February is Registration Month!
Welcome to you and your child to Chignecto Central Regional Centre for Education!
1. Find out what school catchment you live in.
- Visit Bus Planner to learn about your school catchment area and bus eligibility.
2. Register your child at their catchment area school.
- Pre-Primary and Primary registrations will be held in-person at each individual school. To find out your school’s registration date, click here or visit your school’s website.
- When you attend the in-person registration, please have prepared the following documentation:
- Nova Scotia Health Card
- Birth Certificate
- Proof of residency to confirm your school catchment area (e.g. utility bill)
3. Request Transportation, if eligible
- All students who are eligible for bus transportation and require busing for the first time must submit a Request for Transportation. This can be done online by checking eligibility here. Eligible students must select “Request Transportation for this address” in order to be assigned a bus route.
- Pre-Primary and Primary eligible ages for enrollment:
Children who reside in the province of Nova Scotia and reach the age of five (5) years on or before December 31 are eligible for enrolment in the Primary Program.
The Pre-primary program is voluntary and open to all children who are at least four years old by December 31st, 2026, and live within school catchment. Children can only attend the Pre-primary program for one year.
Pre-primary students will be automatically registered in primary in their home catchment school.
Optional French Programs
If you are interested in one of our optional French programs, please visit the Optional French Information section of our website.
Please note: If you are applying for the Early French Immersion Program at a different school than your catchment school, you must register at your catchment school first. You can apply for the Early Immersion program on our website and if accepted will receive confirmation from CCRE’s French Program.