Kindergarten

Kindergarten in Elk Island Catholic Schools

We would LOVE to journey with your child at EICS! Kindergarten is a wonderful and exciting place for your child to grow and learn. At EICS, we provide faith-infused learning environments that focus on supporting your child's development as a confident learner going into Grade 1. We work with our families to ensure these important first steps toward a Catholic education will be a rich and rewarding experience.

Our faith-based programs welcome all children and nurture the physical, emotional, intellectual, social, and spiritual needs of your child.

Independence, initiative, decision making, creativity, the ability to learn, relationships and feelings of self-worth -- all have their beginnings in early childhood. We believe that each child is unique, and together with parents as our partners, we build upon their natural curiosity and spontaneity, encouraging and supporting them as they grow their brains, share smiles, and become all that God has called them to be.

Kindergarten Calculator

To find out when your child can be registered for Kindergarten, provide your child's date of birth in our Kindergarten Calculator below, and it will tell you the eligible year.

How do I find out which EICS school to register in? 

Within EICS, we have created a boundary system in Strathcona County and Fort Saskatchewan where students are assigned a designated school. This is usually their neighborhood school, depending on school capacity and utilization. By providing a designated school for each child, EICS ensures that there is space available in that school to meet your child's educational needs.

Also, within this model, students who attend their designated schools from Kindergarten to Grade 12 will transition with all other students in the same school from elementary to middle and high school.     

You can find your designated school by clicking on the boundary maps.

What kind of programming/options are available for Kindergarten?

Kindergarten programming in EICS provides faith-infused, literacy and numeracy-rich, play-based programming and are staffed by dedicated early childhood teachers and qualified educational assistants. Our Inclusive Learning and Student & Staff Formation teams also support our Kindergarten classes. 

EICS offers a variety of school-based Kindergarten programs throughout the division.  To meet the 475 instructional hours, schools will create programs that have weekly schedules that may involve: 

•  Alternating full-day programs:  (ie: Monday/Wednesday with alternating Fridays; Tuesday/Thursday with alternating Fridays). 
•  Every day half-days in mornings or afternoons.

Parents are encouraged to visit their designated school website to get specific information regarding programming schedules and options.   

Where do I get information about Transportation and to arrange busing? 

To contact EICS Transportation, please call (780) 449-6480 or email our Transit services.

For all forms and requests for busing, please visit the EIPS Transportation page.