January 15-19, 2024 鈥 Register for French Immersion Schools and Mill Bay Nature School for September, 2024.
January 22-26, 2024 鈥 Register online or at your catchment school for September, 2024.
Online, or you can download a copy of the registration package here. Please note: There may be other forms to complete at the school.
Cowichan Valley welcomes new Kindergarten students for the 2024-2025 school year. Any child who will be five years of age on or before December 31, 2024, may register at their catchment school. If you are unsure of your school, please use the .
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.
Proof of address / residence聽is required by two documents. 聽When registering online or at the school you will require:
Registration will take place at the French Immersion Schools and Mill Bay Nature School during regular office hours the week of January 15-19, 2024. (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 22 – 26, 2024.
KINDERGARTEN FAMILY聽INFORMATION EVENINGS
We will be hosting two Family聽Information Evenings聽for those families interested in having their child(ren) attend聽kindergarten聽at either 脡cole Mount Prevost Elementary or 脡cole Cobble Hill starting September 2024.
脡cole Mount Prevost – Tuesday, January 9th at 5:30 pm
Contact the school at ecolemountprevostheadsecretary@sd79.bc.ca for any questions
脡cole Cobble Hill – Tuesday , January 9th at 6 pm
Contact the school at ecolecobblehillheadsecretary@sd79.bc.ca for any questions
Mill Bay Nature School
We will be hosting two Family聽Information sessions for those families interested in beginning their child鈥檚 educational journey (ages 4/5) at Mill Bay Nature School starting September 2024.
The first family information evening will be held virtually on Zoom on Wednesday, January 10, from 6 – 7:30 pm (). The second family information night is in person at the school on Thursday, January 11, 6-7 pm in the library.
Zoom link to copy into your calendar:
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 脡cole Mt. Prevost and 脡cole 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 2023 Kindergarten registration will preserve the same order of placement status should we have space to take new Grade 1 students in the fall of 2024. 聽Parents of students on the 2023 waitlist will be contacted in January to see if they would like to transfer into the French Immersion program for the Grade 1 entry point. 聽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 E虂cole Mount Prevost Elementary in the library on Tuesday, January 9th at 5:30 pm and E虂cole Cobble Hill Elementary on Tuesday, January 9th at 6 pm.
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.