Welcome to Kindergarten!
SMPS_ Welcome to Kindergarten 2024-2025.pdf
Welcome to Kindergarten at Steve MacLean P.S.!
For current SMPS Kindergarten students, communication will be shared throughout the year from your child's educator team and from the SMPS office.
If you have not yet registered with the OCDSB for Kindergarten for the current (2024/2025) school year, please follow this LINK when you are ready to do so. You will want to check the School Locator first to make sure that your address falls within the boundaries for SMPS. Registration will require you providing 2 proofs of address, as well as proof of date of birth for your child that you are registering.
The OCDSB Family Reception Centre is designed to help you if English is not your first language. Staff can also assist with new Permanent Residents to Canada, families returning from abroad, or those transferring from a French language school board. You can call the Family Reception Centre at (613) 239-2416 to make an appointment.
If you have any further questions you can contact the SMPS Main office by telephone at (613) 822-0341 or by email at stevemacleanps@ocdsb.ca
Registration for the 2025/2026 school year will open in January - please check back then for more information!
Sincerely,
SMPS
Some fun facts about Kindergarten:
Kindergarten is a two-year, full-day program with classes composed of students in Year 1 and Year 2
Kindergarten is a bilingual, play-based program where students are exposed to both French and English
Each Kindergarten class has an educator team that includes Teachers and Early Childhood Educators. At SMPS, an English Kindergarten Teacher and French Kindergarten Teacher each spend one week at a time with their class in our 50/50 bilingual model.
Extended Day Program (EDP) is a fee based program that is offered before and after school. Early Childhood Educators who work in the Kindergarten classes during the school day are part of the EDP program, providing a seamless day for students. Registration is required.
Kindergarten is the best place to be!
“The Kindergarten program is a child-centred, developmentally appropriate, integrated program of learning for four- and five-year-old children. The purpose of the program is to establish a strong foundation for learning in the early years and to do so in a safe and caring, play-based environment that promotes the physical, social, emotional and cognitive development of all children.”
The Kindergarten Program – 2016, Ontario Ministry of Education
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