Register for School

Register for School

Register Your Child in Our School District:

  1. Use your home address to find your catchment school with  and  tools.
  2. Complete the Student Enrolment Form.
  3. Mail or visit the school with your completed Student Enrolment Form. You can find a list of school addresses .

Walk-in Registration: Elementary and Secondary schools are open for new student registration starting the week of August 26, 2024, between 9:00 am to 12:00 noon and 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm.

Important information for Back-to-School 2024

Registration for your neighbourhood school is based on catchment boundaries. If you are unsure where to register, enter your physical address in the or contact the School Board Office at 250-374-0679.

To learn more about Schools of Choice and Kindergarten registration, please explore below.

Register Your Child for Kindergarten

Schools of Choice - Kindergarten

School of Choice registration is closed. If you haven’t registered yet, please contact your preferred School of Choice to ask about availability and waitlist options.

School of Choice options:

FRENCH IMMERSION: ÌÇÐÄSwag has a well-established Kindergarten through grade 12 French immersion program (catchment applies)

Welcome to French Immersion Kindergarten Handbook

LEARNING THROUGH THE ARTS: Dance, drama, music, singing, and visual arts are integrated into academic instruction to allow students to learn through the arts. This program is offered Kindergarten to grade 12

MONTESSORI: This Kindergarten to grade 6 Montessori program offers a prepared environment allowing children to become increasingly independent, choose their own work, and learn at their own pace. Montessori offers a research style of learning in curriculum areas

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: Students from Kindergarten to grade 6 work on large, meaningful questions with teachers and other mentors, including practicing scientists. Students are encouraged to become involved in complex issues through an integrated curriculum

To learn more about Schools of Choice:

  • Explore the Schools of Choice Evening Slideshow (presented January 10, 2024)
  • Common Q & A’s for Schools of Choice Kindergarten Registration are available here.

Catchment Schools Registration

Kindergarten Registration week for the 2024-2025 school year was February 5 – 9, 2024. If you still need to register your child for Kindergarten, please follow this registration process:

  • Find your catchment school using the and tools.
  • Complete Student Enrolment Form and provide it to your school or pick up a registration package from your catchment school starting August 26, 2024
  • Parents will be required to provide child's care card, proof of address, child's birth certificate, and custody agreement if applicable
  • Registration packages for students with an older sibling will have been sent home with that sibling in early 2024 (BY REQUEST only). Return completed forms to school with siblings.
  • If you have questions, please contact the school directly to book an appointment.
  • If you are unsure where to register, contact the School Board Office at 250-374-0679.

Parents are strongly encouraged to register children for Kindergarten during Kindergarten Registration Week. Check back for 2025-2026 school year registration information in December 2024.

To learn more about Kindergarten in ÌÇÐÄSwag:

Schools of Choice

Registration week for Schools of choice was January 22 – 26, 2024. If you haven’t registered yet, please contact your preferred School of Choice to ask about availability and waitlist options. For details on Schools of Choice, read more here.

  • Registration process (January 2024): 

    • Pick up a registration package from your School of Choice. Return completed forms to school by 12 PM on January 26, 2024.

    • Parents will be required to provide child's care card, proof of address, child's birth certificate, and custody agreement if applicable

    • Registration packages for students with an older sibling will be sent home with that sibling (BY REQUEST only). Return completed forms to school with siblings.

    • If you have questions, please contact the school directly to book an appointment.

  • Registration is NOT first come, first served. If there are more children registered than there are seats at the School of Choice, a random draw will be held.

Check back for 2025-2026 School of Choice registration information, which will be available as of December 2024.

 

Privacy

All procedures for the collection and storing of kindergarten registration information by District employees follows the provisions set out in the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA). Read more here.

Other Registrations

For families with older students wishing to explore registration in a School of Choice, or for those who are new to the school district, contact the school directly to register your child.

Please refer to  School District No. 73 and  for clarification regarding school boundaries and enrolment in Schools of Choice, French Immersion, or Academies.

If your child is currently enroled in their catchment school and you wish to apply for a transfer to another school, please fill out a .

If you have any questions, please contact the School Board Office at 250-374-0679.

Parents are encouraged to go to their child’s catchment school for regular, face-to-face, full-time instruction. As with every school year,  and  program options are available to students. To enroll in online or home school programs, students will be required to transfer out of their current school.

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