
AND
- 12 optional credits
- Successful completion of the Grade 10 Literacy Test
- 40 hours of community service
TFS Diploma
To earn the Toronto French School Diploma, students must complete the minimum 30 credits required for the OSSD. The 30 credits must include the following: the 18 compulsory credits for the Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD);
- at least three additional credits in Français (Language or Literature);
- one additional credit in Physical and Health Education (Level II); and
- the Theory of Knowledge course
PLUS
- CAS (Creativity, Action Service) program; and,
- the Extended Essay
TFS Bilingual Diploma
In addition to the requirements for the TFS Diploma, during Levels III, IV and V students must take the following:
A minimum of five courses in which the language of instruction is wholly or partially in French and a minimum of five courses in which the language of instruction is wholly or partially in English.
OR
French at the A1 or A2 level and English at the A1 or A2 level
Diplôme National du Brevet des Collèges
TFS students have the opportunity to assess their level of French by taking an examination aimed at students in France. This external examination, administered by the Ministry of Education in France, takes place at TFS at the end of Level II.
To prepare for the Brevet, TFS students must take two Arts courses and a third language in Levels I and II. Since this program requires continuous and serious work, students should seek the advice of their teachers, guidance counsellor, Principal and the Director of French Studies who will register TFS students during the first term of Level II.
Students in France who are in the classe de troisième– equivalent of Level II – and students of the same age group who attend one of the 250 French schools around the world follow this course of study and sit the examination for the Brevet. The Brevet is awarded by the French Ministry of Education on the basis of performance in this examination written in the second week of June and on TFS internal assessment. The academic and linguistic goals of the Brevet program contribute to the development of bilingualism at TFS. In addition, students are provided with a first experience of examinations set and evaluated externally.
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