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Learning as a community in real-time and with a shared responsibility to engage, inquire and grow.
Important News
School Closure April 2nd, 2025
The weather we’ve been presented with this year has been challenging for all of us and we appreciate your partnership in understanding these unique circumstances. Some areas within Trillium Lakelands District School Board (TLDSB) are still without power and are dealing with the aftermath of the storm, such as power/internet outages, downed trees, and hazardous conditions. In addition, there are freezing rain warnings starting tomorrow morning. In the interest of student and staff safety, we have made the decision to keep schools (including the Virtual Learning Centre) and child care centres within schools closed to students and staff tomorrow, Wednesday, April 2.
Facility Services staff, Technology Services staff, and school principals are continuing to monitor the conditions at each school. We will communicate about the status of schools and child care centres tomorrow afternoon for Thursday.
This means there will be no live classes on Wednesday, April 2nd, 2025, and your teachers will not be available for support.
Our office will be closed as well.
Registration Temporary Unavailable
The areas that make up Trillium Lakelands District School Board (TLDSB) have been greatly affected by the ice storm that swept across parts of Ontario this past weekend.
As a result, our registration server is down. Thank you for your patience as we work to come back online.
2025-2026 Registration
Registration for the 2025-2026 will open to new students on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, at 10 am.
The registration process will have two steps to complete.
Step 1
Step one will be to review your current personal information and provide updated documents for the 2025-2026 school year. Once all information has been confirmed by the student and documents uploaded it will be reviewed by our staff. This process of review can take up to 15 business days and will be reviewed on the order they were submitted. You may also be contacted during this time if additional documents are required. To see a list of required documents please visit our website.
Step 2
Once all documents are received and verified by our office staff students will be notified via email that they can now select their courses. They will then log in to the student portal and the link for selecting courses will be on the landing page.
As our registration opened earlier this year, it will also be closing earlier. Both steps of the registration process need to be completed by April 30th at 12pm (noon).
Family Day Weekend
We want to take this opportunity to wish everyone a happy Family Day weekend. Our hope is that everyone can connect with their loved ones and build memories this weekend.
As a reminder, the school is closed on Monday, February 17th for Family Day. Classes will resume on Tuesday.
Have a great long weekend!
Renowned Program
The Virtual Learning Centre has been offering Ontario Secondary School students a wide range of flexible, and well-designed high school courses since 1997. It is a renowned program that is unlike any other eLearning initiative in Ontario.
The VLC offers students a full range of learning opportunities powered by the latest online technologies available.
We are committed to setting very high standards for distance learning and know that the student-teacher interaction is key to student success. For this reason, we encourage all of our students to attend web meetings, and to adhere to the course schedule and all due dates. This level of rigor builds a strong work ethic and forges a classroom and school community thereby preparing our students for post-secondary studies.
For more information please review the FAQ section on our website.
If you need further help feel free to drop us a line:
[email protected]
or call us at 705-328-2925 (Monday to Friday, 8:30 – 4:00 EST)
PA Day
Friday, November 22nd, 2024, is a PA day for VLC staff. Students will have no classes on this day. Teachers and office staff will be
Terry Fox 2024
The Virtual Learning Centre would like to thank VLC Students, Staff, Community Members and Alumni for their generous donations to the Terry Fox walk/run/bike/skate/hike/wheel that
"I took one English course with VLC and I was hooked..."
Our Courses
All of our courses are taught by highly qualified Ontario teachers who understand how to blend the power of synchronous, streamed communication with the flexibility of static, anywhere-anytime course content. Students succeed in our program and our attrition rates (under 20%) demonstrate that our program works for most learners.
How are online courses taught?
When you register for an online course within the Virtual Learning Centre, you will be provided with login information such as a username and id. You will also receive an Internet address (URL) to your course. When you login for the first time, an introductory message from your teacher will greet you. This message will outline the course content and describe how the course will be delivered and what is required of you. Although all of the Virtual Learning Centre’s online courses look the same, your teacher is ultimately in charge of how the course will run.
Who teaches the online courses?
Certified teachers who are employed within the Trillium Lakelands District School Board deliver online course material for the Virtual Learning Centre. Each teacher receives training and support so that they are comfortable with the online approach to both teaching and learning.
Will I benefit from online courses?
In most cases, this form of course delivery works well. Obvious prerequisites include motivation, computer familiarity, and the ability to work independently and meet deadlines. Remember, though, that although there is daily contact with others in the class, there may not be any face to face meetings. For students with some learning styles, taking online courses may not be an appropriate choice.
