Kindergarten Ready?

Please review this presentation if you didn't have a chance to come to the orientation.

Kindergarten Orientation Presentation

Full-Time/ Full-Day Kindergarten-Huntington Hills and Thorncliffe Communities

For the 2025-2026 school year, our school will offer a full-time kindergarten program to students in the designated attendance areas of Thorncliffe and Huntington Hills as per the walk zone indicated in the school profile. This information can be found here: Catherine Nichols Gunn School Profile

The CBE receives funding for half-time kindergarten programs from Alberta Education. As a school system, we choose to supplement the half-time funding to provide full-day programs at a small number of schools that meet specific criteria. The list of schools offering full-time programs is reviewed annually, and the data is used to determine which schools have the greatest need and meet the established criteria. Please be advised that the data used to determine which schools will offer a full-time kindergarten program is updated each spring, and the schools that offer full-time kindergarten may change from year to year.

Half-Time/ Full-Day Kindergarten-Cornerstone Community

For the 2025-2026 school year, our school will offer a half-time kindergarten program to students in the Cornerstone Community. To accommodate families for bussing, students will attend full days, part-time. Families will be provided a schedule for the days their child will attend kindergarten classes (Monday and Wednesday OR Tuesday and Thursday, with scheduled Fridays according to the instructional calendar for their days.

 Kindergarten Staggered Entry

To ease student transition to full days of school and learning, the school year will start with staggered entry for kindergarten students.  Your kindergarten student’s time will be determined by the FIRST letter of their LAST/SURNAME.