Welcome to Kindergarten Sessions
The Welcome to Kindergarten Program is designed for parents/caregivers and their children who will be entering kindergarten in September. All thirty-seven Public School Branch schools with Kindergarten organize a Welcome to Kindergarten Event for their incoming students and direct families to a wealth of online resources produced by The Learning Partnership. Schools are providing a Welcome to Kindergarten experience that will be meaningful to parents and students while following the current public health guidelines. The specifics of event will be communicated to families by your child’s school. At the event families will receive early literacy resources and meet school staff. Strategies for how to use these resources with their child at home will be shared. The goal of Welcome to Kindergarten is to provide pre-school children with the resources and experiences to begin their formal education with a foundation of literacy nurtured in the home.
The dates and times for this year’s Welcome to Kindergarten sessions are outlined below. For more information on individual schools in the Public Schools Branch, visit the School Information page.
2024 Dates (Updated May 1, 2024)
School | Date and Time |
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Alberton Elementary | May 15 – 6 PM |
Amherst Cove Elementary | TBD |
Athena Elementary | April 25 – 4 PM |
Belfast Elementary | May 16 – 6 PM |
Bloomfield Elementary | May 22 – 6 PM |
Cardigan Consolidated | May 9 – 6 PM |
Central Queens Elementary | May 2 |
Donagh Regional | April 25 |
Ellerslie Elementary | TBD |
Elm Street Elementary | May 9 – 4 PM |
Englewood | May 14 - 6 PM |
Georgetown Elementary | May 21 – 6 PM |
Glen Stewart Primary |
May 15 & May 16 |
Greenfield Elementary | May 30 |
Gulf Shore Consolidated | May 22 – 6:30 PM |
L. M. Montgomery Elementary | May 28 – 4:30 PM |
Miscouche Consolidated | May 8 – 6 PM |
Montague Consolidated | May 2 |
Morell Consolidated | May 30 |
Mt. Stewart Consolidated | April 18 – 6:15 PM |
O’Leary Elementary | May 23 – 5 PM |
Parkdale Elementary | May 6 |
Parkside Elementary | May 8 – 5 PM |
Prince Street Elementary | May 23 – 4 PM |
Queen Elizabeth Elementary | May 16 |
Sherwood Elementary | May 16 – 4 PM |
Somerset Elementary | TBD |
Souris Regional | May 28 – 6 PM |
Southern Kings Consolidated | April 23 |
Spring Park Elementary | May 2 – 4:30 PM |
St. Jean Elementary | May 16 |
St. Louis Elementary | May 30 – 5:30 PM |
Tignish Elementary | June 6 – 6 PM |
Vernon River Consolidated | April 19 – 3 PM |
West Kent Elementary | April 25 – 4:30 PM |
West Royalty Elementary | May 1 – 5 PM and 6:15 PM |
Westwood Primary |
English - May 16 French - May 9 |