Course Planning for 2026–2027
Counsellors will begin course planning in February. Each grade will have an assembly covering available courses, graduation requirements, and timelines. Afterward, students will have two weeks to review information, consult caregivers, and submit course their selections by February 20. Course planning powerpoint slides and presentation materials will be available on the Tupper website.

Course Planning Assemblies (mandatory)

The counsellors will hold grade wide course planning assemblies for ALL students during the following FIT times.

• Feb 3, Fit Current Grade 10  Ms. Wall
• Feb 5 Fit Current Grade 11  Ms. Cancar
• Feb 6 FIT Current Grade 8  Ms. Higenbottam
• Feb 9 FIT morning make up session Grade 8 to 9 Ms. Higenbottam
• Feb 10 Current Grade 9     Mr. Lee

Location: Auditorium 

For course planning questions, families and students should contact their grade assigned counsellor.

Indigenous-Focused Graduation Requirement 

Effective the 2023/24 school year, all students working toward a B.C. Certificate of Graduation (“Dogwood Diploma”), in English or French, must successfully complete at least 4 credits in Indigenous-focused coursework. This requirement applies to students in B.C. public, independent, First Nations, and offshore schools. There is no change to the total number of credits required to graduate, which remains at 80.

Students who have not otherwise satisfied graduation requirements before the start of the 2023/24 school year must meet this requirement.

This requirement does not apply to students in the Adult Graduation Diploma Program.

Students can meet this graduation requirement through a variety of course options, including provincial Indigenous-focused courses; provincially-authorized First Nations language courses; and Indigenous-focused, locally developed (Board/Authority Authorized or First Nation Authorized) courses. Some of these courses also satisfy Language Arts or Social Studies graduation requirements. See the Recognized Course List drop-down below for a complete list of courses that meet the Indigenous-focused graduation requirement.

For the 2023-2024 school year, Tupper will be offering the following courses to allow students to meet the Indigenous-focused graduation requirements:

• English First Peoples 10 (English 10 credit- compulsory for all grade 10 students)
• English First Peoples 12 (English 12 credit- choose between EFP12 and English Studies 12)
• BC First Peoples 12 (Social Studies 12 Elective credit- choose this if taking English Studies 12 or as an additional Indigenous focused elective)

For more information on the Indigenous focused graduation requirements please see: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/education-training/k-12/support/indigenous-focused-graduation-requirements

 Course Planning Resources:

COURSE PLANNING BOOK 2026-2027.pdf
Dogwood Diploma Credits Verification Form
BC Grad requirements
Tupper Counselling Website, direct links to BC PSIs admissions pages
Education Planner BC
VSB Career Programs
Summer School Website (Opens late April each year)
Math Flow Chart (for post secondary institution admission)
BCeID Instructions
Click here for information about Verifying Course Requests from Student Family Portal