Welcome to Kindergarten Events

Kindergarten Community Fair

Parents, caregivers and guardians are also invited to attend DCDSB’s Kindergarten Community Fair, where Board subject-matter experts and community partners will be on-hand to share information and answer questions related to starting your child’s educational journey.

Date: Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Time: Drop in anytime between 5:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Location: All Saints Catholic Secondary School (3001 Country Ln, Whitby, ON)

Topics include:

  • Literacy
  • Numeracy
  • Mental health and social/emotional wellbeing.
  • Nutrition
  • Toilet Learning
  • Supporting Catholic Education at Home/Faith Formation
  • Special Education
  • Indigenous Education

And many other resources and information to support your family!

 

Welcome to Kindergarten School Information Nights

Each elementary school within the board is hosting a Welcome to Kindergarten Information Night for registered students and their parents, guardians or caregivers.

This is an opportunity to tour the school, see the Kindergarten classrooms, meet the Kindergarten teachers and learn about what to expect when your child starts in September.

School

Date

Time

Contact

Father Fénelon Catholic School

Thursday, May 22, 2025

6:30 p.m.

Call: 905-839-5409

Good Shepherd Catholic School

Thursday, May 1, 2025 5:30 p.m.

Call: 905-985-0153

Holy Family Catholic School

Thursday, May 8, 2025

6:00 p.m. Call: 705 426-2961

Monsignor Philip Coffey Catholic School

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

6:00 p.m. Call: 905-723-4241

Sir Albert Love Catholic School

Thursday, May 8, 2025 6:00 p.m.

Call: 905-728-3971

St. André Bessette Catholic School

Monday, April 28, 2025

5:30 p.m. Call: 905-619-8021

St. Anne Catholic School

Thursday, May 15, 2025

6:00 p.m. Call: 289-927-7805

St. Bernadette Catholic School

Thursday, April 24, 2025

5:30 p.m. Call: 905-683-0571

St. Bernard Catholic School

Thursday, May 1, 2025

5:30 p.m. Call: 905-985-0153 

St. Bridget Catholic School

Tuesday, May 13, 2025

6:00 p.m. Call: 905-655-1875

St. Catherine of Siena Catholic School

Wednesday, May 14, 2025 

5:30 p.m. Call: 905-427-6105

St. Christopher Catholic School

Thursday, May 8, 2025 

4:30 p.m. Call: 905-725-7672

St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic School

Thursday, May 1, 2025 5:30 p.m.

Call: 905-839-0005

St. Francis de Sales Catholic School

Thursday, May 15, 2025

6:00 p.m.  Call: 905-683-3320

St Hedwig Catholic School

Thursday, April 24, 2025 4:30 p.m.

Call: 905-728-5521

St. Isaac Jogues Catholic School

Thursday, May 22, 2025  6:00 p.m.

Call: 905-441-6726 

St. James Catholic School

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

6:00 p.m. Call: 905 427-3327

St. John Bosco Catholic School

Wednesday, April 23, 2025 5:00 p.m. 

Call: 905-743-6223

St. John Paul II Catholic School

Tuesday, May 13, 2025

5:30 p.m. Call: 905 655 2291

St. John the Evangelist Catholic School

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

6:00 p.m. Call: 906-668-4011

St. John XXIII Catholic School

Thursday, May 8, 2025

5:30 p.m.  Call: 905-723-1991

St. Joseph Catholic School (Oshawa)

Thursday, May 15, 2025

5:30 p.m. Call: 905-725-6751

St. Joseph Catholic School (Uxbridge)

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

6:00 p.m. Call: 905-852-6242

St. Josephine Bakhita Catholic School

Thursday, May 8, 2025

5:00 p.m.

Call: 905-686-5324

St. Jude Catholic School

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

6:00 p.m.

Call: 905-428-9304 

St. Kateri Tekakwitha Catholic School

Thursday, May 8, 2025 4:00 p.m.

Call: 905-571-1969 

St. Leo Catholic School

Thursday, April 24, 2025

3:30 p.m. Call: 905-655-3852

St. Luke the Evangelist Catholic School

Thursday, May 1, 2025 6:00 p.m.

Call: 905-665-5828 

St. Marguerite d’Youville Catholic School

Thursday, May 8, 2025

5:30 p.m. Call: 905 666 9301

St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic School

Thursday, May 22, 2025

5:00 p.m. Call: 905-721-2460

St. Matthew the Evangelist Catholic School

Wednesday, April 30, 2025 

6:00 p.m. Call: 905-430-8597

St. Monica Catholic School

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

6:00 p.m. Call: 905-509-6691

St. Patrick Catholic School

Thursday, May 22, 2025 5:00 p.m.

Call: 905-427-2866 

St. Paul Catholic School

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

6:00 p.m. Call:  905-728-7011

St. Teresa of Calcutta Catholic School

Thursday, May 22, 2025

6:00 p.m. Call: 905-903-5373 

St. Theresa Catholic School

Thursday, April 24, 2025

6:00 p.m. Call: 905-668-8261

St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School

TBD

   

St. Wilfrid Catholic School

Thursday, May 8, 2025

5:30 p.m.  Call: 905-427-6225

Navigating Kindergarten Zoom Series

During the 2022-2023 school year, families were invited to our Navigating Kindergarten Zoom Series, a live virtual parent/guardian series that prepared families and their children for Kindergarten. These sessions provided tips to ensure a year filled with growth and learning. These sessions were recorded to share relevant information with families for years to come. Check out the recordings below.

Presenters:

  • Sarah Crockford, DCDSB Academic Services Consultant, Early Years & Religion and Family Life K-12
  • Luetasha Watkins, DCDSB Supervisor for Early Years and Child Care
  • DCDSB Child Care Partners

Join us while we support you and your child as they prepare for the first year of school. We will walk through a day and a life in Kindergarten. You will have the opportunity to meet some of our childcare providers. There will be an opportunity for questions and answers.

Recorded on Wednesday, March 8, 2023.

Presenters:

  • Lisa Jeffers, DCDSB Literacy Consultant/ESL/ELD Programs
  • Stacey Hadden, DCDSB Literacy Consultant
  • Jennifer Brown, DCDSB Literacy Consultant/Intermediate Guidance Lead

In response to the Ontario Human Rights Commission's Right to Read Report we will share how to use engaging activities to support your child at home in their literacy development.  Activities that promote phonemic awareness and letter sound correspondence will help instill a love of learning and literacy. 

Recorded on Wednesday, March 29, 2023.

Presenters:

  • Teresa Ezquerra, DCDSB Consultant for Special Education
  • Helen Killoran, DCDSB Consultant for Autism 

Learn about how to support your child’s needs in their transition to Kindergarten. This session will be focused on developing a greater awareness of some of the strategies and supports that help to build readiness skills. Parents/guardians will be provided with key information and resources to help navigate the school system through a special education lens.

Recorded on Wednesday, April 19, 2023.

Presenters:

  • Michelle Adair, DCDSB Board Certified Behaviour Analyst
  • Narmilee Dhayanandhan, DCDSB Speech-Language Pathologist
  • Katie Plaunt, DCDSB Speech-Language Pathologist
  • Ashley Toohey, DCDSB Psychometrist

This multi-disciplinary team will provide parents/guardians with a few practical tips and strategies to support their children’s preparedness for entry to Kindergarten. These strategies will cover the areas of language development, reading and math readiness, fine and gross motor skills, self-care, and social-emotional wellness.