School Registration

What to Expect in a Catholic School

Elk Island Catholic School Division warmly welcomes children from all faith backgrounds, and children with no religious affiliations. Learn More

School and Program Details

Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten Programs

Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten registration for the 2024-2025 EICS school year opens on February 1, 2024. Children who are five years old on or before December 31, 2024, are eligible to register for Kindergarten for the upcoming school year.

Learn about our Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten programs

The services provided by each Pre-Kindergarten or Kindergarten program will vary by school, so please view our school directory to learn more about what's offered at specific locations.

Use our calculator to determine which year your child will be eligible to begin attending Kindergarten.

Grades 1 to 12

Students who are new to EICS and in Grades 1 to 12 are welcome to register for their designated schools for the 2024-2025 school year. 

Prior to registering, please check your child's zoned/designated school by viewing the boundary maps for your community.

At some of our schools, EICS offers:

If you have questions about specific school programs or about registering your child, please contact the school where you wish to register.

Summer School

Registration opens on February 5 for online and in-person learning courses. These courses are available to any high school student in Alberta, as well as adult students who are at least 20 years old. More information about the program is available at our St. Isidore Learning Centre website.

Register for 2024-2025

Please use either the Families Who Are New to EICS or Families Who Are Already with EICS option listed below to start registering a child who is new to the district for the 2024-2025 school year.

Who Needs to Register

Students who are currently attending any EICS school or program do not need to submit a new registration form to attend school.

Parents of current EICS students – including students who will be changing schools within or away from the division – will be sent communication from their school early in February about how to declare their intentions for next year.

Registration is required for all children who are new to the division.

If your family is new to EICS, you must first create a SchoolEngage account in order to register students who are new to EICS. Please use the following steps to register:

  1. Go to https://eics.schoolengage.ca/#/login
  2. If you have not yet created an account, click "Create new account?"
  3. To finish creating a new account, enter the required information and click "Register"
    • Note: A valid email address will be required to complete the sign-up procedure
  4. Once you have registered, log into SchoolEngage and click the "Add Student" button to add a new student, then fill in their information.
    • Important: all fields other than the ASN are required.  The school will fill in the ASN itself after registration is complete.
  5. Click the Graduation Hat icon and choose the student you added to see a list of forms.
  6. When students who are not currently attending an EICS school are being registered, please fill out the appropriate forms.

To complete the form successfully, you'll also need to ensure that you have a copy of the child's citizenship documentation (e.g. Canadian Birth Certificate, Permanent Residence Card, Student Study Permit, etc.).  For students who are not Canadian citizens, we are also required to maintain parent documentation on file (e.g. Permanent Residence Card, Work Permit, etc.)

Once your child is registered with the district, they will automatically be added to your PowerSchool account.

Once you have completed registration, the school will typically follow up within two weeks outside of the summer months.

If you already have access to PowerSchool with EICS (e.g. because a sibling of the student is already attending a school in our district), you can log into PowerSchool and register a new student using the following steps:

  1. Log into https://powerschool.eics.ab.ca (contact your school if you do not know your Parent Portal Login Information).
  2. Click "SchoolEngage Student Forms".
  3. From the menu to the left, choose the icon to Add Student, then fill out the student's information.
    • Important: all fields other than the ASN are required.  The school will fill in the ASN itself after registration is complete.
  4. Click the Graduation Hat icon and click on the student you just created to see a list of available forms.
  5. Click "New" beside the registration form that is relevant for the year you are registering.

NOTE:

  • Once you add a new student, parents will have access to register a child for kindergarten using the "A.2) EICS Pre-K to 12 Registration Form - In Person Learning" form.

To complete the form successfully, you'll also need to ensure that you have a copy of the child's citizenship documentation (e.g. Canadian Birth Certificate, Permanent Residence Card, Student Study Permit, etc.).  For students who are not Canadian citizens, we are also required to maintain parent documentation on file (e.g. Permanent Residence Card, Work Permit, etc.)

Once your child is registered with the district, they will automatically be added to your PowerSchool account.

Demographic Confirmation Forms

Every year, parents of students who are already attending EICS and who are returning the following year are asked to complete a Demographic Confirmation/Update Form.  These forms are necessary in order to secure funding for your child's education.

These forms can be completed using the following steps:

1) Log into PowerSchool at the website https://powerschool.eics.ab.ca

2) Click "SchoolEngage" on the left-hand side

3) Click the graduation hat icon to see a list of your students

4) For each student who is returning to EICS next year please click on the student, click "New" beside the form "A.9) Demographic Confirmation/Update Form" and complete and submit the form.

Below is a link to a video demonstrating these steps.

Religious Permeation

Effective September 1, 2010, Section 11.1 of the Alberta Human Rights Act requires school boards to provide notice to a parent or guardian of a student when educational programs include subject matter that deals primarily and explicitly with religion, sexuality, or sexual orientation.  

As a Catholic school division, EICS fully permeates Catholic theology, philosophy, practices and beliefs, the principles of the Gospel and the teachings of the Catholic Church in all aspects of school life.  EICS must, therefore, include this notice on all registration forms. 

Additional Registration Resources

Paper copies of forms can be downloaded from the list below, along with supplemental information regarding the student's registration.

Supplemental Forms