#1 - Thursday, August 28th, 2025

First Day Routine

• To make the transition into the first day easier, your child’s classroom teacher will contact you via email by Friday afternoon, so each student knows who their teacher is, where they need to go on Tuesday morning, and some of the routines and expectations for their class. All of our staff will work together to ensure that the students get to the correct class in the morning. 

Please note where they will be on Tuesday morning to meet their students, starting at 8:55 am.  Each teacher will have a sign with their name and a class list.

Grade 1 - Primary Field/Pavement

Grade 2,3 - Portopak wall/pavement area

Grade 4 - Along the back ball (adjacent from basketball nets)

Grade 5,6 - Junior door wall area as you enter the yard at the gate 

If you are brand new to St. Luke Nepean, please have a look at our New Student Orientation Slide Deck

Arrival / Dismissal Procedures

• Students (and parents) are welcome into the schoolyard between 8:55 a.m. and 9:10 a.m.   There will be staff members available outside to guide students to their homeroom teachers (look for those safety vests).  At 9:10 a.m. the bell will ring and students will follow their homeroom teacher into the school to their classroom.  Parents are asked not to enter the school but to leave the school yard promptly at the bell. Thank you for your cooperation.

• End of the day pick up will follow a regular dismissal format bus/childcare/walker)  at 3:40 p.m.  Teachers will accompany their students to the walking gate. 

Kindergarten

• All Senior Kindergarten Screening will take place on Tuesday, September 2nd. If you have not received your letter/email with the appointment time, please reach out to the main office.

• All of our returning SK students will begin full-time on Wednesday, September 3rd.

• The members of the Kindergarten team have been in touch with families to arrange for Junior Kinder orientation meetings on Wednesday, September 3rd or Thursday, September 4th. Each Junior Kindergarten family will have an orientation meeting with their child’s Kindergarten team and then start full-time the next day. The Kindergarten teams have provided each family with their specific dates and times. Please contact the teachers or the Vice Principal if you have any questions about this process. 

Overview of Kindergarten First Week

Tuesday, September 2, 2025 

Year 1 (JK) - No school.

Year 2 (SK) - Students at school for their 15-minute appointment time only.

Wednesday, September 3, 2025 

Year 1 (JK) - Only students with appointment times at school with their parents for their scheduled 15-minute visit (children in  Childcare). The first day of school for these students is Thursday, September 4th, 2025

Year 2 (SK) - All students in class.

Thursday, September 4, 2025 

Year 1(JK) - Orientation appointments continue. These students come to school with their parents for their scheduled 15-minute visit. The first day of school for these students is Friday, September 5th, 2025

Year 2 - All students in class.

Friday, September 5, 2025 

Year 1 and 2 - All students in class.

Class Lists

Our enrollment continues to increase which causes changes to class lists.  There is always the possibility that class organization can change as we adhere to cap sizes and enrollment pressures in various grades.  As students and parents find out who their teachers are and the classes that friends are in, there is sometimes excitement and other times disappointment.  Thank you for helping your child(ren) see any class placement, as a positive one. We respectfully ask that you do not request class changes at this time unless there is an error in program pathway (i.e French extended vs Immersion). Your attention to this is appreciated.

Communication of Life-Threatening Illnesses **IMPORTANT**

As we continue to prepare for the 2024/2025 school year, we require the collection of medical documentation from some of our families. If your child has a serious medical condition (asthma, life-threatening allergy, diabetes, epilepsy/seizures, concussion/head injury), you need to inform the school using the Life-Threatening Medical Condition Verification Form. You will also need to submit the appropriate condition-specific Plan of Care form.

If there are any changes to required medication (i.e. dose changes etc) then please complete the Administration of Medication form (please note - a doctor’s signature is no longer needed)

Please submit the completed forms to michelle.wallace@ocsb.ca  (If you require a paper copy, please contact the school and we would be happy to provide it for you).  If you have already submitted this important information, thank you!

Parking Lot

Please be advised that the school parking lot is CLOSED to general traffic. Access is restricted to school staff and special transportation vehicles only.

For families using the daycare, please note the following blackout periods during peak school hours:

Morning: The lot is closed from 8:55 AM to 9:10AM.

Afternoon: The lot is closed from 3:20 PM to 3:45PM.

If you are dropping off or picking up a child at the daycare during these times, you will need to park on a side street.

Thank you for your cooperation in keeping our students safe.