High School Applications and Deadlines for 2017-18.
Below are
some key details Parents/Guardians should be aware of as it’s important to
avoid any surprises after the deadlines pass — we hope this helps!
PINK Registration Form for Charles
Tupper Secondary
School
During
the week of January 9, Dickens students who reside within the Dickens/Tupper
catchment area were given a PINK Tupper Registration Form. All Gr7 students who
reside in the Tupper/Dickens catchment MUST fill in this form and return it by January
31 to Dickens Vice Principal, David Murphy.
While
you may elect to attend a District Alternative program (Mini School),
you must still submit this Tupper Registration Form (which is your application to
your catchment high school) to ensure you have a spot should you wish to use
it. There will be no guarantees for entrance to Tupper without this
registration form!
Registration forms for High Schools (other than Tupper)
If
you reside outside the Dickens/Tupper catchment, you must submit a registration
form for your catchment area high school. Information on catchment registration
can be found at https://www.vsb.bc.ca/catchment-registration
Spaces
are not saved for kids in-catchment. You need to secure a spot by registering and then decline
it later, if you elect to do so.
Cross Boundary
Registration
Note
that if you apply to a high school outside of your high school catchment area
(excluding Mini School programs) then you are considered
"cross boundary" for those schools. As such, you must apply with
a Cross-boundary Application.
See http://www.vsb.bc.ca/cross-boundary Cross-boundary applications are due this February. Your registration will be considered in accordance with enrollments and available spaces at these schools.
Registration for District Alternative / Mini School Programs
This
process has been underway since September 2016 and many Parents/Guardians have already
submitted applications for their child(ren) to attend these Mini Schools. The
deadlines and application forms are unique to each program.
Note
though that an application submitted to a Mini School
is only for that program, and is not the same as your application
to your catchment area high school.
It’s
therefore key that you also submit an application for the high school in your
catchment area! Should your child not
be accepted into a Mini
School program, he/she would
need that registration to secure a spot at your catchment high school.
