January 16 – 20, 2023 – Register for French Immersion Schools and Mill Bay Nature School for September, 2023.
January 23 – 27, 2023 – Register online or at your catchment school for September, 2023.
Online Registration, or you can download a copy of the registration package here. Please note: There may be other forms to fill in at the school.
Cowichan Valley welcomes new Kindergarten students for the 2023-2024 school year. Any child who will be five years of age on or before December 31, 2023, may register at their catchment school. If you are unsure of your school, please use the school locator.
Parents or guardians, please bring a Canadian Birth Certificate or Canadian passport, and proof of residency (such as your child’s BC Services Card). Any students without Canadian documents and/or proof of BC residency will be redirected to the Principal of International Education located at Cowichan Secondary School.
Registration will take place at the French Immersion Schools and Mill Bay Nature school during regular office hours the week of January 16 – 20, 2023. (This includes siblings of current students and all late applicants will be wait-listed).
Registration will take place at your catchment school during regular office hours the week of January 23 – 27, 2023.
KINDERGARTEN FAMILY INFORMATION EVENINGS
We will be hosting two Family Information Evenings for those families interested in having their child(ren) attend kindergarten at either École Mount Prevost Elementary or École Cobble Hill starting September 2023.
École Mount Prevost – Tuesday, January 10th from 6-7 pm in the library
Contact the school at ecolemountprevostheadsecretary@sd79.bc.ca for any questions
École Cobble Hill – Monday, January 9th from 5:30-6:30pm in the gymnasium
Contact the school at ecolecobblehillheadsecretary@sd79.bc.ca for any questions
Mill Bay Nature School
We will be hosting a Family Information Evening for those families interested in beginning their child’s educational journey (ages 4/5) at Mill Bay Nature School starting September 2023.
This family information evening will be held on Wednesday, January 11, from 6 – 7:30 pm around the fire pit at the school. Remember to dress for the weather! Other interested families or community members are welcome as well.
To register for either of these evenings, or to arrange an alternate to the in-person meeting, please contact millbsecretary@sd79.bc.ca
French Immersion is a District program with no specific catchment areas. It is offered at École Mt. Prevost and École Cobble Hill Elementary Schools.
There are two entry points into the French Immersion program; Kindergarten and Grade 1. The families who have remained on our waitlist from the September 2022 Kindergarten registration will preserve the same order of placement status should we have space to take new Grade 1 students in the fall of 2023. Parents of students on the 2022 waitlist will be contacted in Janurary to see if they would like to transfer into the French Immersion program for the Grade 1 entry point. Any new Grade one registrations will be added to the current waitlist.
If requested spaces for French Immersion elementary schools are over-subscribed, placement will be determined by lottery.
Assignment will be based on the following:
Information sessions will be held for École Mount Prevost Elementary in the library on Tuesday, January 10th from 6-7 pm and École Cobble Hill Elementary in the gymnasuim on Monday, January 9th from 5:30-6:30pm.
Nature School is a District program with no specific catchment areas. It is offered at Mill Bay Nature School.
If requested spaces for Mill Bay Nature school is over-subscribed, placement will be determined by lottery.
Assignment will be based on the following:
If applications exceed the number of available spaces a lottery system will be used in accordance with the district’s selection process set out below.
If required, available spaces will be allotted through a randomized lottery draw conducted by the School District office.