Below you will find some key info for grade 8 students entering Westview for the 2024-25 school year.
Administration Contacts:
Mrs. Blanco, Principal (Grade 12) (Email)
Ms. Robyn Sheridan, Vice Principal (Grade 9 & 11) (Email)
Mr. Denis Drapeau, Vice Principal (Grade 8 & 10) (Email)
Counselling Contacts:
Ms. Lauren O’Leary (Grade 8, 10, & 12 A-L) (Email)
Ms. Shannon Sharpe (Grade 9, 11, & 12 M-Z) (Email)
International Students & English Language Learner (ELL) Contacts:
Ms. Shannon Sharpe International Student Liaison (Grade 12) (Email)
Mx. Ford, English Language Learner (ELL) Teacher (Email)
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Grade 8 Registration Information:
To provide an optimal learning environment for all students, the Maple Ridge – Pitt Meadows School District No. 42 (SD42) must manage enrolment across all schools, ensuring that enrolment numbers match building capacity.
“Where space and facility is determined to be available,” the school district has an open boundary policy that allows flexibility in choice regarding which secondary school students may attend (School Act section 74.1 Section 6). Due to increasing enrolment in recent years, however, the majority of students are assigned to their catchment school. All our high schools meet the needs of all learners.
1 | ONLINE REGISTRATION Registration takes place on the Parent Portal (https://parents.sd42.ca).In-District Students: Families with children currently enrolled in a Maple Ridge – Pitt Meadows School District (SD42) elementary school should submit an Existing Student Transfer Request in the Grade 8 Transfer Period.Out-of-District Students: Families with children currently enrolled in an elementary school outside of the Maple Ridge – Pitt Meadows School District (SD42) should submit a New Student Registration in the Grade 8 Transfer Period. |
2 | DETERMINING CATCHMENT SCHOOL
The registration form will automatically populate with your child’s secondary catchment school based on the residential address on file with your child’s elementary school. You can also find your child’s secondary catchment school using the school locator tool, which can be found here: http://www.sd42.ca/school-locator/.
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3 | ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA The size of the school facility may limit the number of out-of-catchment registrations that can be accommodated. The school district will accommodate catchment registrations first, then attempt to accommodate sibling out-of-catchment registrations. Sibling placement cannot be guaranteed, however. Our acceptance criteria are as follows:
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4 | ONLINE REGISTRATION
Online registration OPENS at noon, Tuesday, February 13, 2024. Deadline for completing a request for the Grade 8 Transfer Period is 11:59 pm, Tuesday, February 27, 2024. If you do not register by the online registration deadline, you will need to complete a request under the Enrolment Requests – New; Transfer; Withdraw (2024/2025) school year. See information under following tab, Transfer requests (K-12), including late Grade 8 registration. Grade 8 students who did not register during the Feb 13 – 27 registration period will be able to register on the Parent Portal starting noon, Wednesday, March 13, 2024, in the early enrolment period for the 2024/25 school year. |
5 | PLACEMENT NOTIFICATION Parents/guardians will be notified by email by Friday, March 8, 2024, about their child’s assigned school. |
6 | TRANSFERS AFTER DEADLINE
Movement between schools after the school placements have been finalized will require a transfer request submitted on the Parent Portal under the Enrolment Requests-New; Transfer; Withdraw (2024/2025) school year.
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Grade 8 Orientation!
Welcome back!
We are very excited that your student will be attending Westview Secondary and we look forward to meeting your student on Orientation Day.
Following is some information to let you know what you and your student can expect in advance of their Orientation day, which is August 27, 2024.
Here is a general outline of the information:
- Your student will be expected to arrive for 10:15am and meet in the main gym foyer
- Your student will be provided with a snack
- We encourage your student to mingle with others during their snack before heading home to enjoy their weekend
- Schedules will not be available until the first day, September 3rd, and lockers the first week
- Your student is encouraged not to bring backpacks, purses or other like items as the day is quite active;
- Because the day is active, please make sure that your student wears comfortable clothing that does not restrict movement.
This is a student only function so we encourage you to let your child attend on their own.
We look forward to meeting your child on orientation day!
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Last year’s Grade 8 Parent Night – September 21, 2023
Parent Info Night Slideshow – May 26th, 2021 – Gr. 7 Info Night Westview (May 2021)
Virtual School Tour (LINK)
Grade 8 Student Interviews (2020-21)