First Week of School
2023/2024
Important Dates for each schedule
Orientation Day (details here) – August 29th
- Will be held between 1pm-4pm. A confirmation of your 45 minute time slot will be sent around mid-August
Initial Assessment Day (details here) – August 30th or 31st
- Parents will sign up for a 20 minute time slot per child for only one of the Initial Assessment day’s using a a scheduling link that will be included in the ‘First Week of School’ email (sent around mid-August)
First Day – Staggered Entry (details here) – September 5th or 6th
- Your assigned day will be confirmed via email around mid-August
Regular Weekly Schedule Starts – September 7th
Orientation Day (details here) – August 29th
- Will be held between 1pm-4pm. A confirmation of your 45 minute time slot will be sent around mid-August
Initial Assessment Day (details here) – August 30th or 31st
- Parents will sign up for a 20 minute time slot per child for only one of the Initial Assessment day’s using a a scheduling link that will be included in the ‘First Week of School’ email (sent around mid-August)
First Day – Staggered Entry (details here) – September 6th or 8th
- Your assigned day will be confirmed via email around mid-August
Regular Weekly Schedule Starts – September 11th
Orientation Day (details here) – August 29th
- Will be held between 1pm-4pm. A confirmation of your 45 minute time slot will be sent around mid-August
Initial Assessment Day (details here) – August 30th or 31st
- Parents will sign up for a 20 minute time slot per child for only one of the Initial Assessment day’s using a a scheduling link that will be included in the ‘First Week of School’ email (sent around mid-August)
First Day – Staggered Entry (details here) – September 5th or 7th
- Your assigned day will be confirmed via email around mid-August
Regular Weekly Schedule Starts – September 12th
Initial Assessment Day (details here) – September 5th or 6th
- Parents will sign up for a 20 minute time slot between 4pm – 7:20pm using a scheduling link that will be included in the ‘First Week of School’ email (sent around mid-August)
- One time slot per child for only one of the Initial Assessment day’s
Regular Weekly Schedule Starts – September 9th
This is an unparented class, however, parents are permitted to help transition their child on the first day of school. We ask that parents do leave the classroom after a maximum of 15 minutes.
Please see the ‘Transition to School’ tab for more information around transitioning your child to the classroom including the first drop off.
Orientation Day – During your first day of class.
First Day – September 10th
When you arrive to class, you can remove outdoor gear in the front lobby.
Please remove outdoor footwear before leaving the lobby area.
Orientation Day
Attendance is limited to the registered child and only ONE parent (we are minimizing the number of people in the space). New and returning families are advised to attend.
It is highly recommended that you and your child attend the orientation as it goes a long way to successfully transition your child into the classroom.
Orientation will include:
- Meet and greet with your child’s teacher
- Meet and greet with your child’s classmates and other parents
- Teachers will be taking a picture of each student and leading them to create a craft in preparation for the first week of school
- Parent Handbook Review with Q&A
- Quick tutorial about our Classroom App where you can message the teachers directly, receive daily pictures and/or videos of your child’s day in the classroom, and receive important announcements/reminders
- Teachers will be going over important information about classroom procedures like the check-in process
- Acquaint your child with the teacher and the classroom before the first day of school
- The main purpose of this event is to ease your child’s transition into the new Classroom and get to know classmates and teachers before the first day of school
- Please arrive on time and plan to stay up to 30-45 minutes
If you are unable to attend your scheduled Orientation, unfortunately, we are not able to reschedule as the orientations are scheduled with your child’s class.
Initial Assessment
- Parents will sign up for a 20 minute time slot per child for only one of the Initial Assessment day’s using a a scheduling link that will be included in the ‘First Week of School’ email (sent around Mid-August)
- Teachers will be spending some one-on-one time with your child to get to know them and build rapport before the first day of class, provide support for the transition into the classroom, provide support for separation anxiety if required, as well as begin their initial assessment.
- Please note that this is a casual interaction between your child and his/her teacher and is meant to be a positive experience. It is not a formal assessment and there is nothing to prepare for. In addition to getting to know each child, teachers will create a baseline so they can tailor the program with an Individualized Program Plan (IPP) for each child. During this time, we request parents to leave the room so that your child can spend some time getting to know the teachers without relying on you for support.
Staggered Entry - First Day of Regular classes
The first day of school will be the week starting after Labour Day Monday.
- During the first week of school, half the class will attend one day, and the other half the other day. After the two staggered entry days, classes will resume as per normal schedule on the third day of class.
- Students will attend for the entire class. Parents are welcome to come into the classroom and take a little more time with drop off. However, we do ask Parents for a quick goodbye so our teachers are able to transition the students into the daily routine and redirect any students who may show signs of anxiety.
- Staggered entry helps with transitioning your child to the classroom environment with a smaller class size and gives Teachers more time to get to know your child on the first day. Feel free to stay a little longer this first week to help your child transition if required.
- Your assigned day will be confirmed via email around mid-August
