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PSB Kindergarten Registration for 2020-2021

Parents are asked to register their children for Kindergarten prior to or during the week of November 18-22, 2019.

Children must be 5 years old by December 31, 2020 in order to be eligible for Kindergarten.
Parents are asked to register their child at his/her local elementary school during school hours. If you are unsure of your school zone, please call the Stratford Office (902-368-6990) or Summerside Office (902-888-8400). Toll Free 1-800-280-7965.
A registration form will be completed at the time of registration.
Parents are reminded to bring a piece of Government issued ID verifying proof of child’s age. Examples are:
- Birth Certificate
- PEI Health Card
- Passport
Verification of home address must also be provided, such as current utility bill.
Welcome to Kindergarten sessions for incoming students and their parents will be held at schools in the spring of 2020.

Please refer to this additional information regarding locations for the Early French Immersion Program registration:

Bluefield Family (Central Queens, Englewood, Gulf Shore, and Westwood) contact Westwood Primary.

Charlottetown Family (LM Montgomery, Sherwood, and the Brackley & Brackley Beach portions of Parkdale) contact Sherwood Elementary.

Charlottetown Family (Glen Stewart and Donagh) contact Glen Stewart Primary.

Charlottetown Family (Spring Park and West Royalty,) contact Spring Park Elementary.

Charlottetown Family (Prince Street, St. Jean, West Kent, and the downtown portion of Parkdale) contact West Kent Elementary.

Kensington Family (Queen Elizabeth) contact Parkside Elementary.

Kinkora Family (Amherst Cove and Somerset) contact Parkside Elementary. Student transportation to and from school is the responsibility of the parent.

Montague Family (Belfast, Cardigan, Georgetown, Montague Consolidated, Southern Kings, and Vernon River) contact Montague Consolidated.

Morell Family (Morell Consolidated and Mount Stewart) may register at Westwood Primary, Sherwood Elementary, Glen Stewart Primary, Spring Park Elementary, West Kent Elementary or Montague Consolidated. A parent can register their student in Early French Immersion at a school of their choice, subject to PSB approval. Student transportation to and from school is the responsibility of the parent.

Souris Family (Souris Regional) may register at Westwood Primary, Sherwood Elementary, Glen Stewart Primary, Spring Park Elementary, West Kent Elementary, or Montague Consolidated. A parent can register their student in Early French Immersion at a school of their choice, subject to PSB approval. Student transportation to and from school is the responsibility of the parent.

Three Oaks Family (Athena and Elm Street) contact Elm Street Elementary.

Three Oaks Family (Greenfield) contact Greenfield Elementary.

Three Oaks Family (Miscouche and Parkside) contact Parkside Elementary.

Westisle Family Students in the Bloomfield, O’Leary, Ellerslie, Rosebank, Brooklyn and Cascumpec communities of Alberton area contact Bloomfield Elementary.

Westisle Family Students in the St. Louis area and all areas of Alberton except for Brooklyn and Rosebank and Cascumpec contact St. Louis Elementary.

Westisle Family (Tignish) contact Tignish Elementary.

Public Schools Branch Career-Job Fairs

The Public Schools Branch (PSB), which serves almost 20,000 students in 56 schools in Prince Edward Island, is experiencing island-wide shortages in a number of our employment categories. We are eagerly reaching out to people interested in exploring how their skills, talents, and training can be used to pursue a career or employment opportunity in the education sector.

Every position in the education sector plays a role in contributing to the success of our students and the strength of our system. A career with the Public Schools Branch can be rewarding in so many ways!

We will be hosting two Career Fairs in November. This will be an opportunity to network with a group of industry professionals and to learn where your skills, talents, and training might fit into our team of over 3500 employees across the province.

Did you know:

With a class 1 or class 3 driving license (valid at least 5 years), a career as a bus driver might be an option.
With the Human Services Qualification, we have ongoing needs for qualified personnel to work as Educational assistants (EAs).
With 2 years of post-secondary education in a teachable subject, a person is eligible to be considered for substitute teaching (experience working with youth and French language capacity is an asset).
With Grade 12 (or a GED), you could apply to join a school team as a cleaner.
With Professional training as a specialist, (HEAR, EAL, Autism, OT, SLP, Psychologist, etc…), we need you!

We welcome you to come and learn about positions and careers currently available with the Public Schools Branch and the benefits of a career with us! As well, the PSB has many immediate casual employment openings that could lead to permanent career paths, or provide an opportunity to experience and explore potential employment paths. Areas of shortage include substitute teachers, educational assistants, school bus drivers, administrative assistants, and cleaners.

Drop in and join us! We look forward to talking with you!

Wednesday, November 6^th, 1:00 – 7:00 pm

Stratford Townhall, 234 Shakespeare Drive, Stratford

Thursday, November 21^st, 1:00 – 7:00 pm

Holman Building, 250 Water Street, Summerside

(South Tower, rear entrance)

For further information, contact Alva Coade in our Human Resources Department at (902) 620-3452 or arcoade@edu.pe.ca.

Amherst Cove Consolidated School Classes will be Canceled on Thursday, October 24th.

Amherst Cove Consolidated School classes will be canceled on Thursday, October 24th, for staff to attend the funeral of a staff member, Mr. Ralph Coughlin. As well, all after school activities for Amherst Cove Consolidated will be canceled for Thursday. We appreciate your understanding and know you share in offering deepest sympathies to his family at this time of loss.

The Inspire Award

We are re-launching the ‘Inspire’ award for a third year. We invite and encourage the PSB community to help us recognize individuals for the great things they do to help us all experience success and make the PSB a great place to work and learn. Nominating someone is simple – just take one or two minutes to complete an electronic Inspire Award Nomination Form located under our featured links on the right hand side of our PSB website.

There were over 900 ‘Inspire’ awards sent to recipients in the last two years. That means not only have a lot of people been recognized, but also lots of people have been actively nominating others. Clearly, these awards are receiving positive praise, and our PSB community believes in celebrating the achievements of students, staff, and other valued members of our educational community.

Anyone can nominate an employee, student, volunteer, parent or community member. The criterion is simple — they just needed to inspire others. This year nominees will receive an email note thanking them for contributing to the PSB community, followed up by a small PSB recognition which will arrive by school courier and will be delivered to nominees at the schools they are affiliated with. Thanks for nominating someone today.

Update: Classes for PSB Schools – September 11, 2019

Power has been restored to all PSB schools and regular classes will resume for all schools on September 11, 2019.

Once again, thank you to all parents/guardians, students and staff for all their support and to all the utility workers within the province for all their efforts.