Registration 2024-25

In 2022, Elk Island Public Schools held public consultations with the James Mowat Elementary community to explore how best to manage the student growth and enrolment pressure at the school. Refer to the background and project history for all reports on these engagement efforts.

In November 2022, the Board of Trustees received the final report on the James Mowat public engagement process and approved a Random Selection Process Pilot at the school. The pilot was first used during registration 2023-24 and will be the same process followed for registration 2024-25. 

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Registration at James Mowat Elementary

New student registration for the 2024-25 school year opens February 1 at 9 a.m.
Returning student registration for the 2024-25 school year opens February 8 and 9 a.m.

If your child currently attends James Mowat Elementary:

  • Complete your child's returning student registration form to secure their spot at James Mowat Elementary next year.
  • Returning student registration takes place Feb. 8-21, 2024.

If you have one or more children currently attending James Mowat who will be back next year and another child who will attend James Mowat for the first time in 2024-25—for example, a sibling starting kindergarten next year:

  • Complete the returning student registration forms for all current James Mowat students.
  • Complete the new student registration form for the sibling as soon as possible. New student registration, including kindergarten registration, opens February 1 at 9 a.m.
  • To guarantee the sibling's spot at James Mowat Elementary, the new student registration form must be submitted by March 8, 2024.
  • If the sibling's new student registration form is submitted on or after March 9, 2024, they will be directed to the alternate-designated school, Fort Saskatchewan Elementary—unless space remains available in a particular grade at James Mowat Elementary.

If your family is brand new to James Mowat Elementary, and you live within the school's designated attendance area:
Refer to the attendance area map or the Find My Designated School tool for details

  • Complete the new student registration form for your child as soon as possible. New student registration, including kindergarten registration, opens February 1 at 9 a.m.
  • To ensure your child's registration is considered in the random selection process*, the new student registration form must be submitted by March 8, 2024.
  • The school will contact you prior to spring break 2024 to advise of the outcome of the random selection process* and confirm where your child has been registered for the 2024-25 school year.
  • All new student registrations submitted on or after March 9, 2024 will be directed to the alternate-designated school, Fort Saskatchewan Elementary—unless space remains available in a particular grade at James Mowat Elementary.

Refer to the James Mowat Elementary: step-by-step enrolment guide for more information.

*The random selection process will only be required if the number of registrations received by March 8 exceeds the number of available spaces in one or more grades.

Important Dates

Feb. 1, 2024 | 9 a.m.
New student registration, including kindergarten registration, opens for the 2024-25 school year

Feb. 8, 2024 | 9 a.m.
Returning student registration opens for the 2024-25 school year

Feb. 21, 2024
Returning student registration closes

  • Deadline for all current EIPS families, including James Mowat Elementary families, to complete their returning student registration forms

March 8, 2024
Random Selection Process deadline

  • Deadline for current James Mowat families to submit a new student registration form for any siblings starting at James Mowat in 2024-25 in order to guarantee their spot at the school
  • Deadline for brand new families, living in the James Mowat attendance area, to submit their new student registration forms to be considered in the random selection process*

As of March 9, 2024
All K-6 new student registrations, including siblings, are directed to the alternate-designated school, Fort Saskatchewan Elementary—unless space remains available in a particular grade at James Mowat Elementary

*The random selection process will only be required if the number of registrations received by March 8 exceeds the number of available spaces in one or more grades.

Background and Project History

EIPS hired Y Station to facilitate this public engagement process

This project focuses on enrolment pressures within EIPS schools—specifically at James Mowat Elementary—that will affect the current and future school community.

James Mowat Elementary is at capacity for the 2022-23 school year, despite the addition of one modular classroom in September 2022. James Mowat Elementary is the designated school for the Westpark neighbourhood in the City of Fort Saskatchewan. High enrolment is expected to continue at James Mowat Elementary as Westpark continues to develop and new families move in.

The purpose of this engagement is to collaborate with stakeholders to develop an appropriate solution to the school's enrolment pressures 

The final report was presented to the Board of Trustees, and a decision made, in November 2022.

James Mowat Elementary What We Heard Report: Spring 2022 
James Mowat Elementary What We Heard Report: Fall 2022 
FAQ: James Mowat Elementary Enrolment Pressures (last updated: September 2022)
EIPS Board report: Nov. 17, 2022 

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