Our School Policy

Equal education opportunity statement: we are committed to the principles of gender, faith, race and ethno- cultural equity in its curricula, policies and practices.

Our Mission

Maple Leaf School recognizes the importance and value of every person completing a secondary education. Our commitment as a school, is to reach every one of our students in order to help them achieve success from their Maple Leaf School experience. The mission of the Maple Leaf School is to connect our online learners to quality, certified teachers and to make the online course a truly inspiring educational experience.

Our Goals

  • Ensure MLS courses provide a high-quality learning experience for national and international students.
    Focus on the specific educational needs of international students and provide direct intervention to meet these needs in meaningful ways.
  • Consider every student equally and thus provide opportunities for the student to achieve success according to his or her own interests, abilities and goals.
  • Allow the student to start his or her MLS course on any day, move through the course at any pace.
    Promote communications between the student and their teacher upon enrollment, in order to open this extremely important connection.
  • Establish and maintain Ontario University Application Centre (OUAC) accounts for our OSR students planning to entering university upon graduation from MLS; & establish and maintain Ontario College Application Service (OCAS) accounts for our OSR students planning to entering college upon graduation from MLS.
  • Produce and forward copies of the Ontario Student Transcripts (OST) to post-secondary institutions.
    Make arrangements for students to write the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT).
  • Establish and maintain Ontario Student Records (OSR) for the students of MLS, following the Ontario Ministry of Education’s guidelines.
  • Determine the equivalent credits earned by students entering the Ontario school system in their previous educational setting and to advise the student on the remaining requirements to be completed in order to earn the Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD).

Attendance

Regular attendance and participation are vital to students’ academic success. Maple Leaf School expects students to attend regularly and to participate actively in all instructional activities as described in the Course Outline. Requirements: In order to demonstrate achievement of the Ministry of Education learning. expectations and earn a course credit, students must: Successfully complete 110 hours of online course learning activities.

A. MLS monitors student attendance and participation through students’:

  • Presence and log in on the learning management system, students are expected to login a minimum of once per week.
  • Attendance for record keeping purposes will be based on the number of completed lessons. (For example, if a course has 20 lessons to complete and the student has completed 16 of these, the attendance register would indicate that the student was in attendance for 80% of the 110 hours. This value will be scaled accordingly for the mid-semester report card.)
  • Completion of course content, including online / offline learning activities, which is designed to be total 110 hours of planned learning (approximate hours allocations to activities, lessons and units etc.)
  • Participation and engagement in learning activities independently or with teachers and other students.
  • Ongoing online discussion and communication with the teacher and other students.

B. When students are not active participants in course activities for more than one week, the teacher and principal will take the following actions:

  • Our teacher will attempt to contact the student.
  • Our teacher will inform the principal if the student continues to be absent.
  • If there is no change in attendance or behaviour, the principal will contact the parent/guardian, School Administrator, or student (over age 18) to determine if there are unknown or additional circumstances to consider or whether the student should withdraw from the course. The goal of these communications is to encourage students to re-engage and successfully complete the course.
  • Students who do not re-engage with course material will be withdrawn without credit or refund.

C. Students who have not completed their course within 12 months from the day of enrolment in that course, will be automatically unenrolled from the course unless they have made an arrangement with the MLS office for an extension to their course.

Code of Conduct for Platform Use

The Learning Management System at the Maple Leaf School is designed for educational purposes only. Any use of our learning tools within a course for any purpose other than the intended educational purpose is prohibited. The use of these resources must be consistent with the goals of the school. As members of the Maple Leaf School, students are expected to act responsibly and to follow the school’s guidelines, policies, and procedures using technology and electronic networks accessed by such technology. Our school’s learning management system asks users to be respectful to each other, to not act in ways that are unethical or illegal, and to be aware that all actions are logged and monitored.

  • Commercial, illegal, inappropriate or obscene activities are prohibited.
  • Students who use the learning management system in these ways will have their registration and access withdrawn.
  • Disciplinary action may include criminal investigation and legal sanctions. Your online security requires your active participation.
  • Protect your username and password. Do not share it with anyone; Do not log in anonymously or as another user.

Safe School Environment

Bullying: The school takes all forms of bullying seriously and will take immediate action. Bullying is any intentional written, verbal or physical act that a student has exhibited toward another particular student more than once and the behaviour causes either mental or physical harm to the other student and is sufficiently severe, persistent or pervasive that it creates an intimidating, threatening or abusive educational environment for the other student. Bullying may be direct or indirect. Direct forms include physical violence and threats; verbal assaults and taunts; the destruction of property; extortion; and unwanted sexual interest or contact. Examples of indirect forms of bullying include ignoring and /or excluding the withdrawal of friendship; malicious gossip and spreading rumours; and abusive or oppressive graffiti. Students shall not bully other students, school employees, persons that are guests of the school or persons conducting business for the school. This category also applies to remarks or actions of a sexual, racial, body image, ethnic or religious nature that are deemed offensive.

Harassment ：Harassment is a form of discrimination and is against the law. It may be physical, verbal, written or visual and may include use of the Internet. Harassment does not necessarily need to target a specific student or individual. A single act or expression can constitute harassment, for example, if it is a serious violation.

Discrimination ：Discrimination refers to unfair or prejudicial treatment of individuals or groups on the basis of race, ancestry, place of origin, ethnicity, creed, sex, age, family status or disability. Discrimination, whether intentional or unintentional, has the effect of preventing or limiting access to opportunities, benefits, or advantages that are available to other members of society.

Threats: Students shall not, through verbal, written, technological or any other means, make statements that state that physical or emotional harm may come to another person or to an institution.

Use of Obscene Language/Materials: Students shall not use obscene, vulgar or profane language, make inappropriate gestures or possess vulgar materials.

Forgery: Students shall not misrepresent a signature on any document.

Plagiarism and Academic Honesty

A. Plagiarism occur as a student presents another person’s work as the student’s own. The unacknowledged use of another’s words, ideas, arguments or research is plagiarism. This is not acceptable at Maple Leaf School. MLS teachers have access to software which detects plagiarism. Commercial search engines are often very good at detecting work copied from material available online. Teachers have experience and can often spot when writing does not come from the student.

Plagiarism includes (but is not limited to):

  • Handing in an assignment that was not written, in whole or in part;
  • Copying ideas, images, direct quotations, etc. without proper citation;
  • Self-plagiarism, re-submitting an assignment for another class;
  • Use of a previous term’s assignments, tests, solutions
    Using a classmate’s assignment as the basis or as a reference for your own or allowing someone else to do this with your assignment;
  • The buying and/or selling of assignments, or exam/test questions;

B. Academic Honesty

Maple Leaf School is expected to maintain high standards of honesty throughout the many aspects of their study at the school. By accessing all MLS tests and exams, students necessarily agree to the understanding that these assessments, and any work submitted for evaluation, must be their own work and that any instances of cheating or plagiarism will not be tolerated.

Cheating: Any deceit in academic work is cheating. It includes:

  • Viewing tests or examinations without permission;
  • Allowing one’s assignment to be copied by someone else or providing another student your assignment;
  • The unauthorized giving or receiving of information or assistance during an examination or a test;
  • Sharing or allowing another student to copy or use one’s test/exam;
  • Theft of a test or examination
  • Submission of the same piece of work in more than one course without the permission of the teacher;

Any student or students found to be in violation of this policy will be subject to a mark of zero for the assessment in question. Additional consequences, up to and including forfeiture of the credit and course fees, may be exacted. Cases of academic dishonesty will be addressed on a case-by-case basis by the Principal.

Late and Missed Assignments

Independent students have up to 12 months to complete a course. There are no set deadlines for course assignments. Students can proceed through each course at their own pace. But all course requirements must be completed prior to writing their final exam.

Safe School Environment

Bullying: The school takes all forms of bullying seriously and will take immediate action. Bullying is any intentional written, verbal or physical act that a student has exhibited toward another particular student more than once and the behaviour causes either mental or physical harm to the other student and is sufficiently severe, persistent or pervasive that it creates an intimidating, threatening or abusive educational environment for the other student. Bullying may be direct or indirect. Direct forms include physical violence and threats; verbal assaults and taunts; the destruction of property; extortion; and unwanted sexual interest or contact. Examples of indirect forms of bullying include ignoring and /or excluding the withdrawal of friendship; malicious gossip and spreading rumours; and abusive or oppressive graffiti. Students shall not bully other students, school employees, persons that are guests of the school or persons conducting business for the school. This category also applies to remarks or actions of a sexual, racial, body image, ethnic or religious nature that are deemed offensive.

Harassment ：Harassment is a form of discrimination and is against the law. It may be physical, verbal, written or visual and may include use of the Internet. Harassment does not necessarily need to target a specific student or individual. A single act or expression can constitute harassment, for example, if it is a serious violation.

Discrimination ：Discrimination refers to unfair or prejudicial treatment of individuals or groups on the basis of race, ancestry, place of origin, ethnicity, creed, sex, age, family status or disability. Discrimination, whether intentional or unintentional, has the effect of preventing or limiting access to opportunities, benefits, or advantages that are available to other members of society.

Threats: Students shall not, through verbal, written, technological or any other means, make statements that state that physical or emotional harm may come to another person or to an institution.

Use of Obscene Language/Materials: Students shall not use obscene, vulgar or profane language, make inappropriate gestures or possess vulgar materials.

Forgery: Students shall not misrepresent a signature on any document.

Refund Policy

Maple Leaf School does not issue refunds. Within hours of enrolment, our administration undertakes many tasks including activating the student account, completing the enrolment, contracting the teacher, establishing electronic/physical files, tracking the enrolment for Ministry purposes, etc. Even if the student does not begin the course, the preliminary work in our office will be completed.

Student Enrolment Policy

Students may enroll any day of the year and begin their course(s) within 24 hours of registration. Students have up to 12 months to complete each course. This model allows students to work at their own pace and to create their own schedules. All students are eligible to take courses with MLS.

More questions?

Visit the Help Desk and reach out to our guidance counselor for more information. 

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