Dear Students
and Parents/Guardians,
Each year the York Region District School Board staff work collaboratively to balance student
enrolment and accommodation needs
in an effort to ensure
that students living in a school attendance area can attend
their local secondary
school without overflowing to other schools. Further,
those accepted on transfer into courses and/or programs outside their home school
attendance area need to be accommodated without displacing or limiting
opportunity for students who live locally. To this end, this letter is to inform you of the status
of new student transfer
requests into secondary schools for September 2019.
The following
list of schools
is provided to assist
students in their course selection
and pathways choices:
A. The following
schools will not be accepting new student
transfer requests
for the 2019-2020 school year:
CEC Central: Aurora High School
(except from Highview PS and Regency
PS), Bayview S.S, Richmond Hill H.S
CEC East: Markville
Secondary School, Pierre
Elliott Trudeau
High School
CEC North: Newmarket
High School
CEC West: Emily Carr Secondary
School, Vaughan Secondary School (for French Immersion),
Westmount Collegiate Institute
(for Grades 9 and 10)
Note: Transfer requests
may be considered in extenuating circumstances, with prior approval from the Superintendent of Schools,
for specific program reasons (e.g., Alternative Education)
B. The following
schools will be open to new student transfer
requests into grades 9-12 for the 2019-2020 school year:
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CEC Central:
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Alexander Mackenzie High School, Aurora
High School (only
from Regency Acres PS and Highview PS), Dr. G. W. Williams Secondary School, King City Secondary School, Langstaff Secondary School, Richmond Green
Secondary School
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CEC East:
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Bill Hogarth Secondary School,
Bur Oak Secondary School, Markham
District High
School, Middlefield Collegiate Institute, Milliken Mills
High School,
Unionville High
School
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CEC North:
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Dr. John M. Denison
Secondary School, Huron
Heights Secondary School, Keswick High School, Sir William Mulock Secondary School, Stouffville District Secondary School, Sutton District High School
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CEC West:
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Maple High
School, Stephen Lewis
Secondary School,
Thornhill Secondary School, Thornlea Secondary School, Tommy Douglas Secondary School, Vaughan Secondary School (only for Regular
Track), Westmount Collegiate Institute (only for Grades
11 and 12), Woodbridge College
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Transfer requests
from Grade 8 Students:
Transfer requests
from Grade 8 students
must accompany the Registration Forms
and are due to their home school by February 1, 2019. Students will be notified of the decision
of their transfer request by February
6, 2019. If the transfer request is approved,
current YRDSB students will be required
to submit their electronic course selection in My Pathway Planner by February 22, 2019. Students external
to YRDSB will submit a paper copy of their course
selection. Please
see your classroom teacher,
the secondary school guidance
department or school principal with questions regarding
course selection.
Transfer
requests from Secondary
Students:
Students currently attending
secondary school are to submit transfer request forms to their principal by February
1, 2019. Students will be notified
of the decision of their transfer
request by February
6, 2019. If the transfer request is approved, students (both internal
and external to our board) will be required to submit a paper
copy of their course selection options to their new secondary
school by February 22, 2019. Course
selection for approved
transfers will not occur in My Pathway Planner. Please see your classroom teacher, the guidance department or school
principal with questions
regarding course selection.
For more information on attendance areas and student transfers, students and parents/guardians are encouraged to review the process outlined in Board Policy
#108 Student Accommodation – Attendance Areas and Student
Transfers.
If you have questions regarding
a specific school,
course or program,
please contact the school.
Sincerely,
Clayton
La Touche,
Associate Director of Education, Schools and Operations