2024 online application available Nov 4 – 22 @ 4:00 pm. For students starting grade 9 in September 2025.

  • applicants must complete an online application form and submit “expression of interest”. This can be an image, video or audio file and can be uploaded, or a link shared.
  • Students can apply to one primary Central Student Interest Program.

For more information and applications:  Secondary Central Student Interest Programs

ACCEPTANCE TIMELINES

The selection process will occur centrally and all communication will come from the Board. Please do not contact schools directly for selection results.

December 5th, 2024, you will be notified of your student’s placement via email. There will be a unique link allows you to see your student’s placement in real time.

If your student has received a spot, you must either accept or decline this seat by 4:00 p.m. on December 11th, 2024. The placement will be automatically declined if not accepted by the deadline.

If your student has been waitlisted, stay tuned for the next round of placements. You can continue to use the link to see your student’s position on a waitlist.

On December 12th, 2024, the second round of placement emails will be sent out.

If your student has received a spot, you must either accept or decline this seat by 4:00 p.m. on December 18th, 2024. If you do not accept your placement by the deadline, the placement will be automatically declined.

Offers will continue to be made in early 2025. The secondary school waitlist will continue to be maintained until February 26th, 2025. If a spot opens up for your student before that time, you will receive a placement email with a specific deadline to accept or decline.

Pay attention to the ACCEPTANCE TIMELINES below, especially the dates/times that offers expire.

If an applicant is offered a spot in their alternate choice, they will remain on the waitlist for their primary choice until the waitlists close.

EXPRESSION OF INTEREST REQUIREMENTS for 2024/25

Each applicant must submit an Expression of Interest as part of their Central Student Interest Program application. Please do not send Expressions of Interest to the requested school(s).

The Expression of Interest must make reference to or be directly connected to the Central Student Interest Program and the type of program(s) to which you have applied, and must be written/created by the STUDENT applicant.

Accepted file formats include: DOC, DOCX, PDF, TXT, RTF, XLS, XLSX, BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG or a link to an accessible, shared document/video/file.

More information can be found here. Including how to properly share a Google Document

examples on this page were submitted by grade 8 students

Possible options include:

  • Written submissions (Examples: blog, essay, opinion piece, poem, short story, script, etc.) that refers to the program(s) OR
  • Text-based submissions (Examples: PowerPoint, Canva, Mindmap, etc.) OR
  • Photographs/ digital versions of student artwork or projects accompanied by a brief description of the work and/or its meaning.
ORIGINAL ART
  • artwork must be original work, and not copy-art
  • art can have been made with any medium (sketchbook, paint, digital art etc.)
  • sample of work should be something that the applicant is proud of
WRITE-UP
  • Describe your the creative work you submitted
  • What is its meaning? What was your creative intention?
  • Why are you most proud of this work?

TDSB APPLICATION LINKS

If you have any questions please contact the CyberARTS ACL

martyn.simpson@tdsb.on.ca