General Information

• The Kindergarten program is 5 days a week from 9:00 – 3:15. The program is a mixed group of JK/SK children.  Program options are 2, 3, 4 or 5 days, full day or half days.  Supervised outside arrival between 8:45 – 9:00.
• Grades One/Two, Three/Four/Five is a 4 day program.
• Friday Nature Program is from 9:00 – 3:00 with supervised outside arrival between 8:45 – 9:00.  This program is for kindergarten to Grade 5/6.      The program is carried by 2 teachers that divide the children at certain points of the day for different activities.

• The school year is from September 6 – June 16.  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.
• The program is at Redwood Park Church on Monday to Thursday.  The Friday Nature program is at Tapiola Nature site.

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 lommitment for the school year.

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