Registering for Kindergarten

If your child was born in 2016, they can start Kindergarten in September 2020.

You can get registration forms at your local school, in January 2020, or you can download and print the forms listed below: 

• Student Registration Form​,​ 

• Kindergarten Parent Questionnaire 

• Early Years Experience Collection at Kindergarten Registration Questionnaire​​ 

Please take the forms to your local school in January 2020. You will also need these documents:

• Proof of child’s age: birth certificate/passport/baptismal/faith record 

• Proof of address (any two of the following documents): lease or deed, car registration, utility bill, residential telephone bill, moving bill, property tax bill, bank statement, credit card statement, correspondence with a government agency

• Proof of child’s citizenship: birth certificate or passport, Record of Landing (IMM 1000)or Permanent Resident Card

• Proof of custody: if you are not the parent and your child is under 18 you must provide proof of custody (court order)

​Contact the school Principal/Vice-principal if you require accessibility accommodations in order to register your child for school. 

To find your home school, please click on this link: “Find my Local School"​ and enter your address in the “Find a School" search box.

Click here for School Boundary Maps.

Kindergarten checklist:

• Complete registration at the family's home school (starting in January)
  
• Attend a Kindergarten parent orientation evening at the school in May or June
  
• Arrange a visit to the school for a child who is particularly anxious about starting school
• Check the Halton Region website regarding common parenting challenges including toileting
• Check out: Full-day kindergarten: a question and answer guide for parents​​ ​ and  Playing is Learning
  
• Report your child's immunization with Halton Heal​th​
  

Coming this May 2020: ​Kindergarten Parent Orientation Evenings

Kindergarten students start school on the first day of school. Parents may contact their child's school to arrange a visit before the first day in September.​

Resources

​You may find the information helpful as your child gets ready to start school:

• Fifth Disease
• Halton Region Periods of Exclusion
• Before and After School Program Rates and Locations​ ​

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