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Full day/every day kindergarten school sites announced


Full day/every day kindergarten (JK and SK – for four and five year-olds) will begin this coming September in the following York Catholic Elementary Schools:

SCHOOL MUNICIPALITY
St. Thomas Aquinas Keswick
St. Elizabeth Seton Newmarket
Holy Spirit Aurora
Blessed John XXIII Unionville
St. Francis Xavier Markham
Kateri Tekakwitha Markham
St. Clement Woodbridge
St. Francis Assisi Woodbridge
St. Charles Garnier Richmond Hill
Corpus Christi Richmond Hill
New school at Major MacKenzie Dr. & Weston Rd.
Woodbridge
New school at Keele St. & Kirby Rd
Maple
Divine Mercy Maple
Holy Family Thornhill

Registration for full day/every day kindergarten (and all kindergarten programs in our York Catholic schools) begins on Monday, January 18.

For registration requirements, please Click here for registration requirements

Some of these schools may have extra space available to accommodate out of boundary students.
For registration procedures for out of boundary students, please Click Here for registration procedures for out of boundary students

The criteria for the site selection was mandated by the province, and for the first year it was as follows:

Consultation with York Region District School Board, York Region, Ministry of Child and Youth Services,   Ministry of Education, childcare providers, Best Start Centres, before and after school providers

Available space in the school

Sufficient kindergarten rooms, if possible

No childcare provider on site

Community needs

Academic needs of the school