Student Registration Priority

West Vancouver School District encourages students to attend their catchment area school, while also enabling students and their families to make choices to attend other schools in the district.

The placement of a student in a school will be dependent upon the availability of space, programs and resources.

Priority is given for student placement in a program or school in the following order:

1. In-catchment students with siblings in the same school
2. In-catchment students
3. Out-of-catchment, in-district students with siblings in the same school
4. Out-of-catchment, in-district students
5. Out-of-district students of staff with siblings in the same school
6. Out-of-district students with siblings in the same school
7. Out-of-district students of staff
8. Out-of-district students

Within each of the above categories, applications are prioritized by time/date stamp of application form submission, earliest first. The exception is the Early French Immersion Kindergarten lottery process, where places are assigned by lottery number drawn within the applicable category.

Local school boundaries (school catchment areas)

To find your local catchment school, please use the school locator tool.  

Kindergarten Guidelines

Children may begin Kindergarten in September of the calendar year in which they turn five years old.

i.e. Students born in 2020 may begin Kindergarten in September 2025.

Early and Late French Immersion Programs

The Early French Immersion (EFI) Program is offered at Ecole Cedardale and Ecole Pauline Johnson. Ecole Cedardale is also an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School offering a French Immersion IB Primary Years Program (IB PYP). There is an associated fee with the IB PYP program.

Late French Immersion (LFI) is offered only at Ecole Pauline Johnson to students entering Grade 6. A secondary level French Immersion program is offered at Ecole Sentinel Secondary.

Due to the strong demand for Kindergarten French immersion, West Vancouver Schools conducts two separate lotteries to identify those children who will be registered.  This year, applications with completed documentation must be submitted by December 2nd at 3:00 pm. 

Applications for French Immersion Grade 1 -12 are held on a first come, first serve basis according to the timelines and registration priorities.   

For more details about registering for an Early or Late French Immersion program, please click on one of the links above

Programs of Choice in West Vancouver Schools

For more information about registering your student in one of the many programs of choice in West Vancouver Schools including International Baccalaureate, Advanced Placement, French Immersion International Baccalaureate, Youth Train in Trades (formerly ACE-IT), Pursuit (formerly Super Achievers), iDEC, Montessori, and Premier Academies, please visit our Programs page.

We are proud to welcome our newest families to our learning community!

Students who are neither Canadian citizens nor have Permanent Resident (PR) status in Canada may be enroled in West Vancouver schools, subject to regulations under Canadian federal government, provincial government, and West Vancouver Schools policies. These students may include those whose families are resident in BC under a Diplomatic posting, Refugee Protection Document, Study or Work Permit.

These families must first complete a document checking procedure before completing the student admission form. To complete this online process, please click here. Once completed, staff from the Fundable Admissions Department will contact you by email with next steps.

For more information, please visit Fundable Admissions or email fundable.admissions@wvschools.ca