General Information

• The Kindergarten program is 5 days a week from 8:30 – 3:00. The morning program is a mixed group of JK/SK/Grade One/Two children.  Program options are 2, 3, 4 or 5 days, full day or half-day. The half-day program is from 8:30 – 12:30.  Supervised outside arrival between 8:30 – 9:00.
• Grade One/Two is a 4 day program from Monday to Thursday from 8:30 to 3:00 with the Grade One/Two Main Lesson offered after lunch..  Supervised outside arrival between 8:30 – 9:00.
• Adventure Program is Friday for ages 6-9 from 9:00 – 3:00.
• Nature & Art Program is Friday for ages 10-13 from 9:00 – 3:00.
• After School Care is 5 days a week from 2:30 – 6:00.
• The school year is from September 3 – June 12.  There is a 2 week Christmas Break and a 2 week March Break. There is a 2 day autumn mid-term break and  3 or 4 professional development days.
• See After School Care Handbook for Care Days & Holiday schedule.

Tuition Per Year:

Kindergarten

• 5 full-days: $7,000
• 4 full-days: $6,000
• 3 full-days: $5,000
• 2 full-days: $3600
• 5 mornings: $5000
• 4 mornings: $4,000
• 3 mornings: $3000
• 2 mornings: $2,500

Grade One/Two

• 4 full days: $7,000

Friday Adventure Program

Friday Nature & Art Program 

• $1,800

Parent and Child Program – No fee                                   Registration Requested  –  7 Sessions Terms

Fall Term:  Sept. 27 – Nov. 8;  Winter Term – Jan. 10 – Feb. 21;                  Spring Term – March 27 – May 8.

After Care

• 2:30 – 4:30: $15
• 2:30 – 5:30: $22

Fees are payable in 3 parts: September 1, January 1 and April 1 or monthly the 1st of each month over the 10 months from Sept. to June.

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 interview will be held within 3 weeks of receiving the application. The interview is to be held without the child present. Interviews 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.

Note: for the After School Care Enrolment, click here.