Care to Learn Preschool

    Update for 2025-2026 Registration

    We’re currently reviewing our program options for 2025-2026 following recent provincial changes to child care fees and subsidies. Once everything is confirmed, we’ll be opening registration!

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    Care to Learn Preschool provides a nurturing and engaging environment where young learners grow through play, creativity, and exploration. Available at nine Northern Lights Public Schools locations, our provincially licensed, developmental preschool focuses on preparing children for Kindergarten through:

    • Music and movement
    • Arts and crafts
    • Games and hands-on activities
    • Early literacy and math centres
    • Physical activity

    Building Essential Skills

    Our preschool program helps children develop:

    • independence and decision-making,
    • imagination and creativity,
    • communication and problem-solving skills,
    • a strong sense of community,
    • feelings of value and self-worth.

    Program Options

    We offer a variety of options to meet your family's needs:

    Three-Hour Program

    • Morning and afternoon options at some locations
    • Choose between 2 or 3 classes per week at some locations

    Available at:

    Full-Day Program (up to 5 days a week)

    Available at:

    For details on program fees and availability, please see the Fee Schedules section below.

    Note: Our preschool programs (with the exception of the full-day programs), follow the Northern Lights Public Schools calendar and there are no preschool classes on no-school days.

    Important Dates

       
    TBD Registration for 2025-2026 opens for existing Care to Learn Preschool Students
    March 28, 2025 Preschool open houses at all locations
    TBD Registration opens to all students.
    TBD Schools re-open and start to process registrations received over the summer.
    TBD First day for students enrolled in full-day program at Duclos School
    TBD First week of half-day preschool programs and full-day programs at Ecole Plamondon and Vera M. Welsh Elementary

    Fee schedules for 2025-2026 are still being confirmed. Check back closer to registration opening for updated information. 

    Please click on the program you are interested in attending for information on what classes are available.

    • Ardmore School
    • Cold Lake Elementary School
    • Ecole Plamondon School - includes information on Full-Day program
    • Duclos School - includes information on Full-Day program
    • Glendon School
    • Iron River School
    • North Star Elementary School
    • Vera M. Welsh Elementary School - includes information on Full-Day program
    • Wandering River School

    Our 2025-2026 Care to Learn Preschool Parent Handbook includes important information about our program including:

    • Introduction and Goals
    • Registration and Fees
    • Supplies
    • Snacks
    • Policies and Procedures
    • Discipline
    • Illness
    • Communicable Disease
    • Lice
    • Accidents and Emergencies
    • Emergency Evacuation Procedure
    • Grievance Procedure

    2025-2026 Registration

    Registration will open once our program options for 2025-2026 are confirmed.