Parents must contact the Newcomer & International Student Welcome Center (NISWC) to register ([email protected]) by completing the Online Pre-registration Form.

We will collect the original documentation, as outlined in the pre-registration form and will complete the registration process. If a child is traveling with one parent or guardian a notarized consent for travel will be requested.
We will tell you about our School District and the programming for your child
We will schedule a time for your child to start school
The process will take approximately ½ hour

Yes, it is important we meet your child and provide them with information.

Students who register during the school year will be contacted by their schools after the registration process has been completed with their start date. This will likely be within a week to 10 days and will give a school enough time to create a schedule, notify bus drivers and gather required paperwork.

Please reach out to the school to see if this can be arranged.

For students born outside of Canada, we need to ensure they have all the proper documentation to be eligible for school in New Brunswick. For students born in Canada but parents who are not Canadian Citizens, documentation must be submitted for approval of school privileges.

Yes, you can by contacting the Center. That said, due to vacations, appointments may not be available every week.

We can provide a Conditional Letter of Acceptance to Anglophone North School District. Click here to see the required documentation.

The conditional letter of acceptance will be emailed to the address provided upon receiving the $250 check made out to “NB Minister of Finance”.

For your child to attend school without paying tuition:

The child’s parent/guardian’s study permit must be for the duration of their official course of studies

The child’s parent/guardian must be enrolled in a degree or diploma program at a publicly funded institution or in a degree program at a private post-secondary institution in NB.

The child’s parent/legal guardian must have a valid work permit issued by IRCC that is valid for a term of one year or more, AND The child’s parent/legal guardian must be a resident of New Brunswick

Children who are already enrolled in schools will not be withdrawn from school while their parent/legal guardian is dealing with immigration matters, provided they submit supporting documentation that they are in a transitional period (e.g. changing status from Temporary Foreign Worker to Permanent Resident or Study permit, etc.) Other cases will be dealt with on a case by case basis.

After you have registered your child and all documents are submitted, we will inform the school of the registration and your child will start usually within 10 days.

If your child has special learning needs, bring all available records, assessments, learning plans to the registration appointment with you. We will assess the needs based on the records and provide support as need/available.

Your child’s English language skills will be assessed once they are in school. Extra language support may be provided, if required, by English as an Additional Language Teacher at your child’s school.

Students are placed based on birth date and will normally be placed in their age appropriate grade level based on their age as of December 31st:

Yes, students who live more than 1.5km from their school are eligible for transportation.

Parents are responsible for the safety of their children to and from the school bus stop. Parents of children in Kindergarten to Grade 2 are required to escort their children to/from the bus stop morning and afternoon or to/from their home as walking student’s morning and afternoon. Click here to see if your child is eligible for bussing.

The Anglophone North School calendar has information about the school year. An explanation of these holidays can be found here.