HZT4U is a year course beginning in October. 

We meet twice a week for 25 weeks, with all Jewish and civil holidays off.

Although we'd like you to start in October, you can join the course up until the end of November. 

There are homework assignments that drop in Google Classroom throughout the year, as well as seasonal "Keeper" assignments where you share the big ideas and concepts that you have "kept" days and weeks after learning them.

Beginning in 2026–2027, every Ontario course must include a written final evaluation completed during the designated exam period. Ours is Culminating Day, and it is built entirely around a topic you choose.

Nothing to cram. Nothing you haven't seen. Your topic, defended twice — once out loud, once on paper.

Culminating Day takes place in June, during the designated exam period.

A "thought experiment" is just what it sounds like - a philosophical inquiry conducted in the mind based on an imaginary situation.  The clip above explores one of the more well known thought experiments called "the Trolley Problem."  It was devised by Philippa Foot in a 1967 philosophy paper. 

What would you do in that situation? In this course, we’ll consider this question and so many more about how to live one's best life and what is the best thing to do in a given moment.