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Seamless Day Kindergarten expansion details

The new school districts that joined the Seamless Day Kindergarten pilot during the 2022-23 school year are:

  • Abbotsford (SD 34) at Godson Elementary
  • Boundary (SD 51) – host school to be determined
  • Coast Mountains (SD 82) at Cassie Hall Elementary
  • Conseil scolaire francophone (CSF) (SD 93) – host school to be determined
  • Delta (SD 37) at Sunshine Hills Elementary
  • Langley (SD 35) at Parkside Centennial Elementary
  • New Westminster (SD 40) for a second SDK classroom at École Qayqayt Elementary (first classroom funded in 2021)
  • Nicola Similkameen (SD 58) – host school to be determined
  • Okanagan Similkameen (SD 53) at Osoyoos Elementary
  • Okanagan Skaha (SD 67) at Queen’s Park Elementary
  • Powell River (SD 47) at Edgehill Elementary
  • Prince George (SD 57) – host school to be determined
  • Prince Rupert (SD 52) at Conrad Street Elementary
  • Sunshine Coast (SD 46) at Kinnikinnick, Cedar Grove and Gibsons Elementary Schools
  • Surrey (SD 36) – host school to be determined
  • Vernon (SD 22) at Bearisto Elementary
  • West Vancouver (SD 45) at Irwin Park Elementary
  • Society of Christian Schools BC (one independent school at Langley Christian)

The Seamless Day Kindergarten pilot also expanded in 2021 to 25 classrooms in the following school districts/elementary schools:

  • Arrow Lakes (SD 10) at Burton Elementary
  • Central Okanagan (SD 23) at Bankhead Elementary
  • Chilliwack (SD 33) at Central Elementary Community School
  • Conseil scolaire francophone (CSF) (SD 93) at L’école de l’Anse-au-sable in Kelowna
  • Gold Trail (SD 74) at Cayoosh Elementary
  • Gulf Islands (SD 64) at Fulford Community Elementary School
  • Haida Gwaii (SD 50) at Sk’aadgaa Nay Elementary
  • Kamloops-Thompson (SD 73) at Arthur Hatton Elementary
  • Kootenay Lakes (SD 08) at Winlaw Elementary Elementary
  • Langley (SD 35) at Nicomekl Elementary
  • Nanaimo-Ladysmith (SD 68) at Pleasant Valley
  • Nechako Lakes (SD 91) at Mouse Mountain
  • New Westminster (SD 40) at École Qayqayt
  • North Okanagan-Shuswap (SD 83) at Silver Creek Elementary
  • Okanagan Similkameen (SD 53) at Oliver Elementary
  • Peace River North (SD 60) at Taylor Elementary
  • Qualicum (SD 69) at Errington Elementary
  • Sea to Sky (SD 48) at Brackendale Elementary
  • Sooke School (SD 62) at Millstream Elementary
  • Sunshine Coast (SD 46) at West Sechelt Elementary
  • Vancouver (SD 39) at Lord Strathcona Elementary
  • Vernon (SD 22) at Okanagan Landing
  • West Vancouver (SD 45) at Hollyburn Elementary
  • Society of Christian Schools BC (two independent schools at Abbotsford Christian and Nanaimo Christian)