Grade 8 and New Registration Information

We are very excited that you have chosen St. Thomas Aquinas for the next step in your Educational Pathway journey!

The timeline below outlines the dates for the upcoming course selection process for our incoming Grade 9 students for 2022-2021.

Grade 8 Important Dates

Grade 8 Visit (Associate Schools)	November 2^nd – 4^th, 2021 STA Guidance Counselors will visit Grade 8 Associate School classes and explain the course selection process.
Grade 8 Parent Information Night	Thursday, November 4, 2021 This is a virtual event. To access this event please visit https://secondary.hcdsb.org/sta/ on November 4^TH.
Grade 8 I.B. Parent Information Night	Wednesday, October 20^th, 2021. This is a virtual event. To access this event please visit https://secondary.hcdsb.org/sta/ on October 20^th.
Registration – Access to myBlueprint	myBlueprint will be open for course selections (for Grade 8 students only) from November 5^th ^– December 7^th, 2021.
Course Selections	Wednesday, December 8^th, 2021 Due date for submitted course selections on myBlueprint.
Final Changes to Selections	Monday, February 1, 2022 Final day to make changes for course selections for 2022 – 2023 school year.
August (TBD)	Timetables available to students.

Family of Schools Students

If your son/daughter is a student in our Family of Schools, they will have received a Grade 9 Course Selection Guide Package from their grade 8 teachers. Students are to submit courses using myBlueprint on or before November 29^th, 2020

Please Note: Students can still submit courses after this date. However, to help ensure you receive the electives your request please submit on or before November 29^th 2020.

Public Board/Private School Students

If your son/daughter is a student in the Public School System or a Private school WITHIN our school boundary please visit our New Student Registration Section.

Outside Our Boundary

If you live outside our school boundary (please visit www.hcdsb.org to view STA’s area map) you must complete a Cross Boundary Form. These can be picked up from your home school. Fill out the form and return to your homeschool to be sent out for approval. Only until approval has been granted to attend STA will you be given a registration package to complete.

If you have been accepted into our IB program and you live outside our boundary, you will not have to complete a Cross Boundary form. You are automatically granted approval. However, if you choose not to continue in the IB program and live outside our boundary you will be asked to return to your local high school within your area.

Additional Information

To view the presentation for parents shown on Grade 8 Parent Information night please visit