General Information

• The Kindergarten program is 3 days a week from 9:00 – 3:00. The program is a mixed group of JK/SK children.  Program options are    2 or 3 days, full day.  Supervised outside arrival between 8:45 – 9:00.
• Grades One/Two, Three/Four, Five/Six  is a 4 day program split into 2 parts.  Click here for more information.  
• Fridays for Nature Adventure Program is from 9:00 – 3:00 with supervised outside arrival between 8:45 – 9:00.  This program is for children 5 and older.

• The school year is from September 7 – June 10.  There is a 2 week Christmas Break and a 2 week March Break. There is a 2 day autumn mid-term break and  2 days for Parent Teacher meetings in which classes are not in session.

Procedure for Application

1. Parents submit the application form with a copy of the child’s birth certificate and a recent photo of the child. Applications are submitted on-line or to Northern Lights School, 250 Dog Lake Rd., Thunder Bay, Ont.,P7G 2G2. A non-refundable fee of $100 is required with the application. E-transfers to [email protected]. Cheques are to be made out to ‘Northern Lights School’.
2. Once the application has been received a parent-teacher meeting will be held within 3 weeks of receiving the application. The meeting is to be held without the child present. These are not required with re-enrolment, except by the request of a teacher.
3. A confirmed acceptance of the child will be made and the parents notified within 3 days, unless further information is needed for acceptance. A time will be set-up for a visit to the child’s home.
4. Upon acceptance the parents are required to submit 10% of the tuition and a signed Enrolment Contract.  In signing the contract, the parents are making a legal commitment for the school year.

Note: for the Parent and Child Program, click here.